Triptych

 This photography style includes three consecutive images that together create a story board of events. One photo may not make as much much sense as when it is put with the rest to finish the story. 

Pros 

Cons 

The possibilities increases from one snap shot to three, meaning its easier to show the movement of a subject. 

If the photographer isn’t careful then viewers may be confused at the actions between the images and not put together the motion so well.

Viewers can admire the media pieces for longer and have more to denote. 

Some may feel limited to only three images. 

To show different elements to the same subject.

If separated, one photo may not make sense. 



These three images when placed together in the correct chronological order create a story. The first part of this story shows 2 girls in a conversation with neither of them looking too happy, the girl on the right is seemingly talking while the girl on the left seems to be offended or disgusted in some way conveying an unpleasant response. When taking this we decided to use coloured lighting of a warm pinkish light and have both the girls be sat in a civilised form mid communication, we also experimented with a few different angles however decided that straight on was the easiest form as it then brought the attention to either side of the frame of this two shot in order to capture both sides of the story. Adjusting the aperture, and focusing the camera to ensure that both girls are clearly in focus and then took the photo with a reasonably high shutter speed in order to capture less of the shadows on the wall behind.


The second part of this shows the girl on the right becoming aggressive and unsettled, therefore lashing out with a form of weaponry, attacking the victim on the left. The audience can depict it the girl on the left is threatened as she's flinching and preparing to protect herself. intending to add to this dramatic atmosphere and quick change of perception in the photos, we changed the lighting to a more blue and grey tinted setting this was to convey the darkness and quick turn around. Again maintaining both girls in focus however re-adjusting the camera to a higher angle so that the audience feel as though they have a first class seat to what is happening and also so that the camera can still capture the both girls in medium two-short with action.


Finally there's minimal activity happening in the 3rd and final photo as it is just one girl laying on the table possibly injured or dead. When taking this we changed some of the lighting back to a warmer setting with more pink this is so that the audience perceives the fact that the other party involved has walked away happily again at a new equilibrium. However we didn't revert completely back as things have changed and there was a lash out of violence involved. We asked the girl to lay on the table as I moved round to a different point of view from where the camera was originally stationed for the previous two images, and took a photo of her ensuring that she was in focus with the camera tilted slightly down towards her however not showing much context to what happened to leave that part of the triptych story to the audiences imagination.

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