Aperture is when your camera lens opens and closes that limits the amount of light passing through the lens and hitting the camera sensor. The lower the F-stop, the wider the opening of the aperture, meaning more light is passing through. While the higher the F-stop, the smaller the opening of the aperture, meaning less light is passing through.
Depth of field is the distance between the closest objects and furthest away objects in a photo that appears sharp. Your camera can only focus sharply at one point and in a photograph with a narrow DoF, only a small part of the image is in focus. On the other hand, with a large Do, more of the scene is sharp.
What?: I am doing a photo shoot following the works of Micheal Kenna on the theme of Romanticism and Landscape photography.
When?: I will take photos when I walk to and from school (morning/evening) and I will also spend a weekend to try and photos towards sunset/night time
Where?: St.Lawrence (fields, forests) and St. Ouens (Beach, Sand Dunes, Pond)
Why?: I am taking pictures in these locations as they are places that aren’t largely populated by humans so their won’t be a lot of human impact. Also due to my locations I will be able to show to power of nature through Romanticism.
How?: I will be using my phone; however I will be using the “Pro” function which allows me to use the camera on the phone in Manual Focus. I will also be experimenting with the Exposure Bracket. I will set my ISO to the lowest of 100 then increase it when needed (mainly when it starts to get darker). I will try to use The rule of thirds to help me align all my photos and make sure I use the space in my image wisely.
What I liked about this image were the trees in the foreground and the background, I felt that the staggered positioning gave the image depth and the impression that the onlooker is actually in the forest. To edit it I increased the green in the image to emphasise the natural setting and the complete lack of any human impact in this scene.
With this image, I wanted to increase the contrast between the completely natural and wild background and the straight lines of the concrete stairs in the foreground. Again, I increased the green hue and saturation of the image and I additionally adjusted the levels to change the darkness, specifically of the stairs and the tree trunks.
For this image I really liked the opposing lines in the two fields next to each other, I felt that it added texture to the image, along with the trees and the foggy and overcast sky. I really like the weather in this image as it added an air of mystery to the otherwise normal fields, and it provided a nice contrast against the constant green below, stopping it from becoming overwhelmingly green. I especially liked how the low clouds obscure the horizon line just a little bit in this image.
This image is one of my favourites on this shoot due to the out-of-focus leaves hanging down from above and obscuring the view slightly. I feel like this adds to the view that the camera lens is representing the human gaze , and adds interest to the image, which otherwise would have been mainly white and pale blue due to the overcast and foggy sky. When editing this image I increased the contrast between the dark bushes in the foreground and the clear and pale sky in the background, as well as making the bushes and the leaves above themselves darker, just enough to make the image seem moodier. I also increased the saturation of the greenery and the sea in the background.
Bernd Becher was a German photographer born in Siegen, Germany, on the 20 of August 1931. He married Hilla Wobeser in 2003, who was born on the 2 September 1934, tobecome the Becher duo we know today
The pair started their joint work in 1960 and worked until Bernd’s death in 2007. Their first major exhibition was in 1967 in Munich, where their work was more so used to display the buildings themselves, rather than themselves as photographers. This was one of the first examples of their artistic style of emphasising documentation over their photographic content. After their successes they were offered a solo exhibition at the Städtische Kunsthalle in Düsseldorf, where there was also an american exhibition in the same area on Minimalist art. However, they decided to place themselves in the style of Conceptual art, where they confirmed their reputation with a place in the Documenta 5, 1972, called the Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute or Questioning reality – Pictorial words today. Although, both Bernd and Hilla remained sure that their work was aimed to only be in a documentation style.
Their first photobook Anonymous Sculptures was published in 1970 and is their most well-known body of work. The title indicates that the Becher’s referred to industrial buildings as found objects.
The book consisted of an inventory of industrial structures including kilns, and gas-holders categorised into sections, such as the pot, the oven, the chimney etc.
The Becher’s skill was clear, but they refused to discuss any technical aspects of their work. Both of them were trained at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under advertisement until 1962. They were set in their ideas that a photograph can’t be fully objective as the photographer has to go through many processes to form an image. The Becher’s continued to stand away from people over interpreting their work, as they only wanted to display their work for records, with no real meaning or feeling.
The pair won a Golden lion in Venice Biennale, in 1991, They later retired in 1996, but continued to work throughout Europe and North America until Bernd’s death in 2007.
what will i photograph?
when am i going to take the photographs?
where will i take the photographs?
why am i designing this photo shoot in this way?
I have decided to design this photo shoot in this way, as i am inspired by how new and modern buildings juxtapose with the natural beauty of their surroundings and the way their unusually harsh edges contrast with the freeness of nature. If i can capture these photos well, i think they will look interesting an similar to NICHOLAS NIXONS photographs.
how am i going to produce these images?
I am going to use a PANOSONIC G1 with a 45-200 lens.
Urban landscape is a particular theme within photography where photos of industrial areas or more like populated cities are shot capturing everyday society. Generally there is a dramatic opposition between man made structures or human activity vs nature which clash together to create urban photography. Usually in photography including the element of urban landscape consist both landscape and complex areas such as cities and buildings. Urban landscape photography can be shot by inside a city or town or even from different perspective such as bird bird eyes/straight on views. Urban landscape photography is usually complex to photographers due to the variety of objects and places that can be fitted into one shot and the many different shapes and colours. Urban landscape is also the art of visual and structural integration of a set of buildings, streets, or populated areas that come together to form an urban environment. Below are some examples of urban landscape photography.
