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For my third personal study photoshoot, I chose 3 of my friends to be my main subjects to represent the runaways in Kurland’s series that I have taken inspiration from. We went to some woods in St Clement to recreate some of the intimate scenes between the teenage girls, which I think went successfully. The location of this shoot was an essential factor, allowing my outcomes to resemble Kurland’s, especially the images of my subjects in contact with one another, showing that they are building relationships in nature. This shoot differs from the first photoshoot I did inspired by Justine Kurland, as we went to the woods at dusk, rather than when it was dark. This was an advantage to me because it meant that the images came out better due to the camera settings being easier to use, and I could see my subjects clearer as well as the background. However, a drawback of this photoshoot would be that we went to the woods instead of a field or abandoned area that would represent Kurland’s outcomes better. This meant that all of my shoots inspired by Kurland have been taken in similar locations, limiting my ability to approach the shoots uniquely to one another.

On Lightroom, I imported all 223 of my images to work with. I think 233 images is an effective amount as it is enough to vary my final images yet it is not too many in order to make the editing easier for me. I placed these images in a new collection, named “Personal study photoshoot 3”, so I can access these images easily. I then flicked through all of the photos and deleted any that had no potential to be edited or in my final photo book, narrowing down my final options. Next, I flagged the images I knew I definitely want to use in my photo book so I can edit these ones efficiently and only focus on my best outcomes. I did not colour code these images, as I wanted to use all of my time effectively, and by flagging them I was already able to determine which images I liked and which ones I wasn’t going to use.

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