The origins of photography

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Camera Obscura

Camera obscura, Latin for “dark chamber”, is when you blacken a room then with one wall they make a tiny hole in the centre so when the light goes through the hole projecting an inverted image of the view on the wall this was used for viewing eclipses of the Sun without endangering the eyes and, by the 16th century this was used as an aid to drawing.

camera obscura | Definition & Facts | Britannica
Camera lucida - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

William Henry Fox Talbot

William Henry Fox Talbot was on his honeymoon, sitting sketching by the shore of Lake Como early in October 1833. He had one eye pressed close to a camera lucida (shown in image). A camera lucida is an  aid for artists to reflect the image they’re drawing into the paper that was invented in 1806 by William Hyde Wollaston. The camera lucida has an adjustable metal arm fastened at one end to the artist’s sketchbook and supporting a glass prism at the other. William saw a refracted image of the Italian landscape laid over the pages of his sketchbook. It seemed simple to just trace the landscape with his pencil as he later recalled, “for when the eye was removed from the prism—in which all looked beautiful—I found that the faithless pencil had only left traces on the paper melancholy to behold.”

Personal Study: Umberto Verdoliva Artist Reference

Umberto Verdoliva

Lights, shadows, contrast, sarcasm, and the hunting of visual poetry. The atmosphere of city life ignites my curiosity, leading me to capture real moments with the camera. Ordinary life creates the most attractive and charming pictures

-Umberto Verdoliva

Umberto Verdoliva is from Castellammare di Stabia near to Naples. he currently lives in Italy. He captures street photos mainly around Italy, focusing on his daily life in depth looking for the beauty in humanity around him. He does not plan his outcomes, he goes out into the city streets and looks into crowds, waiting for the right moment to capture. When taking photos he focuses on the relationship between man and the urban environment. Verdoliva became a photographer to be closer to people and enjoys meeting people when he goes out to take photos.

He shows his love for photography by organising workshops, exhibitions, portfolio readings, presentations, writing articles and insights on his photography. In 2010 he became a member of the international collective “Vivo” until 2017. during this he founded “SPONTANEA” an Italian collective dedicated to street photography from 2013 to 2019.

Verdoliva is inspired by photographers, Fan Ho and Henri Cartier-Bresson for their use of light, shapes and strength in their images.

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https://www.lensculture.com/umbertoverdoliva

https://artofcreativephotography.com/streetphotographers/umberto-verdoliva/

Examples of his work:
Umberto Verdoliva - Eyeshot | Street Photography Publisher
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What is a dream?
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What is a dream?

Two real moments captured over time, merged to create something meaningful, balanced, and unique. Recreating a scene, an atmosphere, an ephemeral reality from something that existed in different times and places has been the leitmotif of my work.

-Umberto Verdoliva

The images from “What is a dream?” are made on film, double exposures which is two or more photos put together. Verdoliva plans these images when making them hoping the final outcome sparks the viewers imagination.

I’m constantly roving around the city looking for “connections” between things, people, feelings. When I’m photographing, I look at everything as if it were a dream. With my double exposures, I try to create new realities: merging, mixing, matching elements far and wide to produce new, unimagined meaning.

https://www.lensculture.com/articles/umberto-verdoliva-what-is-a-dream

Images from What is a dream?:
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I particularly like this project and the outcomes he made and the technique of double exposures. I like how they add more layers to an image and tell a more in depth story.

Procida

Why the island? Because it is the point where I isolate myself, where I am alone: it is a point that is separate from the rest of the world, not because it really is, but because in my state of mind I can separate myself from it.

-Giuseppe Ungaretti

Procida is one of the islands part of the Flegrean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy.

In this path, which still continues, Procida has been my transit, the refuge, a door revealed with the key of my camera, it has allowed me to find myself again, to discover, to leave out the tiredness and misunderstandings of a life that I might have wanted. different.

“But most beautiful of all, the Island Not Found” are the lines of a poem by Guido Gozzano, an imaginary place that is there to be continually reinvented by those who perceive its soul and grace.

On the island, however, we also find a landing place, a temporary stop for a transit, a stop to recover strength and then continue. The island and the sea, elements that have always been contained in the narration, have allowed me to abandon myself to the beauty of the wind, the light, the smell of salt and my own silences, giving birth to the ancestral desire to tell and reveal the profound enigma inside me.

In the term “isolation” the word island as a place constitutes its backbone, and the very proximity to the mainland accentuates the dimension of distance.

