Explanation:

The first contact sheet has photographs taken with a normal focus lens, which allowed me to vary my camera setting between very detailed and not detailed. This allowed me to decide the focus points of the images much more easily, as i could adjust the zoom and focus settings with ease. I therefore produced a wider range of photographs, with a wider range of focus points.

Explanation:

For the second contact sheet, I used the long focus lens.  This allowed me to zoom into subjects in the distance, while still maintaining focus on them. This lens was useful for taking abstract photos of the ceiling, and zooming into subjects to make them more abstract.

Explanation:

The last contact sheet has photographs taken with a portrait lens, which allowed me to really focus on close up subjects, while blurring out the background to draw the viewers eye directly to the subject. This lens was useful for taking close ups, as I had to physically move the camera closer, which allowed me to maintain a clear focus.

Key:

Red cross: don’t want to use – Red F: Out of focus – Red box – Needs cropping – Red question mark: unsure – Red sun: lighting/shade issue – Red outline of subject: don’t like this subject

Green question mark: unsure how to proceed with improvement – Green sun: change tone/small lighting issue – Green outline: small cropping issue – Green box around photo: Like/want to use

Photograph analysis:

The above photo was taken using a long focus lens. This light fixture was attached to the ceiling, and so in order to zoom in far enough and make sure the fixture was still in focus. I used a long focus lens. As shown, the focus of the camera is on the metal bar holding the light in the middle of the photograph, and it is in focus despite the long zoom.

For the above photo, I used the portrait camera lens. By using this lens, I was able to zoom right into the bin, while maintaining a good focus. This is different from the long focus lens, as it gave me more control over the positioning of the camera, and allowed me to experiment with the lighting more freely, producing the above photo as a result.

The photograph above was taken with a normal camera lens. I was able to focus more on the writing on the foreground, and have the reflection more out of focus, which allowed me to make an eye catching and slightly confusingly angled image. This effect would not be possible using, for example, a portrait lens, due to the difficulty with altering the focus and zoom manually on that particular lens.