Shoot 6- Work Record

Plans for this shoot:
When researching for this shoot, I came across images for doors and I believe a door can be completely symbolic, no doors are the same, they all do the same thing hide what happens inside from the outside world. Therefore I wanted to experiment by allocating this shoot focusing on different doors around Waltham Abbey. The main influence for this shoot are different photos across my image bank and my research log, this particular image shown on this blog is by photographer Riemersma who has a series of different doors which I find so interesting. My main aim and plan for this shoot is to use a head on composition creating straight lines across my images of doors so when my audience view my work they will find them as aesthetically pleasing to the ones I found when researching.



What I actually achieved:

Personally, I think this is my strongest image in this shoot because even though it isn't just an image of a door and is the image of the front of the house, I find that this is one of the better images which shows the plans for this shoot. Originally when taking this photo I tried to crop out the rain pipe however, I am happier with the final result photo with it included because I believe this is much more successful in framing the house. Without the pipe I found that the house was too over exposed, yet with it the black combined with the black of the door is a much better final result so am much happier. Furthermore, I find that this image has completed my aim as being a "straight"/ neat image as the lines created in the photo are parallel to each other. I also find this house quite sophisticated because of the black and white colour- even though I did edit this image to be black and white, the original house is pure white with contrasting factors being black and even though some may find this image to be quite plain I find it really interesting because this was a house down a street full of different houses, all different colours, each with different decorations in the front, therefore showing how people down this street displayed their personality through the front of their house. I do believe this shoot could have been more successful if I had followed  the style of Bernd and Hilla by taking photos of all the houses and editing them together, although as a singular image I do think that it has been quite successful.

This is another image in which I think is one of the more stronger images in this shoot because I found this house really interesting. However, I must say that I prefer this image in colour because it looks so much cuter and prettier, however, if I kept it in colour it would not have fitted in with the rest of the shoot. Another reason I found this image worth mentioning in this shoot record is the fact that directly opposite this house there was a complete opposite looking front of house (shown on the left here). I found this interesting because the image above is so well kept, all the plants are kept neat and it looks as if it belongs to a cute little cottage. This is completely contrasted with the image from the house across the street where it looks like it could do with a bit of TLC.

I found this cafes door really pretty because of the reflection between the two sides, however, I do believe this is one of my weakest images within this shoot because of the shadowing. As this cafe is down an alley, I got the shadow of the sticking out shop next door which I do not think works that well. Furthermore, this image does actually have a distorted effect which I do not really like- it appears that my camera was zoomed out at the wider focal length causing a slight fish eye distortion which I do not think is successful. Therefore because of the lighting and focus, I think this is my weaker image, thus showing me that when I come to shooting my exam shoots, I need to make sure I am looking over my images and if there is shadowing over the frame, I should go back a little bit later on- perhaps at the end of my shoot instead.

What I am doing next:

For my next shoot I am hoping to extend on the concept front of buildings by capturing shop fronts in my town. As some of the images I shot in this shoot weren't as successful as they could have been, I have learnt for my next shoot to keep an eye on the shadowing around my frames because other wise the same effect on what happened to the last image displayed in this blog will happen again.