Photography shots practice

Purpose of this task

The purpose of taking all of these images using different shot types was to see what the best effects are when creating an image for a specific purpose. I also think this shows me what types of shots to use to get certain effects that I want for my music magazine.

Rule of thirdsIn this image I was trying to create a rule of thirds shot, so the people in my image are in one third of the image rather than all of it. I think that this image is quite successful as the two people in the image are not in the centre which gives the image more effect as you can see part of the background. I think that this image would be better if there was something else in the background linking to the purpose of the image.

Multiple focusIn this image I was trying to create an effect of having multiple focus’ so that the audience isn’t just looking at one thing and has more focus’ making the image more interesting. However I think that this image could have been more successful if one of the two people in the image was looking directly at the camera drawing you into it and then making you look at the other person who would not be looking at the camera.

PerspectiveIn this image I was trying to get a perspective shot, so that you can see one person clearer than the other. The second person is directly behind the other, but because of the perspective of the camera it looks like she’s slightly too the side. I think this image is quite successful as the person in the front is the main focus and then you look back and see another person, so it draws you in. I think this image could have been more successful if the background wasn’t the corridor so i could of cropped the people into the image more and thought about the surrounding.

ReflectionIn this image I was trying to create the effect of a reflection, so that you can see the person in the image twice giving it more effect as it looks like there is two of the same person and that will draw people into looking at this image. I think that this image is successful as the reflection is clear and the front part of the image (the actual person) is clear and the second part of the image (the same person behind) is less clear but from a different angle creating effect. I also think I could improve this image for next time by thinking about what/who is in the background and whether it links to my purpose.

Dirty shotIn this image I was trying to create a dirty shot by having someone slightly behind a door. I thought that this image was not as successful as it could have been as the thing that was in the way should have linked more to the person and had more of a purpose in the image. I also don’t think it makes the image look better, so I think I can create a better shot by having more appropriate things in the way and having the person further back in the image.