What? I will be taking photographs for my Urban Landscapes project. I will also be following Thomas Struths style to create a symbolic urban photoshoot.

When? I will be taking these images on Friday 18^th October 2019.

Where? I will be taking most of my images in St. Helier, Jersey as it’s the most urban place in Jersey due to the high street and new financial buildings being built every year, it is also well populated, similar to many of the locations that Thomas Struth took images at.

How? I will be using the Cannon 750D to take my photographs, I will also be using natural lighting as I will be taking the photographs outdoors, I will then edit my photos using photoshop in order to make them look more like my photographers work.

Mind Map

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All Images that were Edited

For all my images I followed the same process by using these tools on Photoshop ^^^^

I found that the combination between these editing tools allowed me to reference my chosen photographer and also make my images look more professional.

E.g. I just changed the amount “Vibrance” for each picture depending on what looked best.

Last Image

For the last image I followed the exact same process; however, at the start I used the “Spot Healing Brush tool” to get rid of a person that was in the middle of the road.

Above is the original image with the man standing in the middle of the road, here I found that he was distracting and took the focus away from the buildings and the cars.

This is the image after editing out the person, here the eye is lead to the end of the road without being distracted by the person which is what I wanted to achieve.

Finished Images

I really like this image as it really shows the power of urban landscapes whilst still showing its unconventional beauty. I quite enjoy the sunlight shining on the windows of the building on the right. This photo was quite hard to capture due to the ongoing traffic; however it made any photo that I made unique and interesting. I tried to still incorporate abit of nature into the image through the use of texture in the clouds, as this made the photo look like a stormy day which further brings the attention onto the contrasts in the buildings. I also quite liked the symmetry between the image due to the buildings as it shows the similarity between the buildings however the differences are still strongly present.

I quite like this this image due to the tonal range used which helps to contrast the buildings and the cars. I used natural lighting due to the fact that this image was taken outside and in daylight. Here due to the editing process, the eye has been correctly lead to the end of the road which allows the audience to look at all of the different buildings on the way.

Although this image doesn’t follow Thomas Struths conventional approach to his photographs, I thought this was a good image to include due to the aspect of mystery. Similar to Struths work, the eye is lead to the end of a road allowing their to be a certain element of mystery due to audience is then left to question what lies beyond that image; here as the eye is lead by the road markings it is also cut off by the wall. This however; is intentional, parallel to Struths work the audience is left with question as to what lies behind the wall. This also allows the audience to focus on the man-altered landscape which is what Thomas Struth tried to portray in his photographs.

This image was taken near a parking lot, my main aim was to try and add beauty into this image as this wasn’t an amazing location. I think that I have added tension through the shadows in which I have manipulated. I tried to focus on the contrasting colours however I think I have made the image too dark in that process. Personally, I think this image refers too much to an alley way, therefore not showing the beauty in the buildings shown.

I think that this image refers to Thomas Struths work well due to the almost identical symmetry in the buildings. Due to the fact that I took this image at the high street all the buildings are slightly different giving detail to the image. I think this image I took away too much of the highlights as overall the is well edited however the highlight in the front white building on the left doesn’t look well balanced compared to the other white buildings.

Here I think that the detailing in the clouds compared to the detailing in the buildings contrast, showing that nature and man altered landscapes can co-exist together. I also like the difference in the positioning of the cars as they are at different points in the image allowing the photo to show depth.

I really like think image due to comprehensive detail of all the bricks, especially the contrast between the lightness of the bricks on the floor compared to the bricks on the actual buildings. I tried to take this image in the middle of the road to create the same lines that Thomas Struth uses in his works, in that due to the lines that are heading towards the centre of the background.

This image shows the wideness of the road showing its ability to be multi-functional, which is similar to Struths image of “West Broadway”. Here the focus is again on the different detailing on the buildings and cars which is why I tried to contrast the colour of the buildings so that they would stand out and look different. I quite like the tonal range that I was able to use as it again allows the detailing to be shown and well represented.

I love this image as it reminds me of a car advert, the contrasting colours make the image look professional and well polished. I like the light shining on the windows of the building as it allows the intricacy of the buildings to show and contrast. I also really like the texture and irregular shapes of the clouds. Although I think that this is an overall successful image, I don’t think it represents Struths work as well as I would like, as the idea of symmetry is lost due to the “missing” buildings on the left side.

My Favourite Image

I think that this image works well due to the symmetry of the buildings, as although they are all slightly different, you can almost draw a line on the top of the buildings showing their balanced layout. This image is slightly unfocused; however, I think that this adds to the image as it makes the photo look more old fashioned. Similar to Struths work, due to the stationary cars I think that this image represents the still life similar to Struths “West Broadway” as all the traveling cars are placed in the background were they no longer seem to be traveling. In my editing made my images black and white parallel to Struths work. I think that as I decided to take this image in the middle of the road, this allowed their to be depth in my image making it look 3D. This allows the eye to successfully lead to the centre background of the image which is comparable to Struths work.

For this photo shoot the artist which we followed was Keld Helmer-Petersen.

Keld Helmer-Petersen was a Danish photographer,whose fame was surrounded in the years of 1940s-1950s for his abstract colour photographs.

Here are some examples of his work:

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My Attempt

For the Black Light I chose my favourite images that I could find, here I tried to find some that have already got contrasting colours as I knew that this would look well.

Here using Adobe Photoshop, I started by finding my my chosen images then following the steps below it created the following effect.

I then chose the Threshold that I worked best with my image.

I then rotated the image until I was happy with my result:

Here is the finished edit of my first image.

Here for the next few images I followed the same process to achieve my desired effect.

I quite like this image due to the silhouette and the contrast between the light shining on the wall and our shadows.

I again like this image due to the harsh contrast between the colours as this reminds me of the artists work.

In this image I cropped out the car as I wanted to focus on the Road marks against the colours of the tarmac.

I chose this image as It was already taken at an angle and I liked the detailing that is shown through the branches and the leaves.

This picture was taken through a Light Microscope, I like the scale bar shown as it almost resembles a mouth.

My Favouite Image

Out of all of my image i had to come back to my first image, due to the image rotation, I think it makes the image resemble an optical illusion.

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I chose this image as my favourite due to the contrast in colours and the tonal range which was effectively achieved. I also liked the the glare of the sunlight coming through the tree as it makes the tree look angelic and really represents the ideas of romanticism. Through the means of editing I managed to achieve this effect which although adds contrast to the image it still shows the natural beauty and the skill in the image itself. I really wanted to show that nature is not just about the colour “green” but its about all of the shapes and detail that nature gives us.

This is some of the work from Micheal Kenna which inspired me to take this image, as you can see here sue to the extra trees around the image it allows for the different shades of the trees and leaves to stand out and flourish in these photographs.

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