Emma Ford: Individual Practice

For the Individual Practice brief we had to produce 10 images based on our Individual Study. My Individual Study was based on wildlife photography. Here are the images I used in my Individual Study:

Heather Angel

http://www.heatherangel.co.uk/galleries.aspx?galId=5&disId=120

http://www.metro.co.uk/news/pictures/photos-01398/royal-photographic-society/1

Steve Bloom

http://stevebloomphoto.com/blog/

http://www.stevebloom.com/index.php?page=single&id=001542-SB1

http://www.stevebloom.com/index.php?page=single&id=001543-SB1&lbx=&lbxn=&mii=1&back_link=%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3Dresults%26pageno%3D1%26keyword_options%3D%26submit%3Dsearch_theme%26keywords_search%3D%26animal%3D7%26theme%3D%26stxt%3DOrangutans%26rp%3D64%26lbx%3D%26lbxn%3D

Jim Brandenburg

http://blog.graysofwestminster.co.uk/2010/05/07/jim-brandenburg-has-4-images-included-in-top-forty-nature-photographs/

Frans Lanting

http://www.franslanting.com/stock/index.php?module=media&pId=102&id=61757&category=gallery/Mammals&start=0

http://www.luzphoto.com/author.php?authorCode=lanting

Andy Rouse

http://www.andyrouse.co.uk/index.php?page_id=7

Kennan Ward

http://museumvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/discoverycentre/wild/biogeographic-regions/arctic/polar-bear/

From my Individual Study I have learnt a few things that I need to utilise to make my images better. These are:

Crop the image closer in camera

Photograph from different angles

Use landscapes

Show behaviour

Show movement

ISO 560, 300mm, f5.6, 1/250 sec

ISO 100, 300mm, f5.6, 1/20 sec

ISO 100 300mm, f5.6, 1/13 sec

ISO 200 300mm, f8, 1/40 sec

ISO 400, 300mm, f5.6, 1/60 sec

ISO 100, 220mm, f5.6, 1/40 sec

ISO 400 270mm, f5.6, 1/30 sec

ISO 400 240mm, f5.6, 1/30 sec

ISO 400 300mm, f5.6, 1/25 sec

ISO 400 300mm, f5.6, 1/60 sec

ISO 200 240mm, f5.3, 1/25 sec

ISO 200 300mm, f5.6, 1/60 sec

ISO 900 300mm, f5.6, 1/125 sec

ISO 3200 300mm, f5.6, 1/80 sec

ISO 3200 300mm, f5.6, 1/60 sec

ISO 3200 125mm, f4.8, 1/25 sec

I feel I have used the points from my individual study with the photographic knowledge I already had. Although, I also feel with some of these images they are not as sharp as they should be.

We then had the chance to show our portfolio to Clive Lawrence, a photojournalist who has also photographed wildlife. He advised me how to improve the sharpness in my photos by using a quicker shutter speed such as 1/500. He also said if my aperture doesn't allow a quick enough shutter speed to move the ISO up. I was already aware of this, but I was hesatent of moving my ISO up as it produces grain, which I don't want. However, after practicing this technique I realise I can get a sharp image without to much grain.

ISO 4000 300mm, f5.6, 1/500 sec

Here are my final 10 images that I feel incorporate the points that I learnt from my individual study and the technical information I learnt from Clive Lawrence.