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. 

MID-PROJECT EVALUATION

Mid- Project Evaluation 

Discuss what you intended to do as part of the project, has the idea changed ?

I intended to portray the theme of travel in my project by shooting various different locations, sometimes including the mode of transport and journey of getting to the destination. I still intend to carry on with my idea however now focusing more on the individual city and towns. I plan on continuing to do more shoots on this whilst keeping within the theme of my project.


What shoots were must successful ?

So far I feel that my most successful shoots are 2 and 4. I think I think I produced a strong series of landscapes especially in shoot 2 which included my seascapes. I enjoyed experimenting with black and white and adjusting the exposure, although in the end I decided to stick to the majority of my edits being in colour and increasing the saturation. Shoot 4 I think was successful as it identified travellers before going on a journey pre destination. Although some of the images showed movement within, I actually really liked this technique and intend to do a shoot based upon the image I had took creating more like this.

What aspect of the work requires improvement e.g - shoot... technique 

Aspects of my work that I feel require more improvement are certain points of analysis. I feel there are certain shoots that need to be written up more in depth including more detailed analysis of settings and techniques. I also feel that i want to incorporate a shoot where the location is accessible enough to use a tripod, therefore hopefully improving the stability of the photos I am producing.

Where do you see the work progressing - future shoots you would like to do 

I see my work progressing more towards more shoots based on cities and towns as previously mentioned above. For future shoots I intend to shoot architecture in London, possibly including the subject of tourists or people. I also would like to do a separate shoot of a train station taking images of trains from the outside and within and then to experiment within black and white.

WORK RECORD 4

Plans for shoot - In this shoot I intend to capture lifestyle and atmosphere of arriving to an airport. I intend to capture families as they set off ready to bored a plane and the excitement that it brings. I will again not be able to use a tripod due to the location of the shoot. 

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- My work has developed from my artist research as he captured a series of photos where he explored an airport terminal. Although his photos ranged from around the 60s-80s. I wanted to try and resemble his work by also looking at an airport terminal. However, due to security being much stricter now than in the past there was only so much I could take images of. 

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 took my best images and edited these in photoshop by adjusting the image to a 90 degree angle to straighten the image so any lines in the image laid horizontally due to not being able to use a tripod which had caused the images to become slightly out of angle. I then also converted some images into black and white to resemble my artist research and made sure to adjust the exposure and the tones by using curves. With the images I left in colour I then adjusted the saturation and again used curves to make certain features within the image stand out more. 

A03- My idea for capturing travel within this shoot was to look at 'the process of getting to a destination' when looking at travelling abroad everyone has to go through an airport if they want to travel on a plane. Therefore, I wanted to capture the place itself including peoples emotions and expressions when travelling away and how they may feel before hand. I think one my best images was of the outside airport terminal. This was due to the fact that I felt it had a good amount of light exposure and it was in focus when the image had been taken. However when looking at some of my images of improvement there was a image where the picture had been out of focus due to the shutter speed at the time of the moving subjects, although this I had put under an image of improvement and I had not intended on this to happen, I did  feel that it actually made quite an interesting photo and I would like to do a shoot purely based on having the subjects moving. 

A04- I personally believe this shoot represents a part of travel based on the fact that travel isn't just about the destination but also involves what you do to get there. I think my artist research had also been really relevant to this shoot and enabled me to know what types of images I wanted to capture and I what I intended my outcome to look like. 

Progression - 

In my following shoot I intend to look at another location, this time I want to focus on a big town or city. I will most likely take photos of London looking at the touristic aspects. This will include people, souvenirs and the architecture. I will make sure to focus on specific imagery to get a clear bold photo 

WORK RECORD 3

Plans for shoot - 

 In this shoot I intend to capture planes from an outsiders perspective. This means I will be capturing images of planes as they are going to take off and land whilst flying through the air. Due to the location of this shoot I will be unable to use a tripod Therefore I may need to adjust and straighten some of the images when editing them.

Research Influences - 

Katsuhiko Tokunaga 

Born in 1957, Tokunaga is a Japanese military aviation photographer who specialises in capturing planes in flight. He works for a late number of aircraft manufacturers 

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A01 - I developed my work based on the research of Tokunaga because I wanted to use a photographer who had captured images of planes as a part of their work. By looking at his work and how he focused on military aircraft I decided that I wanted to take a slightly different approach and in fact just focus on planes in general. Taking off and landing. This meant I created a series of my own work that was originally based upon how he had captured planes within flight.

A02 - In this shoot I used a canon dslr and shot in manual mode. I again didn't use a tripod due to location of the shoot, however when editing the images within photoshop I used the grid tool to make sure my final images where straight and in line. I then also edited out using the spot healing brush tool to remove the lamppost that had got in the shot.

A03 - My idea to record travel for this shoot was to look at planes in flight from an outsiders view. I believe I effectively completed this by using my camera in manual mode so when the planes took off and came into land I could adjust the aperture accordingly. Some of my images however did turn out slightly blurry due to the movement of the plane, although I did find that I managed to capture some planes precisely in my best images. One of my favourite images was actually of the cargo plane which I thought looked effective due to the angle it was taken at, this did however need some editing within photoshop as the exposure was quite low.

A04 - I believe that by exploring this aspect of taking images I have created a personal response that is relevant to my study, this being because part of travel is transport, so within my portfolio I want to develop a series if images that include how you may travel. Therefore, by studying the flight of aircrafts this is seen as a form of transport used when travelling.

Progression -

In my next shoot, I am going to look at subjects in the location of an airport, this will be tricky due to certain aspects of security within the airport as some areas may be restricted. I will make sure to angle my camera effectively to capture their facial expressions and reactions to travel.