Bad test shots reflection Project update 2

These were a few more test shots that I took at the same game as the last post.

As I mentioned before I was only using my phone for this shoot so was more focused on getting images of interesting things around the stadium compared to action shots that would be hard to get on a phone.

However, the two images I will talk about in this reflection turned out badly and will definitely not make it into the final project. I will talk about what my idea was for them when I took them and what was wrong with the final outcome.

As shown in the previous post, I wanted to capture all the murals and pieces of artwork that were scattered around their stadium to add some variety so my project will not just be action shots.

However, this image of this mural isn’t great as firstly there is too much space either side of it that distracts from the main focus of the image. Although this could be fixed with some post production techniques. Secondly, the mural has visible scratches on that will be even more visible if I zoomed in on the mural whilst cropping out the clutter to the side during the post production so I have decided to not use this image. Furthermore, I already have photos of 2 other murals that are a lot nicer and I think it would be a bit over the top to have a potential for 3 of the 12 images to be of murals in the final project.

So, why did I take it?

I thought the ‘made in Yorkshire’ slogan really epitomised the local community aspect of the club and that really aligned with the answers I was given by the volunteers in their interviews so thought it had potential to fit in with my final project if captured correctly.

In previous years, this banner was placed in a more prominent position in the stadium making it easier to photograph but not it has been moved here.

I thought a photo of this banner had potential to be the opening shot in my project as it would explain to the reader what football club the story is about before they begin reading and what league they play in.

However, the banner is now pretty much discarded in the car park and this is the best angle of it meaning I will not be using this photo in my project.