This photoshoot was taken in St Malo where we were able to go off in groups and take photos of the various things we see. the main focus was people and making sure this didn’t involve any posing as we needed the photos to be natural and unexpected like Henri Cartier-Bresson’s photos. I decided on editing many of my photos into black and white however kept some in their original form as I didn’t want to do everything in black and white. My photos include both camera photos and also photos taken on my phone.

When taking photos on my phone, I put it into portrait mode so that after the photoshoot was over I was able to go through the photos I liked and select the main aspect of the photo so that the camera would refocus on that and add a slight blur into the background. I liked how these type of photos turned out.

When going through my photos, I decided to group them into mini photoshoots when I noticed a few similarities in some images. I really like how some of the photos turned out in the rain so decided to pick out my favourites and present them together.

Favourite photos in the rain:

I quite liked how the photos turned out in the rain and I also think putting them images in black and white was a good idea as the use of dark shades adds to the weather which is dark and miserable. I took 3 of these photos in the same place by looking around and waiting for a moment to turn up. On the bottom right image, I kept my camera positioned in the same place as many people were turning the corner at different moments and wouldn’t be expecting to pose for an image. My favourite image from this selection is the top left image.

Favourite Photos of Couples:

I really liked these images because I think it can bring across a happy feeling to the viewer by seeing two people together captured in a photo. For the top two photos I also used the skill of cropping to make them the centre of the image, the top right photo was originally more zoomed out where the couple in the back weren’t instantly the main focus so i think the way i cropped worked well as they are directly centred and very obviously the main focus.

My favourite photos in colour:

Favourite photo

This image really stood out to me and I decided to choose it as my main image. The lighting in the image is only from natural lighting but as the weather was raining at the time, the lighting is limited as there was barely any sun. The light reflection non the bench further shows the viewer that the weather is wet and rainy as it may not be clear to them instantly. The angle I used was directly next to him but not as close as I didn’t want to be noticed and have him look at the camera. So I simply zoomed up on him from a small distance away. This phot was taken on the camera but I also partially edited it on my phone by using the portrait mode to but the man in focus and blur the background.

I decided to make this image black and white to match the overall feel of the image. The dark tone, rain and emotion shows how black and white would work better than keeping the image in colour.

I think this image would make the viewer feel quite sorry for the man because with the involvement of the weather, darkness and his expression it gives the image a bit of a sad feel to it. The man in the image is sat alone on a bench in the rain with his head slightly tilted down but his eyes are looking off into the distance. I like this because it gives the viewer a chance to imagine what he’s seeing or what he’s feeling and wonder what his story is.