This is one of my favourite outcomes from my photo shoot at St Brelade’s Beach. Firstly I used natural lighting of the evening sun to take this photo, it’s of the view out to sea of the pier from down on the sand. I love the simplicity of the photo and how the pale colours create a cool tone, whilst working in harmony together. The subtle glare from the sea and the still reflection of the pier creates an almost eerie feel to it, as if nothing is moving at all and this emphasises the image of Jersey to tourists, a quiet seaside resort with stunning beaches. This is the view the tourism companies of Jersey wants everyone who doesn’t live on the island to have because tourists expand the economy greatly. Also the rule of thirds is prominent in this photo and how the foreground is the sand, the middle ground is the the sea and the pier and then the background is the sky. The eye is led straight away to the pier, which exaggerates the journey Jersey has taken to get where it is today. The pier is significant because it was build a long time ago in order to increase trade and expand the fishing industry, it may not now play and important part in Jersey’s development but it once did. I didn’t crop this image as I felt the gradient in the sky suited the image but also represented how life on Jersey has changed gradually in comparison to Thailand, we haven’t had to rush into tourism, it’s happened naturally as more people have become aware of how ideal it is for a holiday.

My final images were chosen though a selection process, then I put them onto Photoshop to improve them further. I conducted minimal editing as I wanted them to be as raw as possible. On my Thailand photos because they were taken at night I focused on increasing brightness and exposure.

I collated all my photos into contact sheets on Photoshop. The red means I won’t be editing them, this could be because, they aren’t sharp or in focus. The zigzag green line means that the photo needs editing, for instance increasing/decreasing exposure, the striaght green line means that minimal editing is need, for instance cropping.

It’s a Southeast Asian country, known for tropical beaches, opulent royal palaces, ancient ruins and ornate temples displaying figures of Buddha. In Bangkok, the capital, an ultramodern cityscape rises next to quiet canal side communities and the iconic temples of Wat Arun, Wat Pho and the Emerald Buddha Temple (Wat Phra Kaew). Nearby beach resorts include bustling Pattaya and fashionable Hua Hin. I stayed in the in Karon, Phuket, this southern area is well known to tourists. Patong not too far away from where I stay it is very popular to young adults for it’s western culture and party night life. In my opinion this is sad, my dad he had visited Patong about 20 years ago was saying how he remembered it to be much nicer. When we visited Phi Phi Island, he was telling me how the coral used to be more colorful, there were hundreds more fish, half the amount of people, no litter and no Mcdonald’s. This urbanisation of Thailand is very disappointing in many ways but it’s the journey the country had to take to rebuild it’s self after the boxing day tsunami in 2004, which is the deadliest in history, it killed around 230,000 people. Thailand had to do something in order to stay afloat after this huge step back and the constant increase in other countries wealth. It was essential to their government to They used their stunning views and cheap exchange rate to make tourism their way of increasing their economic wealth. I wanted to express this idea through my photos by only taking them in the night and in land, of the busy towns and markets. In conclusion, I want to capture a series of photos of Phuket’s bust market places and town centres to create an idea of how tourist orientated Thailand is and how for the large majority of locals it’s their only source of income. This half of my concept also relates to the theme of journeys and pathways because I am aiming to empathsise the journey in which Thailand has had to take ever since the tsunami in order to keep it’s place in the world.