– Project Brief 3 progression –
The first shooting of Indoor cricket, I was full of confidence with my shooting plan for the first shooting on the sports game, it was totally unpredictable and uncontrollable. That’s why photographers need plenty of experience and practices before they produce the final work, I had a feasible plan but I haven’t got any experience with sports. One thing and the most important thing I learnt from the shooting was, the rhythm in the cricket court changes very fast and unpredictable, there were two teams on the day and they were warming up when I arrived. Everything was so unfamiliar to me, the players were warming up, chatting and making fun with each other, which I never imagined the atmosphere changed in the next second – the game started.
What I think I have captured the most from today was how the players and the court look like from the perspective of the audience especially for people who first enter this world, with the sense of unfamiliar and embarrassment. Other than showing the world from three different stages follow by time procession, I also want to show how the world varies when we see from the outside of the net and while standing in the court.
Plan for the second shooting:
- Portrait shoots of individuals
- Highlight the change of rhythm from portraits – strong characteristic
- Capture more facial expressions
- Teamwork
- be on the court to show the difference of view from the outside
- Be very prepared for the unpredictable speed!
Roughly edited version from the first shooting:
– 7.2 Class Exercise –
Finally!! Here comes my favourite!!! In today’s class, we were asked to shot a 4×4 so sixteen photographs in total follow the theme of ‘edge of frame’, ‘edge of a season’, ‘edge of an object’ etc. I really enjoy viewing this kind of photographs, the first reason is because of they can either be very architectural and very emotional, the second is I am really bad at finding a perfect composition for shooting especially for street photography, it usually takes ages for me to get everything in the right composition.
Rainy day is also a theme that I always wanted to try but didn’t, at first I didn’t really get the feeling of what objects should I shoot so these photos were randomly captured.
