Evidence Shoot 11 Movement Multiple Imagery Work Diary

Evaluation:

Looking through my recent work, I decided that movement was one of my favourite shoots in the topic of evidence. I think this was because it was very different to all of the other shoots in terms of the practical side of it. I also believe that my previous movement shoot was not very successful in terms of the editing of the photographs, so I decided to redo it, this time with a multiple imagery edit kept in mind. As you can see from the image below, I got a classmate to wave their hand in front of various backgrounds, therefore showing the movement effect as well as having a variety within each of the photos.

Progression:

For any future shoots I may do, I would like to continue the multiple imagery idea but replace the topic of movement with the topic of 'consumption'.

Evidence Shoot 10 (Evidence of Movement) Work Diary

Evaluation

In this session I took photographs of the evidence of movement. Using the knowledge I learned from Unit 1, I was able to change the settings on my camera to a way that would capture movement in a clear manner. To do this I changed the shutter speed on my camera and adjusted these settings in a way that captures somewhat of a blur when something moves. Examples of this include my classmate walking, running, jumping, exercising, and making hand signals. I think I managed to capture the evidence of movement through photography in this session. Here are examples of the photographs I took:

Progression:

As my exam is not far off, in the next session I intend to plan for the exam so I know exactly what I am doing. I also may complete some contextual work if I am content with the preparation for my examination.

Evidence Shoot 9 (Evidence of Food/Water Consumption Studio) Work Diary

Evaluation:

In this session, I decided that I would extend and improve on what I had done last session, with the evidence of food and water diminishing. To do this to the best of my ability, I used the studio. The first thing I wanted to photograph was the evidence that someone was eating a fruit of some kind, for it is very easy to see when a fruit has been eaten. I purchased an apple and returned to the studio, and took photographs of it going from a full apple to an eaten apple. When editing these photographs, I thought it would look good if I put 3 images on top of each other, as a different way to show the sequence of the apple being eaten. This is what the final image looked like after I added curves and levels and made them into one whole image:

After capturing the photographs of the apple being eaten, I decided to find a food substance that could perhaps contrast to the idea of eating fruit, making my shoot seem more diverse. I purchased a chocolate bar and decided to do something similar with it that I had done with the apple, by showing someone eating it frame by frame. When editing, I found that I had not made enough photographs to make a multiple imagery image, so I simply put it together as a sequence. 

Progression:

I have learned from this session that I need to be taking more photographs if I intend to make a multiple imagery photograph of some sort. This is because I often don't have enough for the minimum amount of pictures (9) to be classified as a multiple imagery image. During this session, I was thinking about how the apple has gone from one state to another, and I thought that in the next session, I could base my work on the evidence of age.

Evidence Shoot 8 (Evidence of Food/Water Consumption) Work Diary

Evaluation:

As planned in my progression in the last work diary, today I shot the evidence of the consumption of food and water. Firstly, I filled up a water bottle and started taking photographs of it outside, and I slowly emptied out the bottle, taking photographs at necessary stages to show the decrease in water in the bottle. I then photographed the empty bottle at the end of it. After this, I purchased a packet of sweets, of which I stacked on top of each other and, like the idea of the water bottle shoot, took away one or two sweets after a few photographs until I was left with just one.

The editing stage of this shoot took the majority of this lesson, due to the fact that I made a multiple imagery and sequence photograph of both these parts of the shoot. I think the overall photographs came out quite nicely, and clearly show the food/water being emptied/taken away, thus showing the evidence of consumption of food and water.

Progression:

In the next lesson I plan to keep within the 'food' evidence topic, but I will get closer to the objects in the studio, using lighting to my advantage.

Evidence Shoot 7 (Evidence of Human Presence) Work Diary

Evaluation:

This was the first session I did outside of college grounds, and I think it went particularly well in terms of how I stuck to the topic of 'evidence of human presence'. My first idea was the evidence that someone has eaten food and drank a drink, so I took photographs of dirty dishes and a put a lipstick stain on a glass. After this, I continued to find evidence of human presence in household objects such as hairbrushes, toothpaste tubes, tissues and tea cups.

Progression: 

In this next lesson, I think I shall continue on from my theme of food wrappers and empty plates, and take photographs of the evidence of eating. I could do this through taking a photograph of a full plate of food, or a full packet of some form of snack, and continue taking photographs of this substance whilst taking away parts of the food, until the plate/packet is empty. With all of these similar photographs, I could make a multiple imagery photograph.

