Sources of information
For the first part of
my photography assignment I had to pick 3 genres of photography to base my
pictures on and research 3 photographers for each genre, I picked Fashion,
Equine and Landscape. For my Landscape research I picked Ansel Adams, Fay
Godwin and Marc Adamus as my 3 photographers. Firstly I researched on Ansel
Adams as his work caught my eye as the use of black and white really brought
out the detail in the pictures. Fay Godwins photographs grabbed my attention as
they were also in black and white but with a bit more light than Ansel and this
made the pictures different but still very beautiful. Also Marc Adamus’s
photographs have a lot of colour to them and this really grabs your attention
to the picture the bright colours and the silhouette of the surroundings give
it that simple touch. I chose these photographers as they were all different to
each other and had all produced amazing work. I was given inspiration by all
three photographers but mainly Marc Adamus as I wanted the silhouette look on
mine with the coloured sky but I will give it my own touch as I don’t want it
to be too similar to theses photographers.
Production Process
Before going out and
taking my own landscape pictures I taught how to use a SLR, lighting, rule of
thirds and more so I could produce better photos. Also I had to sort out a
post-production file filled with research, mind maps, shooting schedules,
booking fees, recces, risk assessments and health and safety. I also had to
decide on what look I was going for and just like my fashion and equine
photography I decided I wanted the autumn feel to it but I wanted to focus more
on the skies colour as I wanted to get the pinks and blues and purples but I
didn’t want to chance not getting the photographs as it is quite hard to get
them colours in the skies so I went out on the 11th of Novemeber
which was a nice clear day and walked to the woods near my house and took
pictures as the sky was blue I knew I could edit them on photoshop to have the
colours I was looking for. Once the pictures were taken, the next day I got in
to college and uploaded the pictures to a Mac and then opened photoshop. I then
watched youtube tutorials on how to edit the sky on photoshop and edited my
pictures the same way with just a couple of changes as the pictures on the
videos was different to mine and I wanted to make them look realistic. Over all
I am really happy with the out come of my photographs and I really enjoyed
doing this assignment.
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Final Product
