Shoot 3- Work Record

In shoot 3, I chose to return to the same location shoot 1, was taken in, which was on top of the multi story carpark in Harlow, however this time I chose to return back at nightime, as to add a new dynamic to the series of photos. In showing the urban landscape of Harlow, I thought night would be the perfect time as I could capture all the light against the backdrop of darkness, therefore I expected the images would turn out as an interesting series and contrast well with the first shoot, as well as developing  and furthering my ideas and techniques of night time photography from shoot 2. I used a tripod for the duration of the shoot, to give me precision and clarity, since I experimented with the aperture and exposure settings of the camera and so a tripod steadies the shot and improves the clarity of the nighttime shots. 

In this image I chose to focus on a surrounding flat on the top story of the multi story car park . I chose a long shutter speed of 30 seconds on the shot as to make all the lights in the surrounding background of the tree line come alive as well as the tone and colour of the sky and rooms within the flat, this is evident in the swirling effect of the light that emanates from the street lamps and buildings in the tree line below the flat. The frame of the shot shows off the subject and the backdrop it shows off a part of the top floor of the carpark with the railings and parking barricade, this is an effective frame as it is giving my perspective view of the scene, of not only the urban landscape but where I am shooting from as well, making for a cohesive image of the urban landscape of Harlow at night. The large F stop of 11 is reflective in the depth of field within the shot, as the flat which is the main subject and is the furthest main part of the image, this could be improved with even greater aperture and point of focus. The image connotes the urbanised world, quite run downed, poor areas. 

In this shot I chose to focus on the leading lines of the structures in the landscape, in the shot the visible leading lines are of the that off the wall of the car park running diagonally in to the centre of the shot, also the horizontal and vertical lines of the flat building in the left hand corner, and the lamp posts, all these different elements make for an interesting image with lots going on. The shot has good depth of field, due to that large aperture of F11 this means that off in the distance all is clear and therefore makes for an interesting landscape image. The lighting in this image is really interesting, the few second exposure from the lamps light up part of the backdrop, car park, flats enough to give an accurate clear representation of the urban landscape of Harlow. I don't think the light from the lamps are too overbearing, as I think they contrast well with the surrounding darkness of the rest of the image, I also like the lens flair in the top right hand corner this gives the image an interesting dynamic, the whole shot has a red tinge which gives an interesting effect to the shot. The image connotes how over-urbanised Harlow is as a place, it's density in buildings etc. 

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I am overall happy with the outcome of the shoot