ENVIRONMENT AND DOCUMENTARY

SHOOTING LOGS
Here is the template I would like you to follow for each of the
locations and shoots you undertake for both of my units.
You may not need to fill in every section for every shoot, or even
have a log for every time you go to take pictures.

SHOOT PREPARATION LOG

YOUR NAME Ross Pilling

Date 16/03/2021

Location – I will visit McGavin Park and Eglinton Park. The parks are
local to my house – I will get there by walking.

Risk assessment – I will ensure to maintain social distancing at all

times.

Inspiration (include one or 2 photographers and images you like)

Andy Sidders
https://www.andysiddersphotography.co.uk/engagement-
photography/trent-country-park/

Janet.jamieson@ayrshire.ac.uk photo log Environment & Documentary units

This is a good park shot, even though it is supposed to be an
engagement shot. With or without the people, it still shows the park
in a really nice way. I am inspired by the leading lines in the trees
and would like to use this idea in my own shoot. I like the reflection
of the trees in the water, but I don’t know if I will be able to use this
as the river at Eglinton Park is not very reflective.

Research (weather conditions, techniques etc) I have researched the

weather and it is to be dry and sunny. Technique to try from the
image would be leading lines and reflection.

Must have shots – what are the key images you want to take? I
want to take some shots of the flowers and Eglinton castle. There is
a rusty piece of machinery in McGavin park I would like to
photograph. I want to take some shots of the waterfall etc.

Techniques to try – Depth of field, fast shutter speed, leading lines.

Equipment needed – DSLR camera and SD card (as I am walking I

don’t want to take lots of equipment with me).

Notes -

Janet.jamieson@ayrshire.ac.uk photo log Environment & Documentary units

SHOOT REVIEW LOG

YOUR NAME Ross Pilling

Date & time of visit – 16/03/2021 3pm – 6pm

Location – I think the two parks I chose were good locations because
they offered the chance to get a good variety of shots. I had to walk
between the two parks.

Weather conditions – The weather was dry and sunny as planned. I

do not think the shoot would have worked in the same in different
weather conditions, I was happy with the way it turned out.

Equipment used – I used only my camera and SD card that day. This
worked out well because of the change in locations throughout the
day.

Camera techniques used – What did you try? Was it successful?

Why? Why not?
I tried depth of field, leading lines, fast shutter speed. I would say
that they were all successful. I think this is because I was patient and
I persevered with each technique until I got it right.

Things that worked – I am happy with the way the waterfalls and
the rivers turned out. I was happy more or less with everything that I
tried that day – it all turned out well.

Any challenges? – The biggest challenge was walking between the

two parks. As Eglinton Park is the furthest away from where I live,
the challenge was to get there and back. I wanted to get some shots
in a particular place but there were a lot of people around and I
wasn’t able to do this.

Ideas for future shoots – The next time I might go earlier as there
might be less people around and I will be able to photograph the
play area as I intended.
Janet.jamieson@ayrshire.ac.uk photo log Environment & Documentary units
Notes -

Include a contact sheet of each shoot, narrowed down to around

10-20 images. Show your selection process with colour or star rating.

You are not doing final edits at this stage! The next step is to identify
your best shots to take to post-processing and the editing
techniques you wish to apply to these images.

Janet.jamieson@ayrshire.ac.uk photo log Environment & Documentary units