Evidence Shoot 6 (Evidence of the Man Made Intrusion) Work Diary

In this season, I decided I would capture the evidence of the intrusion of man made objects onto natural environments. An example of what I planned to take photographs of were drains, litter and buildings, contrasting with grass, plants and trees. I think this shoot went rather successfully for I was able to capture all of what I planned, and more (such as the snails among the litter and the benches in the middle of the grass). Here are some of the edited photographs that I came out with, along with a multiple imagery compilation of the intrusion of man made objects onto natural environments.

Progression: Continuing on from the theme of the effects of humans, next session I plan to take photographs of the evidence of human presence, possibly using objects that would be found around the home (e.g hairbrushes, dirty dishes, sweet wrappers).

Evidence Shoot 5 (Evidence of Damage) Work Diary

Evaluation:

This session was the first session in which I used the studio in my evidence project. As I wrote in the last work diary, in the progression, I planned to use effects on people's faces to indicate damage or vandalism. To do this, I took photographs of two of my classmates faces closeup and then went out and took photographs of cracks or ruptures in the ground or wall. I then used photoshop to edit the two together and came out with these two edits.

Progression:

Whilst I was photographing the cracks in the pavements and walls, I thought that for my next session, I could try and capture evidence of man-made objects. This could be from signs, to tiles on the floor, to packets of food.

Evidence Shoot 4 (Evidence of Vandalism)Work Diary

Evaluation:

Unfortunately I found that this session was one of the worst sessions I have taken so far in the evidence topic. With the intention of shooting evidence of graffiti and vandalism, it took me a long while to come across graffiti, and even then I struggled to find an angle at which to make the graffiti look at all interesting. After concerns were expressed with my tutor, I began to think about more creative ways of looking at the evidence of various situations, also perhaps by using people in my class in the studio, so that lighting won't be a concern. Here is an example of a photograph in todays session that did not have very good lighting:

Progression:

I plan to work more creatively in terms of how the subject of my photographs is seen, and to do this I will work in the studio in the next session, perhaps using writing/graffiti as my evidence topic still, but in a more artistic way. Here is an example of what I may attempt to recreate but with much better lighting and planning:

Evidence Shoot 3 (Evidence of Weather) Work Diary

Evaluation:

In this session, I decided that the next type of evidence I planned to shoot was evidence of weather. To do this, I took photographs of the raindrops on plants and the clouds forming before it rained once more. I thought that getting up close with the plants could have an interesting effect. Below are the examples of photographs that portrayed the evidence of weather the best.

Progression:

In the next lesson, I plan on taking photographs of the evidence of vandalism and graffiti on the college grounds. This will show the effects of delinquency, and if it goes well, can lead into the evidence of crime for the shoot after that.

Evidence Shoot 2 (Evidence of Human Presence) Work Diary

Evaluation:

Ever since my original 'evidence' shoot, I have been thinking about the ways in which I can portray evidence apart from smoking or cigarettes (to show evidence of addiction). For example, evidence of fingerprints, evidence of age and evidence of footprints. During this shoot, I kept these ideas in mind, and eventually came across footprints, fingerprints and a way in which I can portray the evidence of age. Below are examples of how I captured evidence of footprints and evidence of fingerprints on the college campus.

Overall I am quite happy with the resultant images, due to the fact that they are clear representations of hand/fingerprints and a footprint in the mud, indicating that someone has been at both of these locations, portraying evidence of someone having been there.

Progression:

To improve, I think in the next evidence shoot i will include evidence of more natural occurrences, rather than man made. So far during all of my shoots, I have focused on evidence of addiction and evidence of the presence of people, yet I have not taken any photographs of natural objects/occurrences that also provide evidence for something. This will be my main focus for the next shoot, and I will keep it in mind before going out to shoot it, so as to gain an idea or two towards what type of photographs I will take.

Evidence Shoot 1 (Evidence of Smoking) Work Diary

Evaluation:

I had originally chosen weather as my Unit 2 topic, having planned and prepared for it with mind maps and an image bank. However, after testing out the weather topic in a practice shoot, I realised that choosing weather wasn't a wise choice, due to the severe lack of range of weather during this time of year. All I managed to capture photographs of were rain droplets and some frost on the side of pavements and plants. Therefore, I reconsidered my options and decided to give the evidence topic a try. After the test run for that particular topic, I found myself a lot happier and more confident in terms of planning what I could create for the final exam. Below are examples of the first shoot of evidence photographs.

Progression:

Now that I have had a general idea of what is required of me in the evidence topic, I have thought of many ways in which I can portray evidence the next time I go out to shoot it. One way to portray evidence of addiction is through taking photographs of cigarette boxes and lighters. Also, evidence of crime can be shown with equipment such as a knife, some handcuffs, tape, firearms, or clothing (police uniform).