-Umberto Verdoliva

https://www.blurb.co.uk/b/10830087-procida

Images from Procida:
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Link to the photobook

I like the way these images have strong lines and angles, making them very strong and bold images. If I was to use this style for my own double exposure images it would add texture and shape to my images.

Image Analysis

Content – The image includes a man walking on a pavement into what looks like a plastered picture of a close up shot of a women, almost like he is walking into a new world. The street picture is taken at eye level from a slight distance so he could get the man and the pavement in the picture. Verdoliva takes his pictures at random when he is out and looks for possible outcomes. The image has no specific name but is part of his ‘What is a dream?’ series which is about getting the viewer to use their imagination.

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Formal Elements – The image is in black and white which creates a high tonal range throughout the image emphasising the contrast between light and dark. The lighting would have been from the natural daylight which translates to the images’ softness, it is not harsh and bold. even though the image has layers to it, it still has a short depth of field and feels 2D. There is a lot of textures in the final outcome from the wall in the background, the peeling plaster sheet and the close up portrait adds to the textures. These create quite harsh lines, almost like dry brush strokes in a painting, adding depth and grain to the image. The image contains a mixture of geometric and organic shapes like the hair in the portrait of the girl and the run down wall in the background and geometric shapes like the pavement lines which also is a form of repetition. The white solid line which is the edge of the paper that the man is walking into could link to the idea of walking into a new world as Verdoliva likes to get people to question themselves and their imaginations while looking at his images. The background image with the man walking follows the rule of third as the horizon is in the bottom third and the main subject is off centre.

Mood – The mood overall is very dark and eerie. The softness of the image also creates a ghostly feeling because it is very light and empty. The Women also looks like she is looking over her shoulder as if the man is following her which creates a atmospheric feeling.

Statement of Intent

What you want to explore?

With this project I want to explore the subject of family, specifically generational and economic struggles that occur, as looking into my family history inspires me to create images that provide a truthful telling of the past. This topic also allows me to gain a wider understanding of my own identity and how I am in the place I’m in now.

Why it matters to you?

This matters to me as I believe that these issues are a part of everyone’s family identity, but in particular these are struggles that the older generations in my family have suffered and have had to work hard to distance themselves from. However these subjects are usually avoided when looking back on your family identity, due to it sometimes being considered taboo to talk about such topics, meaning you are sometimes unable to fully grasp the reality of your personal history. It is also something that I wish to learn more about myself as I continue this project, and hope to be closer to my family as a result of it. In addition, I believe it is important to talk about these things in order to destigmatise domestic struggles and not feel the need to present a picture perfect family.


How you wish to develop your project?

I wish to develop this project using various different mediums, such as stitching, collage and drawing in order to create my images. This is due to being inspired by artists such as Clarissa Sligh and Carolle Benitah, who produce their work in a similar manner. My aim is to do this using family archive photographs, documents and new sets of images that showcase my family in the present. With this I am hoping to focus on the upbringing and adult lives of my grandparent, comparing it to the lives they have created for their children and myself.


When and where you intend to begin your study?

I intend to begin this study by producing my first set of photographs in my house as well as other domestic settings taking family portraits, which will be staged. Once I create more artist studies I will have a better understanding of the style in which I want to shoot and what my final products will look like, using these artists as inspiration. After this I will be able to start these shoots during the holidays, as my family will be coming over for a short time from England.

the history of photography

The Arab scholar Ibn Al-Haytham (945–1040) is generally credited as being the first person to study how we see; he invented the camera obscura to demonstrate how light can be used to project an image onto a flat surface. Earlier references to the camera obscura have been found in Chinese texts dating to about 400 B.C., and in the writings of Aristotle around 330 B.C. By the mid-1600s, artists began using the camera obscura to help them draw and paint elaborate real-world images with the help of finely crafted lenses. Magic lanterns, the predecessor of the modern projector, also began to appear at this time. Using the same optical principles as the camera obscura, the magic lantern allowed people to project images, usually painted on glass slides, onto large surfaces. They soon became a popular form of mass entertainment.

In 1826, French scientist Joseph Nicephore Niepce developed the first photographic image with a camera obscura. Niepce placed an engraving onto a metal plate coated in bitumen and then exposed it to light. The shadowy areas of the engraving blocked light, but the whiter areas permitted light to react with the chemicals on the plate. When Niepce placed the metal plate in a solvent, gradually an image appeared. These heliographs, or sun prints as they were sometimes called, are considered the first photographic images. However, Niepce’s process required eight hours of light exposure to create an image that would soon fade away.

