Final Project: Water Polo Game

Yes, I admit I got inspiration from my digital Final Project, but, even then, I personally think it turned out amazing. I'm sure my digital project helped me find the best images, but, in the end, I think my digital final was better. Digital just has a very large buffer space for bad pictures, plus the ability to see the actual image without having to process film. Plus you can delete it if it is bad. You can do none of this with film, but this is about my film, so that's what I'll talk about. First off, I would like to give some back story to this game. This game was my little sister's junior varsity championship match, and I had to say I was a photographer for the team to get in with all of my equipment. Due to the fact we were early to the game, I shot some of the game before as well. It was men's varsity 3rd place match. But, back to the project, I think every one of my images are very strong and help tell the story. There is a good variety in my images, telling the story about everything instead of focusing on just the players or just the coaches. Even without special sports shooting equipment, the images still turned out just fine. My personal favorite is the one of the dive tank with two balls on it. The toning for it turned out perfectly and the image is very strong. The soft edge is not really detracting from the image, and it is one of my best images. Another one of my favorites is the team jumping in. The toning for it worked well for the image, and the image was strong already. The others worked well for the story of a game. The image of the fight over the ball was very telling of the fact water polo is, in fact, a contact sport. It is a telling image, and the lighter toning for it brings out the warm feeling of an outdoor pool in summer, even if it was shot in the spring. A second telling image is the team photo with the trophy. Again with the summer toning, even though it is the smallest bit overdone, and the fact it was taken from the side instead of the front, where they were posing, lead to a strong and definitely different image. This assignment was a great chance for me to come out and shine. I also think the Saturday lab session was a real savior for this, plus the fact I gave myself time to tone. You really need to put more of those in, you might be surprised at the results. But, in conclusion, this was my best assignment ever in film. They do say to go out with a bang, so, good-bye photo, been nice knowing ya.