WORK RECORD 8

Plans for shoot -

For this shoot I will focus on capturing elements of travel. This will include objects such as passports, train tickets, bus tickets, buses and anything that relates to what you may see whilst travelling. 

Research influences -

Garry Winogrand

Born in New York 1928, this was where Winogrand lived and worked most of his life. Best known for his portrayal of U.S life he focused on The visual elements of city streets, people, rodeos, airports and animals in zoos. These subjects are part of his most influential work and within his lifetime he received many grants, including several Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.

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A01 -

I used Garry Winogrand as my artist for this shoot as he focused a series of photos solely on features of an airport. This involved things such as airport lounges and the outside. I decided to then use his work and incorporate it with my own twist. Therefore, I decided to photograph pictures of passports and train stations looking at how people travel and what factors are involved. Just like Winogrand I captured expressions of people when looking coming out of a public area e.g terminal, train station. 

A02 - 

In this shoot I used a camera DSLR to capture my images. I did not use a tripod for my images as I felt this was difficult as it was a distraction from peoples reactions. I then took the images in manual mode making sure to adjust the shutter speed accordingly to capture the subjects in my photo making sure they were clear and in focus. When then editing my photos I used photoshop and used burning and dodging to create darker shadows and lighter exposures within my images. I also then increased the contrast making the objects stand out from background

A03 -

My idea for recording travel photography for this shoot was to capture objects, signs and places  that resemble ways of travelling and things used to travel. An example of this was taking photos of a passport next to a pint of beer. Which is seen to be done by many British tourists before going on holiday and symbolises that. My best images I think included the travellers passing through the station barriers as well as the passport photographed by the pint and train ticket. I think these were effective by how in focus they were as well as the candid expressions from the passengers. However my photos for improvement were those which included the moving buses as they were out of focus due to the harsh lights and movement which the camera did not have an accurate mode for as it was set for a brighter exposure. 

A04 -

Overall I feel this effectively showed how travel involves objects as well as people and transport.  It links how there are many features to a passengers journey and symbolises British travellers. 

Progression -

This being my final shoot, I intend to now focus on collecting my most successful images into a portfolio of Final images and then evaluate these accordingly. I may experiment with other photos both physically and creatively seeing what I can experiment with and if I like these. 

WORK RECORD 7

Plans for shoot -

For this shoot I intend to print out my own images and cut them into a template of a plane. I will then hold this template against the sky to resemble a plane flying. This will represent travel through a physical experiment 

Research influences -

Rich Mcor

Is a photographer who created a series of images that involved creating handmade stencils which he then incorporated into his own photos. He released a book called "Around the world in cut-outs" in which he has used his own stencils made out of black card and held them against famous London landmarks. He also did this in Toronto as well as South Korea.

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A01 -

My work has developed from my artist reasearch based upon the physical technique of involving stencils. The artist Rich Mcor used black stencils within his photos to create an effective image. I decided to experiment this and use plane stencils/ cut-outs to reflective the idea of a plane flying in the sky. However it was very windy and this made the cutout turn against the camera in some shots. I do however think the photos turned out well and were effective 

A02 -

I used my canon dslr in this photo shoot but incorporated the physical experimentation of plane templates within my photo. When editing my photos within Photoshop i then used the heal tool which meant i was able to get rid of the rod i had used to hold up the template up against the sky meaning the photo looked more effective. I converted some of my images into black and white to experiment with exposures. 

A03 -

My idea for recording this shoot was to do a physical experiment that involved me taking a template of a vehicle used for transportation. In this instance mine was a plane and holding this up to the sky whilst taking images.My best images were those that had the background in focus and the contrast between both the sky and the template had been clear, although when looking at images i could improve upon. The exposure of the plane was poor and meant that the actual image which had been produced on the template which had been one of the images i previously took from a shoot you could not see.                                         

A04 -

Overall i felt this was a good physical experiment and was quite effective as it captured the element of travel in a unusual and abstract way. I felt it links within the theme i have chosen to study but at the same time being able to be creative within my work.

Progression -

In my next shoot I am planning on going back to looking at travel within people and transportation. I plan on looking at objects associated with travel such as passports, maps, train tickets and even what people get up to before and after travelling. 

WORK RECORD 6

Plans for shoot -

For this shoot I intend to capture cars and moving traffic, I intend to take images of cars moving down a motorway and capture the movement of travel. 