View From The Window at Le Gras | Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

In 1829, Louis Daguerre formed a partnership with Niepce to improve the process Niepce had developed. In 1839, following several years of experimentation and Niepce’s death, Daguerre developed a more convenient and effective method of photography and named it after himself. Daguerre’s daguerreotype process started by fixing the images onto a sheet of silver-plated copper. He then polished the silver and coated it in iodine, creating a surface that was sensitive to light. Then he put the plate in a camera and exposed it for a few minutes. After the image was painted by light, Daguerre bathed the plate in a solution of silver chloride. This process created a lasting image that would not change if exposed to light.  The daguerreotype gained popularity quickly in Europe and the U.S. By 1850, there were over 70 daguerreotype studios in New York City alone.

Daguerreotypes

One drawback to daguerreotypes, however, was that they could not be reproduced; each one was a unique image. The ability to create multiple prints came about from the work of Henry Fox Talbot, an English botanist and mathematician. Talbot sensitized paper to light using a silver-salt solution. He then exposed the paper to light. The background became black, and the subject was shown in different shades of grey. This was a negative image. From the paper negative, Talbot made contact prints, reversing the light and shadows to create a detailed picture. In 1841, he perfected this paper-negative process and called it a calotype, Greek for “beautiful picture.”

In 1889, photographer and industrialist George Eastman invented film with a base that was flexible and could be rolled. The 35 mm film most people know today was invented by Kodak in 1913 for the early motion picture industry. In the mid-1920s, the German camera maker Leica used this technology to create the first still camera that used the 35 mm format. The drawback to nitrate-based film was that it was flammable and tended to decay over time. Kodak and other manufacturers began switching to a celluloid base, which was fireproof and more durable. Most films produced up to the 1970s were based on this technology. Since the 1960s, polyester polymers have been used for gelatin-based films.

Having perfected roll film, George Eastman also invented the box-shaped camera that was simple enough for consumers to use. Once the film was used up, the photographer mailed the camera with the film still in it to the Kodak factory, where the film was removed from the camera, processed, and printed. The camera was then reloaded with film and returned. Over the next several decades, major manufacturers such as Kodak in the U.S., Leica in Germany, and Canon and Nikon in Japan would all introduce or develop the major camera formats still in use today. Nikon and Canon would make the interchangeable lens popular and the built-in light meter commonplace.

Apple later introduced its smartphone camera with its first iPhone in 2007, and other companies followed, such as Google and Samsung. By 2013, smartphones with cameras were outselling digital cameras by more than 10-to-1. In 2019, more than 1.5 billion smartphones were sold to consumers, compared with about 550,000 digital cameras over roughly the same period.

Personal Project – Statement Of Intent + Mood Board/Mind Map

MOOD BOARD+ MIND MAP

I made a mind map and mood board for the topic that I chose fo my personal study is on, which is Bouley Bay. This is because I live close to it, and I feel that there is a lot of history that be explore and because it is a landscape that has a wide variety of features I can use lots of photographic techniques to capture the bay.

STATE OF INTENT

My idea is to make a photobook in which I explore the area Bouley Bay, overall I want to capture the activity, views, and close ups of key feature such as rocks, shells, heritage, the hill climb, and the bay. I could also look into the history of the bay and the Jersey Folklore, involving the Black Dog.

It is important to me as I grew up in that area, and have many memories of it. And I hope to capture it in the same way in which remember it.

I wish to develop my project by exploring the bay and collecting lots of objects to photograph in a studio, and also to take long exposure, aerial, and underwater of the bay, as I have been inspired by many photographers, such as, Martin J Patterson (@ mjplandscapes on Instagram), Jaun Munoz (@ drjuanmdc on Instagram), and David Aguilar (@ davidaguilar_photo). Using these images I can look into topics such as, beach pollution, environment and beach life. Hanna-Katrina Jędrosz and Barron Bixler have studied environments, so it would be interesting to analyse them and their work.

FIRST PHOTO SHOOT PLAN

My first photoshoot, I will go down to Bouley at Sunset when it’s not cloudy and high-tide, and take long exposure photos using a tripod, and some neutral density filters.

Reviewing And Reflecting

My pervious work over Year 12 and Year 13, that showcases some of my best images and interesting photographic techniques

Formal Elements

My first project I started was based on the formal elements using formalism, where I scrunched up and teared up paper into shapes such as, balls, holes, and different textures, then took photos of the paper. I set up multiple different lighting environments to shoot in.

