Shoot 3

Research (of artists and techniques)

The artist I will research for this shoot is Lee Friedlander. I want to take pictures like Friedlander by using reflections from mirrors as the photo and the frame of the mirror and the background as the framing device.


Lee Friedlander is an American photographer and often shot photos of an urban social landscape with many of them being reflections. This photo is a photo of Friedlander taking a picture of a storefront and using the reflection to show the landscape behind him. I'm going to try to recreate these kinds of pictures with a mirror.

What I aim to achieve.
I aim to take landscape photos in a rural setting instead of an urban area, using reflections from a mirror. This would replicate Friedlanders photos where he used reflections from windows to photograph the urban landscape around him. 

Contact sheet

My Best images (target 4 - 6)

Images that require improvement.

I believe these two photos require improvement because 

The first photo used settings ISO , F and . I think i shouldve changed my settings to have a lower iso but higher apeture and f-stop, to keep the photo light but not have any grainyness. This photo doesnt look as bad as the second because the other settings work with the high ISO.

The second photo used settings ISO , F and . The photo is quite grainy, the subject was moving in the shot and i dont think the frame was set up right. If i retook this i would use different `

AO3a: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

My idea for framing devices shoot three was to take natural landscape photos through the reflection of a mirror. I wanted to photograph the natural rural landscape that i grew up with and is currently around me as it is very personal to me.

The images came out as i expected. The main problem that i had with this shoot was the weather, although the snow presented a nice aesthetic, the snow was still falling which made the mirrors spotty with snow/water, which ruined some photos but added some aestheticness to others.

i chose the first photo 

I chose the second photo 

I chose the third photo 

I chose the last photo 

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

I used a cannon EOS M body for all my shots. I used ISO 200, a shutter speed of 1/8 and my apeture was F11. I used a tripod for all of my shots and used a softbox light for all of my shots directing light from the right of the photo onto the subjects.

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

(note here there needs to be a clear focus on how the work can be developed further i.e. into the next shoot) ANALYSE YOUR IMAGES AND SHOW HOW THEY CAN BE IMPROVED, THROUGH E.G. PHOTOSHOP, FURTHER SHOOTS, PHYSICAL MANIPULATION ETC.

To improve my images i decided to import them into photoshop to put the frame into some of the last photos. I also used it to brighten the images as  some of the shadows were too harsh.

I have thought about physically manipulating them by sewing around the frames or painting the backgrounds around the subjects, to further frame them.

AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.