My photographs shown below were all taken on holiday and I am very pleased with how they turned out as they successfully capture what I was doing (as my topic is diary) and the happy mood of the moment. What I liked about the photographs including children was the optimistic, carefree, and excited mood captured. The children and dog all look engaged and happy and their relationship comes across obviously very loving and passionate.

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My main plan while taking these photos was to take LOTS. As I had never really taken action shots and they are not a strength of mine, I thought this was my best chance to guarentee some good quality photographs. I struggled at first, but found a few things while shooting that made the experience easier. These were:

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• BURST SHOOTING

Using burst shooting meant that as the dog ran or moved quickly I was able to capture many photographs in a small amount of time so i had a large selection to choose from. I could discard of any that I was not entirely sure of because of the security that comes with taking such a large amount of photos. This also improved my shots with children as it made it easier to capture both them and the dog in focus.

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• ZOOM 

I found once I began shooting that photos where the dog was further away from the camera were often more bland than ones where the dog was closer up due to dull uncolourful backgrounds, however this was easier when trying to capture the dog in focus. Another way I found to improve my action shots was to increase the saturation of the background of the images, as the white dog stood out well against this.

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• LIGHTING

The darker photos were quite often blurred or highlighted/focused in the wrong areas as the camera struggled to pick up quick movement. I found it hard to set my own focus as the dog was moving so quickly along my frame. Using a tripod improved this as it made the camera a lot more steady than when I was just trying to hold it.