On this photoshoot I narrowed down the 400 images I took to 68 so I could look through them am pick which ones I like the most and the ones I want to be my final outcomes. On this shoot I focused on abstract shapes in some of the images and also took inspiration from the photographer Andrew S. Grey where he moves his camera when taking the images, to create a blurred effect which he takes inspiration from early english landscape painters. I think that some of the image I took whilst moving the camera were effective, but a lot of them weren’t as it was only the second time I have experimented with this technique. I chose the ones I thought were most effective and displayed them below. I also displayed the images where i focused on abstract shapes in a separate blog post that have bold solid colours. I separated this into two photoshoots so i could display my experimentation and edits with them and also because I thought that the images I took were completely different styles with different techniques.

Andrew S. Gray Interpretations

When taking these photos I found it hard to create goos compositions of the landscape as I couldn’t see exactly what the final image what turn out like until i had taken the image. This want had had to many different variations of images of the same angle to find a good composition. I also found it hard to fins the right shutter speed to use when photographing so experimented with a variety to find one to make the image blurry, but not so much that you can’t see the outlines of the shapes e.g plants and tress in the image.

I think that this image is a good example of this, as you can still see the outline of the tree on the right see of the image, the bright water, and the trees along the horizon. I also think that the colours in this image complement each other well with the bright pale blue on the water, with the variation of green tones from darker to lighter. I think that this is one of the better compositions i took in this shoot as it’s divided into section, all contrasting one another from the colours. I think that this represents the work of the photographer Andrew S. Gray well as I think resembles the work of early english landscape painters, where the blurred lines look like brush strokes of a paintbrush.

I think the this style of photograph greatly contrasts from the other photos i have taken in this project and portrays nature from a different perspective. Instead of the detailed, sharp, in focus photos i have previously taken where I focus on the outline and patterns, these images are blurred and in the moment shots. I think this gives them an effect like I have taken the photo as I’ve quickly passed the scene. I think that this linked to the photographer Rinko Kawauchi who i have previously looked at as she believes the fleeting nature of these dualities is what ultimately determines our fragile existence. I like how she photographs things that are ‘ephemeral’, that won’t last for long. I think this concept is represented in this style of work through the blurriness, creating movement and represents the ‘fleeting nature’.

I particularly like this image as I like how the lines from moving the camera are even more noticeable than in the other images. I think that this effect takes the bright and darks parts of the image more noticeable as they’re separated from the rest of the image. As the tree was in the foreground when the image was taken with a moving camera this part is more i focus than the background go the image where the trees are completely blurred. I like the colours that are i this image, as they range from brown to green to bright green which all complement each other and emphasise the effect of the natural landscape. I also like this composition the most out of all the images I took with this technique as it was hard to see where the different aspects of the image were placed in the frame. I like how the sections are created by the edge of the reservoir with the two trees in the foreground.

Work by AndrewS. Gray

I think i have successfully taken images taking inspiration from Andrew S. Gray where he creates camera in motion images. A technique called intentional camera movement mixed with various editing processes create his abstract landscapes. Some are recognisable vistas, whereas some form from feeling and emotion as if from a paint brush. I eel i interpreted his work well,even though i haven’t experimented with this technique a lot. This might explain why in some of his image there s more focus in some areas thelawdscape than other, through practising this technique Andrew S. Gray has developed his own style. In my images there are less areas in the landscape that are i focus. Also in Gray’s he emphasises light and reflections, and warm colours, especially in the image above. In my images I tried to emphasises the earth tones like green and brown as I thought the contrast between the sky and the green was effective.

I think that this photoshoot was good in developing the style of images I want to take in my project and allowed my to experiment with different camera techniques.

Experimentation

I wanted to try and experiment with different hues in the images to create more abstract appearance with bright bald colours. I edited the same image and created different variations with warming colour colours. This edit makes the image less identifiable as a natural landscape, making it more abstract as it hard to tell what it’s taken of. Some of the patterns and textures are still shown in he image, but the image looks unnatural through the bright colours that wouldn’t necessarily found in a natural landscape. I like these edits of this image, but think that my project will be most effective you can see more of the natural aspects the abstract landscape.

I also experimented by slightly adjusting the tones and colours in the image to more natural colours, so that the landscape is still recognisable. I think that these images are more effective for my project and touch on concept of spirituality through the blurred light lines on the landscape to me looks other-worldly, especially with the warm colours emphasised. I also think that these edits interpret the work of Andrew S. Gray more effectively sin many of his images he uses editing to emphasises the natural colours and brighter abstract colours to make the landscape stand out more. I found that liked to emphasise warm colours within his work which is what I tried to do in these experimentations. I also think that these works represent the of the early English painters more as the lines created by the movement of the camera is further emphasised by the shadows and highlights I emphasised.

Evaluation

I think that this shoot was successful in interpreting the work of Andrew S. Gray and in experiment with different camera techniques that I haven’t tried before. These photos are completely different from the detailed and focused images I normally take which is why I enjoyed this shoot as it allowed me to experiment with a different style of image. I also think allowed me in a different light, emphasising the ideas that things are ephemeral’, that won’t last for long emphasising the fragile existence of nature. I think these images link to this idea of fragile existence’ as the blurred effect makes the plants and natural objects seem momentary and delicate, which is an effect that wouldn’t be achieved through in focus images. In future shoots I want to link in humans to this existence and how they are connected.

I think that some of the final images from this shoot could be used within the final photobook and final images of this project as although they are different from my other images, they could create a different aspect to my work that makes my final project images more interesting.