                              I thought I would have a go at taking some photos with the 35mm. I went to a retail park in Cheltenham and shot sitting in my car. I am not happy with the outcome - these have a different look and feel to the rest of my project, possibly more suited to the enquiry of the last module. I wont be trying this again. This exercise has firmed up my view that I will stick with the DSLR.
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These images have been taken alongside the iPhone set below. I used the covert technique of hiding my shutter release cable down my sleeve and pressing it discreetly with my hand in my pocket.
Things I learnt today: 1. People in London don't really care - even if you are really obviously taking their photo. This meant that on occasion I was able to handhold the camera and structure my shots more directly. 2. By rigging up the camera strap to the correct length, I could use my upper body as a good stabiliser and angle the shots to the best viewpoint. 3. I have a habit of inadvertently looking directly at the people I am shooting which makes them a. think I am weird and b. wonder what I am up too. (STOP LOOKING AT THEM!!!) 4. Because of how I balance the camera on my chest, every time I take a shot - apparently I swing my whole upper body around and look weird.... So today we went to London to try and give the iPhone method a second chance. This time I rigged myself up a little more covertly by using my headphones as a shutter release and hiding the wire down my sleeve so that it wasnt obvious what I was doing. I felt this time that I had been a little more successful, but by contrast, I had also taken a vast amount of images more than the previous attempt. I still found that I needed to be closer to my subject and also it worked better if i stopped walking and just stood more stationery.
All in all though, I am realising that I do prefer the DSLR for the ease in which it captures the image and the quality it renders over the iPhone technology. I will try shooting with 35mm film to see how that works. But I am more and more feeling like I will revert back to the DSLR so that the images are better and focus more on the recorded readings as they are closer to what I am looking to achieve than the outcome of pursuing the aesthetic of different technology. |
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