Rut Blees Luxemburg is a German photographer, she is 52 and studied at the London College of Communication. She is now a Tutor at the Royal College of Art.

Blees Luxemburg investigates the urban landscape and its effect on the human condition. She does a lot of large-scale photographic prints. Majority of her shoots are done at night, using long exposures, allowing her to capture the lights of the city. Her images have an atmospheric tone within them.

Blees Luxemburg was originally studying Political science in Germany, however moved to London to study photography at the London College of Communication and then University of Westminster.

She has exhibited internationally and her work is in major collections across Europe. Her new work is more dependent on nature, meaning she waits for rain or certain tides. This breaks away from the world of concrete and steel that creates the character in London.

What? I will be taking photographs for my Street Photography project. Here I will be trying to follow Vivian Maier’s Work and using a couple of her ideas and techniques.

When? I will be taking my images on Monday 25^th November 2019, Here I will be taking the images from 4-6pm to get a range of different images with different natural lighting as it will get dark around 5pm.

Where? I will be taking most of my images in St. Helier, Jersey as it’s one of the most highly populated places in jersey therefore having many photographic opportunities as there will be many people.

How? As I want to be discrete I will be using my phone’s camera, this way less people will notice me, I will also be using natural lighting as I will be taking the photographs in the outdoors.

Why? I want to try and capture a successful set of images showing peoples thought process and emotions, as I think this makes the image more interesting and more thought provoking.

PHOTOSHOOT PLAN:

WHO

I will be taking the photos in an urban setting, not specifically focusing on nature such as trees and other plants they may be in my desired location, or people although they may be in the shot.

WHAT

My photoshoot will focus on urban structures within the city, such as general architecture of buildings, bridges, roads and crossings, as well as historical buildings such as churches. a large proportion of the city has derelict and empty buildings which could also be interesting to photograph.

WHERE

My photoshoot will take place within the city of Gdansk in the north of Poland, mainly in the old town areas I will also be able to take photographs from higher up, for example the balcony of the apartments and the top of the church viewing platform, which will give my photographs a range of angles and perspectives.

WHEN

I will take this photoshoot on the 24th October, during the morning, between 7am and 11:30am, the weather will be cloudy, however this may potentually give more focal point of the infrastructures I am taking photographs of as I walk around.

WHY

I have chosen this location due to its range of beautiful architecture and large towering buildings to give my photographs a variety of a high angle, low angle, or canted angle shots. I have chosen this time period as there may be some sun coming through the clouds in the morning, altering the colour of objects in my photos.

HOW

Due to the constant moving around that I will be doing during the photoshoot, in order to complete walking around the city, my photos may become blurred and I will be taking photos while walking (not using a tripod). To prevent blurred and unfocused images, I will change the camera settings, to a hight ISO of 1600, a fast shutter speed of 1/320 and an aperture of f/14.

EXPOSURE OF A PHOTO RELIES ON THE EXPOSURE TRIANGLE:

Because I have chosen to have a fast shutter speed to help take photographs quicker, the amount of light entering the camera is minimised. to help create a brighter image, I have to increase the ISO from 200, to 1600, in order to capture a brighter image.

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