Large Format Photoshoot 2

I started this Photoshoot at 10.30 in the morning on the 14^th of October and finished at 12.30. I took 5 photographs: one of each stage and a second one at the woodland stage. It started off as an incredibly sunny day, however, as the day went on it started to get a bit cloudier. I think this is due to the fact it was a very wet and cold night and early in the morning you could see steam coming off of the plants creating condensation.

1.    Heathland: aperture 22 1/60 second

a.      I started the shoot off in the heathland this time. It was a beautiful and cold morning. The sky was completely clear and the sun was really bright. I shot at a different area of the heathland as I didn’t want to repeat the same photos again. It was a much larger field than the photo from yesterday, but I have never shot of this field before because the sun was always behind it. I decided to use a higher aperture to make sure everything in the photo is in focus. Obviously I can’t go back and check after the first shoot so it’s all about hoping that I got it right.

2.      Clearing: aperture 22 1/125 second

a.      Before the Photoshoot started I looked over all the previous shoots I’ve had so far and I found a photo of the chopped down area that I ended up not selecting as one of my favourites. However, looking back I really love it, so I decided to shoot in the same direction (photo right). Again the sky was completely blue and there weren’t any clouds.

3.      Woodland: aperture 22 1 second

a.      The woodland was quite a tricky area because of the sun and the shadows and trying to get an exposure in the middle. For that reason I took two photographs in the same place using different settings. The first picture needed a 1 second expose according to the light meter, but this is really long, so for the second photo I wanted a bit of a smaller aperture so that the speed would be a bit quicker. Again, I stayed in the same area as yesterdays shoot (photo right) because it was my favourite area.

4.      Woodland: aperture 16 ¼ second

5.      Overgrown: aperture 16 1/125 second

                    a. Lastly, I looked at the overgrown area. I went to a completely different area that I did yesterday to get as much variety as possible – I wasn’t happy with these photographs for ages. At this point the clouds started to come in and created shaded areas. I had to be quick in order to have my photographs in the sun.