Location: The location for this photoshoot will most likely be at home due to easy accessibility. Since I’m doing a double exposure of land vs fire I will be clearly be shooting outside too.

Lighting: The lighting for this project will obviously be some parts natural and some artificial since I’m shooting both inside and outside.

I will choose to shoot during bright hours so that the Box Brownie can capture the scene in a successful way. Otherwise, I’ll try shooting with a slower shutter speed.

For the inside shooting, I will have to use my room lights, table light, phone light and natural lighting from the windows to powerfully capture the texture and structure of my objects while also creating some strong shadows.

Camera Setting: I plan to use Automatic mode for this shoot, since it’s faster, automatically chooses the best ISO, shutter-speed, and aperture which means my images will come out as clear as possible.

I may also try using other shooting modes like manual in order to demonstrate greater understanding and manoeuvre of the cameras.

For the polaroid camera I will attempt to use the double exposure mode to bring my ideas into reality.

Displaying my final ideas: My main plan to display my final ideas is to create a video with music, if this fails, I’ll try doing a virtual gallery through photoshop or create a VR gallery as usual. Although, I have done this enough times.

Substance:

We can assume that this image was originally in a digital format for the reason that it’s of higher quality than film.

The image was taken inside of a studio with a black background (which could be easily edited in).

This image was most likely a poster since Scott has worked in posters since 2004. This being said, the aim of this image was probably to tell a message about plastic pollution in the oceans. This can also be seen as protest art since it’s trying to bring our attention to how our own actions are impacting other beings, slowly destroying and suffocating them.

Composition:

The main focal point of this image is in fact the fish with plastic wrapped around it.

Author has powerfully used the rule of thirds to compose this image as the fish is positioned in the centre.

The main colours of this image are black and white tones. He purposely used the black and white technique to create this image to portray a sense of light vs dark and may also have used it to show the type of darkness our sea life are starting to live in, but the lighter tones may suggest a better future for our ecosystems if we take action now.

Lighting:

The light in this black and white image seems to be coming from the front as there are some shadows behind their head which could suggest that the light is indeed coming from the front. Evidently, the light seems to be artificial as the background is black and

There are soft shadows and dark tones throughout the image. For example, the bottom of the picture is darker than the top. The image is artificial, but the camera seems to have focused on the bright sides first as the image seems to be a bit naturally underexposed as there are soft lights and soft shadows throughout the image.

Techniques and editing: (evidently black and white filter or camera were used)

A fast shutter speed was powerfully used to produce this image as the subject (fish) has been shot to a razor-sharp focus.

The depth of field for this image appears to be quite large as most of the image is fixed. This was used to capture as most of the setting as possible while keeping a crisp detail to the image.

The artist may have purposely artificially underexposed the image to keep it in focus and so it isn’t too bright or too dark just the perfect tone.

The camera is still as this is a shot of a subject and all the details are in focus suggesting that the camera was stationary; a tripod was likely used.

Atmosphere:

The photograph makes me feel shocked at knowing that fish live and grow in this type of environment, all because of us and our toxic waste.

The photograph seems to be communicating a message of plastic pollution since the fish is half made of / covered with plastic. And, at the bottom it reads, “2/3 of the worlds fish suffer from plastic ingestion.”

My response to this image is shock and disgust due to the thought of, “how have we come to this?”

Response:

I will attempt to use the same black and white techniques to capture my shots to make it alike the original artist. 

In order to incorporate elements into my own work I will need to make sure most or some of my subjects are of fish and there are elements of plastic throughout the images.

Similarly, Scott has influenced my shots by following his key theme which is the theme of Anthropocene. The alignment of subjects and set-up have also influenced my own future set of images.

I like this photograph since it portrays just exactly how dangerous plastic indigestion can be for our ecosystems and us since we have, at some point, eaten microplastics.

Substance:

We may presume that this image was initially captured in digital format since it is higher quality than film, has a higher ISO, and is cleaner because film contains more dust particles than digital.

The image was taken outside with a street view.

According to Mary, the objective of this image is to assist her “avoid superfluous product purchases and use things for their entire useful life” as well as “measure my Ecological Footprint and identify ways to lessen it.”

Composition:

The key focus of this image is the woman carrying her own plastic waste around.

The author has effectively employed the rule of thirds to design this image, with the woman and the mound of garbage in the center.

The dominant colors in this image are grey and white; there are many other colors, such as green and blue, but the major ones are grey and white. This was most likely done to demonstrate how gloomy and dreary our planet has become as a result of our own garbage.

