Shoot 2: Journey through signs - Work Record:

Aim for shoot:

For my second exam shoot I decided to photograph signs in London and how by naming a street or showing a direction they are able to show a journey. I decided that would have part of my exam shoots exploring a different idea that I am covering in my main unit. This second shoot will be a small shoot that I conduct at the same time as my third shoot. I think that by showing signs I can look at a simple way of showing journey's. I.e a street name can be a journey to visit a friend, or where you live, it can be a current step in your own personal journey. 

Development of idea:

For this particular shoot I hadn't found any research that supported this idea as it was something that a came up with alone. I decided that London would be a good place for m to shoot as it has many different streets with different styles, as well as a variety of general signs that would be fitting for my project.

The actual shoot:

This is an example of my work from this shoot. I decided to make a multiple imagery formed from 4 of the different street signs that I photographed. Within the image itself you are able to see part of the journey that I went on during this exam by looking at the street names. One thing that I like about this image is the fact that the composition of each of the photos are all different. It allows each of the images to have a sense of originality and difference, while being edited and classed in the same way. I decided to crop most of these images slightly as I wanted the actual street sign itself to be the focus and not the background it had. I decided to use tone for this image as I felt that it balance them all out nicely and made the image more attractive to the eye. 

Another way that I was photographing during this shoot was looking at signs around train stations and on platforms. This ranged from the sign showing the name of the station to the departure board at Liverpool Street Station. Below are examples of this.

This image was shot with a shutter speed of 1/400 p/s, an aperture of 13f and ISO 400. One thing that stands out in this image is the bright colour, its bold and makes a statement essentially doing its job as it is there to be noticed by people when arriving at the station. I like the composition of this image as I think that it is more interesting than if it was taken with a direct view. 

This image was taken with a shutter speed of 1/60 p/s, an aperture of 4.5f and ISO 400. This is another example of station signs, the aim of this sign is to help to direct people to the correct platform. I think that this image examples this as it shows it clearly and effectively something that the sign does. The relation to my topic that these images have is that they are noticble while people are travelling on their journeys. It helps people to know where they are i.e Hackney station and where they need to go to continue their journeys.