In this week, I took photos on the Monday (day before Anzac Day) in a bush/lake area in the outskirts of the eastern suburbs. When I met him he seemed excited and keen on getting his photo taken, whilst he also looked like he wanted to play the part of an army soldier which made things easier for myself. Mikaela was also there, which made him more comfortable and allowed him to be himself (minimised his anxiety/being shy). As the photoshoot progressed, I felt he opened up a lot more and tried different faces and actions to help me capture the story. For example, at the end he looked up at me and stared into the camera. I like this shot a lot because it tells you a story that this is what the eyes are like when you’re on the battlefield or in a position of conflict. It’s the eyes that tell the story. The pure sparse nature of the background, versus the shadowed face and beaming eyes is what makes you make the conclusion that the field he has chosen is dangerous and he is one to not mess with. Although a got a couple of nice photos, I found that capturing 10 has hard in order to tell a story since photographic storytelling is known to be either ambiguous, personal or documented, and I wasn’t sure what section I was putting it under. Since the photos of his tags and parts of equipment aren’t really telling a story, but rather providing the viewer with information about him. After the photoshoot, I jumped on Lightroom and played with the exposure (brightness) and vibrancy. Decreasing the brightness to ‘metaphorically speaking’ have a darker feel to the photos, also increased the vibrancy to add more colour to the frame.