Portfolio Ideas

Having thought about the images I want for my final portfolio I have a few ideas that I want to explore and images I want to try and capture. I am not sure if I will be able to achieve all of these for my final portfolio however will try to get as many as I can.

The reason for me having such a wide choice is that I want my final portfolio to show different types of photographs that show show different camera techniques. I also have spoken to Steve on my ideas and what I want out of my final portfolio and explained my reasonings, he was happy with this and said that if I did not manage to achieve one of the areas I had enough ideas to fall back on to help. My ideas for my final portfolio are as follows.

Small Birds in flight

Trying to capture smaller birds landing, this will show the use of fill in flash and fast shutter speed.

Birds in Portrait

Trying to capture common birds in their natural settings, I want to try and capture images of everyday birds but composed to make a good photo. I think this will be better than trying to capture rare birds as I would rather concentrate on getting a good composed shot of an easier subject rather than a poorly composed shot of a hard subject.

Face / Eye close ups

Taking inspiration from Frans Lanting try and capture some good high zoom pictures of animal eyes. I think this will show again good composition of a photograph.

Black and White

Looking at some work of Alex Steirn I think black and white images of certain subjects really brings out the texture and dramatic shades of some animals I think this would be a great area to explore.

Silhouettes

Again taking inspiration from other photographs I have seen this is another style of photographs I want to take for my final portfolio. It also means another skill in using my camera as I will need to set the exposure for the sky / background so the subject is under exposed to give the silhouette