Kris Bentham Photography

Assignment - The Recce

Today we where given the task to follow a brief similar to that a art director might set; to collect sample images that correspond to their ideas allowing a project to move forward with know locations.

The Bench

Note that this is a wooden bench, and that it is a close up.The arm of the bench is at a precise angle and position within the image area to accommodate the text, so the recce shots should show that this is possible.

my first bench image was taken in solihull college, it fits the design of the drawing with a slightly more elaborate arm. the top of the belt has an inscription on the top of the seat, I used a narrow depth of field here to make this less distracting it could be removed by using a similar angle to the drawing although the arm of the chair is quite a bit thicker to that of the drawing so dose not recreate the image as well

I found an alternative bench with in the grounds of Solihull church. This has a newer/cleaner appearance but its location in the grave yard could cause issues for having a full shoot there

The chimney

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This is obviously a long lens shot. The stack is long and has four pots on it. This is the ideal shot, but get as close as you can.If there is any roof clutter such as aerials, make sure that they are easy to retouch out.

We found this chimney in solihull town centre, I purposely under exposed this 2/3 a stop in order to get some detail with in the clouds but there wasn't much detail to capture with out seriously reducing the exposure which wold effect the chimneys look. I also cropped the image to remove the flashing as i felt it was distracting

The Lonely tree

This tree has leaves on it, and should be easy to isolate against the sky without retouching.

This was the hardest image to collect, in the city trees are generally planted together and when you to find lone trees they framing then agents the sky is often hard due to the area being built up

To help isolate the tree i used a narrow depth of field and framed it using the path to separate it from the other foliage in the image.

The Door

The door does not have to match the visual exactly, but it must be old and have a sense of dread about it – scary looking. The image will be used as a cut out.A sense of deed made this one of the harder images to get, having to generalise a feeling that can be very individual is the key to this. i chose this door for its simplicity and dramatic lighting, the classic plane design gives it a universal feel it could be anyones door. the dark weathered wood and natural shadow adds a dramatic effect.

editing the Image i started by applying some lens correction to make sure the door was straight and square. Then in photoshop i removed the surroundings using a layer mask.

Evaluation

Working the recce is different form my usual style of photography you are constrained by the brief given. capturing the exact image they want isn't always what you would take had you been undertaking the brief for your personal work.

I think my images some what represent the briefs but there is leeway to be more accurate. the chimney is the closest to the brief. while the bench could have a better perspective. The door and the tree where harder to capture with in the city, the tree would be easier to obtain had I made a trip to the country where as the door is more about finding a door that generalises the feeling of dread to appeal to everyone

over all i enjoyed this assignment but need to be more aware to the brief to be more precise.

Wedding album

I shot a wedding back in may and the wedding album has arrived, I wanted to create a book that would narrate the couples big day giving the couple something they can go back to over the years and share there day with the friends who could not be there. Designing the album was a challenge, filtering the 1000 images of the day in to around 50 images that tell the story and fit together with each other is tricky especially when working which to don't make the cut.

Second hand bike

A friend of mine is wanting to sell his bike so I took the opportunity to do a product shoot for his internet adverts.

As this bike was designed to be hurting down a mountain as fast as possible i decided to take the shoot in to the garden (and not on the hill as no one wants to buy a well used bike.) the first location wasn't working as there wasn't enough distance between the bike and the background.

I used a shallow depth of field to highlight the bike and specific parts helping bring out some detail as well as showcasing some of the more desirable parts.

The bike has a protective tape applied to keep the limited edition paint job scretch free, this shot was to try and show its integrate application on the bike, the trick with this shot was to try keep the bike colour while showing the see thought take is on the bike

Mr and Mrs Philips

I had the Pleasure to shoot Steve and Sam's special day, It was a joy to shoot and the grounds at Consall hall was a excellent location full of colour and varied locations.

Wild camping and night photography

While wild camping in the lake district over easter set up my cameras intervalometer to create a time-lapse of the passing meteor shower. due to the fact i had little battery and my tripod was on its last legs so would slowly move the time-lapse never worked out.

The nights images weren't lost thought, during the time-lapse we had been using red head touches to see, this had illuminated the rock in the image and created some interesting light trails in some of the frames so i decided to layer the images to create star trails.

when i tried saving the images the compression would create a chequered effect in the sky the only way i have found around this is by creating a screen capture, thought this would not be ideal if i need to print the image.

Location fashion shoot

Fashion on location

We had an experience with location fashion photography this week with a workshop run by Talia white with Rebecca Fisher modelling During the shoot I tired to think about combining the available light and flash while incorporating the model into the environment.

During the shoot i was trying to create a elegant aged theame to the images drawing inspiration off the dress and surrounds of Tudor grand house. In doors I used available light as well as my flash for fill light to help push the images quality, I altered the flash settings to allow the ambient light to be stronger and give a natural look.

while editing i experimented with using photoshop and lightroom, origanly i was using photoshop but found it lack of tonal adjustments resulted in the images looking too separate. I later tried lightroom as a means to simplify this process, the adjustments brush served to give good results for 'beauty effects' and it offered a simpler approach being less options and more restricted, whilst having the control of the tonal adjustments easily accessed. Photoshop seams to run more seamlessly as I found the Lightroom could be more 'laggy' but this could be due to the amount of images i have in lightroom.

over all the shoot was fun and relaxed it was good experience and shows how much i have improved during the first year of my HND course.

Assignment - The Recce

Wedding album

Second hand bike

Mr and Mrs Philips

Wild camping and night photography

Location fashion shoot

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