Plans for shoot:
My plans for this shoot were to use the previous photographs that I had damaged using fire and place them in front of burning candles so that the burning light could show through. I will complete this shoot as Macro so that I could capture the flickering details in the flames. I will be using a relatively wide F-stop for close-up photography so that the photograph within the photograph will be in focus.
Image Bank
Contact Sheet:
Images that need improvement:
DS7_6138.JPG:
The lighting in this image has reflected off of the photographic paper that the image was printed on resulting in a large amount of glare, which prevents the viewer from seeing the image. To fix this I changed the angle of the photograph and was able to remove the glare and so I won't need to shoot again.
DS7_6145.JPG:
This image is the opposite of the first issues. As I had to preposition each image after I swapped from one to another, this meant that I also needed to find another focal point and adjust the lighting. In this image I have yet to adjust the lighting meaning the image that I wanted to remain in focus was in the shadow, to resolve this I changed the lighting. I will not be re-shooting for this image.
Best Images:
These images are my favourite as they blend both the background and foreground, the damage and the flames are balanced. This allows the viewer to appreciate the image as a whole without losing track of the light from the flames and the singed photograph.
A feature of the photograph in the first few images is a small amount of camera glare that is present on the burnt photograph. This glare sits where it would be expected to be in reference to the light source. This wasn't a planned occurrence but an effective image none the less.
A03: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to investigations, reflecting critically on work and progress.
My main ideas for this shoot were to demonstrate the damage caused by fire with a physical representation within the image and still have fire lingering in the background. It was extremely difficult to have both the photograph and the candle in the background both in focus. To achieve this I used an F-stop of F/7.1 which struck a happy medium.
A02: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.
For this shoot I used the previously burned images from my previous physical experiments. I planned this shoot as a macro shoot as I wanted to document the damage the fire caused up-close. I used a D7200 with a 60mm Macro lens and a remote release with a tripod. I chose to use a macro lens as the 18-200mm lens was too heavy and created lens creep. As previously stated I used the burnt images to relate to my theme of natural destruction, as fire is one of the most destructive forced on the earth, other than water.
The lighting for this shoot was mainly the candles as when I attempted to incorporate natural light it reflected off of the photographic paper causing glare.
A01: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.
This shoot related to natural destruction as fire is a form of natural destruction that claimed hundreds of homes this year. I specifically wanted this shoot to be lit by candle light as this would represent the fire that caused the damage to the photographs and to other peoples homes.
To improve my best images I will edit them in Photoshop. To do this I opened all of the NEF files for my best images and used the sliders to edits the images.
One of the images was slanted and so I used the crop tool to straighten it.
Final Images
A04: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate makes connections between visual and other elements.
I believe that this shoot was successful in responding to the theme of natural destruction because I used both flame and the burnt photos in my images; the cause and the consequence. This also relates to my other shoot involving pumpkins where I tried to incorporate two different types of destruction into one photograph.
If I were to complete this shoot again I would have liked to capture the photograph as it was burning, however this poses safety risks so I chose to use this composition instead.
I also created GIFs from these this shoot using the same technique as I have in the past which is described in this Blog Post: https://eleanorbangerta2photographycomponent1.blogspot.com/search/label/Technique.
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