For my third shoot I also decided to focus on more modern buildings. I went out to Gorey as they are many along the coast that I wish to photograph for my project. Whilst I focused on modern buildings, I also photographed Mont Orgueil Castle (Gorey Castle), as I thought it would fit in perfectly with some of my older architecture images. Once I had made my selection I wasn’t left with very many images as I wanted them all to be perfectly how I had imagined it.
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Overall, I think that I made some good images in the shoot, however, I think I could have tried to make a few more as I only ended up selecting a small amount as I wasn’t happy with all of them.
For my first photoshoot I decided to take pictures of still-life objects such as toys, clothes and cards. I choses to do this photoshoot as these objects have sentimental value to me and remind me of my childhood with my sister. I took them in the studio placed on the white infinity curve with a direct studio light above them. When I was editing these pictures I wanted them to have a more yellow temperature to show the oldness of the items and how they have aged and soiled overtime.
Overall I am happy with the way that these images have turned out and I feel like they have a nostalgic feel to them as they capture my youth. One thing that I would change is next time I would take comparison pictures of toy cars and barbies as i was describing in my plan, but due to how long its been since we played with toys, my resources where limited.
For these edits, I made the temperature of the photo warmer, causing the photo to have a more retro look. Although these are the modern photographs, I want the photos to have a timeless look. I also think making the yellow hue stronger was effective since it brings out my grandad more- otherwise he slightly blends in with the background. I also added a bit of vignette, since it guides our eyes to the middle. I also adjusted the contrast and exposure, making the images darker and having a suitable exposure.
