BOWLING

I decided to take some photos of a bowling alley near me: Charington Bowl. I found the location although bright and fun, also had a sense of tackiness and dispiritedness.





I don't think these photos are very professional, I think I could have shot with better angles and had more of a focal point in some of the photos, but some I also added for comic value, or to show the particular atmosphere.

In the first photo, I like how the shoes in front are in focus and the others in the background are slightly blurred. From seeing this photo you immediately know it is about bowling, even without seeing any of the alleys or bowling balls, because the shoes are so distinctively specific to bowling.

In the Second photo I like how the bowling pins are right in the centre of the frame, drawing us to the main aspect of the game. I think the photo would have looked better if I had photographed the bowler was more to the left, but I do think the photo is more interesting with him in it.

I like how in photo three there is a distinct contrast between the sparse floor and lanes, to the busy seating area. I like the use of lines in this photo,but if I were to do this photo again, I would like to make the bar on the ceiling more central , making both sides of the photo equal sizes.

The sixth photo I took was purely for comic value,he wasn't the most suave man I had seen,in fact he seemed quite awkward and clumsy and his t-shirt stating "read this whilst I check out your tits" just added to this comic image of a character.

In photos eight and nine I took a picture of the small arcade, there was only a few people in here, yet all lights were blazing and there was loud gaming music blasting from all the machines simultaneously. I love the array of clashing colours in these images.

The atmosphere in photos ten and eleven was very lonely and bleak. These were areas which seemed as though they should be filled with conversing families and friends, but instead they were sparse and abandoned.