Olivia Graham - location photography unit 30
Wednesday, 29 April 2015
Five Chosen Photographs
Out of all my Photographs from the Preston town centre loaction shoots, I have chosen five final photographs. I believe that these photographs best document Preston, and capture the real people who live and visit there.
'Mini Me' |
'Times Never Change' |
'Welcome To The Streets' |
'Friends' |
'Watching The People Pass' |
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Final Shoot On Location
For my final shoot on location, I stayed around the main high street of Preston as planned, photographing people on the streets, going about their day. I wanted to capture the cultural diversity of the city of Preston, and the general atmosphere of the location. Within the hour I was shooting, lots of people of different ages, genders, religions and ethnicites passed me, and I wanted to capture this through my photographs. I decided for this shoot that I wanted to complety focus on people within their surroundings, rather than have photographs only capturing buildings, signs, shops etc within Preston.
I once again used my Nikon d5000 DSLR camera, and used the 70-300mm lense or most of the shots, ans used the camera on manual mode, as I did for the test shoot. I had the camera set to a fast shutter speed, to capture people moving quickly with minimal blur. I also had it set it to low aperture, to give the image a shallow depth of field. This allows me to have the people or object that I am photographing as the main focus of my image, with a slightly blurred background.
Thursday, 23 April 2015
Test Shoot on Location
I decided to do a test shoot, so I had a better idea of where exactly along Preston high street I wanted to photograph for the real shoot. I aimed to photograph a variety of people, objects and buildings, to portray what Preston and start to tell some sort of story through my images. I wanted to try taking black and white, and coloured images, so I could see which worked better for this location.
I mainly photographed people who were moving, meaning I had to increase my shutter speed on my camera so not to get blurred images. I used a long lense (70-300mm) when I was shooting passers by, so I could shoot from further away, therefore getting more natural, relaxed shots of people, then if I was close up photographing them.
My Chosen Location
I am planning to shoot my photographs in the city centre of Preston. I wanted to set my photographs in a urban setting, capturing the people on the street around me. I will be staying on the main high street in Preston, and around the university. I will be shooting in these locations as it enables me to capture a wide diversity of people, due to the varied amount of facilities there is in the town centre. I am aiming to capture very natural shots of passers by, taking part in day to day activates.
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