Breaking Down The Barriers
Keeping Track
The images show different techniques both at the time of shooting them and after the processing. I used two different types of DSLR in the shoots There was standard, macro, abstract, wide-angle, studio and movement in the capturing of the images. In processing, there were layers used to create sharper images throughout.
For some time I was considering how to shoot this project, I travelled to different places to get the results I wanted.
Date: 29th April 2022
Location: Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire
Time: All Day
Equipment taken to shoot: Walking boots, appropriate clothes, camera: Canon 5D mark IV, additional lenses, tripod, lighting equipment, flash, memory cards (Formatted), battery charger, extra batteries, rain camera cover.
Using a day trip to Rockfield studios, I thought I could capture some images for this project. My love of music is something that helps me through dark days.
Staying in Freddie Mercury’s apartment I took a selection of photographs, which I did not use however one of the pianos which he used to compose “Bohemian Rhapsody I did. This was captured using depth of field techniques. The brick wall outside used by Oasis as “Wonderwall” I also shot as a complete in focus photograph
Date: 29th May 2022
Location: Black Country Museum, Dudley, West Midlands
Time: 11:00am to 15:00pm
Equipment taken to shoot: Walking boots, appropriate clothes, camera: Canon 5D mark IV, additional lenses, tripod, lighting equipment, flash, memory cards (Formatted), battery charger, extra batteries, rain camera cover.
Hand held photography.
Arriving at this venue it was a dry day but a little windy. The images were mostly captured outside and handheld rather than using a tripod. These sets of images were based on industry. I varied my settings according to suit and no flash was used as the light availability was very good.
Date: 29th May 2022
Location: Black Country Museum, Dudley, West Midlands
Time: 11:00am to 15:00pm
Equipment taken to shoot: Walking boots, appropriate clothes, camera: Canon 5D mark IV, additional lenses, tripod, lighting equipment, flash, memory cards (Formatted), battery charger, extra batteries, rain camera cover.
Hand held photography.
Arriving at this venue it was a dry day but a little windy. The images were mostly captured outside and handheld rather than using a tripod. These sets of images were based on industry. I varied my settings according to suit and no flash was used as the light availability was very good.
Date: 1st June 2022
Location: Lacock Abbey
Time: 10:00
Equipment taken to shoot: Walking boots, appropriate clothes, camera: Canon 5D mark IV, additional lenses, tripod, lighting equipment, flash, memory cards (Formatted), battery charger, extra batteries, rain camera cover
It took around an hour to get here from where I live. The first impression was a wow moment. Being the place where Fox Talbot lived was a moment I will never forget. To capture the inside images, I did not use a flash however I did adjust my settings such as my aperture, shutter speed and iso according. It was dark and shadowy, meaning I would have to expose the foreground on taking the first image, then do the same but with the background. This was to be layered in photoshop after, giving it a sharp image all the way through the image after.
All the shots in this series of images were hand held.
When taking a photograph of the sundial, I did have to ask for a chair as I am not the tallest person in the world, and I was not getting the result I wanted at the beginning of the shoot. After multiple attempts, I finally captured the image I wanted.
Date: 2nd June 2022
Location: Wye Valley Butterfly Zoo
Time: 10:00
Equipment taken to shoot: Walking boots, appropriate clothes, camera: Canon 5D mark IV, additional lenses, tripod, lighting equipment, flash, memory cards (Formatted), battery charger, extra batteries, Rain camera cover.
I chose to use both macro and 50mm lenses in this shoot for the butterflies. I did find however on going into the butterfly farm my macro lens steamed up straight away, using the 50mm. I used a hand held method on this shoot as the butterflies were too quick!
f 1:8 worked much better. It was extremely hot, and I was melting. Honestly, it took a lot of patience and I need more practice. This was not an easy shoot to do. Through enjoyed it though.
The maze was just next door to the butterfly farm. There was a platform above it, this made it easy to get the shot I wanted. At this point, I changed my lens to wide-angle so I could create the photograph I wanted.
