Tea set.

For this photo shoot I have used a different tea set, a set of 3. This image was a standard one just to capture what they looked like. The location wasn't great because it wasn't easy keeping the tea in the cup as the grass was unlevel and kept spilling everywhere. However it gave the correct backdrop.

Here I have done a close up on the tea cup. The spoon in it works as a leading line drawing your eye into the cup. The only aspect which doesn't work about this image is how the depth of field is wrong - the foreground is out of focus and the background is in perfect focus - it would work a lot better if it was the other way around. The lighting in the backgrounds is harsh sun light however it works although the little bit of cup showing is meant to be the main focus of the image and it's not. I have tried to compose this using the rule of thirds.

There is too many bubbles in the cup. It over powers the subtleness of the cup. I don't like the tight cropping and how you don't get the whole cup. Once again the spoon works as a leading line. The colour of the grass is so vivid it brings out the pure white in the cup. The bubbles have over spilled and are on the source. There is too much background.

This image would look a lot better with a blurred depth of field. Also there needs to be a few more bubbles on top of the cup, to have more of an impact that there are bubbles. The posing of this works well because you can see the whole pattern on the cup and the background compliments that. The rose looks correct in the grass.

The tea bag is too much and over powers the image. There is too much background, and even though it was composed using the rule of thirds, it hasn't had an impact on this image or worked well. There needs to be a few more bubbles on top of the cup and slightly more background around the cup, just less on the top section.

Here I have tried taking the image from a different angle and it hasn't worked. You can see the house in the background and the grass overtakes the image. The grass does give the image texture and makes it look 3D however it wasn't the look I was going for.

Here there are more bubble, however I am still not happy with this image. I would have done a higher angle so you get more of an impact out of the bubbles, also I would have got the houses in the background. This would look better with a blurred depth of field, so you could just get the colour of the background and not the actual texture.