editing process,presntion ideas, contrasting to chosen photographer.

Editing process

firstly when editing I went through all my shoots in order to find two images in which I think could make a successful overall composition,to do so I would line them up and think of a composition in which I could make.When I decided on the images I focused on the structural images and used an instant Alpha editing technique in order to remove the background and only use the part of the building that from a three dimensional shape and also has strong hold to its shape.I then layered the image in order to place the structure on top and arrange it in the composition middle so it looks effective on the light itself,Furthermore I edited the tonal qualities on both images lowering the saturation making the images both the same tones but creating a lighter exposure on the stature as it has a more realistic  feel to the light shining on top of it.

Here are the settings before I edited the images I found it important to find the same level of structure and the sea and lower half of the bulling so it looks realistic and also have surrealism within the image due to the believability.

This was there original images of the houses I wanted to capture this due to all the lectures seen wihtin the building and an old sense of abandonment wihtin the image,furthermore I thought the shape and cut would work well when repeating the image due to the straight lines and form.

For this image I wasted to capture a slow shutter exposure on the light and show a movement over a city shaped thought it had strong abstract qualities but would look affective when layering an image.

Finally I flipped and repeated the house images and adjusted the tones as above, I then used alpha once again to remove the black from surrounding the light exposure and then applied that to the image over the top structure in order to show an effective strand throughout the piece and an equal sizing.

To edit this image once again I was separating the house for the surrounding background and using the dame tones to attach the images to each other,Although It was mostly important to capture the size and insure it was equal to the size of the tree itself.I wanted to additionally experiment within how I can change the lines and overall image by cutting and resizing with them into separate sections of the piece,this can be shown here:it shows different sections and different tones yet you are still Able to see the original piece itself.

Presentation ideas / printing solutions

For presentation I think I want separate ideas but for all of them to compliment the individuality of the image itself:for the first image due to its simplicity and power to speak for itself I think a black frame with a white boarder would be effective in a large print out ,when doing this I thought due to the dark tones to all the images they would all look best in black frames wihtin different cuts and sizes of frame and inside displays.

My idea was somewhat based off of this, using different sized and thickness of frames to enhance the I ages themselves but I would also include a white inner boarder to the images, as I think this looks effective.

Compare and contrast to your chosen photographer

Noemie Goudal

Her work has a clear connection to my response of hers, showing structures  being on water and showing themes of surrealism and mirroring techniques such as she does in water,I was too able to show a opposition of their natural equal, wether that be sea and a man made mould or a manner and a tree, and or be a city scape conflicting with an urban building,I used her sense of  dimensions throughout my pieces and my final also using many different angles of interest.I think I have successful shown a sense of her ideas and format of nature  though my work and through a  comparison you will be able to see the same theme continuing through.

Additional editing ideas and analysis

My favourite final images

This photos come about on two separate shoots,one of which focusing on sea scapes and the other focusing on more urban industrial sculptors.I decided to edit both in a tonal black and white in order to capture a more in-sync image and an overall successful composition.The light is successful and enhances the composition of the building and overall has a surrealistic undertone and still relates to my artist and also my themed shoots.This is my favourite image and will definitely be used for a final piece.

This piece is a lot more Inspired by urban landscapes and a mirroring effect enhanced by a slow light exposure seen within a city scape, it creates an abstract type of quality and overall has an interesting composition. Although there is not a surrealism aspect the tones and overall concentration on structure allows a cohesion to the rest of the chosen images.

This image was inspired by the surreal effect of joining the woods into an interesting large historical building, this is not complete with editing but still has an interesting presence and composition to the piece.

This image has a strong sense of abstract themes but the tones and editing of the original stature has a consistency of tones and compliments the environment in which it is surrounded. The editing was very much  in a similar direction using the instant alpha technique to separate the building to form its original backdrop and then place and resize in order to be in line with the background of the sea. 

This image is again the more urban route, but still uses the same tonal editing technique and with the focus on buildings and an overall separated stature to the pieces,It is unusual in its varied segregation but allows interesting points of views throughout.

New editing ideas:I wanted to do additional editing on this piece as I have already changed the romanticised backdrop to be an altered reality and the change of the tonal range in order to be more conjoined to the rest of the images,it presents an interesting aspect of light and still has the presence of a stature on the right hand side. 

Here I wanted to try a basic mirroring technique in order to connote a reflection onto the sea again using a past romanticism landscapes did this by flipping and editing the tones of the piece,althought this is less successful as the previous as it is not edited well enough to show a watered technique.

Altered Landscapes

What Is It?

The Altered Landscape Photography Collection is the largest focus collection of the Nevada Museum of Art permanent collection. Since its establishment in the early 1990s, the collection has included images that address and engage issues related to land use and the changing landscape.

Much inspiration for this theme  was deprived from a group known as the New Topographic photographers; they made works that framed industrial structures, suburban developments, and other ordinary subjects with unprecedented matter-of-fact realism.

Now, the term ‘Altered Landscapes’ refers to a variety of different subjects and approaches, these range from surreal images where Photoshop and editing plays a large part to purposely visibly cut and pasted imagery. Due to this, altered landscapes is a very open theme to work with.