Exercise 14: An organised event

For this exercise I had to research an event, prepare for it and then photograph it.  As it is winter there's less outdoor events on so I had to plan a little harder.  The event had to be one where I would be able to shoot with confidence and variety.

I chose the Regent Street Motor Show.  Although I am not that interested in cars the people involved more than made up for it and it was an enjoyable day.

I had some problems again with shutter speed as it was a dark, overcast day but I increased the ISO to help with this.

I have tried to put the pictures together in some way where they would tell a story.  I think the narrative for this was how when I arrived I started to shoot the first set of cars and their owners and as I moved on the quirkier the owners became and the more enthusiasts I could see.

My aim was to capture the people involved in the day to show what car enthusiasts are truly like!

I think what I enjoyed the mot about this exercise was the fact that the people were happy to have their pictures taken.  This made it a far more relaxing experience and I found that I had more time to think about composing shots rather than worrying about being undetected by my subjects. 

There was a huge variety of potential subjects at this event too and I took several hundred images in total.