First Shoot: - 16th October 2020
I travelled a few miles from my home up onto the South Downs to an area I know from previous visits and driveby’s. The purpose of this adventure was to try to visualise my initial concepts for this project and see what potential problems might arise.
I chose not to use a tripod, instead shooting handheld relying on a combination of bright good weather conditions, using an ISO of 400 and the lenses image stabilisation. To a good degree this combination was successful, only through very close inspection of the images could you see any sign of camera shake.
I found I had plenty of opportunities to shoot people in the landscape as there was a regular flow of walkers, cyclists, hikers, and the occasional horse rider. I tried to line up my “subjects” in the landscape with leading lines so to draw the viewer to them in the distance with differing levels of success.
Conclusions: -
It became very apparent that stage three of my initial plan for this project was going to be problematic. The location(s) were not accessible by public transport so getting someone to a location would mean they would have to have their own transport. I have dismissed this idea as part of this project though I could use it in later separate project. The colour scheme of the landscape itself was a challenge as some situations were better in black & white than others which were better in colour.
Some of my questions about this project have now been answered.
Practicalities – What is and what is not reasonably achievable in applying my ideas for this project in the real world
Visualising my ideas – Taking in my head what I thought it would look like and seeing it in reality
I still have some questions to be answered: -
Landscape or portrait orientation images or a combination of both?
Black & white, colour or a mixture of both?
Digital, film or a mixture of both?
How much editing should I do to the images?
Wide angle or standard lens?
Should I stick to a single aperture setting for all images?