Final Images

Here my final images. I've made sure that there not all too similar, so I can make a good representation of my view of the city.

I picked this photograph as I like the shiny on the floor and the ghostly feel I get from it, due to there being no people in my shot. The space is every empty and gives an uncomfortable feel to it, as the Arndale is normally full of people.

I chose this second image as I feel the sun set is beautiful. I like the thought of showing the beauty n normally a busy town centre. I also like the way the light is exaggerated by the dark shadows, this gives a nice boarder to my image.

I chose this photograph as I like all the lines involved in it. The angle I have shot this at is very strange and brings a lot more depth to my work. I also like the use of colour involved in the graffiti, this makes my image look more interesting.

I chose this image as I like the dull boarder around my photograph, this makes the views eyes go straight to the middle, which is where the detail is. Its almost as if there is a picture in my photograph, that has been framed.

I chose this photograph as I don't think people look up that much when there in the city and miss objects, such as the shoes on the telephone wire. I also like the way I have captured the plane at the bottom left of my shot, this brings more character to my work and gives more to look at.

I chose this photograph as it was the first image that inspired me in to photographing the images I have taken. I still find it strange seeing the shoes in front of the hilton and I feel that other people would feel this too. I cropped this image slighting so there are no distractions around the sides.

I chose this image as I feel the covered up stalls in the middle show a side to another world. Every time I look at this image I can image them moving around at night, following each other, this brings an uncomfortable feel to my work.

I chosen this image as its my favourite. I love the angle of the shot and the way the lines are all parallel and follow my image around. I photographed it purposely with no people in and with the empty cup on the table, to show that people have once been here. From this it gives a ghostly feel and makes me feel uncomfortable.

Conclusion so far...

After all of the shoots I have done, I feel I have enough images for my city brief. I will now look back at my shoots and pick the photographs I feel are most appropriate.
I will be looking for good composition, good angle of shot, making sure my lighting is good and making sure each of my photographs are different.
I will then write why I have chosen the images and do any editing that is needed, i.e cropping.

Shoot 8

For this shoot I focused on light. So I went to Manchester city centre when it was dark as I wanted the lights to be more exaggerated. Here are a few of my best images...

 ISO - 600

Shutter speed - 2

Aperture - F 15.0 

I like this photograph as I feel my composition is on point and there is a lot to look at such as shapes, colours, lighting. I also like the way you can tell that people are there but you can't see them. They just look like black figures where you can just make out their outlines.

 ISO - 600

Shutter speed - 4

Aperture - F 13.0  

I put this photograph in as I like the use of angle I photographed it in. It's almost as if I was photographing the status' from behind. I again like my use of lighting against the dull dark background.

 ISO - 600

Shutter speed - 4

Aperture - F 15.0 

This final photograph is my favourite as there is a good use of form and shape in this image. I used a longer exposer to to make the lights look cleaner and crisp, this also helps to exaggerate the lights. 

Conclusion so far...

After looking at all my photographs, I don't think that my shoot 7 (trainers) are as interesting as my Hilton photograph. The reason for this is that I went around Manchester city centre and couldn't find any more shoes, so I had to go to places like council estates to get close ups to the trainers. There are no big building in my photographs and not a lot of distance.
However I am very pleased that I did the shoot as it has made me realise not to just focus on trainers on a telephone wire.

I still feel like my favourite photographs are on the Manchester Arndale as theres something about the emptiness that brings a lot to my images.

Shoot 7

This shoot was inspired by my Hilton photograph as it was very interesting to see a pair of shoes hanging down from the telephone wire. Here are a few photographs I have taken, focusing on the shoes hanging down from telephone wires...

 ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/25

Aperture - F 11.0

This first image is on a counsel estate near my house. I photographed this image making sure I got the houses in the photograph as well to make it more interesting. I like my composition as The telephone wires fill up the sky and give a little pattern with the lines.

 ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/25

Aperture - F 10.0

I photographed this image of the shoes making them the main focus, so I cropped out everything else taking away from the trainers making my image look more simple.

 ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 2/25

Aperture - F 11.0

This is one of my favourites as it took a lot of effort to get this photograph how it is now. I had to think about my timing and my composition as well as all of my settings on my camera. I'm very please with how I have captured the plane in the bottom left corner, I think this makes a really interesting photograph.

 ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1

Aperture - F 11.0

I photographed this image as the sun was setting, giving a nice yellowy glow on the houses as well as giving nice big shadows to exaggerate the suns lighting. I again like my composition as I feel the telephone wires with the shoes make my sky look a lot more interesting rather then plain.

 ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 2

Aperture - F 10.0

This final photograph is one of my favourites as I feel my composition is on key and the lighting is just beautiful from the sun setting. I also like the way the trainers aren't so obviously and look more mysterious and hidden. 

Shoot 6

For this shoot I've decided to go back to Manchester Arndale to find what I was missing in my previous shoot there. I made sure I used the same techniques that worked well last time to help me develop my work further. Here are a couple of my favourite photographs...

 ISO - 300

Shutter speed - 3

Aperture - F 11.0

I just love this image that I had taken in the Arndale. The three huts that you can see I feel really add to my photograph, looking at them now its almost as if there moving. Like this is what really comes to life when everyone has gone home. These huts just rome around in a line, there are so many things that pop into my head when I look at this photograph. Very powerful, and I'm very please with how it has come out.

ISO - 300

Shutter speed - 1

Aperture - F 11.0

This is my favourite photograph so far. I love the composition, the angle, the lighting. To me the most interesting part of this image is the way there is a cup at the table but with no one there. This again gives a sense that people have been there, making it seem very ghostly. I feel like this image could be one of my final pieces. 

Conclusion so far...

I feel like I'm getting too carried away with my experimenting and I feel I have got a lot of good ideas from the shoots I have already done. So I will be sticking with this ideas and go back to the scenes I have already photographed to see if I can tweak them a bit to improve them.

My favourite shoots were the ones in the manchester Arndale and the ones in the back streets of Manchester so I shall focus on these shoots the most.