For our next assignment at college we where to take portraits using a film camera and use a light meter something we hadnt done yet i decided to shoot on colour film and took some pictures in college of the other students and our tutor natalie . I then took time to take more portraits of my partner in a local park battling with the light i can out with 5 shotts to use printed on 6x4 i am also going to get a couple of enlargements

i have also researched portrait photographer joe mc nally /david bailey and rankin and have included this in my work book

portrait timings

TIMINGS FOR PORTRAITS 

for the last week i have been spending alot of time watching the timing of sunset and working out which is the best time before at and after sunset to take a portrait from the  information gathered i produced a contact sheet recorded at what time each picture was taken and  what settings had been used

i took pictures on two separate days once outside a local pub and once in oulton broads and the park to get different subjects and different area some with more sunset than others

mental health photography

as most people know i suffer from depression and anxiety and i was given a bit of a challenge by my mental health team it was to take picture of local places that people with mental health could go to be safe also places to study as a good distraction .i spent the day taking pictures and then produced a book from the pictures added information and google maps for each picture 

i also went to a open day for mental health co-production took pictures and produced a power point presentation 

im hoping that doing these things will help others and be good experience for my future in photography