This shoot was a spur of the moment sort of experience because of the interesting smoke we came across when filming outside of class. It forced me to think how you could film smoke in a high-lit environment. I found myself shooting from a lower angle in order to see the smoke rise and drift over the pavement. Again I tried to colour grade these shots as our white balance was off in a few of the shots. I’ve noticed how quickly I move through the set up before filming and don’t put enough emphasis on adjusting the white balance in order to get a perfect shot. This exercise had some sort of time limit as we didn’t know how long this truck would be there, however it would have been preferable to get one perfect shot than a lot of lesser quality shots.

This shoot was beneficial because I learnt how much lighting can effect each shot and how you have to adapt to the light. I think bad lighting really ruined these shots and draws the eye away slightly from the interesting smoke visuals. However I understand more how to frame each shot and cover more bases in terms of how many shots I’m shooting. I don’t think I want to focus on outdoor shooting for the moment as the lighting was difficult to adapt to and the environment isn’t as intimate. Overall I don’t really like how this shoot turned out, except for maybe the framing of the truck within the shots.

The same goes with the second shoot we did on the same day. I don’t think enough effort went into obtaining the white balance and taking care in each shot. Im not a big fan of the zoom we captured and how we didn’t seem to have a focus.