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Photography Task – 6 Pictures

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This photography task was a new challenge for me, although I feel confident filming shots with a camera, my confidence fades with photography.

We were briefed to get our own individual photographs that each showcased a different photography technique, such as; silhouette, reflection, long exposure, frame within a frame, forced perspective and shallow depth of field. I followed the subject of ‘nature’ because York has some good locations that were easy to access, with great greenery I could use. 

My struggle for the project was the Long Exposure photograph, my camera knowledge wasn’t enough, I had never tried long exposure before, so I updated my knowledge on the internet at ‘Digital Photography school’, and went out still (unknowingly) unprepared. I wanted a shot of the river flowing in motion while the surroundings remained crisp. However when I arrived to shoot at midday, the sun was bright and the over exposure of the shot was too much, ruining the pictures, to fix this I collected the rest of my photos until the sky was dark enough to get a decent picture. This was a learning experience, and although frustrating I did get my desired photo. 

The frame within a frame photo I enjoyed, walking I noticed an interesting curl in a tree, at the right angle you could see castle ruins wrapped in the tree branch as a frame. I emphasized this in ‘Photoshop’ by making the center of the frame much brighter and the surroundings darker. 

I am grateful for this task because it has forced me to learn more about these camera techniques, and I appreciate the importance of these skills for this course and my future film career. 

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Step-by-step Guide to Long Exposure Photography

Shooting For Mobile Devises Task

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Creating an Instagram video for photographer Curtis Padley

For this task we were placed into groups to create a 60 to 80 second video made for social media ‘stories’ modes, out of the themes of healthy living, social networking apps, and hobbies and interests. Social media we felt would be a difficult theme to film, and we had a good story for hobbies and interests. 

Our chosen story being about Curtis Padley and his Photography interest, we knew this was an opportunity to get lots of unique locations for shots. We planned a time scheduled route through the city and outskirts of York to get a variation of locations and shots to reflect the places his interest will take him. Knowing this was a Instagram stories video, we knew to film the footage with the camera on its side for a portrait frame designed for a phone.

Collectively we got an abundance of interesting shots to choose from, along with showcasing Curtis’ genuine work among the video. We all worked together on decisions, but being the director for the task I took the lead in planning and directing the shots captured, and made sure everything was conducted in a safe way, we followed of risk assessment strictly, 

Reflecting on the project I would have added more animations for the Instagram tag and animations to his social media so people could more directly follow him from watching the video. But for the Instagram ‘Stories’ feature I believe this to be a very effective video around Curtis’ hobby and interest.

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