Shop Task

Yesterday we went to Brighton to do the shop task. So basically we just had to find an independent shop or coffee place and ask the owner if we can take pictures. Doesn't sound very challenging, does it? Well it wasn't that easy after all, because it can be kind of frightening and awkward walking up to strangers and asking them if you can take pictures of them and their working place. 

And this was also the main aim of this task: getting over our anxiety and just walk up to people and talk to them and ask if you can shoot with them, because depending on the final project  that we choose, this might be necessary. 

So we went to an independent coffee shop called 'moksha café' and asked the people working there if we could shoot in the shop. Luckily, they were happy to help us and so we managed to get a couple of good shots that illustrate the place, its main features, but also the waiters serving people and making coffee. 

1.So this first shot is a head and shoulder shot from one of the people who works in the shop. As he is wearing an apron and you can see coffee bags in the bag and on the left side of the picture, I feel like this shot perfectly illustrates the waiter in his working environment .

2. Next, we took a wider shot of the same waiter in the shop, at work. As you can see, the picture is a bit blurred, but this is on purpose. We worked with slow shutter speed to have a kind of movement in the photograph and thus convey an atmosphere of stress and hectic that often dominates the coffee shop during rush hours. 

3.Our third shot, features another waiter at work, making coffee. (We didn't use the same waiter in every shot because they were all quite busy, so we asked all three of them and just took the opportunity whenever one of them was free work a second.)

4. The fourth photograph shows another waitress serving clients at the till, again we worked with a low shutter speed to convey the atmosphere of hectic that dominates during the waiter's work at the coffee shop.

5. Finally, we took two contextual shots. One showing the heart-shaped template they use to put cocoa powder on top of the milk foam and another one of the delicious cakes that are served in the shop. 

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