Final Prints – Abstract Photography

Set (1) of 3 Images

These images were inspired by the works of Aaron siskind’s work although I have kept some elements and ideas from his work I have tried to adapt and create a set of 3 images to all resemble the similar sort of idea to Aarons street photography.  For example I liked the fact that Siskind used black and white to enhance features that may not have been captured through colour photography.  for editing these images the first one to me contrasts the most as its an image with a bit of empty space which to me was quite necessary as it captures the depth of the image. Whilst I photographed this image I stood on the edge by the rocks to capture an element of fall which by changing my setting to black and white is focused on how the shade on the rocks and the water fall seem quite far away yet was taken quite closely. The second image I also changed the settings as it was originally photographed in colour. I did this through adobe photoshop and simply using an app on my phone called VSCO to change tones and the exposure and shadow settings. Additionally I repeated this process for image 3 although after having looked at it for long enough the image itself looks busy as theres so many lines and patterns and quite rough surfaces lots of different elements of texture but for me the image fits in perfectly with the theme of Abstract photography.

I am using these images as my set of A4 images as I can see they all fit into the element of abstract and all have the same theme throughout each image with extreme elements of sharpness yet some elements of blurriness.  For my final presentation I will add these images to a big sheet of black paper and have them present as a line of three almost like a story but with images that are just exploring different ideas within the same theme through different editing and cropping.