After researching both of my chosen photographers, I plan to further my knowledge of black and white photography using the manual mode on the camera. I will attempt my first shoot using this technique and then review these images to determine whether I continue to shoot in manual or otherwise.
If I were to shoot in automatic mode I would be limited my technical and therefore creative choices.One of my main rationals for shooting in manual is to give me a greater degree of control when shooting. I can control how much light the camera allows to absorb and having that flexibility is crucial for my images to give the suitable tone in my work. Although both of my researched photographers used a traditional negative camera, I think shooting in colour can exceed what a negative could do. This hopefully will allow me to adjust the shadows and highlights in the image when editing (using the dodge and burn tools) as part of my post production to create a natural border to my images in a collective piece .