Final Prints

Here are the photographs which I chose to use as my final prints.

This is a photograph I took during my primary research and is a photograph of a plate of nachos which I was eating for my lunch on the day of shooting this photograph for this photograph I chose to focus in on one of the jalapeno slices which topped the nachos. With this photograph I wanted the jalapeno slice to be the main focus this means I used a large aperture in order to create a shallow depth of field in order to make sure the jalapeno was the only part of the photograph while the rest of the image dropped out of focus. I feel that this gives the photograph a nice effect as it means that the viewers eye is drawn to just the jalapeno and is not distracted by other aspects of the photograph. Once I had taken this photograph I edited it in Photoshop by slightly altering the levels in order to make the colours within the image a little more vibrant. I chose to use this photograph as one of my final prints as although it was taken as part of my primary research it is one of the photographs which I am the most proud of as I like the vibrant colours which are present within this photograph and I am very happy with the way this photograph turned out.

This is one of the first photographs during my biscuit photoshoot and this photograph shows a selection of biscuits placed on a baking tray. When taking this photograph the inspiration was freshly baked cookies so in order to make the illusion of freshly baked cookies, I placed several ginger nut biscuits onto a baking tray to look as though they had just been pulled out of the oven. This photograph was taken within the kitchen studio which I feel was a fitting location for a photograph such as this one as biscuits which had actually just been baked would be found within a kitchen. The location is not visible within this photograph however, as I was within the kitchen studio, this means that the lighting provided for this shot was coming from natural lighting being let in by the nearby window. This lighting works well for this shot as it gives the photograph a nice natural and balance appearance. When taking this photograph I chose to use a shallow depth of field and focus on the biscuits towards the front of the baking tray therefore meaning that the remaining biscuits on the tray dropped out of focus. I like the effect that this has as it means that as a viewer, your attention is first drawn to the biscuit in the foreground of the photograph rather than being distracted by other aspects of the photograph. Using a shallow depth of field also means that one specific focus point of the image has been made apparent. Once I had taken this photograph I put the image into Photoshop and edited the levels slightly in order to give the photograph a warmer appearance to give the illusion of biscuits which have come straight from the oven other than this I did not alter the image. I chose to use this photograph as one of my final prints as I am very happy with the way this photograph turned out and I like the way it looks as though the biscuits have come straight out of the oven

This is another photograph which I took as part of my biscuit photoshoot. This is a photograph of a selection of biscuits placed in a square biscuit tin. I feel that this photograph is simple yet effective as there is only one thing in the shot and that is what I intended the focus to be on which is the tin and its contents. This photograph was taken within the studio using studio lighting which is why the colours within this photograph are so crisp, clear and vibrant. I love how simple yet effective this photograph is and how the vibrant purple of the tin stands out so well from the plain white backdrop. In addition to this, I decided to take the photograph from the corner of the tin as I felt that the illusion of a diamond shaped tin would look a lot more attractive than a square tin which has a harsh straight line running across the front of the photograph. As with all of the previous images, I put this photograph into Photoshop and altered the levels slightly in order to make it stand out and catch the eye a little more. I chose to use this photograph as one of my final prints as it is one of the photographs which I am the most proud of out of all of the images which I have produced throughout this project and I also wanted to include a photograph in my final prints which was taken under artificial studio lights as this was not something I had experienced before this project.

This is one of the first photographs which I took during the photoshoot I did consisting of rice crispie pumpkin bites. This photograph shows a selection of rice crispie pumpkin bites which I had hand made just minutes before taking this photograph placed on a baking tray. I chose to take this photograph as this is what the batch of rice crispie pumpkins looked like right after I had finished making them as I had put them onto a baking try in order to let them cool and set in the fridge for a while. This photograph was taken right after taking the tray out of the fridge and I had placed the tray on the worktop by the window in my kitchen. This means that this photograph was lit using natural lighting which was let in from the window which was situated behind the rice crispie pumpkins. With this photograph I wanted to keep it simple, this is why I did not include a lot of props which could have potentially distracted from the subject of the image. In addition to this, to keep the focus on the intended point, I chose to use a shallow depth of field meaning that the focus on only of the front pumpkin while the rest drop out of focus. This means that as a viewer, your eye is not diverted to other aspects of the image. I chose to use this photograph as one of my final images as I am very happy with the aesthetics of this photograph and I love the way that only thr front most pumpkin is in focus while the other pumpkins drop more out of focus the further back they are set on the tray. I used this photograph as a final print as I am very proud of this print and it is one of my favourite images which I took during the entire project as I also enjoyed the creativity which I was able to express in the lead up to taking this photograph.