Pre-liminary Task: Planning Pictures Test

During our media lesson last week, to begin work on our pre-liminary task, we took pictures of each other around the school to get an image for the front cover of a school magazine. We only had a basic understanding of how to take pictures going into the task, and a limited amount of time and props to complete it. 

During the work, we went around the school, using locations such as hallways or signs outside to set the scene, giving it away in the pictures that it was in a school if the subjects in the focus of the picture weren't enough to give that away. We didn't have access to any props, but we used each other as a starting point as we were all dressed smartly and appropriately.

Some examples of pictures I took are shown below.

The pictures I took were not suitable for a school magazine for various reasons. I did not follow the rule of thirds and most of my pictures had the subjects too far apart to be suitable for a magazine from cover. The lighting was never suitable, however some of the backgrounds could be given the right angle. Overall, all of the pictures were unsuitable but now, I have the ability to take better pictures to use.