WORK RECORD 4

Plans for shoot - In this shoot I intend to capture lifestyle and atmosphere of arriving to an airport. I intend to capture families as they set off ready to bored a plane and the excitement that it brings. I will again not be able to use a tripod due to the location of the shoot. 

Research influences- 

Garry Winogrand

Born in New York 1928, this was where Winogrand lived and worked most of his life. Best known for his portrayal of U.S life he focused on The visual elements of city streets, people, rodeos, airports and animals in zoos. These subjects are part of his most influential work and within his lifetime he received many grants, including several Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

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Best Images - 

Images that require improvement - 

A01- My work has developed from my artist research as he captured a series of photos where he explored an airport terminal. Although his photos ranged from around the 60s-80s. I wanted to try and resemble his work by also looking at an airport terminal. However, due to security being much stricter now than in the past there was only so much I could take images of. 

A02- In this shoot I used a DSLR canon to capture my images. I switched this into manual mode and adjusted the settings accordingly. I then took my best images and edited these in photoshop by adjusting the image to a 90 degree angle to straighten the image so any lines in the image laid horizontally due to not being able to use a tripod which had caused the images to become slightly out of angle. I then also converted some images into black and white to resemble my artist research and made sure to adjust the exposure and the tones by using curves. With the images I left in colour I then adjusted the saturation and again used curves to make certain features within the image stand out more. 

A03- My idea for capturing travel within this shoot was to look at 'the process of getting to a destination' when looking at travelling abroad everyone has to go through an airport if they want to travel on a plane. Therefore, I wanted to capture the place itself including peoples emotions and expressions when travelling away and how they may feel before hand. I think one my best images was of the outside airport terminal. This was due to the fact that I felt it had a good amount of light exposure and it was in focus when the image had been taken. However when looking at some of my images of improvement there was a image where the picture had been out of focus due to the shutter speed at the time of the moving subjects, although this I had put under an image of improvement and I had not intended on this to happen, I did  feel that it actually made quite an interesting photo and I would like to do a shoot purely based on having the subjects moving. 

A04- I personally believe this shoot represents a part of travel based on the fact that travel isn't just about the destination but also involves what you do to get there. I think my artist research had also been really relevant to this shoot and enabled me to know what types of images I wanted to capture and I what I intended my outcome to look like. 

Progression - 

In my following shoot I intend to look at another location, this time I want to focus on a big town or city. I will most likely take photos of London looking at the touristic aspects. This will include people, souvenirs and the architecture. I will make sure to focus on specific imagery to get a clear bold photo