Location Shoot
Shoot Plan
In order to get some practice in the field of animal photography on location, I am doing 2 shoots at locations I know to have significant wildlife in a photogenic environment. My plan is to take portrait style images in the style of Tim Flach, with the animal face on or "posing" for the camera. I will consider weather conditions before shooting. I may also need to repeat the shoots depending on what animals are present at the time of shooting. Equipment: Canon 80D, 75-300 lens, Tripod, Photoshop. Location(s): Pulborough Brooks & Sheffield Park Health and Safety: Appropriate clothing/footwear. Ensure I am taking images in permitted areas. Keep safe distance from any dangerous wildlife (e.g. adders). |
Contact Sheet
Best Edits
For these, edits I have only edited the brightness/contrast and colour balance of the images, so as not to give them an overly artificial, edited feel to them.
Shoot Evaluation
This shoot has worked well as an experimental shoot, producing some good images but being much more successful as a stepping stone in learning the portrait style technique. I feel the snake images have a composition (with the exception of the grass in front of the snake) but the focus on them is slightly off, losing detail. Inversely, the images of the ducks have good focus but lack a well thought out composition, cutting off the the beak whilst containing the repetitive feathers.
Moving forward, I plan to repeat this shoot in a more controlled environment such as a zoo, providing more control over the images lighting and environment, since the main issue I had was getting the right lighting in combination with the right composition. I also plan to zoom not too far onto the images subject, to help get a larger depth of field since the indoor environment of a zoo will negate the possibility of a high f.stop.
Moving forward, I plan to repeat this shoot in a more controlled environment such as a zoo, providing more control over the images lighting and environment, since the main issue I had was getting the right lighting in combination with the right composition. I also plan to zoom not too far onto the images subject, to help get a larger depth of field since the indoor environment of a zoo will negate the possibility of a high f.stop.