Shoot Four
When taking this photoshoot, I have used a Nikon D3200 and I have taken it at the abandoned ambulance station in Hartlepool. I think that some of these photographs are successful because I wanted to focus on intricate details such as rust but others aren't as successful because they are just of the buildings due to the fact that there was not much to photograph there. As well as this, as a whole I do not think that this photoshoot is that successful because due to the sunlight, it caused a lot of shadows in my images which is not what I had envisioned when planning this shoot; certain images have not been affected by the sunlight if I have taken them close up or if I have take them inside of a building. If I were to reshoot these images, I would conduct my photoshoot on a day when the natural lighting would not affect the outcomes of my photographs such as a rainy day. Due to the sunlight within the photographs, this has resulted in some of the images being too overexposed because of the light and some beeing too underexposed because of the shadows.
This is one of my favourite images from this photoshoot because the intricate details such as the rust and the cobwebs are in focus. As well as this, I like the high contrast of the rust because it is really bold. When looking at the main point of focus, the bottom of the box is what draws your attention but also the edges of the box are in focus also with the background where the wall is being slightly blurred. I also like the way the the outside of the box is in focus but the inside of the box is slightly blurred due to the use of apperture. The composition of this image is slightly symmetrical because there is the same on each side apart from the door of the box being on one side and the wall on the other side. The rule of thirds can be taken into consideration in this image because the middle section of the image where the pin code for the alarm is, is located in the middle box in the rule of thirds.
This photograph is quite interesting because of the decaying and peeling paint on the beam. The main point of focus in this image is the beam because due to using apperture, the background of the image is out of focus but the foreground is in focus which draws your attention immediately to the intricate details such as the paint peeling away. This photograph will be very useful when experimenting with overlaying techniques because when the flowers are overlayed, I can arrange them so that they look as though they are growing through the cracks in the paint.
I also really like this photograph because it focused on the details of the rust and the decay of the petrol pump and the leaves which have grown around it. In the second image, I have used tilt shift to blur the edges of the image out and to make the focus more on the petrol pump whereas in the first photograph, the leaf at the bottom of the image is in focus as well as the petrol pump. I really like the colours within this image because the rust and the black contrasts with the vibrant green of the leaves. I think that the use of apperture is effective because the leaves in the foreground of the image is blurred but the background of the image is in focus.
I really like this photograph from this shoot because it shows the 'Man vs. Nature' idea really well; the leaves and plants have overgrown the old petrol pump. The contrast of the green leaves in this particular image is really effective because they are bold and vibrant which attracts your attention. This image is not as successful as the image above because the image above shows the contrast between the leaves and the rust however this image shows the composition as a whole and how the leaves have overpowered the man made petrol pump. In the second image, I have used tilt shift to vertically blur the sides of the image to improve the focus of the petrol pump in the centre. I think that because this photograph was taken when it was sunny, it has improved the quality of the image because although there are shadows, it has enabled a higher contrast of the leaves which has made them more vibrant.
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