Reflecting
On the day I got on very well with the tasks as they mainly consisted of me and my group experimenting with each other on different settings, lighting effects and locations. I feel that I achieved a lot in the sense that I learned a lot about how the camera is used and how the director asks for the model to be posed, but at the same time finding this as not too relevant as I'm not into photography too much. Concerning feedback i did not receive a lot of feedback as I was the person behind the camera for most of the day. With the 4-5 photos I did manage to take, I rechecked average feedback on them as I'm not so use to using expensive cameras, but for a first timer managed to get the basics of what to do. From the overall task I learned that lighting is very important to a photo, and that many factors such as reflectors and light beams can be used to alter the image. Also, I learned that adjusting the camera's light and exposure settings makes a big different to the models photo as well. In addition to learning about light exposure settings on the camera, I found that when I was filming during the summer for some performance video's, nothing came out clear due to the exposure settings being too high on the camera. From today I learned about how I could fix this problem, so that even in my own filming time for videos I will not make the same mistake again.
Analysing
I think the most successful part of the day was how I managed to very easily understand the very basics of using a camera in addition to using a light meter to change to settings around having effect on the model and photo compositions. In addition to this I found it interesting in how the different locations we used and the light reflectors and equipment etc. had very different effects on each photo. On the outside location shots the lighting almost looked as if there was a photo filter on the picture, which enhanced its appearance than just keeping it looking normal. I was not happy that I didn't manage to fully grasp how to use the light meter readings to adjective the camera settings, because I found the numbering very confusing since it went backwards. This was the most difficult part of the day right at the start, and when attempted to change the lighting of the shots I found myself darkening the image too much. At one point whilst I was taking photographs my camera lighting had gone completely dark and I struggled to see through the lens. This however was fixed by my tutor Othello who fixed the camera settings after I had accidentally set them the wrong way. Overall I found the day very easy and quite fun as it consisted mainly of practical work and experimenting with our own style of photography and direction how we wanted a photo to look.
Time management:
From the photography day I did not find any way on how to improve my current time planning patterns and management as we were not under any deadlines or time limits throughout the day. As we were only experimenting for the entire day it meant that I also did not have to work under any rush, leading to messy or rushed work. The one thing about this photography day however that was different to others was that we were given our tutorial on usage of the camera before break. After this tutorial the task was to experiment throughout the day with the camera and composition/settings of the shots we wanted to take. Even though this was a good way of letting us find out our own strengths and weaknesses when using a camera, it would be interesting to see how the day played out if each session was divided into a theory for the first half and practical for the second. This way we could be advised on our techniques whilst planning them, and because this would be before we begin shooting, it would mean that we could enhance the quality and meaning behind our images.
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