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The Peter Tavy Inn

This was my main shoot for this project as it was the only paid commission I recieved. The shoot was quite simple and easy, I did not need to take much equipment as the shots I needed to capture were fairly straight forward. The equipment that I took consisted of a series of lenses: 105mm macro, 10-20mm wide-angle and a 50mm Sigma lens. I also brought my tripod and a cable release to reduce camera shake and maximise the detail within the shots. For the interior shots I used a SB-800, pointing the flash up in the air to brighten up the room. I feel this shoot went quite well as I managed to capture a range of different images showing both the inside and outside in an inviting and warm style. I do plan on going back for one more shoot, before submitting my final images, in order to capture a couple shots of some prepared food and customers being served. 

Yoga, France

Out of the two shoots that I was commissioned to do this is by far my favourite. The reason behind this is because it was more fitting with my photographic niche therefore, in my opinion, the images are far greater than that for The Peter Tavy Inn. For this shoot I just used my tripod, camera and standard 18-105mm lens. Due to shooting in daylight their was no need for a cable release, however I did use graduated filters on a few shots to ensure that both my sister, the landscape and the sky were all correctly exposed. I am really happy with how the shots came out however, I do feel that I could have captured a wider variety, for instance, I would have liked to capture a few more shots in the sunrise/sunset but in different locations. 

Brighton

I was not commissioned for this shoot it was just a location shoot I did off my own back and thought I would include in my presentation. I really enjoyed this shoot, walking around Brighton just around the time of the sunset taking pictures of the seafront. Because I was just walking around I did not use any specialist equipment, just my camera and its standard 18-105mm lens, for one shot I used a circular polariser to slightly diffuse the light from the sun. I am happy with how the majority of these shots turned out and I plan on returning to Brighton to capture more.  

Foot Anstey 

This is another location shoot I did in my spare time to gain a greater understanding of architectural photography. I used quite a variety of equipment for this shoot as I was shooting at night-time, so I had an exposure of four minutes or more. The equipment I used was a tripod, 10mm fish-eye lens, 10-20mm wide-angle and a cable release. I had hoped to do the shoot at dusk but because of the weather I was not able to do it until the evening. Nonetheless, I am happy with how a few of the images turned out and hope to do a few more shoots at dusk of different architecture.

Studio: Jewelry

This was a studio shoot that I did in my spare time in college to show my work with still life. Being a studio shoot a lot more equipment went in to it. Two flash lights equipped with large rectangular soft boxes placed either side of the objects for the lighting and my camera a 105mm macro lens with a tripod and trigger release to reduce camera shake and maximise detail. I am reasonably happy with how this shoot went, however I would like to do more still life as it is a field I have not explored enough.