I think overall since joining Crawley College and taking photo’s on a regular basis my photography skills have improved, the quality of them and the way I take them. The quality of my photos has improved because I’m using a better camera and now I understand how to take a good photo, this means that I’m more concentrated and I will wait until I think I have ‘the perfect shot’.
When we first started studying the history into photography I came across a woman photographer called Diane Arbus and I automatically fell in love with her style of work, her simple but effective black and white images.
That’s when I started to base my early images around her work because I found her work to be inspiring, I would say that I got one of my favourite images based on Diane Arbus. The image I achieved was of me and it was taken using a Canon EOS 500D and a tripod.
I then took another photo, which I then edited so you can only see my mouth, bottom of my nose and some smoke. I based this photo on Diane Arbus as well, but I then wanted to bring her work into today’s world. I did this by putting some white lines horizontal, I wanted to break up and simple image and give it more dynamics.
Another image I have taken and I feel has come out well is from the rock concert at the hub in Hayward’s Heath College. The photo is of the main singer of a band called Skurvi; the photo that I took was pure luck. He was posing and I had to quickly take the Image, it wouldn’t have looked so good if I just missed it and he was moving his arms down.
I’m also extremely happy with the portrait of Amy Bacon, which I didn’t have to edit in any way. This means that I set up the light rig well and I’m really proud of how the final images came out.
An image that I’m not so happy with is the edited one of Izzy, I think that the photo’s that I got could have been stronger so the final image would of looked better. I personally think that the three images that are edited together at the moment don’t look that great; I would of rather taken more than three photo’s so I had a choice.
