Photo shoot Plan

Genre /  Artist – Landscape, Romanticism

Concept –  Natural beauty 

Location – Coastlines, sand dunes, fields, forests

Props – Tripod,

Shot type – Landscape, low angle

Lighting – Natural

Settings – Landscape, shutter priority

Contact Sheet

Editing Color into my photographs

This is the original photograph without any editing having been done to it. I felt as if this photo was effective in portraying the typical colours involved with a sunset which to me, created a boring and uninteresting photo as it can be seen in real life which is much more aesthetically pleasing. To ensure I could entice the viewer with this photograph, i decided to take it to Lightroom and add a variety of vibrant and saturated colours which would influence the audience to appreciate the picture. I believe these colours really bring the sunset to life which has a strong contrasted connotations of how the life (the sun) is dissappearing for the night.

Editing photos into B+W

I think that the main success with these black and white photos are the texture which are visible within both. The sand and skies give a great texture with a variety of patterns leading the viewer around the photo. I think that these images could relate to the death of the sun each day as the black and white effect has connotations with death and symbolises this.

Night photography is photographs that have been taken outdoors when the sun has gone down. Photographers that shoot at night usually use artificial light and using a long exposure, exposing the scene for seconds, minutes, and even hours in order to give the film or digital sensor enough time to capture a usable image.

The following techniques and equipment are generally used in night photography.

• A tripod is usually necessary due to the long exposure times. Alternatively, the camera may be placed on a steady, flat object e.g. a table or chair, low wall, window sill, etc.
• A shutter release cable or self-timer is almost always used to prevent camera shake when the shutter is released.
• A camera lens with a wide aperture, preferably one with aspherical elements that can minimize coma

The New Topographics - a 1975 exhibition called 'Man Altered Landscape' that started a radical shift away from which landscapes were taken - traditional depictions of romanticized landscapes to banal and stark industrial landscapes of mundane scenes, that never had a second glance. These images act like the acceptance of a world changing by man and they present the beauty and aesthetic of dull, ugly, rigid structures, scenes and streets. 
for example Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher were part of The New Topographics group and were influential photographers in the practice of landscape photography around the world.
The new topographics signifies a reaction to the growing unease of the natural landscape being eroded by industrial development and the spread of cities. 

HDR stands for high dynamic range, which is the difference between the lightest light and darkest dark you can capture in a photo. Once the subject exceeds the camera’s dynamic range, the highlights tend to wash out to white, or the darks simply become big black blobs. It’s difficult to snap a photo that captures both ends of this spectrum, but with modern shooting techniques and advanced post-processing software, photographers have devised ways to make it happen.

What is the new topographic?

The New Topographics was an exhibition in 1975 called ‘Man Altered Landscape’ that started a major shift from which landscapes were taken of traditional pictures of romanticized landscapes of banal and stark industrial landscapes of monotonous scenes, that never had a second glance. These images act like the acceptance of a world changing by man and they present the beauty and aesthetic of dull, ugly and boring structures, scenes and streets. Furthermore, there were a group of influential photographers in the practice of landscape photography around the world who were know as The New Topographics group.  (Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher were part of this group.) The new topographics signifies a reaction to the growing unease of the natural landscape being eroded by industrial development and the spread of cities.

These images where all found on Google under ‘The new topographic’