Shoot 1 Work Diary

Shoot 1 was taken from shooting in Norfolk, I thought this would be a good place for the first shoot to take place as it is quintessentially British. I decided to involve my family in my pictures, especially my grandparents as their heritage and culture is shown in Norfolk, as it is very nostalgic. 

This image is taken in Blakeney, looking over the heath and where the sea comes in and all the boats are docked. The main components of this shot, is the leading lines of the poles, and on the masts of the boats. I like the clarity and crispness of the water, it contrasts with the paleness of tone in the image, the sky is very cloudy and pale blue, denoting typical British weather. The whole shot is quite dark, this gives an overall melancholy, nostalgic feel. The overall scene and seagull in mid flight connotes British symbolism. I am overall happy with the result of the shot, there are not any big parts of the image that I would change, perhaps I would make the frame bigger, as to take the image further away so the total height of leading lines of the poles are visible.

This image is more documentary style, my grandma, sister and my dad's nose are the visible subjects in this shot. I love the light in the image as it really illuminates the side of my grandmas face, highlighting most attention on her. The shot connotes typical British culture, my family are sitting by the sea side, eating cockles, cockles are a traditional sea food. As seen in the shot they are all lost in the moment eating their food, with their cocktail sticks used in process, this makes very natural and realistic documentary shot, as they appear to be all unaware of the camera. On one hand the realness of the image is appealing, but I could instruct the subjects in my photos to do certain actions to avoid overcrowdedness in the images I take, i.e my dad's nose, I also could've cropped the image to improve this. 

                                                               Progression- 

In future I want to use some of the elements that I have learnt from this shoot, the importance of natural and realistic type results in documentary photography, and that instructions for the subjects, can improve the image.  Also I have learnt the importance of perspective and how frame always makes for this difference in perspective. I want to use and encompass factors that I've learnt in future shoots and also just similar British culture such as holiday, pastime etc.