Week 12

I have recently been trying to do on location portraits, I have tried this before however this time I am using artificual light with a bowen travel pack. This is something I have tried to achieve before however I think I have reached a new level and really achieved an images I am extreemly happy with. This image is my housemate Nick, I achieved this backlight effect by putting a light behind him while I have ballanced the light to the front using another light coming across from the right hand side. What I am very happy about is how the lighting does not look silly and works well and could be made from natural light. I have also made a few others as you can see that I am extreemly happy with aswell however these were made using one light and were not as hard to do as the other pieces. Although I do like this effect and believe I have made good images using the lighting equipment I have to say I prefer using just natural light.

Final Video

Filming went very well and although we lost I  provided the Cov telly crew with some good footage of the game that was used for the highlights package full of varsity day clips which can be seen here.

When discussing with the team how the piece was to be edited we decided to make it very quick and because of this the editing was decided to be very short, although I filmed nearly all the game we decided it would be better if we just kept it very short. With so many sports clips being gathered there was only limited time for my footage however it does fit in well and makes the overal piece flow.

Week 11

I have recently been researching photographers who are working succesfully in portrait photography. I have done this as I intend to produce a website where I can showcase my work to the world as this is eaily accessable from anywhere.

Photographers websites I have been looking at include:

www.jonathanworth.com – Jonathan Worth

http://www.pyke-eye.com – Steve Pyke

http://www.peterdench.com – Peter Dench

Although these 3 websites contain photographers who have been extreemly succesful in their field and taken on many commisions over the years they do all vary in style but it is clearly evident they have a great passion and love for photography as well as being focused on how to achieve the goals they want for themselves.

Week 10

As a result of continuing to shoot I have decided to look at my two homes one in Maidstone and the one in Coventry. I am going back this week to Maidstone in order to shoot my home and show the familiarity of homes in general.

Varsity Day!

Just of to get the kit and go and film the game.

Research

Watching this video has made me realise how hard it is going to be filmed. I could do with two cameras however the cameras that have been booked out for that day will need to be at other places with other crew members filming other varsity day highlights. This means that I will have to get used to the zooming in and out in a strong way as I will not be able to cut back and forth from one camera to another as it will be very hard to edit aswell as unavailable because of people and camera equipment. This clip and others has given me a clear indication of what I can be expected to produce and I am ready for it.

I have told the team what I have been looking at and the overal filming for Varsity Day has been sorted out.

Week 9

I am still currently shooting my FMP aswell as thinking about my portfolio, this is keeping me extreemly busy.