Plan for fourth shoot- Flowers:

This shoot is very much like my last shoot, I have had a bit of a play around on photoshop and I am 100% certain that I want to use just different types of flowers as they will pop more and show more of a range of colours instead of just being different shades of green. The flowers I used in the last shoot are pink so I know that I want different colours, maybe yellow. It doesn’t really matter what flowers use just as long as they are different types and different colours. Again, I will go and get the flowers from Solihull just before I do the shoot because it was easy not to beat them up or have them start dying etc. Last time I only went to morrisons for the flowers as I knew they were affordable and had a decent range however some were beaten up so I might look in a different shop. I will be using the same camera and lighting and set up as it was quick and easy and I got the results I wanted.

Evaluation of Flower shoot:

For this shoot I looked in Sainsburys first but was 100% pleased with the flowers or range in there so I went to Marks and Spencer’s and they had a very good range of flowers. I brought two bunches from there, one bunch of yellow tulips and one bunch of peach roses with a couple of different flowers mixed in. the flowers were on offer for 2 bunches for £5 which was bargain and even cheaper than my last shoot. I am glad that I got flowers which are different colours. Yet again I had the same set up, camera and lighting as it was easy to do and gave me the results I needed.

I don’t think I need to do another shoot as I’ve got pretty much what I wanted now and I just need to start editing and putting together my final photographs. 

Plan for third shoot- Plants and Flowers:

This shoot is in replacement for my first shoot as that didn’t work out at all. For this shoot I am going to be buying some plants maybe some flowers just to see what they look like, but I will probably be just buying and photographing different plants. I am going to be taking these photographs in the studio, I will use 2 lights either soft boxes as they are good for even lighting or honeycomb lights if I want the lighting to be a bit harsher/stronger. Again, like the other shoots I am going to be using my Sony DSLR, with my 18mm-55mm lens. I am going to go and buy the plants right before the shoot from Solihull so they’re fresh and not beaten up on my way to college. There are plenty of shops in Solihull to get plants from so I don’t have to worry about that.

Evaluation for plant shoot:

I brought one ivy plant for £1, one magenta celosia plant for £3 and a bunch of pink calendula flowers for £3, which altogether cost me £7. All of the flowers were from Morrisons as I knew that they were cheap in there. I decided to buy a bunch of flowers because most of the plants were either beaten up or dying and wouldn’t look too nice in the photographs. In the studio, I used 2 continuous soft box lights to light the plants and flowers as they gave me simple even lighting that was easy to control. I also used a product table that has a white background that will be easy to get rid of on photoshop. The shoot was a success I got the right photographs that I needed out of it that were eye level or birds eye view and that were also clearly lit.

I am going to do another shoot like this as I need more photographs of plants/flowers. I am also glad that I used a bunch of flowers in this shoot because I think they worked out better than the Ivy and if I think about it now, it would be kind of boring or monotonous to have just plants for my final photographs as they would all be green, just maybe different shades of green so I’m glad I’ve used flowers and I will be taking more for my final photographs.

Plan for second shoot- Worcester and Birmingham Canal:

For my second shoot is the other half of what will be my final photos will be. For this shoot I want to take photographs of industrial chimneys or water pipes going into bodies of water. I think the best place to do this shoot is along the Worcester Birmingham canal, as I can recall from train journeys along this route there are some factories along the way. I would like in the photographs for the audience to be able to see some part of the factory. I need to remember composition when I take the photographs as I need to add trees coming out of the chimney. I will be using my Sony DSLR with my 18mm-55mm lens, I will also take my polarising filter to get more contrast and definition in the clouds as the sky will be a decent amount of the photograph.

Evaluation of Worcester Birmingham Canal shoot:

This shoot was successful, I managed to get a decent amount of photographs of chimney’s however none of water pipes (this doesn’t really matter though as I can just use chimneys.) The photographs all have some sort of building or factory at the bottom, so the photographs aren’t just the chimney as that would look a little more boring. I also remembered to leave enough space at the top of the photograph to fit the tree in later on. I walked along the Worcester Birmingham Canal from Kings Norton to Selly Oak which was just over an hours walk, I was certain that there was no point for me to keep walking as I had got enough photographs, because I know I don’t want too many final photographs.

I don’t know if I need to do a second shoot like this because the weather was nice enough that I got evenly lit photographs and there was a good amount of clouds in the sky and I don’t really see how a second shoot like this would be any better I think I would just get the same outcome.

