Photography Project: Above & Below

 For this quick photography practice we began by looking at the work of Corrine Day and Terry O'Neill.  We were looking at the composition and framing of images by these photographers and we were particularly looking at the high and low angle shots and using rule of thirds in images and how this works. I choose this image of Kate Moss by Corrine Day as it is a high angle shots looking down on the subject.  I like this image as the background has a dilapidated wall behind which is quite neutral.  The image is in three thirds, the ground is the first third and then the model and the last third the wall.  The shot works as the subject, Kate moss, is young, and there is a naivety and natural exposure that has the spontaneity and carefree nature of youth encapsulated within the frame. 

Kate Moss (circa 1991) By Corrine Day

I then went out with group and created high and low angle shots.  I was using a Canon 700D, I set the settings to Aperture Priority and so the lens was wide open I set this to F4.  I then set my ISO to 100 as it was a bright sunny day and I checked my exposure compensation was on '0' to begin the shoot. 

Once I completed the shoot I made contact sheets on Photoshop File-Automate-Contact Sheets).

I am just to look at a couple of the shots and how they were taken to discuss whether they worked and what could be improved.

I really like the rule of thirds, the low angle and the lines from the roof.  The shot is good in composition however it is slightly soft.  This is because ths shutter speed was only at 1/50 and I needed to add more light by probably adjusting the ISO to 400.  I chose to do these shots in black and white and colour so I had different choices for curation.

This colour shot was at a high angle and the F stop was nice and wide open and this is a crisp, clean shot with lots of detail, good close up with fast shutter speed and no exposure compensation.  

I then went Photoshop and just put the two shots together on a black canvas at 300dpi.  This was to exemplify the high and low angles used in the shoot.

Reflection

I did not get many shots for this as I was teaching, and if I was doing this with a little more time I would have set up the location and subjects better and considered better composition aspects for the shots.  The final piece is okay for a practice.