I have now finished my photography exam and below will be the finished outcomes from the shoots that I have completed, using images based around the theme of environment. In evaluation I believe that the story being told by the images is an interesting concept that relates to everyone in the world today. The idea of the subject was to make the images seem mysterious which is a goal that I believe was achieved. To present the images I have used a display of black window mounts, using high quality photographic paper. This is a different way of presenting the images than I first imagined. The reason this happened was because the initial idea broke down after the second photographer needed in London, could not complete the shoots required to make a comparative book between Jersey Images and London.

However I believe the images were of a high quality once printed and I am happy with the presentation, including the window mounts that I completed.  I have decided to print 1 image from shoot one, and 2 images from shoots 2 and 3. Here are the images:

Shoot 1 image:

This image was printed on A3 photographic paper. In my opinion this image is of high quality and presents a mysterious but friendly concept. As you can see the image is surrounded by a black window mount.  This is my favorite image from the shoot (1). The reason I believe this is the strongest image is because the environmental portrait has a strong composition. The natural light causes a blurred reflection of the subject in the water which created the effect of him blending in with the reflections of the trees around him. In the photo the subject is taking an image of the environment around him because he believes it is a particularly sublime location to be in. In a way this image follows the idea of tableaux photography.

Shoot 2:

This is my favorite image from shoot 2. 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.

This image above shows the window mount that shows both an image from shoot 2 and shoot 3, shoot 2 top and shoot 3 bottom. I have decided to do this to contrast the differences between the two shoots, and how they are similar but with a completely different location and environment. Also these two compositions are very strong images that work well together in the same window mount. Top image: After experimenting on images I have decided that the top image is a great composition 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. Also the image has beautiful natural lighting which allows the contrast of the image and the exposure to work well together. I decided to place this image on the top because of these reasons, it also worked better on the presentation front. Bottom: I have included this image in the same presentation layout because it cross references to one of my artist references being ‘Katrin Koenning & Sarker Protick. The two artists use two images created by one another to present their work and compare the differences and similarities between their outcomes. After experimenting on the shoot I decided to take a closer image of the subject. Putting the subject in the middle of the path was set up in a particular way, as you can see the subject is standing in the only light part of the path. This ensures that he is not absorbed by the other areas of darkness, and he can stand out more. During the shoot I took one image from a further distance and followed up with the same image in a closer shot, this being the closer.

Shoot 3:

In my opinion this was not the best outcome after the print was created. The image is too dark and shows the subject to be slightly lost in the composition. However this is another one of the better images produced in the exam project so I have decided to continue mounting the image for the examiner to look at in person rather than just digital form.

With more time I would like to of completed a artist reference around photographer Alec Soth, who was also a factor I used towards creating my project.