Eleanor's Creative Blog: Reflections on Shoot

Reflections on 'Dig Haushizzle' shoot

After I wan't able to use Bristol Museum as a setting for shoot I searched for alternative locations. I found an interior design shop nearby called' Dig Haushizzle' that sells antiques, taxidermy, print and lighting. The owners let us use the shop for an hour before they opened for sales. I paid for this service which I thought was fair and allowed use to feel more comfortable in the space as we could engage with all the pieces; technically it was 'ours' for the hour. They were very friendly and relaxed about it, urging us to not rush off if we needed more time and giving us fifteen minutes grace time to set up. I would recommend them to anyone needing an interesting setting for a shoot.

I thought an hour would be enough to capture two films of slide images on the Pentax K1000 as well as capture digital images just in case the films don't develop well. I managed to fill the two films but I didn;t get time to capture as many digital photographs as I wanted. Luckily I brought a friend with me as a helper: for filming behind-the scenes footage, aiding me with equipment and, of course, moral support! She was able to use the digital camera with my direction while I focused on the analogue one.

I tried to keep the whole event light, friendly and fun in order to help keep the model comfortable. I was quite nervous beforehand, but we actually ended up having fun! Emma was avery good model that listened to me and helped generate ideas too for example we tried using long shutter speeds to capture her motions.

I think it would have been beneficial to have more time, but then only having an hour made us quite driven and conscientious. I found the whole shoot very stimulating as it was a very visually interesting place to capture and it was fun to be working socially with other people for a change. In conclusion, I am really pleased with the experience. Hopefully the slide films will turn out well but if not, I have some good digital ones and I really enjoyed myself regardless!