For my second photoshoot, I went to as many petrol stations as possible in attempt to improve and recreate my previous photoshoot. This is because in my first shoot I mainly focused on one petrol station, which does not emphasise the problem of air pollution, so I believe it will look more successful by including multiple different stations compared to just one. In addition to this, this technique is similar to Ruscha’s “26 gasoline station” project, which will hopefully make it cleae to the viewer what my aim and intention is.

To improve, I changed the angle of my photos so it resembles Ed Ruscha’s whereas in my previous shoot I kept the angle and position of the camera very close up to my subject. I prefer the angle of my new photoshoot because there is a lot more features included in the frame, which ultimately I find important because it allows the viewer to see how many people use the petrol stations. By doing this I am able to portray my view of the issue, by showing the viewer how normalised it is. Overall I am much more pleased with my second photoshoot because it has better similarities to my inspired artist, as well as included more of the area around it which I believe looks more more interesting.

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After I imported my photoshoot into Lightroom, I flagged my best image from each shoot. This will help me in my project to choose my best images to use, while also speeding up the process.