In my last shoot, Meg said she was dropping food at her grandparents and I was welcome to go and take their photographs. This was good as it would give me two more people to take their portraits.
I knew straight away that this shoot was not successful. Of her granddad there was no reflection in the window as there wasn’t much behind. Although apart from that it is an effective image, it would not go with the rest of the series. I used a different window for her Gran but the light didn’t hit it right and was too bright, almost hiding the subject. Also I asked her to not smile but I still think she looks too happy for the effect I am going for.
Although I can’t use the images from this shoot, it made me realise there is part of the photos that I just can’t control. The position of the window or where the sun hits is something that I have to try my best to work with. Im going to go on shoots being aware that it might just not be successful for how I want my project to work. If I get enough people to take photos of this won’t matter too much as I can just pick the ones that fit best with the others.
Lucy Davis 