Firstly, I used 1 light source, which was the camera flash, for the image of the paper ball I also made the exposure darker to emphasis the contrast between the highlights and the shadows which made creases in the ball more noticeable, additionally it made the black paper background even darker so that you couldn’t see any of the marks on the paper. This is using minimalism to direct the focus of the image to the main focal point.

In the other photos I used 2 phones to emit different coloured lights, which made the colours clash as the paper as at different heights as it was crumpled up.

In Photoshop, I didn’t really do much adjustments image were very basic. All I adjusted was the contrast and saturation, to boost the colours, or the opposite to make it black and white by setting the saturation to 0.

Surface and Colour

In this topic I used serval different camera lens to gain a different perspective. However, most of these image were shot using a macro lens.

This allowed me to achieved a really close up shot were you can clearly see the pattern and the repetition of shapes and the different textures of the subject. Additionally, I was able to use a shallow depth of field, which created a focus onto key features by blurring the edges.

Having these images in black and white helps remove any distraction of colour and helps the viewer focus on other aspects of the photo, such as the subject, the textures, shapes and patterns, and the composition.

Abstract

To create these images I played a colourful video on my laptop and shot the images through different glasses, eg, wine glasses and perfume bottles to distort the video, which created a unique and abstract effect. I also used the glass to make reflections to act like a mirror.

To also create some of these images I changed my camera to manual focus and made it super blurry, then I took photos of different glasses in front of the screen, using the same method.

Minimalism – (Artist Reference / Kevin Saint Grey)

Kevin Saint Grey is a photographer I studied who is a primarily black and white LA based photographer with a minimalist approach to his subjects which creates a drastic contrast. He shoots mostly landscape and architecture, and his work distinguishes itself for the serendipity of black and white, “humanness” and silent images. He accomplishes this by using techniques such as, symmetry and long-exposure, and he manages to get amazing, creative photographs, by using camera movements while exploring unique angles while shooting architecture.

This is one favourite minimalistic images I took, it is of a glass lamp stand. I made it so the full object is not in view as it creates a minimalistic effect, that features the curve of the sphere, and the light which reflects off of it.

I submitted this image to a photography competition hosted by the Jersey Arts Centre on their Facebook page, and it won “Best minimalistic photo of the day.”

Portrait/Close Up

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I have used the photography studio when taking portrait photos. This allowed me to experiment with different lighting colours, set-ups, etc.

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I have created a photomontage using post-processing techniques in Photoshop by using layers after lining all the images up, which created a multi-exposure image.

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The eye contact with the camera makes it a stronger image as there is more of a direct and emotional atmosphere between the viewer and the image.

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Since I used a macro lens I was able to create a shallow depth of field. This made it so the eye and part of the eye lashes were focused, and the rest wasn’t, which draws more attention to the eye itself. Macro photography is one of my favourite ways to shoot however, it one of the hardest to get right, as its only manual focus. This means you have to move closer/further away from the object or adjust the focal length.

Landscape

The landscape project was heavily inspired by Ansel Adams. Ansel Easton Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. Also, he is considered the most important landscape photographer of the 20th century.

Both images are of natural landscapes, which display rock formations and both cover the whole of tonal zone system, going from 0, being black through to 10 being white, displaying different shades. This really puts emphasis on the highlights as it creates a high harmonious contrast.

These two images demonstrate the 3 levels of tonal values, is what makes this image stand out. It consists of the blacks in the foreground, with the grey behind it, then finally to the light-grey figures in the background which the lighthouse is apart of. Overall the harsh contrast between the sky and the rocks juxtapose each other against light and dark. I achieved the star effect caused by the sun, by using a high f-stop value, eg. f-32.

I used multi-bracket exposure to capture these images. The camera takes 3 photos, 1 over exposed, 1 normally, and 1 under exposure image. I edited it in Photoshops Camera Raw Filter after Photoshop merged the 3 images to create a HDR image. (High Dynamic Range.)

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These 4 images are more generic landscape photos, however do include unique aspects such as lens flares and reflections from the water.

This are some of the urban landscape photos I took at night in town, using long exposure. Since the exposure time was so long I had to use a tripod so that the camera was stable to create a clear image. Long exposure is one of my favourite photography techniques, as it creates unique images every time.

