Kiola Assignment

When trying to think of my theme for the Kiola trip, I at first seemed to struggle to come up with any ideas.  I then thought that I could try panning with flash. I had attempted panning with flash in one of my location classes and was really happy with the results, for the first time I had ever done it. I imagined that there would be lots of people around Kiola that I would be able to pan and achieve some really cool shots. When we got there I wanted to test it out so I got Andrea to move past my camera, so that I could pan her. Unfortunately I was finding it quite difficult to keep the subject (Andrea) in focus and sharp.  After many attempts there was only one image that ended up ok. This is when I began to think, I should change my idea. Changing my idea was probably for the best anyway as there weren’t as many people around as I thought there would be.

Here are some examples of my attempt at panning:

Had trouble keeping the subject sharp, although I think this image ended up looking pretty effective.

Still having trouble getting it sharp



Finally got Andrea's face sharp. This was the best result I was able to get. Unfortunately she is a little over exposed.

Hopefully we will be learning more about panning with flash in class, as i would like to be able to get this right. :)

To come up with my final idea I thought about the actual place we were at – Kiola is at the beach. I then thought about what the beach is to me? How do I see the beach?

When I think about the beach, I see sand, waves, sea shells, rocks and seaweed. Big open views of the water and long stretching beaches.

Because this assignment was about trying something different, I wanted to do the opposite to my original thinking. Instead of taking big open landscape photos of the beach, I wanted to get in close and photograph what makes up a beach. This is when I decided to do ‘Textures on the beach’.

My idea of ‘textures on the beach’ is to involve the beach and its surroundings; pathways to the beach, rocks around the beach, sand, patterns and objects.

Here is my final selection for ‘Textures on the beach’:

This is an image of a blue object washed up on the beach, the line running through the corner is where the last wave washed.



Moss on a rock at the beach.

A mushroom I found along the path to the beach.





Rocks on the beach, with different patterns and colours from where the water has washed them.