Photoshoot 3: Swiss Valley

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The history behind Swiss Valley –

Swiss Valley is an woodland trail that eventually leads on to country lanes of Jersey and is used by a variety of people for dog walking, jogging or if you are just looking for somewhere with a nice and calm environment to walk in. The Valley is home to a wildlife community of red squirrels, woodpeckers, owls, and a variety of different plants, mushrooms, etc.

Least successful shots –

Why I think that this is one of my least successful shots from my photoshoot in Swiss Valley is because the sun overexposes the image at the top which impacts how the tree trunk on the left of the photograph is seen as the details and colours of the tree trunk in the image become quite distorted and as if it has been bleached from the colour, which I do not like. If I were to take this photo again I would make sure that the shutter speed is appropriate for the weather that I am photographing in and to frame the photo differently where it is more zoomed in to the subjects of the photo as I feel as if it is quite zoomed out, to create more focus within the photograph.
Why I think that this is one of my least successful shots from my photoshoot in Swiss Valley is because pf how I have photographed the water which is flowing through the small river which was there and the framing og the photo as it appears to be quite wonky which I do not like as it makes the photo seem as if it is quite messy and unorganised. If I were to take this photo again I would make sure that the photo is framed correctly and when photographing the water, I would make sure that I am using the correct technique with the camera. This is where I would be in manual mode and have a slow shutter speed and low ISO as it will make the focus of the water clearer in the photo.

Contact sheets of my best shots in Lightroom –

These are the photos which I have selected as a basis to begin with deciding my photos throughout the photoshoot that I thought were the most successful I selected in Lightroom with ‘P’ and the ones which I did not like I pressed ‘Z’ which rejected them. This was able to provide me with a small amount of 35-40 photos to work with throughout my sorting system so that I end up with 10-12 images to use within my photobook.
Here are some examples of images which I have selected to use:

Sorting system –

For this photoshoot after I had selected the most successful shots in Lightroom I began to use a sorting system to determine the photos that I wanted to use. This was achieved through putting the photos that were successful to an extent but had limitations due to their composition, framing, etc to have 4 stars whereas the photos that I felt confident enough with had 5 stars and were the ones that I will move further with within my work to use for further experimentation and being used for my photobook.

Colour sorting –

How I colour sorted my photos so that I had a strong, successful set of 12 images which I could use was through the further analysis of the photos where I went through them once more. This allowed me to be able to colour the photos yellow if I felt as if they would not work well with the other photos and had slight mishaps within them, whereas the photos which were coloured green represented the images which I thought were the most strong and successful

Best shots to use in my Photobook –

These are the best shots which I have selected to use in creation of my photobook and for editing later on. This is because I liked how there was a diverse range between people/animals, close ups of shots of plants or different textures and a variety of landscape shots. I enjoyed this photoshoot but I do not think that it was my most successful. Therefore, if I were to do it again, I would go on a different day where the weather would be gloomier, this is due to the sun in some of the images where it creates a bright background. I also think that some of these images would work well if they had a darker background where the sun was not creating a lot of light on to them or if it was raining, it would give the different objects that I have photographed a different texture which could create a variety of contrasting textures with these photos and previous ones from different photoshoots.

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