AMY WALKER - Play
PARK
This is another photo shoot that contributes to the development of my ideas for my personal investigation. This shoot was conducted in the local park. Children love to play and the park is where most children go with their friends and family. I have taken images of the climbing frame and slides from a child's point of view, using low and high camera angles. In this shoot I have also used a teddy in some of my images to show that children sometimes take their favourite teddy or toy out with them and to give the images a child-like focal point.
This is one of my most successful images from my photo shoot. To create this image I focused on using a low camera angle (at a child's height). I used a model in my image that is holding a teddy, I didn't want to get the model in shot but I have captured the shadow on the ground of them holding the teddy. The teddy is in shot, with the hand holding it, and the shadow creates the effect of a silhouette of a small child. The majority of the focus in this image is on the teddy, which is in the foreground with the background out of focus. I am pleased with the outcome of this image, as it is a way of capturing a child's point of view without having a child in shot.
This is another successful image from this photo shoot. Here I have captured the slide at the park. I used a low camera angle with the lens pointing up so that the slide appeared bigger than it actually is.
To a child this slide would seem giant and exciting but to an adult it wouldn't appeal to them. When I took this image I focused on getting the slide in the centre of the image so that the majority of it filled the picture. I like how I have captured the reflection of the climbing frame at the bottom of the slide as it adds depth to the image and emphasises both the size of the slide and frame.