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.

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.