Exercise 4: Editing
In September 2010, we went away sailing on the Firth of Clyde where I took a series of photographs to record the weekend’s activities.
At the end of the weekend I had taken relatively few photos for me, 49 to be exact. This would appear to be exactly right for this exercise.
Editing Step One – the technical edit
In this stage I edited 3 out because:
· 1 was out of focus
· 2 were over exposed as a result of glare from water
Editing Step Two – the selects
In this stage I initially selected 19 discarding 27
The majority were discarded as several shots had been taken of the same subjects and the best composition kept.
After the cooling off period I returned and edited the remaining leaving 5 images.
I took the above photo of a man cleaning his boat at the marina. I felt this gave an flavour of sailing life. The depth of field was such that the background was out of focus allowing the yacht to become the focal point.
The next two photographs are, firstly Sheila then Michele, appearing from down below. Both with a hearty smile on their faces.
Again it shows them on the boat obviously enjoying themselves.
They were also caught unaware which adds to their expressions.
Both were shot at such an aperture that the entire scene was kept in focus giving a nautical feeling.
The first image, Sheila is framed well as she come out of the companionway but it may that the image of Michele has a bit more clutter, taking the viewer away from the subject.
The image to the right is of a vintage motor yacht, which was involved in the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk.
To me the boat looked fantastic with the reflections and overall composition shows it at its best.
The image to the left shows Port Avadie Marina in the sunshine. Again it shows of the place we visited at its best.
I liked the composition with the shadow of the fence creating a border on the right of the image and the building a border on the left leading you into the tower at the end of the image.
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