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This is my favourite image from the whole urban landscape topic. It captures a bus driving past a traffic light. However it did take many attempts to capture this shot, which is part of the fun.

Long Exposure – Water Photo Shoot

On the topic of long exposure these are 2 strong images that where apart of another topic, that I really like.

Street Photography/ Candid Photography

These 2 images were tableaux (set up/knew they were being photographed) Overall, I didn’t really like asking people if it was ok to take their pictures. However, it did allow me to capture the subjects closer compared to the photos below.

Where as, these 2 images aren’t set up and captures peoples natural state, emotion, and pose. Therefore, i fell that they poses more of a story.

Anthropocene

For my Anthropocene project I split it into 2 sections. The first was space, and the second was plastic water pollution.

These were some of my favourite photos I got of the full moon at 4 AM. I used a telephoto lens and a tripod to capture the moon.

These are my attempts astrophotography, I went to the west of the island at 12-1 AM and used a 18mm lens, with a low aperture using a long shutter speed of 20 seconds to capture the stars. Before I took the photo I had to manually focus the camera on the north star, this is so that the stars would in focus. Overall, these turned out good, however it wasn’t the right season, so I could do better when the milky way is more visible.

This is my best final piece which I made in Photoshop, using my own images to create a concept image using photo manipulation of plastic water pollution in Jersey. This took approximately 7.5 hours, using over 500+ layers inside photoshop, where I documented the process on my blog. I have lots of experience in photoshop and a great knowledge of the software.

Identify and Community Photoshoots Best Images

These images were taken whilst I was walking around town. This is one of my favourite ways to photography unique and different things in a new place/area.

In these images there was a metal chain across the car. This was very distracting so I removed it in Photoshop which improved the image. I also made the black background darker to remove the small details to create an old, minimalistic style.

These images work well in black and white. The image on the left demonstrates depth of field and unique angles, however the right image captures motion of flying pigeons.

These images use framing to create a focus on the key features and remove distractions around the outside of the image.

Contextual Study – LaToya Ruby Frazier

Quotes

“My inability to articulate in words the harmful and painful effects the environment placed on my family made me turn to visual art as an outlet”

“At times the text functions as an image and the photograph becomes the visual language that creates a tension.”

“I look for a narrative or context that will amplify the voices of the marginalized”

I agree with what Frazier is stating here, as I believe that photography can be used as a powerful tool for truth that is more difficult to communicate through words. I also agree that photography provides a platform for the minorities of the world and it is essential it is used in this manner.

Analysis

LaToya Ruby Frazier – Momme (2008)

This black and white portrait photograph taken by LaToya Ruby Frazier showcases Frazier and her mother, with her mother in the foreground of the image peering down and concealing half of Frazier’s face, who is placed behind her and staring into the lens. Here the two women are framed centrally, with empty space on either side of them, allowing the dissection of Frazier’s face to occur in the centre. It can be said that leading lines in this image are created by the outline of the mother’s side profile, as it leads the viewers eye from the bottom left corner up and around the photograph towards the focal point, which I believe to be Frazier’s stern gaze, connecting with her features. The same can be said for the lines created by the folds in the curtains, which draw the viewers attentions down from the top of the image to Frazier in the centre. Contrast in this piece is created by the opposing tones of the mother and daughter’s matching hairnets with Frazier’s bright, white tank top.

From a technical viewpoint it can be said that Frazier took this image with artificial, soft lighting as if it were taken with the room lighting there would be shadows on the face similar to butterfly lighting, which there are not. Also the curtains are drawn behind them which minimises the possibility of Frazier using natural light. The aperture setting used here appears to be a mid to large as the domestic background behind the two subjects is slightly out of focus, allowing for more attention to be placed on Frazier and her mother. Furthermore, Frazier most likely used a mid to high ISO setting as it appears that the room is dark, with the exception of the artificial lighting placed in front of them, assuring the photograph would not be under exposed. It seems that the shutter speed setting used was a medium one, meaning there would be no blur due to movement but still allowing light to enter the lens for long enough to not create an under exposed image.

