Plan
| Concept | Location | Theme | Settings | |
| Photoshoot 4 | Abstract photography, rural landscapes | St Mary – Hamptonne, St ouens – sand dunes at La Braye | Hidden Identity, childhood identity, identity in nature | Manual, Landscape, Macro, Creative Auto |
Photoshoot 4
After all of my trouble with the weather in my other shoots, I did my last photoshoot on a sunny evening, during the golden hour. This worked out well for me, and I managed to produce some quality outcomes that were useful going forward. In particular, I managed to capture nature’s interaction with the urban world that disrupts it – for example, the reflections of things such as trees and sand on roads. I focused a lot on roads and beaches in this project – I began to become more and more interested in the different textures on the old, non-resurfaced roads where I was photographing, and their weathered look. I photographed most roads where I was photographing and as my shoots went on I knew what to look for – in this shoot I was looking at uneven and cracked tarmac, markings and reflections.
Selections
Editing
Photoshoot 5
This shoot was unplanned – I was out at this location and had my camera with me, – I decided to take a few shots of the sunset. These images may not necessarily fit with my photo book, but may make some successful final prints in colour, as most of my work is in black and white.
Selections
Editing
I didn’t do much editing for these images – I liked the colours in a lot of them, and only adjusted minor things such as straightening the horizon line or slight cropping.
Final Images for both shoots
Evaluation for both shoots
Overall, both of these shoots were really successful, and as my final photoshoots, I think that my project has generated some really strong final photos. As usual, I found that my photoshoots improved as I went along and in my last formal shoot, I found it easier to find what I was looking for in my images in the landscape. For example strong shadows and contrasts in light and colour, interesting textures such as roads and sand, different light and reflections. Overall, I think these two shoots were successful – however, I do think that in photoshoot 5, I should have changed location for the last part of the shoot. I found my images to be a little repetitive towards the end and this led to my images becoming uninteresting. Therefore, if I was to carry out this shoot again, I would move around the sand dunes where I was shooting more to produce a higher variety of shots, and more different types of images to work with.