Shoot 5

For this shoot I focused mainly on long exposers about manchester cities streets, here are a couple of my favourite photographs...

 ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 20

Aperture - F 9.0

I photographed this scene as when I was walking past it I couldn't help but fall in love with the sun set in the background. To me this really brings out the beauty in busy cities just like Manchester. I like the use of shadows off the posts in the centre of the screen, this really exaggerates the lighting.

ISO - 300

Shutter speed - 7

Aperture - F 9.0

This is my favourite photograph as I feel I have really captured the busy side to manchester with the tram rushing past. I photographed the tram on an angle to exaggerate it rushing past into the distance. Also I photographed this image at night to exaggerate the lights to give me this beautiful affect.

Shoot 4

This shoot was set in Salford. I wanted to focus on angles and signs, here are my best images...

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/25

Aperture - F 9.0 

I took this first image as there was something about the sign leading me off the frame that made me feel a little uncomfortable. I like the angle I have photographed this image in as it exaggerates the sign even more making it the focal point.

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/25

Aperture - F 9.0 

This second photograph is of two old abandoned buildings. I really like the lamppost at the side of the image as all of the paint has pealed off leaving a lonely abandoned feel. I also photographed this image at an angle to give it more character and to put my own style on it.

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/25

Aperture - F 9.0 

This image is of a bin in front of an old exit sign. I photographed this as I thought it was bazar that there is an object in front of and exit door and it has also been bricked. Looking at this image now, I can't help but think that there is something hidden behind there.

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 1/25

Aperture - F 9.0

This photograph is one of my favourites, as I like the use of angle and composition I used. The season I photographed this building was I felt it had a lot of character and to me its a shame that its forgotten about.

Conclusion so far...

I'm very pleased here the development I have made so far and would like to carry on experimenting with my images as I feel there missing something. I will do a couple more shoots both indoors and out doors so I don't limit myself too early.

The photographs I feel are working the best are the ones that give a sense that people have been there, by showing things they have left behind and giving a haunting effect.

Shoot Three

For my third shoot I decided to look into the use of light inside the arndale as from my last photographs I thought they worked really well. Here are my favourite photographs...

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 4

Aperture - F 11.0

When I was photographing this shot of the Arndale floor, I noticed the lighting was in shot lights, giving a ghostly affect to my work. I like the use of space I have tried to captured to help me exaggerate the loneliness in my image.

ISO - 200

Shutter speed - 2

Aperture - F11.0

Here is my second photographed of the children's small ride. I photographed this as I wanted to capture the hauntingness in the fact that there isn't any children there on the ride. This make my photograph look lonely, also the use of shine on the floor is strange to see as you don't normally see this in a shopping place.

ISO - 300

Shutter speed - 8

Aperture - F 11.0

This final photograph is my favourite as its almost as if it has been photographed in a tunnel. I like the use of light bursting in to the Arndale, showing off the great manchester wheel. This photograph looks like it has been frames and makes the views eyes draw straight in to the middle.

conclusion so far...

I feel I am making good progress so far, making sure I keep experimenting until I find what route I would like to go down. I feel like there is something more to find in the Manchester Arndale so I shall do another shoot there, but this time looking at different things to photograph.
With each shoot I do I will make sure I keep my artists that I have researched, in mind, to give me more inspiration.

Shoot Two

For this second shoot I wanted to go back out to the hilton photograph I took and retake it in different ways to see the affects it would give me. I also wanted to see if I could find more shoes on telephone wires but I had a problem with the weather, so I decided to do a shoot in the Manchester Arndale with no one in it.

Here is my first finished photograph of the main stairs in the arndale. I photographed this as I felt uncomfortable with the EXIT sign at the top left. Something about this adds to my photograph. I'm not sure what it is but I feel I'm definitely on the right path with what I want to achieve.

This second photograph is of a Cafe with no one in it. I like the way its empty making my photograph look lonely and there is a sense that someone has been there due to the chairs. I like the darkness in my image with the random spotlights dotted about.

This final photograph is my favourite as I just love the way I have captured the shine on the floor. Its strange to see a shopping malls floor as it is usually full of busy customers doing their shopping. I also like the way there is a lot of distance and depth in this photograph giving plenty to look at.

Peter Fraser

This is the final artist I was suggested to research and here are a few of Peters photographs...

This photograph really caught my eyes when I came across it. I find it very strange as of the text written on the green shed 'I hate green'. This really makes you think, who wrote this and why? Maybe I should look into more graffiti like some of the photographs I have already taken.

This second image reminds me of William Eggleston's photographs with the signs in the field, as well as my own image of the hilton with the shoes. Thinking about my work now I could maybe go down a route of seeing what I find hanging down from lines and see where that takes me.

This final photograph is my favourite as there is so much going on, I find something new each time I look. To me this image is very urban in the way the scene is of damage and what people have left behind. Its interesting to see that this scene is indoors rather than outside, this is something I might consider in my own work.


I am very pleased that I got to research Peter Fraser as he has given me a lot more ideas of where I should go next to develop into my final photographs.