The photographer I have chosen to study and be inspired by for my first photoshoot is Thom and Beth Atkinson.

I chose to study them as they photograph old and destroyed buildings as well as missing sections of buildings. As I want to compare new and old jersey together I thought they would be the perfect photographers to get inspired by for my ‘old jersey’ photoshoot.

About Thom and Beth- In 2015 Thom published his first photobook, Missing Buildings through his own publishing imprint, Hwaet books The collaboration with his sister, Beth Atkinson, brings together an extensive body of work documenting the physical and imaginative landscapes of the London Blitz. Thom’s interest in Britain, conflict and mythology is ongoing.

Some of their photographs-

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I wanted my images to be in black and white as I think it matches the atmosphere and mood of the images- as my images are of destroyed and broken buildings keeping them in colour wouldn’t be as effective as turning them black and white. I wanted to make sure I have a good palette of black and white shades in order to have good and clear contrast between extremely white and bright areas and very dark almost black sections. I think I achieved this well by increasing the contrast and lowering the exposure as well as increasing shadows while keeping the white balance quite high. I cropped these images down to make sure my images were focused on the buildings as the centre point as there were a couple of cars and people walking by in the background which wasn’t needed.

comparing my photography with Thom and Beths

DIFFERENCE- my image is in black and white with sharp contrast points however Thom and Beth’s image is in colour. I feel like that creates a different atmosphere and mood between our two images. Thom and Beths image is also taken slightly from the side which captures some of the windows on the building however mines more from a straight-on point of view. Beth’s and Thom’s image captures more of the building and its right in the centre however my image has two grids full of sky and the building is in the centre but on the bottom of the image.

SIMILAR- both of our images are of a broken or abandoned building that is definitely not used anymore. Both of our images are taken far away in order to capture the whole length of the building. Both of our images are taken at quick shutter speeds in order to not get a blurry photo