Work Diary - Location Contrast

Evaluation

In Monday's session, we were asked to go out and shoot contrast on location. I'd already photographed pictures for contrast in the studio and felt that this was rushed. I had more time outside, an hour in fact, to think of things that I could take a picture of to thoroughly cover the topic contrast. I quite liked doing this on location, however it did eventually become a struggle as I was running out of ideas to take photos of. If I were to do contrast properly I'd like to create pictures instead of taking pictures of what's already out there. A picture I'd like to create for example would be a group of something that's all the same colour, with an addition in the group that's a complete opposite colour. This is something that doesn't just naturally occur or happen hence why it was a challenge to find decent things to photograph. Outside though, I had a lot more variety as I didn't have to stick with using just people to take pictures of, or I could use people, but against different backgrounds. One of my pictures that I took of this I have put below as a successful photograph because I liked the background they were positioned in front of and also the fact that they had half their heads chopped off.

I have placed Josh and George in front of a simple brick wall to portray the contrast of a miserable individual and an over excited one. It's obvious of which one is which, therefore the contrast is also clearly evident. I think that taking this photograph with only half their face each is a lot more effective because you aren't able to see the other side of them. Josh may be miserable because he's insecure of something on the other side of his face; the audience would never be able to tell which also emphasises how things aren't always how they're demonstrated.  

This was another successful photograph of mine portraying a contrast. The ground is pavement that's deliberately been cemented down, with natural green grass/moss growing out from within the cracks. This is an interesting picture because you wouldn't think that grass would grow out of a pavement. The natural and manmade elements are precisely indicated in this photograph. I also liked the angle that this picture was taken at rather than just simply face down.

Progression

For me to progress my contrast photographs on location, I have discovered a bundle of different images online that could inspire my future picture if I were to reshoot this topic. As I mentioned in my evaluation, I'd really like to set my own shoots up for contrast as it's not something I think is portrayed as effectively naturally. I think to create an interesting and impressive contrast photograph it needs to be deliberate, and there are pictures below that i've listen to emphasise this.