For our second assignment as part of our Skills for Meeting Client Briefs module, we took a trip to The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds. In preparation for this brief we had to check out the weather conditions and if we had the time, go to the building beforehand to get an idea of the scale and location of it. Our brief was to "undertake a range of image captures that best convey the style, construction materials and character of the new and old constructions".
We met at 10am and on arrival the skies were boring white clouds with no sunshine coming through. As the day went on the sun came out but it was moving quickly around the building. The majority of the building was also flat grey so the photo opportunities were slim when we first arrived. I shot all my pictures on my Canon 450D with the standard kit lens which is 18-55mm simply due to my lack of equipment. By 1 o'clock the sun had been around the majority of the building and as I only had a 2GB Memory Card I had filled it up quickly so I left then. However on seeing my fellow classmates pictures, those that stayed later than 1pm, I think I could of stayed a bit longer. I couldn't stay til night to get night shots but if I had waited maybe another hour I couldn't of taken some shots with better skies to them.
I chose the 2 shots because I thought they best fit the brief. I did take full shots of the buildings but I liked these better as the top image conveys what is inside the building and I liked the depth of field on it. At this point I had a eureka moment on how to create the depth of field as shown with my lens so I liked the photo for that too as I didn't take many shots with depth of field as I took this picture not long before my card was full. I chose the second image because I liked the sheen on the sign and I liked the different lines of the building which are shown. I converted these to black and white purely because of the grey building they were almost black and white anyway.
We met at 10am and on arrival the skies were boring white clouds with no sunshine coming through. As the day went on the sun came out but it was moving quickly around the building. The majority of the building was also flat grey so the photo opportunities were slim when we first arrived. I shot all my pictures on my Canon 450D with the standard kit lens which is 18-55mm simply due to my lack of equipment. By 1 o'clock the sun had been around the majority of the building and as I only had a 2GB Memory Card I had filled it up quickly so I left then. However on seeing my fellow classmates pictures, those that stayed later than 1pm, I think I could of stayed a bit longer. I couldn't stay til night to get night shots but if I had waited maybe another hour I couldn't of taken some shots with better skies to them.
I chose the 2 shots because I thought they best fit the brief. I did take full shots of the buildings but I liked these better as the top image conveys what is inside the building and I liked the depth of field on it. At this point I had a eureka moment on how to create the depth of field as shown with my lens so I liked the photo for that too as I didn't take many shots with depth of field as I took this picture not long before my card was full. I chose the second image because I liked the sheen on the sign and I liked the different lines of the building which are shown. I converted these to black and white purely because of the grey building they were almost black and white anyway.
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