INTERIOR BRIEF ( TRAFFORD CENTRE)

TRAFFORD CENTER (INTERIOR BRIEF)

PLANNING,

For our second brief we where given the task of photographing a interior location where we were not in total control of the light.

At first i has the idea of photographing the Trafford centre so i went and took some practice shots, but on the day that i went i had 5 children in tow so it did not really go to plan, i than decided to try and photograph Manchester Cathedral. The first time i went to this location i ran into a problem by going when a service was due to start so i was asked not to take any images until the service had finished. I waited around and than was rushed out of the cathedral due to them wanting to close which i was rather unhappy about. I than went back a week later and spent a few hours taking some photographs but when the images were printed i was not overall happy with the due to the dark shadows at the top of the arches and the way in which the flash was rebounding around the building. I than went back to my first location being Trafford centre in order to complete my images.

EQUIPMENT,

• Canon 650 d
• Canon 10-55mm lens
• Tripod

CATHEDRAL TEST SHOTS,

  

these are a few of my test shots from Manchester Cathedral i was inspired to try my location photography in the Cathedral after having a look at a photographer by the name of Raymond Kerr who photographed Fountains Abbey as well as the keep, he photographed many different subject lines such as festivals , animals and human portraits.

THE TRAFFORD CENTRE TEST SHOTS,

Above are my test shots for the Trafford centre ,i thought that the shopping centre would be great to photograph due to the decorations and designs.I used the light from the artificial lighting around the center as well as the day light from the windows.

TRAFFORD CENTER FINAL 10 IMAGES,

All together it took me about four trips to the Trafford center in order to get the actual images that i wanted to get , that i felt where good enough to submit for my final 10 images.

CONCLUSION , 

Overall i fell rather happy with my images, it took a bit of practice to be able to get the images straight. I have noticed that there was some noise at the top of the image with the marble stairs, which i believe i should have checked the camera settings and focal view more carefully. 

I was rather happy with my image of the fountain on which i used a slow shutter speed , and i believe with more practice i can still improve this skill alot. I did not photo shop my final images as i thought the images where quite ok the way they where.

I have decided since doing this brief that i would like to carry on shooting in this type of environment in my spare time as i liked photographing the details of the shopping center as well as the people who are all within their own little worlds while walking and shopping together. 

PHOTOGRAPHER - KEN ROCKWELL

KEN ROCKWELL.

Ken is currently based in San Diego where he has his own studio within a industrial estate. 

He got into photography by taking images of his friends and family on the weekends due to his full time ob during the week that he continues in order to care for his family. 

His first camera was a Kodak instamatics which he used from 1965 throught to 1973. He used to camera to photograph his back garden as well as doing experiments through a telescope.

Than in 1973 he started using his parents Richoflex medium-format camera, he than went on to Minolta and Nikon. He currently is using a Nikon D3 which remains in his studio , Nikon D7000 which is the camera he uses to snap images of friends and family as well as a canon s95 which is his out and about camera.

Below are a few of his images.

I personally really like his work especially his use of shutter speed. His family portraits are also very interesting. My favorite image is of the inside of the church in France ( above ). I like the way the artificial lights look like candles as well as being able to see the detail on the stained glass windows on the background. 

All information in sourced from     http://www.kenrockwell.com/index.htm

STUDIO - (FLOWERS)

STUDIO - (FLOWERS)

Today in the studio we where given the task of shooting flowers , using three different lighting setups.

We were told to make the flowers look delicate and also to light them from behind.

One of the setups was on a white folding table which allowed the images appear to be high key. 

While another was on a white table with a grey pop up background, we also had a set up in the second studio where we used the medium format camera with a macro extension. 

During the progress of taking the images i also used color gels to give hints of color the the backgrounds of the plants.

Below are a few of the images that i took through out the session.

This was the set up that we used for the medium format camera.

At first i was rather worried about taking this set of images , as i had not done any thing like it before. 

But i am rather pleased with how my images have turned out i also enjoyed photographing flowers as i found it very calming. 

ANDREAS SERRANO

ANDREAS SERRANO

Andreas Serrano is a American photographer who has become well known for his images based on 

corpses as well as his use of feces and bodily fluids within his work, for example one set of his images called piss christ. What was a set of images where a crucifix was submerged in a glass containing his own urine as well as blood, which caused alot of anger within the community due to religious beliefs.

He tends to print his images in large scale of 20 by 30 inches.

Also his choice of camera is a large format camera .

I myself actually find is work very interesting. And for his portraits i love the use of the bright backgrounds that the models as sat in front of. 

I also think his images of piss Christ are extremely nice to look at with great use of color.  I really enjoyed using a medium camera to take images in the style of Serrnano due to loving the use of color.

STUDIO (GLASS)

STUDIO - (GLASS)

Today in the studio we photographed glass, it was a bit tricky especially when using the high key lighting. 

I used black card quite alot in this session on studio due to reflecting a defined shadow upon the glass in order to be able to photograph the lines and shapes of the subject matter without it blurring or not vanishing into the background, 

below are some of the images that i shoot on the day;

I really enjoyed taking this set of images, and i feel alot more comfortable with the lights which i believe is reflecting within my images. I loved the was the color of the glass reflected on the foreground and the shadows that it cast. 

STUDIO (SNOOT)

STUDIO (SNOOT LIGHTING)

Today in class was our first time of shooting still life in a studio.

We used lighting with a snoot attached in order for us to be able to aim the circle of light onto the subject matter that we were photographing. 

I struggled with this set of images due to this being my first time of doing such work , the hard parts for me where getting the reflectors in the right place as well as being able to get the focal and depth of field right.

Below are some of my images;

On the above images it can been seen where i have used a gold reflector upon the subject matter in order to remove some of the harsh shadows that where showing within the image. 

I am not overall happy with this set of images but am looking to improve week by week and i cant wait.

This is the lighting set up that i used with the snoot attached to the light.