I am really happy with how my photo-journalism final project has turned out. I am content with the project idea I went with in the end as it provided a lot of sub-sections to explore and the colours of the skatepark worked really well in my photographs.
The bright colours of the graffiti allowed me to play around with the aperture and ISO levels on the camera to produced optimised photographs. The primary sources that I interviewed provided very interesting information which not only added to the article but also educated me further about the topic. The project has really inspired me to pursue photography as a hobby after university and I am excited to share my project with others to help destroy the misconceptions around skateboarding.
I am slightly gutted about the timing of coronavirus during this module as I feel I would have been able to access more support by attending university and therefore becoming more skilled with the camera. However the circumstances have forced me to work independently to produce the results I wanted for the project. I think it would have been good to have had more skaters to take pictures of at the skatepark and street skating but I was unable to do this due to the pandemic.
Throughout my project I practised using aperture, ISO and shutter speed to optimise my pictures. I used photoshop to optimise them post-shoot and to resize them to fit wordpress standards. I experimented with angles and perspective and attempted to find the correct set up for each photograph I took and I feel like I have a range of different styled photos to show for it. I managed to have a play around with a polaroid camera aswell as my digital one to see how different types of cameras can work for each shoot. I really enjoyed experimenting with it. I have some test shots that I took using this different medium which I have posted below alongside some test shots that didn’t make the cut for my project.
Ellie Bagshaw Photography Journalism 