April 15th
After only just deciding on what I wanted to do for my project I had began taking test shots of house animals to test what type of shots are best for fitting animals in via use of different aperture as well as different depth of fields. I took these photos into photoshop to work with the brightness and contract settings to see whether I should go to take my final images on a day when the weather is of a certain type, which I found waiting for a brighter day would be better.
April 22nd
I decided to go to the zoo as a test run rather than going for one day to film my final shots just so I had some backup shots in case anything was to go wrong. I found this very useful as it gave me an idea of what types of angles I would be able to access as well as what enclosures and access you have to each animal. This gave me the best chance of preparation for when I created my final shots as I knew which animals would be relevant for where I wanted to go with the story.
April 29th
In what ended up being one of the hotter days of the year I went to the zoo to take my final shots. The weather played greatly into my hands as the bright blue sky made for some great shots. Despite having a set of test shots, I found that with the weather being so picturesque, I used all but one picture from my second visit.
May 7th
Having settled on all of my images I had took them all into photoshop to give them the post production needed to make them look even better. Through the skills I had learnt during this module I was able to go through these photos and give them the work that brought out each individual image in its own different way that fit the image.
May 12th
After writing my story and putting it all together I spent a few hours on the final day going over it one final time and ended up changing one photo which I thought was better for my story in comparison to the one that was on show beforehand.
Photographic Journalism 