Here I have created a contact sheet. A contact sheet is a piece of photographic paper where the photos you have taken are displayed and dated. These photos allow you to see each photo clearly, this allows you to select the best ones easily. I also have taken the same photo but put a different white balance setting on them each time.
This is the Kelvin scale. The Kelvin scale is a scale that measures temperature. This is used a lot in white balance. When light is exposed to harsh white light it is seen as blue where as if it exposed to indoor light that is as harsh it is seen as orange going onto red. The Kelvin scale puts these things in a range that can be measured.
For my final environmental portraiture photoshoot, I decided to capture my Papa in his true natural surroundings; his island-renowned tractor collection consisting of over 50 tractors!
He treasures this lifelong collection so dearly. He refurbishes each of tractors gradually to make them look their best and stores them in security-guarded sheds. He has already had a successful year; Bing advertised in the JEP’s section – ‘Jersey’s Biggest Collectors’ a few months ago. He’s also had a double page spread about his compilation of farm machinery in an English magazine. I knew he’d be up for posing again! I thought this shoot captured the essence of environmental photography.
My second photoshoot involved further use of environmental portraiture. This time, I thought the scenes at Spice Music and Arts annual festival would be perfect; self-employed business with their stalls scatters around everywhere! From jewelry to textiles, from art to food and from music to interactive activities. Because this was public; street photography, I had to ask for permission from stall-holders, however, my mum was also holding a stall there. The end was product is very pleasing and I feel I have captured the criteria of this task in a nutshell.
I produced my first contact sheet from a set a homework – produce three photoshoots of environmental portraiture; here’s my first! I took it of my step-dad with his bicycle as he’s really big into bikes, races, the history! I thought it’d be a perfect opportunity for my first shoot.
The color cast is affected by the temperature of color with different light sources. In my recording of these portrait photographs, I experimented with countering these color casts through a variety of different white balances. By doing this, whites that are rendered by unrealistic color casts are balanced and look better under different light conditions.
Before carrying out my environmental photoshoots, I did some research on a photographer who specialises in this specific area to give me an idea of what I wish to produce and how to do it best and whir environmental photography is all about. I came across Anthony Kurtz who has given me many ideas and bettered my understanding of how to capture photographs of people in their natural surroundings.
White Balance is the balance between turning unrealistic colors which are affected by the color temperature into realistic ones. The warmth and coldness of the light affecting the white may appear inaccurate to what the photographer wants through green and orange. By balancing the white, the white stays as a white that works in correspondence with the colors of the photograph.
My First shoot is at the CCA Art Gallery, because my friend, called Victoria loves art and is an extremely good artist. I didn’t have much time in the art gallery so I used the few images that I took and edited them a few times to get more photos. I took photos like this because I wanted to create an artistic image so go with the character of the subject and the environment.
Before carrying out my environmental photoshoots, I did some research on a photographer who specialises in this specific area to give me an idea of what I wish to produce and how to do it best and whir environmental photography is all about. I came across Anthony Kurtz who has given me many ideas and bettered my understanding of how to capture photographs of people in their natural surroundings.
