Land and Nature - Shoot 2

Both = Normal Kat = Bold Hannah = Italics

On the 4th May we planned to go to Carne beach which is close to Pendower where one of the beach cleans is taking place. This time we brought along our own bin bags as that was something we forgot last time, this way we could gather more rubbish. We were surprised at how clean the beach and could only find very small sections of fishing rope and wire which is a very common problem which I learnt the extent of in the Plastics talk I went to at the college.

We chose to look towards the back of the beach because we thought if any plastic had washed up it would have gotten caught on the rocks. Near the end of our clean Hannah discovered a piece of fishing line as we were removing and photographing the line, Kat spotted a section of fishing line trapped in the rocks to the side. It was a challenge but as a team we were determined to fish it out and remove it from the beach.

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Hannah's Images

For this shoot I wanted to capture action shots to create more of a personal connection between the viewer and the cause. By showing the movement of clearing the beaches it visually shows the viewer how we can combat the issue in our own way.

It imbeds the idea into their minds, so perhaps the next time they see litter on the beach they will be more inclined to pick it up and dispose of it. The absence of identity makes it easier for the viewer to imagine themselves in place of the model.

Our next move is to think about the arrangement of our images. We should sit down together and layout the printed images. From here we tryout some different arrangements to see which ones will work best for the photo essay.

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Kat's Images

For this shoot I wanted to capture the action of picking up the litter rather than just the pieces of rubbish themselves. To achieve this I decided to focus on people’s hands as this could imply that anyone is picking up the rubbish and shows that they too could lead their own hand to this cause.

We had to keep in mind where the sun was to avoid getting the south west shadows in our images, so I tended to ask the model to stand north to me, with the sun on their face. I could then stand at a South East point to avoid my own shadow.

We've now photographed the litter isolated, and the physical action of clearing the beaches. We could either leave this as it is, so we only have two parts to the essay, or we could perhaps photograph what we had collected or show some images of the beach clear. I do question whether the latter would fit with that close up aesthetic I have used in these two shoots.

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Our next step is to have a discusion about how we want to move on with this project. Should we do one last shoot or should we leave it as the two. If we stick with what we have then we need to think about how we are going to arrange our images and which ones we should pair together.