My third shoot is based on the same thing as the second shoot, however it will be shot in a different location. The third shoot will take place in St Brelade’s in the woodland area on the left side of the bay. I have decided to take images in this location to create more variety of images for my London connection photographer, this way it is easier to respond to the images that I have taken. The inspiration for the use of my props including cards, blue brothers hat, blacked out glasses, bow tie, tuxedo and casino chips, all came from watching a movie before the start of my project. The movie James Bond – Casino Royale, is of course a successful spy movie based around a single character, however I was more captivated by the stereotypes of what is worn in a casino. During the spy film, a casino scene becomes the main climax of the movie. The casino scene is what inspired me more than anything else, to create something using this idea of stereotypical gamblers. The props I have used all relate to this scene in the movie, with a few extra additions.
Editing this image I decided that the full composition needed a lower exposure to light to ensure that the subject can be easily seen in the background of the image, I have also used a low exposure to allow the trees and the ground to stand out through the light circles that hit the ground. From the shoot the light is totally natural, the image was taken on an overcast day. When the weather is overcast in my opinion it gives the best light since it will not over rule the rest of the details in the image.
This image used the same composition as the previous image however after experimenting on the shoot I decided to take a closer image of the subject. Nothing has changed otherwise in this particular frame. Putting the subject in the middle of the path was set up in a particular way, as you can see the subject is standing in the only light part of the path. This ensures that he is not absorbed by the other areas of darkness, and he can stand out more. During the shoot I took one image from a further distance and followed up with the same image in a closer shot.
Walking back through the woodland area to leave, I got lucky with an image of the subject casually walking away from the camera. The shot gives a sense of motion since the subject is clearly walking. Also this image combines nature with natural behavior. giving extra meaning to the shoot. The sky is not visible in this composition again so the frame is completely filled with the surrounding nature.
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This is one of my favorite images from shoot 3. This is because the composition was made using a wide angle lens which allows me to show a more vast area of the woodland. The subject is standing on the edge of an inbuilt bunker from the world war which has been left to grow into the environment. Having the bunker in this image creates the sense of how man has built into the environment and just left the creation as a stain in the natural woodland.