Plans for Shoot;
In this shoot I plan to document the nature land uses in Waltham Abbey. In my previous shoots I have looked at the man-made land uses but I need to develop my shoots further by looking at different types of land uses. Also, in my previous shoots I have looked at the double exposure effect which I need to develop further by experimenting with different locations. In Waltham Abbey there is a forest tucked away, this is where I plan to take images. By completing this shoot this will further my response to the land use exam title.
Research Influence;
In this shoot I have been influenced by Ansel Adams because of his use of tones in natural landscapes. In this shoot I am going to be looking at natural landscapes and editing them to link back to Ansel Adams which is why I have included him in my research influence.
In this image we can see a landscape image of some mountains, the main feature is the tree in the centre of the image. The tones that are used in this image portray both negative and positive atmospheres, the sky contains lighter tones and the trees contain darker tones. The message portrayed in this image is negative because of the way the tree is drooping links to a depressing atmosphere. All the other elements in the image are of lighter tones which makes the tree stand out more because it is darker than the other features. This image influences the approach that I am going to take in my shoot because I need to find areas to photograph that send messages similar to this image. The main aspect I am looking at in Ansel Adams work is his use of the zone system to create different effects on the images.
Contact Sheet:
The images that I took during this shoot are all presented in the contact sheet below...
Best Images:
This is one of my best images because I think it shows the main features of this landscape. The main focus of the image is the tree in the centre of the image but our attention is also drawn to the other elements around the tree such as the logs on the floor. I think after editing this image it can relate closely to Ansel Adams if I use his idea of the zone system to create different tones in this image. This image is a response to land use because it shows the natural elements of land uses which can be compared to the man-made land uses I have presented in my other shoots.
My main focus in this shoot was to capture these images at a wider angle because the previous natural land use images I was taking didn't relate to the man-made images. I think this image is one of my best images because it shows the natural landscape at a wider angle which I can use when completing the double exposure techniques that I have been previously carrying out. A lot of the other images I took were not in focus which resulted in this being one of the best images, I can progress this image further by going back to this area and photographing deeper into the landscape.
This image shows a natural landscape like the two previous images but this one is different because it includes a person within the image which none of my other shoots do. I chose to include a person within this image because it gives the landscape a natural and man-made effect. Although we are in a completely natural landscape there are still features of human work wherever we go. I think this is one of my best images because of the message it gives and because of the small details that also tell a story. The rubbish at the front of the tree can relate to the message that this image sends, man-made objects ruin the natural land uses.
AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.
By looking at the images that I have produced I believe that I have developed my response to land use and created several images that can be used in my editing process or my portfolio. My previous shoots of Waltham Abbey were good and they did contain images that I am going to use and that relate to land use but I didn't express the natural element in the shoots enough. In this shoot I have expressed the natural land uses the most, by looking at both of these land uses I can use all the images to produce comparisons between nature and buildings. The only element that I need to improve on in these shoots is the use of a tripod more often and for all of the images because this will achieve more images that are in focus as some of my images didn't come out in focus. After the editing process of these images they will relate to the photographer that I have researched more clearly. Ansel Adams produces all of his images in black and white which is how I am going to develop my work to relate to his.
With regards to my best images...
Although I have only included three best images in this section I have still succeeded in this shoot because I have produced some images that I can use to relate to the natural land uses. These images were the best out of my shoot, as I said previously I needed to use a tripod more often in this shoot to create images that were completely in focus as some of them were slightly out of focus. To progress my work further I need to use these images to edit some of my other images that I have taken, for example carrying on with the double exposure edits I created.
AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.
To take these images I used a Nikon D3300 with a tripod. The settings I used stayed the same throughout this whole shoot because I needed to create all landscape images. I used a high f stop to achieve a wide depth of field so I shot at f/20, the shutter speed was at 1/6 and the ISO stayed the same at 100. These settings helped me achieve these images, I worked at landscape settings which helped make these images work.
Next I took some of these images into Photoshop...
To edit this image I carried out the curves and levels steps to brighten the image and bring the background into the image more. After this I made the image black and white to relate it back to Ansel Adams to show different tones within the image. The darker tones are displayed in the trees and the lighter tones are presented in the sky. I chose to create the darker tones in the middle ground because this is where the main focus of the image is.
I used an image from this shoot and an image from the shoot I carried out at Vauxhall to create a double exposure effect like I have in the previous shoots. I chose to change the two images into black and white to merge the image better because of the different colours in both of the images. When putting both of the images into Photoshop I used the mask layer and the paintbrush tool to gradually bring the images together. I think that this image relates more to land use when they are combined because it shows how the natural and man-made land uses come together.
As well as changing this image to black and white I also experimented with different colour settings. In the edited image above I used the orange filter to add effect to the image. I chose to edit it in this way because it creates a negative effect on the image as it gives an eerie atmosphere. The orange colour is bolder towards the background of the image which makes the sky stand out as wells as the trees in the foreground.
AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.
I have chosen to include these four images in my response to land use because they all show connections to land use. I have chosen to keep the images in black and white to link them back to the photographers I have looked at such as Ansel Adams. The first few images all contain different tones within the landscape which relate to Ansel Adams because of his use of the zone system. With regards to the double exposure effect I have created I think this works well because it shows how the natural and man-made land uses link together which is the main idea that I have expressed in my work. Finally, the image with the orange filter doesn't necessarily fit well with the other images but it shows how I am refining and developing my work to show different effects can be created in images.
Progression:
To progress these images further I need to experiment with the computer and physical experiments more to create ideas related to land use which I can use in my future portfolio. Personally I believe that I need to create more images that are focused directly on land uses, to do this I need to visit the locations that I already have and take further pictures. With regards to camera settings and techniques I believe that I have worked with this well the main thing I need to look at is the focus of the images.
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