PH1300 - Introduction to Photography Practice: Street Photography and Story Telling

This project was based around street and location photography, I myself went to my local city and began taking pictures of the area. My personal aim was to capture reflections from the rain within the city, and for the second half I went home and followed my cat around to take pictures of him, the aim to capture his personality and daily habits.

For this first one I ventured to my city to gather photographs, it was to my gain that it was raining, it gave each photograph a dynamic look with a strong reflection. I like this because it shows a young man in his stride, walking with such purpose. The reflection adds to this piece, the stone work in the ground leading towards it as well, it reminds me much of (----) work. I think improvements to this one would include better placement and better timing with the shot, I could have took it sooner to get his full reflection in.

 This one is of the Albert docks, overlooking the liver building in the city. This was taken just after the rain had stopped falling and the sun was starting to go down, this brought so many colours out from the buildings and sky, with the droplets of water reflecting light. I enhanced this one in lightroom some to really saturate the colours. The only thing I dislike about this one is the angle is slightly off, I think I could of framed it better, however I greatly enjoy the vividness in this, it reminds me of a liverpool photographer Matt Thomas, his work being quite colourful as well as mine.

             
 This was taken int he shopping district of liverpool known as "Liverpool one" I found this to be an excellent location as it provided many different kinds of people and the rain gave a very interesting look on the ground, the pillars and platforms give such lovely lines. When i got to the location I noticed this elder man walking along and noticed how well his white jacket reflected off the ground. I think I could of framed and cropped this better but I enjoy this piece greatly.







This is one of the photographs of my cat that I took once i returned home from shooting. The method of taking them was simple, follow him around my home and wait for the perfect moment he would do something that reflects how he is. This is a prime example of what I got, it was in the garden, I was resting my camera to change the SD card within it when I saw him climbing up under it and poking his paw through the gap, I quickly loaded the camera and waiting for him to stick his head out. I feel like this is one of my favorite photograph I have taken during my time as a Photographer.



Over all I enjoyed this project and found it to be to my liking, the street photography section was enjoyable as i got the chance to test my skills of perception and ability to judge light, predicting movement and ability to line up shots correctly. The second half of following my cat around was even more interesting as it partook in a character study of my own pet, bringing out his personality and all the parts that make him a cat. I feel that I improved during the course of this, gaining skills for on-location shots, however I believe I could have done better, spending more days shooting in the city to get different shots.