Plans for Shoot;
In this shoot I am planning to relate it more to the shoot that I carried out at Vauxhall because both the locations are in London. In my previous shoots I have focused on roads and natural land uses so I need to experiment more with my locations and think about the images I am taking to relate it more to land use which I can use in my future portfolio. Within this location there are stadiums and sport areas which I can photograph to shows how land is used for this reason, this will also link back to the shoot I carried out in Arsenal.
Research Influence;
The photographer that I am influenced by in this shoot is Eric De Mare. A lot of his shots include a canal, there is a canal present in the Olympic Park so my images will relate to his work.
In this image we can see a structure which looks like a telephone pylon because of the wires running from the structure to the ground. This is different to the majority of the images that he has taken because this is a modern structure, this image shows how modern structures have progressed but also how modern technology has progressed with the telephone pylons. It can also be taken from this image that the natural land uses have been taken over by man-made land uses because it is located in the middle of nowhere due to the lack of people and the fields/water. This can also be interpreted because of the darker tones used within the image.
Contact Sheet:
Below are the images that I took within this shoot represented in a contact sheet...
Best Images:
This image was taken from a bridge over the road and the train track, I chose to take this image in this way because there are many features within this that are related to land use. The photographers that I have researched show how land is used with regards to transport which is a feature in this image. There is a road and a train track present in this image which show how land is used for access to transport and travel. As well as this I have chosen to include the building work in the right hand side of the image because it shows how the buildings are using land and how they are constantly changing all the time. To improve this image I could've waited for a train or car to drive past to show the land in use.
I also took this image from a bridge over the canal, the main focus in this image was for me to capture all the main aspects of the view in front of me. The fair in the left of the image shows how land is used for entertainment, the canal in the right shows how land is used for transport/storage due to the boats located on the rive and the buildings in the background show how land is used for living and working space. There are different elements all existing in this image which shows how I am linking my work to the exam title at all times. To improve this image further I could've included it in a panoramic shot with other images I would've taken in the area.
This image is similar to the first image that I included in this section, it was also taken from a bridge and shows the other side of the road and the train track. This links to the previous images because they all express how land is used for transportations. Also present in this image is the buildings in the background which relate to land use and show the types of buildings that are found in London. The lack of natural land uses in these images shows how man-made uses are taking over, the natural elements in the left of the image look destroyed and neglected proving this idea.
AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.
Within this shoot I think I have created a successful bank of images that are related to the exam title land use. The main idea in this shoot was to show how land uses are used in central London which I believe that I have done successfully. In my previous shoots I have explored both man-made and natural land uses but in this shoot I was planning on only photographing the man-made land uses which I have done but there are some natural land uses existing in the images. I think the images I have taken all relate to the photographer I have looked at, Eric Dr Mare because he focuses a lot on transportation and canals which are all present in my images. To link to his work and more and other photographers I am going to put the images into Photoshop and make them black and white like De Mare, Davies and Adams images.
With regards to my best images...
All of these images are very similar and they express the same meanings of the transportation aspect of land uses. I also wanted to include the buildings in this area because they show how modern this area which can be compared to some of the areas I have photographed in, the glass buildings can be compared to the brick buildings that I have found in other areas. To progress the idea that I have been looking at I need to take similar images in areas that includes more man-made elements and areas that contain natural elements so they can be compared in my work records.
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. With regards to camera settings I wanted to capture landscape images so I needed to set my camera to settings that would work with this feature. I shot these images with a high f stop of f/20 and a shutter speed of 1/20, the ISO stayed the same at 100. These settings helped me achieve the images above the only difference I would've made to these settings was to have the shutter speed a bit quicker to snap the shots as I saw them.
Next I took some of the images in Photoshop...
To edit this image I carried out the levels and curves steps where I slightly darkened the image to bring some features in bolder. After this I made the picture black and white, by doing this I created different tones within the image, the darker tones are on the train tracks and the lighter tones are elsewhere. This makes the train track stand out because it is the main focus in the image. It links to how man-made land uses have a negative effect on the natural land uses. This also links back to Ansel Adams and Eric De Mare because of the use of the tones and the idea behind my work.
To edit this image I also carried out the curves and levels steps to darken the image. I then used the quick selection tool to negatively select the areas of the buses to make sure they didn't turn black and white when I made the image black and white. Whilst changing the colour of the image I made the image as a whole darker to avoid focus on the other elements, the main focus of the image is the two buses. Although the exam title is land use I have focused on symbolism elements in this image by giving significance to the buses. They show land use as well because it shows how the roads are actually used.
To edit this image I used the same steps as before with the levels and curves to make the images darker and then I changed the image to black and white. The darker tones went into the buildings and the roads/train tracks to add negative effects onto these man-made land uses. After this I used the photo filter to add a sepia effect onto the image, I increased the density of the image but didn't have the filter in full effect because this would've ruined the image and made it too orange. I chose to add a sepia effect onto the image because it shows how I am refining and developing my images by using experiments.
AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.
I have chosen to use all three images that I have edited in my response to the exam title because they are the best images that I have created and they work well with land use. The black and white effects relate back to the photographers that I am looking at, Ansel Adams works with the zone system which creates tones within images which I have created in my images. The ideas behind my images relate to Eric De Mare because he focuses on the difference in modern structures and the difference between man-made and natural land uses. These images can exist in my portfolio because they relate to a lot of the other images that I have produced in previous shoots.
Progression:
To progress my ideas on I need to focus on what I am going to do for my exam shoots. I want to carry on with taking images to show the difference between the land uses in London compared to the land uses in areas like Waltham Abbey but I also I want to create night shots that show light trails the way I have expressed them in a previous shoot. When photographing I think I have linked to all of the photographers well I just need to create images that link together to produce a body of work that links to land use.
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