2. Firstly I took photos of Sara in the way I had originally planned; walking down the
street with a folder. I then decided that I didn’t like the walking ones very much
because at the time when I was taking the photos there was too much going on in the
background like random people walking past. This is the best image from that group.
3. Experimenting with exposures
I tried some standing still poses which I quite liked and I decided to used the rule of thirds to
make the image look better and so I would have space for the writing. I also used a shallow
depth of field to make Sara stand out more than the background so the attention is drawn to
her. I then went on to experiment with the exposure to see if it could make the background
look any nicer.
4.
5. I started experimenting with close ups, so all that could be seen was Sara’s face and
her folder. I used a shallow depth of field for these and the rule of thirds so that if I
used one of these images for the magazine the writing could go on the left.
6. I didn’t use a lot of the images because
you couldn’t see the folder or anything
relevant to school.
7. I started to experiment
with photos outside of
the school buildings
and I really liked the
background, I feel it
worked much better
than the street since it
is more relevant to
school life. I really liked
this image but then I
realised I could get the
school buildings name
into the photos so I
took even more.
8. These are really nice ones of Sara but there is way to much going on in the
background but it would have been perfect because you can see the school
properly in both and she is holding the folder so it looks really schoolish.
9. I experimented with a really playful pose but I decided I didn’t like it because I
wanted the photo on my cover to be more serious since it was about school.
But I decided I liked the background so the image I would use would have a
similar background.
10. This is the image I used in
the end because
everything in it looks
really good Also the title
of the building can be
seen quite well apart from
the last few letters but
that can be photo-
shopped.