This image is a part of Frazier’s 2014 book ‘The Notions of Family’ which was an attempt to explore the legacy of racism and economic decline in America’s small towns. Here Frazier is trying to emulate the traditional black and white style of documentary photography, recording domestic subjects and settings. From the facial expressions conveyed in this piece it can be said that there seems to be some tension between the mother and daughter. This may be a comment on the effects the economic environment of Frazier’s home town (Braddock) has on her family. As well as this, these effects may result in strains of relationships, such as mother and daughter, as conversations on the topic of money are known for causing divisions, especially in a domestic setting. However, the matching hairnets the subjects in this image are wearing, may be a symbol of unity in Frazier’s family that still stands despite these strains. In addition, the position of Frazier and her mother can be argued to be a comment on generational reaction to injustice, with Frazier symbolising the rising voice of the youth who question and protest the governments fail to amend the crisis of poverty, in contrast with the older generations who may not see a reason to question the system in which they have lived their whole lives in.

Statement of Intent


What you want to explore?

Next I would like to work more in depth on landscape (seascape) as the ocean really inspires me to take images whenever there is a storm or big swell. Jersey coasts are a great area to capture this sort of imagery as the stormy seas cross over from the Atlantic ocean. I would like to explore taking images from different perspectives, angles, day light, and quality. I feel as if seascapes is a good theme to focus my future projects on as living in jersey its easy access to coasts.

Why it matters to you?

I would like to photograph the ocean as its a major part of Jerseys identity. This is because not only is the island shaped by erosion caused by rising sea levels over thousands of years, But the beauty that is found with the stunning scenery on beaches is all thanks to the huge tidal ranges we have every day. In fact Jerseys tidal ranges are known to be so significantly big that they are recorded to be in the top 10 biggest tides in the world.


How you wish to develop your project?

Firstly with looking at local seascape photographers work I will manage blog posts with artist references, mood boards, analysis etc. I want to gather together a load of contact sheets of different areas in jersey that receive the most swell from either a big tide or storm. I also want to capture erosion in action, such as sets of waves smashing into cliff faces or walls. I feel as if doing this will make it an easy link to jerseys identity physically.


When and where you intend to begin your study?

I intend to begin my study in the west side of the island where most swell is built up. Examples of areas I wish to visit to photograph are… st.ouens bay, plemont, grev, corbiere, stinky bay… After a few photoshoots and more research about Jerseys seas, I would like to put together a photo book relevant to whatever inspires me the most when physically taking the images.

Jersey identity

With jersey being in the top 5 worlds biggest tidal ranges, Jerseys seas have history and passion. Whether its the historical intake for visitors such as Elisabeth Castle, Rocco Tower, The Lighthouse, or the natural beauty of the bays, or the power within swells and storms, theirs a variety of choice to photograph, view and visit when living on a rock. Jersey is surrounded by quickly rising tides all year round with erosion taking place frequently slowly over time. In my opinion Jersey Is surrounded by the ocean which makes the sea a very important aspect within its identity.

review and reflect

Throughout my past two years of being a A level Photography student I have covered many topics and learnt different photography skills such as learning the features of using a camera, using the school studio, light equipment, using adobe (Photoshop, Lightroom etc.) I especially enjoyed the abstract topic in year 12 as well as our project on focusing on plastic wastage as it interests me the most. Throughout the blog posts I have created I have felt as if the research and analysis has been my strong point and for the next few months I will be focusing on taking more photos than I did and to focus on being more creative with my final outcomes within projects. Here are some examples of my previous work..

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SURFACE AND COLOUR 10/04/2020

I have placed a pineapple among yellow watermelons for a strong contrast between the colours of yellow and cyan/green. To have the focal point on the pineapple I erased some black obvious specs on the watermelons and cropped the image to be more central. Finally I heightened the contrast levels and darkened the shadow level slightly as well as making a more vibrant appeal to the image.

ANTHROPOCENE PLASTIC BAGS 27/05/2021

This image above in red clearly relates to the theme of Anthropocene as it is describing the destruction of plastic and how damaging it can be. The red gloomy look makes the plastic looks as if it is deadly and is ready to do damage. The crisp edges seem to be sharp and aggressive.”

Currently I am focusing on an NFT film with my partner Chantal, here are some examples of what we are doing on adobe premier…

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We are currently putting together a short film and learning how to use the features in adobe premier such as audio content, transformations between each scene, quality of video content etc.

Artist that intrigued me the most…. Mandy Barker

Mandy Barker is a British photographer. She is mostly known for work with marine plastic debris. Mandy inspired me the most out of many Photographers throughout the last year as her work expresses clear issues within the plastic wastage across out oceans. This image in particular I analysed and produced my own work on as I found it intriguing to find a solution in a way to photograph this type of photography

Plastic armageddon in Sea of Artifacts at Fotografiska Stockholm -  Fotografiska
Mandy Barker
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