For my third photoshoot the circumstances changed from my photoshoot plan due to weather and models not being available.

These are my images from my third photoshoot of my exam project. They were inspired by Danny Lyons’ The bike riders.

I used adobe light room classic to go through the images i had taken and pick which ones were the best from the shoot and for my photobook.

Development

I used the tools in adobe light room classic to manipulate my images to make them look better.

I used the crop tool on many of my images to remove some of the background to increase the focus on my models and their motorbikes.

I also edited the tone of the images such as increasing the contrast and the shadows as well as decreasing the exposure due to it being a sunny day and the highlights to reduce the reflection off the shiny panels on the bikes and the visors on the helmets.

Experimentation

I experimented with making the images black and white in order to more closely stick represent Lyons’ style. However, due to the images i took having bright and vibrant colours i think they look much better in colour. Additionally, when in black and white i don’t think that there is enough contrast between the rider, the background, the bike and the floor. For these reasons i am going to present my images in colour.

I also experimented with textures and tints over the image however these modifications took the focus away from the subject of the image.

Final Images

Image Analysis

The subject of this image being the rider and his motorbike are sharp and in focus with a high contrast to the background which is slightly out of focus which ensures the subject is what the viewer focuses on. Both the rider and the motorbike consist of vibrant colours that are opposing on the colour wheel which separates the rider from his bike yet the darker colours in the riders trousers and the bottom of the bike connect my model and his vehicle due to little contrast in the colours. I used a 18-50mm lens set to 18mm for this image. I set the shutter speed to 1/160 sec, the ISO to 100 and f/50. This gave me a sharp and crisp image in the foreground and a slightly blur over the background. These settings were perfect for the weather conditions on the day of the shoot which was sunny. The sun was going down to the west which gave powerful shadows to the east. I positioned the camera low down. This have a new perspective of the scene as well as showing the true shape of the motorbike which is much taller and wider at the front than at the back which is common in the style of the bike it was.