Work Diary - Form

Evaluation

In Monday's session where I went out to shoot photographs for 'form', I went slightly more adventurous with the grounds that I covered which enabled me to photograph even more pictures. By this, I mean that I went over to the Town Centre. A few pictures that I captured in that area were included in my straight images, which tells me that it was a positive choice to travel over there. I took the most photos this session that I have in any other session and therefore felt that the topic 'form' was a great success. A lot of the photographs that I shot weren't classed as being amazing in my eye, however I believe that I took a large quantity of pictures that portrayed 'form' thoroughly. I have introduced two of my photographs below that I captured in the session; one being a good example of 'form' and the other being a more improved example of 'form'.

From the session, this for me was my favourite photographs that I took that portrayed form. however it wasn't the best one. The shadow bouncing off of  my legs and reflecting over the autumn leaves demonstrates how my legs are 3D and include form. My original shadow has hovered over my converse (trainers) leaving only a minimal amount of sunlight on the tip of my right trainer. This light difference also indicates how my feet are 3D, so more than one thing in this picture is displayed as a 3D object making up 'form'. I believe that me standing on a layer of autumn leaves was more creative than just standing on pavement.

I feel that this photograph of a fence surrounding a patch of flowers was one of my more improved pictures demonstrating form. The sunlight has caused the fence to create a shadow on the pavement next to it, and each individual post constructing the fence have a side covered in shade, and another side drowning in sunlight. The audience are aware that this fence is 3D because not all of it is buried in sun, only the bits that the light can reach, therefore there are different angles on the posts for the sun to attack, meaning it's a 3D structure.

Progression

Even though I was never able to capture shadow and shade alterations on people's faces during Monday's session of shooting 'form', I found some photographs on the internet that have inspired me to want to try it out in the future. The first image I have included inspires me because it's face paint acting as a shadow. It gives the photograph some edge as it's a clever and creative twist on the theme 'form'. I also loved the photographs of stairs and stair railings that painted a shadow of pattern across the rest of the picture. Shadows make objects look a lot bigger than what they are, and create an impression of them emerging from the photograph. It's extremely effective and something I'd love to attempt to try and perfect in my future photographs. The photographs I have inserted below provide me with inspiration for I were to take any future pictures based around the topic 'form'.