Evidence of Action

For this I need to take one photograph which shows something has happened, I have the usual things in mind at the moment of something broken maybe a glass jar or a plate, but I am trying to think of something else that is a bit different, whether or not any ideas I come up with will work remains to be seen.

I also need to think of 5 examples of concepts that are regularly used in advertising and publicity which can not be shown directly.

I can think of two hard hitting or actually three hard hitting situations where you could not show it one would be an accident the one that comes to mind here is a motorbike out of a side road and a car, they could not show the accident happening so show a car then a bike on its side, similar cases would show animal or child cruelty, a single photograph of an abused child or animal says more than a 1000 words could say. I will try and come back to some more ideas as I think of them, A toothbrush and tooth paste would convey cleaning your teeth.

I had a bit of a rethink on this exercise and came up with a few more ideas for example feathers to show how soft tissues are, flags in the shape of a globe for international calling cards, green cross for a first aid box and maybe one of the most easily recognised symbols of a red cross for aid.

Back to the single photograph showing something that has happened, I have decided to use a strand of broken beads all I need to do now is plan the photograph, should I take it outside as if it has fallen off when it broke or a still life set up, almost as if it is being readied to be repaired I think I might try both ideas and see which one I like best.

 

Well I tried both ideas but in the end I settled for the inside shots showing not only the broken strand and the beads but also the pliers to add to the overall image of something being broken, I used a tripod for this exercise the camera settings were: F10 @1/2 second flash white balance, the focal length was 100 mm and the iso was 100.

I was pleased with final photograph as it had caused me a few problems to begin with as the light kept reflecting off the beads too much, having found this old necklace I think I might have to repair it now.