Photojournalism, brief 7 - short deadline

This brief was given to me on the Wednesday and I had to have handed it in on the Friday, with all research, contact sheets, ideas and final images shot in my worbook - stress! But, I got it done!!

Everyone in my class got different headlines, I got - "20 year old world yoyo champion"

In one of my images I wanted to show the yoyo in focus and the model in the background, out of focus, but still able to see his face and expressions.

Action shot. This one shows the "champion" doing what he does best! I thought it better to have him actually doing it rather than just have it dangling to look like he's doing it. As you can see, this works better because of the expression on his face and you can see movement in the yoyo. This was a lot harder than it looks because you have to try and get the yoyo in frame and with him moving it was harder to focus.

Photojournalism, brief 3 - Evening Times

This brief was made and delivered by the picture editor of the Evening Times newspaper. She gave us the choice of 5 briefs to choose from, the one I chose was about how Glasgow was a rainy hell hole full of chavs. We had to submit 3 images, a portrait, one with something in it in which you could tell it was glasgow and another general image. This brief was rushed tbh.

For this, Lucienne and I went on a wander before the shoot to find suitable locations for the images. On the shoot we used a Canon 5D Mk2, a Canon 580 speedlight and a Canon 430 speedlight.

This is the portrait shot, this shows the "chav" and also shows it's Glasgow because of the "Byres Road garage" sign on the wall.

For my second image I chose this location because I found it quite hard to find a location with a derelict/rough place and a location where you could tell it was Glasgow. In this one there is a derelict building lit up by the 430 speedlight and a sign saying SECC, City Centre and Edinburgh on it. Also, in this image, it's raining so also supports "rain soaked".

My third and final image shows graffiti in a derelict building. Although in this image you can't tell it's Glasgow, it shows a pretty rough image and along with the other images in which do show Glasgow, you can probably tell! This image is lit with the 580 and 430 speedlights.

Photojournalism, brief 2 - Scottish Foodies

For my second brief, I had to take photos of food that portray Scotland for a magazine, whilst my photos don't really portray Scotland at all they had the title of "Indulge yourself - sexy foods", we had 3 images to submit.

My first final image is the front page image, we had to bare in mind that this image would have to have the right composition to support the magazine title and magazine contents down the sides (or wherever you want to put them). I chose this image because I love the shallow depth of field, making the lights in the background appear blurry and having the strawberries in focus.

My second and third final images had to be supporting images to the cover, so they had to flow well.
I chose this one because I like the composition, how the strawberries and chocolate fill the frame and and how there is a mixture of bar and melted chocolate.

My third and final image is basic. I'm not as keen on this one as I am of the first two, I don't like the gradient background and I don't like how simple it looks - to me, it looks boring.

Photojournalism brief 1 - Sick Man

My first brief I got from Photojournalism was called  "Sick man of europe" suggesting that Scotland is the unhealthiest place in Europe, we had to support or contradict it - I decided to support it. We had to submit 2 final images and here were mine:

The first is a pile of burgers from McDonalds, I love the depth of field in this image because it really makes you focus on the front burger whilst making the background look busy.

My second final image is of someone standing on scales that say "fat". I think this works because it's obvious the image is about weight/health and I think the two images support each other well.

So I decided to start a Photography blog...

I decided to start a Photography blog because I really want to document the type of photography I'm into and to keep record of it for the future and for others to see my tastes. I also want to document my college work on here too, to let people see what I'm capable of and what my style is.

My first blog will be about portraits I would like to try and who my inspiration is.
This first image, I really like, because it's really high key and over exposed but this adds character.

These next two are something I'd really like to try as well, I love how everything is white and high key. Also love the way they are styled and their make-up.