In reference to my blog post “shoot 2 ideas”, I have stuck to the focus of one of my AS level shoots. In my previous year in AS level photography we were given the task to present images based on 100 years of history in Jersey through a teenagers eyes. My focus on this topic was to create a scenario of  a young gambler. This is something that I would like to continue in my A level photography, however this time the images will be taken in the outside environment showing the islands natural beauty. The use of wearing typical gambling suits and black and white attire is to present the concept that our gambling has an effect on the nature around us. This links to larger problems of global warming and how we are causing this problem as man. My plan was to take the images for my second shoot around the lanes of St Lawrence, a relatively un photographed area of natural beauty in the island. St Lawrence is filled with small country lanes and fields that present the opportunity for me to place my subject into the environment. I will be using black and white filter to present the images to make the subject stand out in the environment, also it follows the images created by artist I have made references to previously.

The images that I captured from the shoot use the natural beauty of the fields. Looking around St Lawrence for a suitable location I decided that one field stood out a lot more than any of the other fields. This was because the entire field was filled with daffodils from top to bottom. This made the images more sublime in natural beauty. However the use of the man makes the image more mysterious and interesting since a plain field of flowers does not catch my attention. I think the use of the props in the image, such as the hat and suit make the image create the feeling of wonder. The images have the concept of gambling with our environment as we develop on our land as said above.

The field was filled with daffodils from top to bottom, all white on the head. This gave a great contrast between the colours of the suit that the subject was wearing and the flowers below him. I have set the subject looking up to the sun to create the effect of him looking at what the world has to offer and how the natural beauty should not be changed. I have set up the subject in the middle of the image to ensure that he is the focus of the image with his surroundings filling the rest of the frame.   This is my favorite image from the shoot. I think this because I like how the image is dead pan with the subject looking directly at the camera. Again the contrast of the flowers to the subjects suit and props makes the image stronger with the black and white filter. I have decided to place the subject further away from the camera to show the size of the field and how he is only a small part of the nature in this moment of time. The second reason I like this image is that the use of landscape shows the separation of the rule of three in a better way. The rule includes the ground, the tree line in the middle of the image and the sky. The subject’s head is just above the tree line which makes the frame more sublime.

Similar to the image above this image gives the same effect but from a lower angel on the flower height. I have blurred the flower to gain more focus on the subject which is the main component of the image. 

The images above and below are the same image at a different level. After experimenting on both of the images I have decided that the top image is of better quality as more of the landscape can be seen. I think this image is a strong environmental portrait because it is a close up of the subject which allows us as viewers of the image to again interpret the scale of the nature.

To give more meaning to the shoot I have used an image of the subject on a large driveway entrance. This image has the concept of how the subject has built upon the natural beauty to create something so unnecessary, destroying the countryside.