I experienced some difficulty when it came to exercise 1 on account of the fact that I am generally very familiar and uninspired by my immediate surroundings. In light of this, I struggled to notice and identify what may be of interest to another person and it was quite some time before I found what I believed to be an appropriate subject.

My ultimate intention was to be more mindful and thus more aware of my surroundings. From this came a desire to capture something that had an element of stillness, as I felt that this would more effectively reflect my thoughts and intentions (ie. mindfulness) in selecting a subject. In addition to this, I had a desire to capture something that was of some aesthetic appeal and have been recently heavily influenced by the photography of Roman Spataro in this sense. 

The first shot taken reflects some urgency in this endeavour to capture such. It was hurriedly framed and I failed to notice that it was improperly focused and compositionally uninteresting, thus inadequately reflecting what was the actual subject of the shot. In reviewing this initial take, I came to realise not only that my first attempt was of little success in capturing what I found interesting about the scene, but also that said points of interest were quite small in actuality and could be easily isolated for a more effective representation of my own perception. I found myself not only altering the rather fundamental aforementioned points of shot construction so as to produce a more intentional shot, but also majorly readjusting the frame in order to provide more effective emphasis to what I felt was the subject of my greatest interest in sight of the scene.

Most of what I learned in this exercise related to the practise of being mindful not only in noticing, but also of composition in filming and what exactly draws me towards capturing something so that I may more effectively emphasise such. It has crossed my mind that this may be counter-intuitive to the practise of observing in some senses, as it essentially imposes a visual bias that validates a more passive perception of a subject as opposed to a more active observation for a viewer, however I feel that it is an important realisation that I will bear in mind in later projects.

Ultimately, I like the final product but feel that I should have taken more time still to adjust the composition.

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