LO2: Recce

LO2 Treatment

Brief
I have been asked by my client to take a series of photographs that relate to the topic of identities for my brief.

Concept Idea
I have thought about producing a final piece based on my identity, I have thought about taking a series of photographs of things that make me me. I will be taking a portrait picture of myself at a close up camera shot type with a shallow depth of field, and within this picture I will be using a series of photographs of things/people within my life that connote my identity. I was thinking the overall projection of this could be presented within my eyes, the reason in which I have decided to do it like this is because it gives the viewers an effect as if they're looking straight through me into my life.

Target Audience
 In terms of my target audience I believe that final piece will attract will be people from the ages of 16 to 26, this is because roughly people within this age range will know about the life as a student, with managing that and a social and athletic life in the background.

Realistically the people that would come and see my exhibit would be people within the ABC1 category of the demographic scale, this is because these people are more likely to visit art exhibits.

Key Milestones

1. I will be deciding to get my planning done during this lesson but currently I have a brief idea on what I will be producing already

2. In terms of taking the photographs I am going to have to take my pictures outside some tim next week probably the wednesday, so I can take the pictures because the weather looks good on the forecast.

3. I am looking into doing my editing as soon as I finish getting done with my photographs, this is because it will save time on wot delta as much.

4. I think the launch date will be next week friday, during my photography class so I can get the teachers advice on some features and try to improve and from there launch it.

Equipment and props

Referring to my initial idea I believe that I am going to be doing a sports related shoot. I will need for my shoot: A basketball and a Canon DSLR camera, this is because I am able to capture in motion photographic pictures with this feature of the camera. Air Jordan flight 1's and a tracksuit for the costume my model will be wearing. 

LO2: Legal And Ethical

Copyright ensures the protection of a person/companies individual product, this protect their work from being stolen by other individuals and gives them full coverage over the thing which they're getting copyright protection over. Anyone who breaks this copyright law will be prosecuted and will have to pay the individual/company for using their product.

Speaking on my photography unit, I will not be using images from any other photographer so I will not need to gain an permission from them, because all my work will be originally created by me. How ever, if I was to use someone else's images within my editing stages of my shoot I would need top gain their permission first by giving them release and consent forms before I can actually use their image. This is done to ensure my protection when borrowing the images from any individual photographer or an companies, therefore I will not be prosecuted for using any of their materials.

When taking pictures on public land I must be sure that I am allowed to take photographs, this is because sometimes certain public places prohibit the idea of letting people take photographs on their land, unless they have their permission first. For my shoot it will be fine due to the fact that I am a UTC Sheffield student who is using their property for my shoot, so I will not need to contact anyone in terms of being allowed to use the land.

The model I have for my photograph is Salik Nawas, he has given me his permission to let me take pictures of him for my shoot. My shoot is in a public place, right on the UTC Sheffield premises, so I will not need permission when taking my shoot, due to the fact that I am a student at the college.

Representation is a major when taking my pictures, this is due to the fact that you do not want your images to have a negative affect on the audience you're trying to attract. This would compromise your shoot and cause major problems within the pre-production process of the shoot. It is important to make sure you have suitable images that cause no negative representations.

I am going to ensure that I do not misrepresent my model, I do not intend to ruin his reputation or life through my shoot because that can be very stressful for the model himself.

LO2: Risk Assessment

LO2: Sample Shots

Here are a series of experimental shots that I have managed to take pictures of, of my model doing various poses and different positions with the basketball.`

LO2: Consent form

LO2: Contingency Plan

LO2: Production Plan

LO1: Photographic Elements

Composition

The composition of a photograph is the way in which a photographer arranges things within their shoot to meet their required needs. I have been looking at the still life photography of Vladimir Shipulin, I have noticed the way in which he uses composition during his photography to almost create a visual effect within the photo itself. I believe that in terms of composition he tires to place objects behind or within other objects to create a feeling of

Format

Format is the orientation of a portrait or landscape piece of photography. In terms of the format of photography I have chosen to look at the work of Alyssia Monks, this is due to the race that she tends to use a various amount of different photographic elements in terms of format. In the photograph I have chosen to use you can that Alyssia Monks has chosen to orientate the format features between portrait and landscape

Centre Of Interest

In photography one of the main features a photographer tries to capture is the centre of interest, I am currently looking at the photographic work of Jim Kazanjian. He a photographer who specialises in the art of surreal fantasy landscape photography, looking at my recent photograph of his work you can see that his centre of interest is the house/castle on wheels surrounded by a barren wasteland. the reason he might have done this was to connect to the viewers by having them feel fascinated by just looking at his photograph.

Viewpoint

Viewpoint photography is photography taken from either above or below eye level, this style of photography is commonly used to show an environment or in some circumstances it can show the dominance of a person within a picture by having the camera at an angle.

Framing

Framing photography is the style of photography taken using a frame to capture a point of interest for the photograph. This is also a really easy means of creating a photograph, the main focus when using this style of photography is to focus on the positioning and perspective that the viewer is having of the image.

Rule Of Thirds

Rule of thirds refers to the guidelines which applies to the composition of a picture. This shows the different sections within a picture with the sections that make up the main focal point.

Colour/Monochrome

Monochrome  describes either a painting, drawing or maybe even a photograph. An image that reflects colours in different shades with limited colour, this is usually done by removing the hues within the picture.

LO1: Rules Of Photography Tester Shots

During the tester shots, I got to explore different camera elements and features of photography. Looking at the shots I took you can see that the most common feature I looked into was the method of leading lines, texture shots and establishing shots of the city.