Similar to Scott’s image, the white could represent a hopeful future.

Lighting:

In this shot, the light is coming from above, effectively lighting the whole landscape. This allows the camera to focus more easily.

There are a variety of lighter tones across the image, which provides better illumination for the camera to concentrate on, resulting in a higher quality image that is precisely exposed.

Techniques and editing: (evidently black and white filter or camera were used)

A fast shutter speed was powerfully used to produce this image as the subject (fish) has been shot to a razor-sharp focus.

The depth of field for this image appears to be quite large as most of the image is fixed and there is a wide show of scene. This was used to capture as most of the setting as possible while keeping a crisp detail to the image.

The artist may have strongly used editing technology like Lightroom to energetically adjust the photograph to its perfect brilliance

A tripod was visibly used since there is 0 to no shake in the image which would be difficult to do with just holding the camera, unless a fast enough shutter-speed was used.

Atmosphere:

This image makes me wonder how much litter a single person is capable of making in a couple of months. Also, I feel fairly forewarned and motivated to take better care of our environment and, most likely, to begin recycling more, since there are several objects that might be turned into something new while effectively decreasing hazardous waste.

Response:

I plan to employ a similar strategy to Mary in order to educate people about the corruption and degeneration of our ecosystems, as well as to propose easy solutions that will motivate them to alter little behaviors that will have a big influence one day.

I will incorporate elements of plastic in my images so that it makes it easier to show how this artist has inspired me.

I appreciate this shot because it enlightens us on how much people have changed the environment in order to make our lives simpler, but in doing so, we have made it more difficult for ourselves.

Man ray

Man ray was a famous photographer who explored surrealism and had a huge impact on the DADA and surrealist movement.

He was most known for, as stated above, surrealistic photographs to which he called “rayographs”, which makes reference to his name.

Willem Claesz Heda

Willem Claesz Heda was a Dutch, golden age artist who explored still life art / vanitas.

Vanitas used to be quite dull, as they were usually monochrome.

Through Vanitas, artists would represent great power and wealth, as the art would contain only a few objects like a skull, fruit, books. However, as time went by, Vanitas began to lighten the mood, the palettes became more diverse. Objects were often tumbled together, suggesting the conditional overthrow of the achievements they represent.

Similarity / Relations:

• relates to Scott since it’s in black and white, implements elements of plastic and are of similar size for a poster.
• Both Scott and I attempt to portray the same message; toxic waste in the oceans.
• Relates to Mary for similar reasons; includes elements of plastic, attempts to talk about human impact on the environment.
• Relates to Man Ray since these images are quite surreal and makes it seem as something that came out of a dream.
• Relates to Willem for the fact it quite links with still-life, fairly literal.

Difference / own adaptation:

• Scott adds writing to his images whereas I have kept my images entirely clean of writing to bring the viewers attention to the main issue (plastic waste in the oceans) since “an image speaks more than 1000 words.”
• I have obviously adapted the plastic elements differently to Mary and Scott. For example, turning it into some sort of plastic plant vase.

Similarity / Relations:

• Realistically relates to one of my images in my mood board
• The colours are quite similar between this image and the one in my ideas block. Plus, Mary also uses colour in her images
• Relates to both Mary and Scott since there are plastic elements in the image and talks about similar type of issues.
• Both Scott and I have talked about plastic ingestion
• Could be argued it’s a portable type of sculpture so relates to Mary’s photographic method

Difference / own adaptation:

• Scott talks about fish ingesting plastic whereas I attempt to talk about US ingesting microplastics
• The composition of my image is different to Scott’s since his subject is further up the centre whereas mine is in the middle (rule of thirds)
• My image has no shadow considering the one on my mood board does

Similarity / Relations:

• Relates to the theme of Anthropocene as it clearly talks about human impact on the environment
• Monochromatic so it relates to Scott
• The use of white tones also provides the same hopeful future as Scott and Mary’s images

Difference / own adaptation:

• Landscape for the others are mainly of a subject or item/s
• These images are a set of collages whereas Scott, Mary, etc, are not collages, they’re more still-life

Similarity / Relations:

• Powerfully talks about humans negative impact on the environment which successfully links with Scott and Mary’s ideologies
• Mary and I have used a “human” to hold our “portable sculptures” / image
• Again, mentions similar topics like climate change, global warming, Anthropocene
• Contains a black background powerfully associating with Scott Laserow

Difference / own adaptation:

• This image uses fire rather than plastic