For this shoot, I went to my local supermarket and bought flowers and set up a small studio in my house and took pictures of them from close angles.
For this shoot, I was a heavily inspired by Imogen Cunningham because I like how she takes pictures of flowers close up. In my opinion, this allows the viewer to see the true beauty in the flower by being able to see more detail of each petal. By taking pictures close up, I will be able to emphasise my message about true beauty of nature more strongly.
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Best Images
I like this photo because of the bright and vivd colour the yellow shows. This photo will be able to draw in people more because of the bold tones. Also, I like how I have taken the pictures up close because you are able to more detail and the texture of the petals more clearly. In my opinion, this photo of the flower reminds me of the sun, almost demonstrating another form of nature.
I like this photo because you can see the petals being wrapped around each other creating an interesting spiralling pattern. In my opinion, this almost created a leading line that draws the viewer to go around in circles and gradually making their way towards the outside.
I like this photo because of the deep blues on the petals help stand out a bit more. I have taken this photo close up, you are able to see the veins of the petals a lot more easily. Also, I like how this has allowed the viewer to see the detail inside the orchid where you can see the texture from the centre more quickly.
Worst Photos
I don't like this photo becasue it is too under exposed due to now having the correct aperture settings. This ruins the affect of the photo because you are unable to see any of the colour, texture or detail in the petals.
I don't like this photo because it is too blurry, this is due to the camera not focusing of the flower properly and more on the background, Again, this ruins the photo because you cannot see any of the detail whats so ever because everything on the petals blends into one.
AO1 - Imogen Cunningham influenced my work by helping me think of my framework when I was taking pictures of the different flowers by being able to show all of the detail in the petals. By doing this, my photos will be able to represent how we need to save what we have left in the environment otherwise we will eventually lose something truly beautiful.
AO2 - I used a Canon 600D to take these photos with my settings set to ISO 800 and shutter speed set to 1/125 through out the whole shoot. My aperture was varied during the shoot but was mostly kept to around f8 - f11 depending on how much light was coming through. Due to the strange lighting I wasn't able to control in my house, I had to keep manipulating my settings to make sure I had the correct exposure.
AO3 - My idea for recording Reflection in Nature for this shoot was to take pictures of flowers and reflect them using Photoshop like I did in my first shoot. This helped me develop further and present more for my first shoot but also combining my photos to where I am now taking my project by editing the final images into the models from the pervious shoot. I like the image of the yellow flower the most (Best Image 1) because the colours are bold and stand out a lot on the model creating a strong contrast.
AO4 - I feel as if I have produced a strong series of images by my final shoot helping me develop further by combining both my original idea and my later ones together. For this shoot, I decided to edit my photos how I did in shoot one (by creating an interesting abstract looking reflection) and what I have developed to in later shoots by taking that photo and editing it into a person to portray how they are reflecting about nature.
Manipulating My Photos
For this shoot, I used the exact same editing process as I did back in shoot 1 because I wanted to expand further on my original idea and produce more photos similar because I did like the technique. To create my final image I went into canvas size and changed the anchor size to the top corner and after, I changed the percentage size to 200. Then, I copied and pasted the photo 4 times and then flipped the image depending where it was in the frame to create the abstract reflected images.
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