Shoot Eight - Straight Image

These two images are quite similar as they both feature a collection of bottles sat on the dressing table of the room. However, one has more negative connotations as the first image is of alcohol, whereas the second image is of hair products, deodorant and perfume. Still, I find both images interesting due to the use of colour as it really makes the objects in the image pop and draws more attention to them.

Both of these images are of the bedside table, however they are taken from different angles and so the focus of the two images appears different. With the first image, the focus seems to be on the red cup as this is the part of the image that pops the most. Therefore, this image could be focussing on young people's alcohol consumption. The second image, however, seems to focus on the table as a whole and represents everything that is there.

I enjoy this image of her bed due to the contrast between dark and light colours. On the bed, there are different shades of purple in her cover and pillows, which creates high contrast against the white of the wall, bed and fan. Another thing I find interesting about this image is that the pillows and cover seems symmetrical, however the bed itself and the fan prevent the entire image from appearing this way.

These two images show the girls beauty products spread out in front of a mirror on both her chest of drawers and dressing table. There appears to be a lot of clutter, however this is simply due to there being a lot of product on the surfaces. Also, in both images, there is drink sat on the surfaces, however in the first image this drink is alcoholic and in the second image this is just a bottle of coke.

As I want my final 40 images to look completely cohesive, I decided that having all of my images in black and white would help and so I edited some of these images to be black and white. Below are the results.

Shoot Eight - Work Diary

This shoot is a continuation from shoot seven as it is conducted in the same bedroom, however this shoot focuses on the bedroom itself and does not actually feature any people in the image. This shoot is inspired by Adrienne Salinger's bedroom series, however I am carrying mine out in just the one bedroom and it focuses on just the surroundings rather than the person in their bedroom. I wanted the images from this shoot to be in colour as previously I have just explored black and white, and want to see how I feel with coloured images for this theme. I feel I have been successful in this shoot as it definitely shows all aspects of her bedroom and we can clearly get a sense of who this girl is and what her interests are, for example, with her make up display we can tell that make up is an interest of hers. However, I preferred having black and white images for my project and so I will definitely continue with this theme in future shoots. I will also edit these images to be black and white if I choose to include them in my final 40 so they do not seem out of place.

Camera settings: 1/125, ISO 800, f8.

I really enjoy this image as it shows a lot of her belongings - particularly hair products. The bright colours of these objects make them pop against the white wall and dressing table and so your attention is immediately drawn to this area. Not only is there hair products, but in the centre of the table there is alcoholic drinks and shot glasses and so this image can still conform to rebellious stereotypes.

I do not like the effect that has been created by me using a birds eye view as I feel that the lamp is obscuring most of the view, and taking away from what I really wanted to be the focus of the image. I wanted to capture the objects sat on the table (the hairbrush, phone, purse, etc) but instead I feel that the lamp is the focal point of this image as it is so big and bright compared to that rest of the image.

Shoot Eight - Contact Sheet