My theme is "Childhood"
I chose this theme as I feel that there are many different aspects of childhood, some of which are more relevant today than they ever were, and some which are becoming less and less relevant. My aim was to portray this, and to also show some of the emotions that children can feel.
I took this photo with the idea of portraying how children nowadays are often fixated by technology and tend to ignore books and other typical previous childhood activities. I darkened the image slightly in order to bring out the bright light coming from the phone. My inspiration for the photograph is the idea that children nowadays spend more time in front of mobile phones and screens than they do reading books. This is why the phone is in focus and the books are out of focus in the background. I darkened the image to bring out the reflecting light on the girl's face and I did this to make the books seem less important compared to the phone- reflecting the views of children today.
I took this photo with the idea of showing that although children do spend a large amount of time on screens, many still like to read. I continued with the idea of soft focusing. In this image the girl is in focus and the book is slightly out of focus. I did this to portray the idea that the girl needs to focus on the book and I left the book slightly out of focus to draw the viewer away from the contents of the book and bring them towards the main idea of the photograph which is that many children still read. I also blurred out the book slightly so it could be anything, leaving it open to the viewer's interpretation.
I took this photo in an attempt to show the facial features and eyes of a child. I used the close up on this photograph to show emotion. I focused particularly on the eye and pushed the hair and ear slightly out of focus to attract attention to the facial features. In order to make the photo work I had to light the image correctly and I used two small lamps to ensure that the face was lit up as best as possible.
I took this photo in strong light and then brought that saturation down far enough to achieve a darker shadow effect without making the photo black and white. I did this to give the photo a detached feeling and distance the girl from the viewer of the photo. I also darkened the photo slightly to bring out the darkness in the eyes and the shadows on the girl's shoulders and face.
This was taken on a small footbridge. I used the low down shot to show off the detail in the shoes and the wooden bridge. I saturated the photo slightly in order to bring out the colours in the shoes. I also cropped the image slightly to remove some of the out of focus water in the right of the image. I didn't use a tripod to take the photograph as it was taken too low down to accommodate a tripod. Instead I had to crouch down and take the photo from there.
