After school I went out with my camera to take some images of different things I found. Since my project is about insignificant things and imperfect beauty I mainly tried to look for the tiny details that we usually ignore. My project is also about growth and decay so I tried to find things to link to this such as the beginning of a growing flower or a decaying leaf. My project is about life in general so I also took images of tiny insects such as ants. However I wanted my images to by visually interesting so I looked for certain angles and frames and different ways I could use the subject such as holding the ant in my hand rather then just capturing it on the floor. I images are taken in my garden, house and also in green Island beach. They were all taken after school. Most of them have a small f stop because I wanted to highlight only the smaller details that I wanted the viewer to take in.

I used Photoshop to edit the images because I wanted to create the same atmosphere as I did for my previous shoots. It was the brightness that I wanted to replicate but I didn’t have to edit the image that much because I used the camera settings to create the aesthetic I wanted. Some images suited a black and white filter better then colour because it revealed the finer detail much more. When editing the images into black and white I used a much larger contrast because this made more of a difference between the dark and light areas which makes the image more visually interesting.

This shoot was the first of the body shoots. I planned to use myself as the subject because I just wanted to get simple images of different parts of the body but it was a lot harder then I anticipated. I asked my mum if I could use her as the subject instead. The shoot turned out very well because I was able to capture the image that I wanted. I aimed to get the details of the skin and the form which is what I managed to do. The shoot was done in the bathroom because I needed a white plain background. The shoot was done in the evening so the lighting wasn’t the best. I decided to use the flash to help capture the details.   I wanted a pure, cool colour to the images so I used white fluorescent as the white balance setting. When I used the flash it was making the images too over exposed so I used my hand to cover the flash slightly. This created a really nice effect of a pinkish colour to the images. Overall I am very happy with the results of the shoot.

I made sure I got all the different angles I wanted to get such as the feet, hands and the face. I also wanted to get some of the bone structure because its an unusual part of the body. When I was photographing the hands and feet I wanted to get the unusual angles that nobody really captures, such as the soul and the ball of the feet. When photographing the hands I wanted to capture the insignificant details such as the wrinkles and folds. For the face, I wanted to fragment the individual details such as the eyes and ears.

Since my project Is about growth and decay and capturing the insignificant details this is what I wanted to try and represent within this shoot. I made sure I captured the growth of the body and the way its changing through time. I captured this by photographing the feet and hands, and the wrinkles which show the decaying of the body. Also by focusing on the hair and it changing to grey shows how its changing over time.

I selected the best images from the shoot and edited them using Photoshop. I wanted a variation of angles and details and I am happy with the amount and variation I have. The editing was very simple because I was happy with the colour and exposure of the images all ready. I made the images slightly brighter and lessened the contrast to create this pure bright atmosphere. I didn’t crop any of the images because I was happy with the framing.

This shoot was an experimental shoot that I hadn’t planned. It was done at night time in my garden. I wanted to capture nature at time time. I used the flash for the shoot because I liked the way it revealed the details with the dark background. I found that simply using the flash was too boring of an effect so I used my hand to cover the flash to what would happen. I really liked the effects it created because it made interesting shapes and shadows that made the image a lot better. By using my hand to cover the flash it also created a reddish tone over the scene which I really liked.

I edited the images using Photoshop. I didn’t change the original image dramatically, I simply added more colour and more contrast. I selected my favorite images and for each one I edited a colored and black and white version. This was because I wanted to the contrast and I really like the shadow and shadings of the black and white version.

Within my personal project I plan to do many shoots to capture the insignificant events of day to day, however in a detailed and abstract way. The initial scene that I decided to start with was the sea. However I didn’t want to simply capture the whole scene, I wanted to fragment the environment and try to frame specific details that no body notices.

The shoot was done at Green Island beach at high tide so I could capture the water against the rocks. They shoot was done at around two in the afternoon and on a sunny day so that the lighting was good and clear. Here are the original images from the photoshoot.

I wanted to edit the best images from the shoot that really show what I wanted to capture.