Shoot Ten - Work Diary

For my final shoot, I decided to make a final extension to my exploration of the topic of urban architecture, opting to shoot something which creates some contrast to my previous architecture shoots. I decided to shoot in similar locations to those used in my third shoot, with the variable being it would be dark when shooting this time around. I hoped to create a contrast between urban activity in the day and urban activity at night.


 

 This was taken using a shutter speed of 1/5 of a second, with an aperture of f5.6 and the ISO set to 320. I shot this with the camera mounted on the tripod, therefore I was able to increase the shutter speed in order to expose my image enough, rather than turning the ISO to a high number, and as a result the image is low in noise, creating a very smooth lighting effect throughout. The street lamps in the image give off light in a very muted shade of yellow, which creates a sense of unhappiness throughout the image, as yellow usually represents happiness therefore the fading of yellow could represent a fading of happiness. This sense of unhappiness carries in the architecture that can be seen throughout the majority of the image , which has clear Brutalist influences and creates a very cold and cynical atmosphere, suggesting that urban life itself if cynical in nature. 

 This was taken with a shutter speed of 1/3 of a second, with an aperture of f5.6 and an ISO of 320. Like the previous image, this also makes heavy use of street lights for lighting, creating another muted yellow tone that suggests that urban life can make you unhappy. This also has some presence of nature in the composition, with a tree being present underneath the lamp post. The tree is being cast underneath the lamp's yellow light, which creates a commentary on nature, despite having been in existence forever, now lives in the shadow of urban structures. This is further shown through framing; the image was taken from a high angle, meaning the building above is shown to appear as if it towers over both the viewer of the image and the tree, suggesting that people may feel as if large, dull urban structures are shadowing over human life as well as plant life.