For my final outcomes I gathered my favorite images from each shoot together to analyse and compare them. At the same time I had sent some of these images to be printed so that I could present them in a few different ways rather than just the image online. From this it would allow me to explore the use of composition and presentation of each image, creating a more aesthetically pleasing result as a result. These were my top 5 images I had selected throughout the course topic of ‘Landscapes’:
The zone system is a technique formulated in the 1930s.
Taking inspiration off of Ansel Adams, I tried to I incorporate all the different tones, from the darkest to the lightest, to make the photograph more interesting. The darkest point of the photograph is the middle towards the front of the photograph, showing black, whereas the lightest point is the top of the creased paper facing the natural light.
Ansel Adams, an American photographer who took landscape photographs in order to capture the beauty of nature. He enjoyed taking pictures of National Parks and mountains. His photography includes a range of tones in which he believed brings his photos to life., creating a more memorizing picture. His use of tone and contrast brings out the detail in all areas of the picture whether it is over or under exposed.
Within Ansel Adams photographs he ensures he that he displays all and reflects all the shades within the zonal system. This is split into 10 different shades varying from sark grey to white.
Following from Adams work i used Photoshop to increase and improve the tone and contrast trying to ensure i displayed all shades from the zone system.
Tone is the lightness/brightness of a patch in a photograph, dark tones correspond to shadows, light tones correspond to bright or highlight areas.
Contrast is a tool that photographers use to direct viewers’ attention to their subject. There are two types: Tonal Contrast and Color Contrast. Contrast more or less refers to the difference in tones from the lightest tone to the darkest tone.
At it’s simplest white balance is adjusted to get the colors in your images as accurate as possible. If it is not adjusted to suit the environment, images will appear too warm or cool. This will result in highly blue or orange photographs.
Here are the images in which I took around school came out.
A contact sheet is a piece of photographic paper on to which several or all of the pictures in a shoot have been spread out.
We use contact sheets to easily pick out and select the best and worst images from a photo shoot and simply display all the photos in which one has taken.
After having created a contact sheet we select our best images and then edit them accordingly.
