Personal Shoot 8- London

Plans for the shoot

For this shoot, I plan to travel to London in order to photograph a city type of environment. This is different to most of my personal work I have done so far, and is contrasting to the nature type of environments that I have previously photographed. I also plan to do this at night time so that I can capture city lights. I may also reduce the shutter speed so that I can capture the blur from car lights and buildings. I have seen a lot of inspiration from this type of shot on the internet, and I feel that I have a good idea of what I want to achieve from this shoot in my head.

What I hope to achieve

From this shoot, I want to achieve mainly landscape shots of London during the nighttime. I think that a lot of these photos will be through the use of lights from buildings and cars to show a busy/packed environment. I think that the shots I will achieve will require minimal editing, and some of the photos will look unrealistic yet still effective.

What I actually achieved

I am happy with how this shoot has turned out, as I feel that it is particularly different to my other shoots. I tried to concentrate on the idea of a large city environment, and I felt that I would be able to show this through busy streets, and using lights from buildings and monuments in order to portray this. I am pleased with the blurred images I managed to achieve in this shoot as I feel that I have been successful in showing what I wanted from this shoot.

I  find this photo very interesting, as the entire photo is blurred and the lights from the London eye create streams of colours which I think work well against the black background of the sky. I also like that the composition is central mainly, and that the bottom half of the photo is filled with the lines of light.

This picture is one of my favourite from my shoot in London. I like the blurred effect of the iconic red bus in this picture, as it is stretched across the frame of the photo which gives a surreal effect. I also like the contrasting black tones in this photo, and I think the lighting from the buildings work well with showing a busy type of city environment. I would have preferred it if the background was in focus slightly more so that the blurred bus would stand out more, however I am still happy with the shot.