Planning

Camera Settings – I will use a fairly low shutter speed of 1/20 to 1/30 to allow more light to enter the lens from the darkening environment of the sunset. Along with a low ISO of 100 or 200 to keep the image high quality and to have a dark tone in the photograph. I will use a deep depth of field to ensure the whole photograph in in focus.

Lighting – I will use natural lighting from the golden hour before sunset for the photographs.

Location – I will do my shoot at Greve de Lecq.

Context – I will be using black and white, contrasting photographs in order to capture photographs in the style of the romantics.

Raw Photos

My Edits/Top 5

The Editing Process

I started off my editing process by using the custom white balance tool to find the correct white balance for the photograph (tool is the eyedropper tool on the right).I then applied the filter Fuji Neopan 1600 to create a strong, contrasting photograph that emphasises the shapes. I then adjusted the shadows, highlights, contrast, brightness and whites and blacks in order the fine tune the photograph.

My Top 5

My Favourite Photograph

For this photograph, I used natural daylight from the golden hour before sunset. This helped to create a darker image with more contrast, drama and a wider tonal range. I used a deep depth of field in the photograph to ensure that the whole of the photograph was in focus. I used a slow shutter speed of 1/20 to capture the photograph to ensure that enough light entered the lens from the dark environment. I used this along with a low ISO of 200 to make the photograph high quality but dark to create a dramatic photograph in the style of the romantics.

There is no colour in this photograph, only black and white. This is because of the style of the Romantics, their photographs would be contrasting black and white photographs with lots of drama within them. There is a wide tonal range in this photograph ranging from the darkness of the rocks to the whiteness of the crashing waves, this adds even more contrast and mystery to the photograph. The texture of the clouds and sea shows quite clearly in this photograph, this creates a more realistic image. There is also a 3D effect in this image; the layers of clouds can be seen over the sea, this is further done by the texture in the photograph. There are three horizontal lines in the clouds and sea in the centre of this image, this pattern leads the eye to it due to the aesthetic of it.

This photograph was taken in the style of the Romantics. It involves a strong black and white with high contrast as this is typically what was in their photographs. The setting is also Romanticism inspired; the Romantics would picture raw landscapes without any signs of civilization around.

The concept behind this photograph and Romantic photographs is that it helps to show the scale of us. It shows how big and mysterious the world is and how we are just one mark on it at one small point in time. It shows that there is a meaning behind everything and aesthetic behind everything, even if it doesn’t appear so.