Fourth photo shoot – editing the images
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Filters
Image Selection
Of the images taken in these photo shoots I have decided that I will be editing the 14 images attached above. The photos were all taken under natural lighting using an ISO of 100 and varying the shutter speed. The aperture varied between F4.5 and 5.6. Focal length varied between 24 and 55mm.
IMG_4782: I like the composition of the image and believe that the blue string will create a good contrast from the rest of the image.
IMG_4786: Similarly I like the turquoise color of the cord in this photo. I also like the out of focus fence in the foreground allowing the color of the cord to cut through.
IMG_4788: This image also features strong blue tones with similar composition to the previous images.
IMG_ 4810: I like this image because of how the lighting allows texture to be displayed in a relatively flat surface.
IMG_4811: I like the image composition and depth of field in the image, i believe it is somewhat similar in composition to some of Paul Grahams works.
IMG_4815: I like the image composition and depth of field in the image, i believe it is somewhat similar in composition to some of Paul Grahams works.
IMG_4824: I like the depth of color in this image as well as the strong shapes created by the trailer resulting in an interesting composure with the flowers interwoven in the structure.
IMG_4829: I like the strong shapes in the image as well as the wide range of colors and texture shown in the fence post.
IMG_4834: I chose this image as I like the strong shapes of the rebar and barbed wire. I also like the strong contrast it creates with the almost white background.
IMG_4839: Similarly to the previous image I like the strong contrast with the sky as well as the strong shapes formed by the chain link fence.
IMG_4842: I like the amount of detail in this image as well as the color palette.
IMG_4843: I like the strong angular shapes formed in this image as well as the strong contrast. I believe that this image somewhat resembles the work of Luigi Ghirri.
IMG_4853: I like the strong tonal contrast in this image as well as the depth of the texture on the surfaces.
IMG_4861: I like the composition of this image partly due to the similarity of the composition of the opening images to the first shoot as I believe that it helps to tie the whole collection together.
Contact Sheets
These are a series of contact sheets composed of the images collated from that last 2 photo shoots.
Photo-shoot Plan
Technical: I will try to stick to an ISO of 100 in order to minimize grain and so I will vary the shutter speed in order to achieve the desired exposure, thus I will use a tripod for any images with a shutter speed slower than 1/50. I will use an F stop between 5.0 and 5.6. I will try to keep the lens length around 50 mm to get a noticeable depth of field. The photos will all be primarily taken using natural lighting however some unnatural lighting elements may be included in the photography.
Where: I will photograph various locations with elements fitting my studied photographers. This will include a construction site and a waste management center.
What: I will be photographing various physical boundaries as well as boundaries put in place by the law (such as signs prohibiting various behaviors).
When: I will be conducting this photo-shoot around 4pm in order to avoid hash lighting. I will also take these photos with a grey sky in order to keep my options for color correction open, i also believe this will closer resemble the works of Paul Graham.
Fourth photo shoot
This photo shoot took place over 2 days, but the bulk of the photos are from the first day; which were taken after sunset to add effect to the lights of the car. There is one image that isn’t from this shoot as it was just a test image to make sure everything is in working order.
These are all the images from that photo shoot:
EDITS AND FINAL FROM THE SHOOT
FIRST FINAL IMAGE EDITS;
Firstly, after careful selection decided on my final images that I wanted to look into further for more editing. Then i opened the image up in adobe Photoshop and worked on from there.
Next, was deciding how I wanted to approach the photograph and what i wanted to change if anything. I needed to think ahead and picture what I wanted the final product to look like. This is where I made the decision that black and white filters would be most effective as I would be able to enhance each of the natural colors in the original photo to different shade of black and white in order to create the most successful photograph.
To achieve this look select IMAGE > ADJUST > BLACK AND WHITE…
After selecting the previous instructions a box will appear with the different color representing different shade of black and white. By scrolling up and down on this it will change the darkness and brightness of each shade on each different color on the photograph
When considering how dark to have the background (the sky) i wanted to make sure the the bright moon could still clearly be seen and contrast the white moon as much as i could with a black sky in order to give a strong effect and leading to a more abstract image to be produced. I spent a while messing around with the different intensity of the image to see what i could create and what controller changed which color from the original color
After a long time of selecting different shades of black and white to represent the different colors, i finally produced my final image that i was happy with.
^FINAL RESULT AFTER EDITING ^