I'm fairly proud of the photographs I have taken and selected to showcase on this blog. I do believe that there is always room for improvement, especially when it comes to gig photography and getting the shutter speed and exposure settings right for the environment. I found the light photography shoot in the studio at college quite difficult, since we only had limited time and there were quite a lot of us taking part. The light photography shoots I did at home helped me become more familiar with camera settings and fully understand what everything means, allowing me to experiment a lot more and introduce colour and different methods.
The photographs I took of the hot air balloons at the balloon fiesta are average, I tried to capture the flames and the process of getting the balloons into the air, but they're certainly nothing hugely special or creative. On the other hand, I'm beyond pleased with how well the fireworks turned out. I spent half an hour before hand toying with the camera settings and the time definitely paid off. It also helped that I was located up on a hill, directly below where the fireworks were going off.
When I went to Cheddar, I wanted to try out my new camera during the sunset and got some nice shots but I particularly liked the photographs I took in the car on the way home. I was inspired by similar images that I'd seen on Tumblr, and had been seeing for many years. I liked the idea of being able to capture movement and the winding roads as we travelled, and was pleased with the results. They're not professional, they're more like snapshots to be uploaded to social media or a blog.
I like the photographs I took on my trip to Devon because they're not just typical tourist snaps. I took the time to think about how to compose each photograph and came back with some fairly artistic results. The photograph that I was most impressed with is the one of the seagull, it was one of those moments of luck and I couldn't quite believe how close I managed to get to it without it flying away. I also love the vibrant blues and greens of the collection of photographs because they show Devon's true beauty.
When taking the natural forms photos, I used the macro setting on my DSLR in order to gain as much detail as possible. I feel that this definitely paid off, although I thought that having an actual macro lens would benefit me and enable me to take even more impressive photographs so I ordered one. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to try it out yet but if these natural forms images are anything to go by, I'd say it'll be worth the money. There is nothing I love more than lens flares, so being able to capture such unique ones is great. I think they can make just an average photograph something special, or give a great photograph an advantage and an edge.
When it comes to the wedding photos, I'm quite pleased. It was my first time ever photographing an event or lots of people but I think I did quite well. The bride and groom were pleased, although I think that if the wedding had taken place in a bigger venue then I could've given them much better results as we were all limited for space and it was difficult to move. I also think I made the right decision by editing each one into black and white in addition to the original images.
My New York photographs, as stated in the separate blog post, are my absolute favourites. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it and my camera rarely left my hands. I got a good balance of tourist snaps and more creative, professional photographs which is exactly what I wanted to achieve and it means I'm able to look back at them and instead of seeing lots of pictures of random, meaningless things, I can see everything I did and all of the big, important things I did in great quality.
In the future, I'd like to try my hand at portraits and more studio work. I think it would also be good to venture into wildlife photography, although I may not have enough access to wildlife in my hometown.
The photographs I took of the hot air balloons at the balloon fiesta are average, I tried to capture the flames and the process of getting the balloons into the air, but they're certainly nothing hugely special or creative. On the other hand, I'm beyond pleased with how well the fireworks turned out. I spent half an hour before hand toying with the camera settings and the time definitely paid off. It also helped that I was located up on a hill, directly below where the fireworks were going off.
When I went to Cheddar, I wanted to try out my new camera during the sunset and got some nice shots but I particularly liked the photographs I took in the car on the way home. I was inspired by similar images that I'd seen on Tumblr, and had been seeing for many years. I liked the idea of being able to capture movement and the winding roads as we travelled, and was pleased with the results. They're not professional, they're more like snapshots to be uploaded to social media or a blog.
I like the photographs I took on my trip to Devon because they're not just typical tourist snaps. I took the time to think about how to compose each photograph and came back with some fairly artistic results. The photograph that I was most impressed with is the one of the seagull, it was one of those moments of luck and I couldn't quite believe how close I managed to get to it without it flying away. I also love the vibrant blues and greens of the collection of photographs because they show Devon's true beauty.
When taking the natural forms photos, I used the macro setting on my DSLR in order to gain as much detail as possible. I feel that this definitely paid off, although I thought that having an actual macro lens would benefit me and enable me to take even more impressive photographs so I ordered one. Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to try it out yet but if these natural forms images are anything to go by, I'd say it'll be worth the money. There is nothing I love more than lens flares, so being able to capture such unique ones is great. I think they can make just an average photograph something special, or give a great photograph an advantage and an edge.
When it comes to the wedding photos, I'm quite pleased. It was my first time ever photographing an event or lots of people but I think I did quite well. The bride and groom were pleased, although I think that if the wedding had taken place in a bigger venue then I could've given them much better results as we were all limited for space and it was difficult to move. I also think I made the right decision by editing each one into black and white in addition to the original images.
My New York photographs, as stated in the separate blog post, are my absolute favourites. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it and my camera rarely left my hands. I got a good balance of tourist snaps and more creative, professional photographs which is exactly what I wanted to achieve and it means I'm able to look back at them and instead of seeing lots of pictures of random, meaningless things, I can see everything I did and all of the big, important things I did in great quality.
In the future, I'd like to try my hand at portraits and more studio work. I think it would also be good to venture into wildlife photography, although I may not have enough access to wildlife in my hometown.
