petras blog 5 :)

My plan for today was to finish taking test pictures for my 3 ideas then to hopefully choose which idea i am deffinitely going to use.

I thought it would be a good idea to write some pro's and con's on each idea as i thought it might make it easier to choose between them. For example a pro about my xfactor stage (self belief) idea was that it was personal to me, although a con was that it will be difficult to photograph images of dance. An example of a pro about my luck and superstition idea was that id be able to use modrock which could show my artistic skills, although a con is that theres limited things to photograph. An example of a pro for my fairytale book idea is that i would get to use my imagionation, although a con is that theres limited things to photograph.

I then continued to take test pictures, which was probably the most enjoyable part of the day. I decided to go to the music block, as it ment i would be able to use instruments in my photography which i thought was a great way to show self belief. i was quite lucky as there was a teacher practising his saxophone, and we kindly asked if he could pose for us with his saxophone, which he agreed to! i took a selcection of photo's, but made sure i got the lighting right or the pictures wouldnt turn out as well. i also took some photo's of Jayne and Zaigham playing some of the instruments. Some of the ideas i had were Jayne playing the guitar and looking down at what she was doing with lots of emotion on her face, and also taking an image of Zaigams fingers on the piano from the side, which was actually quite a cool picture in the end as the light was shining off it really well.

We then went to the drama room as i thought it would have good lighting to show dance. I experimented with the lights and managed to get a spotlight in the middle of the room, which i managed to get some great photo's because of! i tried to get some photo's in a selection of different shots, and got some with long shots and some medium. Although i think the best shots were medium ones.

Once i got back to class i stuck my pictures in my book and described what had improved from the first photo's i had done. the main improvement was the lighting.

Im quite pleased with my work today and really glad i managed to find the spotlight in the drama room, i think i might use it to take the photo's for my final peice of artwork!