Research influences -

Robert Adams 

Born in 1937 Adams is an american photographer who focused on landscapes within the west. He started photography in his spare time by choosing his first subjects early prairie churches and early Hispanic art, subjects of unalloyed beauty. In the 1970s and ’80s Adams produced a series of books—The New West, Denver, What We Bought, Summer Nights—that focused on expanding suburbs along Colorado’s Front Range, books that pictured heedless development but also the surviving light, scale, form, and silence of the natural world. He also examined this mixture of humanity’s imprint and nature’s resilience in the wider western landscape.

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A01 - 

My artist research helped inspire my shoot by the series of images Adam had taken on an american freeway in the mountains. I wanted to capture vehicles when moving and how this is a mode of travel. By looking at how he explored colour composition within these photos i intended to try and recreate the same effect with my own work. 

A02 -

I used a canon DSLR in manual mode which I meant I was able to adjust my shutter speed accordingly and try to show the technique of movement in pictures. I did not do this technique for every photo as I wanted a variety of images, some with movement and some normal landscape still shots. Then in Photoshop i used camera raw and adjusted the vibrancy, colour saturation and curves. 

A03 -

My idea for recording travel within this shoot was to look at the transportation of moving vehicles from an outsiders perspective. I went to a bridge overlooking a motorway and captured moving cars as well as still images. My best images were the landscapes that had been taken from a wide angle as this has included the contrast between the sky and motorway. My images that required improvement where those that i had taken in a high shutter speed which caused the image to be blurred, the reason why these could be improved is because they required a much longer shutter speed to create the effect i was after. Which was a continuous line of movement. 

A04 -

My images have reflected a connection to my study as it has focused on the element of transport within travel and how people get from A to B. I wanted to try and capture this from a birds eye view, so therefore found a bridge to capture the images. Overall I thought most of the images were effective and I liked the way some of the edits had turned out.

Progression -

For my next shoot I wanted to try and experiment my photography with an abstract idea. Therefore, my plan is to get outlines and templates of a plane and hold them towards the sky to reflect a plane travelling in the air. I may even use some previous images as the templates and see what the outcomes will look like.  As this shoot I felt like wasn't the most effective and I really wasn't happy with the outcome of some images I wanted to steer away from this idea for a future shoot. 

WORK RECORD 5

Plans for shoot -

For this shoot I plan to photograph London from a tourists perspective, this may include various markets, transport and people within my photographs. I may also look at the architectural side and photograph buildings and monuments of London. 

 
Research influences -

Lee Friedlander

Born in 1934, Friedlander had been capturing picture with his camera from the age of 14. By 22 he had moved to New York City and started to photograph jazz musicians for record covers which started off his career within photography. By the 1980's some of his most famous photographs appeared in the September 1985 Playboy, which were black and white nude photographs of Madonna from the late 1970s. However, Friedlander was most notoriously known for his landscape, especially of social america. 

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A01 - 

When looking at the work I have produced it, it reflects the artist I have researched as I have looked at a city and people within a city. Friedlander had a series of photos called 'the streets' which entailed looking at people within a location and city. Where most of his photos where in black and white I decided to experiment with my own once I had taken them. 

A02 -

In this shoot I used a DSLR canon to capture my images. I switched this into manual mode and adjusted the settings accordingly. I then went into photoshop and converted my images to black and white and experimented with exposures to resemble the photos of Friedlander.

A03 -

My idea for recording travel in this shoot was to identify tourist attractions within a city. I did this by photographing tourists within a London location as well as capturing market stalls that sell London themed merchandise and historical monuments within London. When looking at my best images, one I thought looked good was the market stall as all the souvenirs where in focus as well as having a range of people within my images. The image was not blurred and there was a good amount of light exposure. However, some images that may need improvement where those which had been taken outside and due to the settings of the camera and the shutter speed, some images the figures were blurred and although this can sometimes look effective. In these photos it just looked as if the camera was out of focus rather than trying to show movement. 

A04 -

Overall I would say that the images shot within this shoot have expressed my theme of travel. By showing tourists in a popular city known worldwide, it shows relevance to how someone who travels would then spend their time in the destination and what there may be to offer. 

Progression -

In my next shoot I again want to focus on the aspect of transport within travel. Due to wanting to focus on and take images of moving vehicles from an outsiders perspective rather than inside a car I am planning on finding a road to take images of moving vehicles. This will be tricky however as it means that the cars may be moving very fast and will have to adjust my camera settings to work with that.