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About the photoshoot:

For this photoshoot, we were in small groups and went around the school to experiment in taking our own environmental portraits. This is useful because the background effect of education and learning significantly added the effect to make it a successful environmental portrait. This gave us the opportunity to investigate how to make the subject the main focus in the images, and how much of the environment to include. We mainly visited teachers, as the use of their desks or other key backgrounds added to the effect.

My favourite photoshoot I completed was photoshoot 2. This is because we managed to capture the canteen lady from different angles, where she is doing different things. this created a successful set of images because it gives the viewer an insight o n the specific duties canteen workers need to do in order to carry out a successful canteen for schools. I like how she is interacting with the camera in different ways, such as pretending to advertise, rather than just smiling. However, I did make a few mistakes when carrying out these photoshoots. Such as not getting enough of the background in compared to the model. This was a drawback because it means we cannot get a clear understanding of the profession if we cannot see it. Another mistake I made when taking these photos is not focusing the camera, leading to some images being clearly more blurred than others. This looks unprofessional as it seems I was in a rush, subtracting effect from the image. The final big mistake I made was not adjusting the aperture and shutter speed. This was another reason for some of my images being blurry, and also it meant the lighting was affected.

Overall these photoshoots deepened my understanding of environmental portraits and how we feel closer to the subject by seeing their background.