ENVIRONMENT: City Shoot Photos

I took three films to Canterbury with me and processed them all today. I was glad to see that some of my favorite set ups came out well, however some of the photos were badly exposed and I was annoyed to find that with a few, when printing, I couldn't really save them. I am unsure on whether to include them in my final images as I really love the photos themselves, but the print will never be to the best standard.. I will be printing again soon so I hope that the other negatives will prove to be a bit more successful!

ENVIRONMENT: City Shoot

I went to Canterbury for my City shoot today. Canterbury is famous for it's Cathedral, so I thought it would be a great place to take my photos. It's also one of my favorite cities to visit, purely for the architecture! 


I headed straight for the Cathedral when I arrived and immediately regretted it, even mid week the Cathedral is overflowing with visitors, I was pushed and shoved until I decided to venture down a side road and see what I could find. As I was walking down this road I noticed that over the wall lining the road was the top of Canterbury cathedral, I thought it looked so regal towering over the rest of the city, so I set up my camera and  started taking photos. I'm really looking forward to processing my films from today as I really liked the set ups I created, and the fact that I wasn't taking the obvious photos, but stepping back and going from a different angle or view point.

BODY: My Sitter

The person I have decided to take a portrait of for my project is also a UCA student called Emily, studying Fashion Promotion. I decided to ask Emily to sit for me because of the way she came across to me, she seemed bubbly, careless, exciting and fun. I thought this would be interesting with my concept, and whether she thought the way people saw her changed much from the person she believed she was, or at least wanted to see herself as.
I met with her and told her about my ideas and concept for the project. Emily seemed interested in what I was planning for the shoot, but she also seemed a little nervous about the amount of freedom I planned to give her! When I asked Emily how she thought other people saw her she said that she thought other people saw her as wacky, weird or strange. I wondered if by that she meant slightly unapproachable?
I asked Emily to style herself completely for the shoot, as I said I didn't want to influence her decisions at all. I told her to make sure anything she wore was something she loved and felt comfortable and that it was important that the whole shoot was about her being happy with what was happening; from what she wore to how she posed in the photos.