First Photo Shoot

For my first shoot I wanted to get a feel for the camera and practice taking pictures of the models in the scene. I set the chairs and table out in the garden how I was planning to have them for the picture, I then asked the models to sit around, in their position, naturally as I tried to find the right position for the camera. At first I found it surprisingly difficult to find the right angle to shoot at. I had a picture of what I wanted in my mind but I didn't know exactly how to create what I imagined. I set the table and chairs in the back garden in the corner by the house, I wanted the photo to be facing the fence and to have the characters in the corner and the rest of the picture negative space giving an impression of isolation. I also wanted to have the sky showing so I could add extra stars and a moon to make the scene look more dream like. 

I couldn't find the right look for the photo so I decided to try out a different scene, I thought the placement near the shed would work as the the shed is slightly slanted and would give a weird, eerie effect to the scene, however every lighting I tried for this scene the lighting was terrible. I also did not like much of the surroundings, like the plant on the fence or the shadows coming from the plants.

I decided that I preferred the scene to be in the area closest to the house as the area by the shed had too many surrounding features I did not want in the picture. At the end of the shoot I took a quick picture of myself and Suzie so I could try editing it using Photoshop.