Saturday 17 May 2008

This one was my favourite out of the three. I love reflections and in this case I was pleased that i could have housing reflections in that scanky water. Again I took the image in the area that was previously a primary school. When i composed the image I purposely included the yellow bucket because without it proved a little un-interesting. When i printed the image the colours involved came out very bright and make this image strong. Even though the subject matter is 'mucky', the reflections and colours create an interesting image.
This was another strong one. I took a similar image before this one and staged a ball but in this case the football was already there, so i used the opportunity to include it in my shot. The message being that the space could be potentially turned into a play area. I composed the houses in the background to further the idea. The area was in the middle of these houses and roads going all the way around. I took the image in Burnley.
This was for my recent brief task of publicizing an area that could be changed into a place for social meetings, play area, somewhere where everyone trusts one another. I walked around Blackburn and Burnley for this task. The above image turned out to be the strongest. It was taken in Burnley. The area used to be an old primary school that was knocked down, I think a couple of years ago. The space has all overgrown and as far as i am aware there's no new plans for it yet. I used direct flash on the sign and a lower aperture to achieve detail to the sky. I was very pleased with the colour saturation. I tried the shot in landscape but it didn't have the same effect. I like the message and the fact that there is nothing behind it.