AT THE PARK
METHODOLOGY.
For this shoot, my aim was to show an iconic place where kids aged toddler to teenager spend their time. Because the shoot was outside and the weather was nice, I used natural sunlight to light my images; as a result, I had to use a fast shutter-speed and a small aperture to avoid over-exposing my photos. By using a location shoot, my photographs are less artificial to reflect a child’s view of the park; my photographs from low down facing upwards further aided this view, to give the impression of a small person, below a big world. I focused mainly on taking close-up photos of the crumbling snakes and ladders board that was printed on the tarmac because it had vibrant colours but the cracks at the edges could reflect how the colourful childhood gives way to a more permanent adulthood. I tried to use a slow shutter speed to capture an image of my subject on a spinning round about however I struggled with this because I had to depend on natural sunlight and it was too bright. To add to this, I didn’t use a tripod, which would have helped to hold the camera still.
For this shoot, my aim was to show an iconic place where kids aged toddler to teenager spend their time. Because the shoot was outside and the weather was nice, I used natural sunlight to light my images; as a result, I had to use a fast shutter-speed and a small aperture to avoid over-exposing my photos. By using a location shoot, my photographs are less artificial to reflect a child’s view of the park; my photographs from low down facing upwards further aided this view, to give the impression of a small person, below a big world. I focused mainly on taking close-up photos of the crumbling snakes and ladders board that was printed on the tarmac because it had vibrant colours but the cracks at the edges could reflect how the colourful childhood gives way to a more permanent adulthood. I tried to use a slow shutter speed to capture an image of my subject on a spinning round about however I struggled with this because I had to depend on natural sunlight and it was too bright. To add to this, I didn’t use a tripod, which would have helped to hold the camera still.