Looking at things differently

So this week we were set a task to look at everyday objects and things around us differently. Looking at them more in depth in a way we might not usually do. Looking more at their aesthetics and photographic potential. Firstly, we were given the task of stepping outside our front door, taking a few steps and then wherever you ended up, photographing what was around you using different techniques. These were the two images chosen from my outdoor shoot. Both using a longer shutter speed and exposure time, in order for me to move the around in a circle like in the first image, or up and down like in the second. This gave the images a new look and feel, and makes you question what the object or thing even was.

The next task was the photograph things we find in our bathroom. The bathroom is a room we go in so often, but take no notice of the photographic potential the things within it has. We once again needed to shoot this creatively, and try to produce something that looked a little bit different an interesting. I shot through my clear shower curtains, but rather than focusing on the object the other side of them, I chose to focus on the water droplets and condensation still on them after having a shower, and this was the image that was chosen.

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Food Photography

Last week, we had chance to experiment with food photography. It was interesting to learn about the best way to light the food that you are photographing, and to see how you can play about and make it look more creative. The first image I took was of these crisps. The colours gave the image depth and injected a bit of creative colour, as well as making them more interesting to photograph. The use of the mesh underneath also helped to give the image more depth, and gave the image a more natural and raw look, which complemented the food perfectly. The second image I shot was of bread. This image had more depth by having the different condiments in the background. The spreads helped to aid the image and make the bread look more interesting. I shot this image a bit differently, and got in closer with a more shallow depth of field to put the focus on the bread at the front with the slight bit of spread on. I think this made the image look more effective, and we then therefore focus on ...

The Egg of Expression

This week we were given the task of shooting an egg. We had to shoot at least 20 images and consider, what the egg means to us and how it reflects us. Taking an everyday quite simplistic food such as an egg, and turning it into interesting subject matter for a photo shoot was difficult. It was hard to take something that looked original, and that showed the object in a different and unique way. These were my best images. I tried to make each image reflect a different element of my personality, the first was to show that sometimes I feel alone. The second was to show how I like everything in it's place, and looking how it is supposed to. Lastly, the last image was just an experiment using some of the techniques we had used over the last few weeks, but I thought this also linked to how crazy my life feels at the minute, and how I feel overwhelmed with deadlines at university.

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