Shoot 6- Work Diary

In this shoot I wanted to capture the urban landscape at night, so I therefore decided to shoot pictures from a bridge over the top of a dual carriage way on the A10, for the photos to effectively capture the scene at night I used a long exposure to capture the lights of the passing cars.

In this image I chose to get a view of both sides of the dual carriage way, I used a tripod for the entirety of the shoot, in this image I stood further back with the camera to capture the whole scene. The exposure time I used on this shoot was much longer than most, it was between 20-30 seconds in order to capture the journey of the cars for the whole stretch of the road, this is evident in the fact that the light carries off into the farthest reaches of the photo, and the light captures multiple cars that have passed. The leading lines of the image is the way in which the trees become closer as the depth of field increases until the lights from the cars stops in the centre of the image creating an interesting depth of field. I think I've successfully shown an element of the urban landscape, as motorways of Britain are an essential part of transport and what we see regularly.

In this show I wanted to focus on a single side of the dual carriage way, this shot has a much smaller exposure. From this image it is evident a large vechile such as a lorry has gone past to leave such a highs stream of light. I used a tripod for this shot also, however part of the image just tend to blur out and wobble, this could be a factor I could have controlled via the setup of the tripod or a longer exposure time. In focusing on just the one lane meant that I could really hone in on the essence of exposure photography, despite the imperfections in the composition. I like the dim lit backdrop of the grass, sky and trees it works well against the strong colour of the red lights, and makes for an atmospheric shot.