PORTFOLIO

Recently I have been looking for ways to make portfolios, as I have now finished with University and I will need a portfolio to showcase my work. A friend of my mine recommended a company called Saal Digital- http://www.saal-digital.co.uk/ The company offers a range of products, from cards to calendars to photo books. In my case I was choosing the photo book. They offer different size books, from 26 pages to 120 pages, matte or glossy paper and materials such as- leather, linen, padded or just standard photo paper. 

For my photo book I chose a portrait 21 x 28cm matte padded cover and matte photo paper on the inside. The book arrived quicker than I had anticipated and was carefully packaged. 

I have to say that this book exceeds my expectations, the quality of it is just fantastic. The padding of the front cover is just right, it's not too thick or thin and just gives the book more of a luxurious feel and the photo paper is great, it's got a good thickness to it, it has a slight textured feel to it from the quality of the paper. 

I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this company to anyone looking for a great way to make a portfolio or a book for their own personal needs. The website and tools are so easy for you to upload your photos and simple to change the layout to something that you would prefer. I think Saal Digital is a great company and I would 100% use them again in the blink of an eye. 

Plan for first shoot- Lickey Hills:

My first shoot for this project is going to be at the lickey hills. My idea has changed slightly it’s still Landscape VS. Man-Made-Scapes but I am going to be using digital manipulation to get the contrast between the two. I am going to be taking photographs of the trees and then cutting out the background these photographs on photoshop and placing just the tree into a new photograph. For this shoot I am going to be using my Sony DSLR with my 18mm-55mm lens. I typically want to get photos of singular branches or trees with less leaves on it, as the photographs are going to be cut out on photoshop to be placed into another photo. I am going on a fairly sunny day so the trees will be evenly lit.

Evaluation of Lickey Hills shoot:

This shoot didn’t work out too well as it was hard to try and get photographs of singular branches or trees without too many leaves on for me to achieve what I want for my final photographs. It was a good sunny day to take the photographs, however, the sun was leaking in between the leaves and overexposing part of the leaves and just made it genuinely hard to get photographs that I could use for my final idea. It also didn’t work as I was looking up at the trees and didn’t have a level or birds eye view of them. This shoot has made me realise that I need to figure out a different way of getting these photographs.

After this shoot I decided that for my next shoots I would have to buy plants/flowers and photograph them in studio as this will give me control over the lighting and I will also have the right angle I need for my final idea.

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FINAL MAJOR PROJECT

IDEA ONE:CLIMATE CHANGE

My first idea for my fmp is to take photographs that have strong messages about Global Warming throughout them. Which is carrying on from my Creative Process project. Global Warming has been a rising topic for a very long time but one I think more and more people are starting to realise just how damaging it is going to be. As a landscape photographer I think it is vital that you have respect for the environment and I want to show this through my work. 
I would want to use film for this project and maybe polaroid film but I'm not too sure yet, as polaroid is never comes out very decent. The reason I want to use film is because I want them to be a one off. 
My inspiration for this idea is Joe Cornish.

Costs:
The costs for this would be mainly to be able to travel to different locations. I would also have to think about costs for film as I would want to use either 35mm or 120mm. 

Limitations:
My only real limitation is not having enough time to travel to different places or not having enough money to get to different locations. 

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IDEA TWO:
NATURE V. MAN

My second idea is to take photographs of landscapes that have nature in the foreground and buildings in the background or versa. This idea is sort of similar to my first idea because I would like to build up my landscape portfolio as it's my speciality and I am also carrying on from my creative process. I think it would be good idea to show the contrast between both nature and buildings as one of the nature in these photographs might not be there in the future as the buildings weren't there at one point either.

Costs:
The costs would be about the same as the first one as I would need to travel to different places to capture different contrasts between locations and buildings. I don't know yet whether I would use film or digital. 

Limitations:
Limitations would be not finding a contrasting landscape and man made scape, however I could always turn to digital manipulation and Photoshop landscapes and man made scapes together to get even more of an impact. 

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IDEA THREE:
STAGED PORTRAITS

My third and final idea is different from the first two, it's portraits not location. My favourite photographer is Gregory Crewdson whom creates highly staged, elaborate photographs and this is something that I thought I might try for this project as it is out of my comfort zone because I'm not really a fan of taking portraits nor working in the studio which I think I would be working in the studio for this idea to have better control of the lighting. 

Costs: 
This project wouldn't cost as much as my other two ideas because I wouldn't need to travel because I want to work in the studio for this idea. 

Limitations:
Limitations for this project idea would be not using a variant of models and or not being able to work with different models.

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