‘The very nature of Romanticism is rather uncontrollable and unpredictable. At other times its quiet and sensual power manifests into beautiful and stunning images.’

Romanticism placed particular emphasis on emotion, horror, awe, terror and apprehension. Emotion and feeling were central not only to the creation of the work, but also in how it should be read – meaning that the photograph provokes the viewer to feel a certain way, which makes the image create a bigger impact on the viewer.

This is an example of romanticism in landscape photography because the bright colors and misty flow of the water, along with the dark, stormy clouds creates a powerful atmosphere which provokes the viewer to feel a certain way.

Romanticism in landscapes is also found in other art forms such as paintings:

Ansel Easton Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating “pure” photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph – Wikipedia

Ansel Adams – Landscapes

This is an incredible landscape shot taken by Ansel Adams of The Tetons and the Snake River (1942) Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.

Ansel Adams uses the rule of thirds to create the perfect landscape shot. He framed the shot so that the top third of the image is the sky, and the lower third of the image is the land, creating balance in the image while bringing most of the attention of the viewer to the details on the ground in the midground.

The perspective of the image looks across the landscape, watching the river wind away from the camera, almost creating a vanishing point where the river appears to get smaller as it bets further away.

There is a large sense of depth in the image without using a wide aperture, Ansel Adams achieved this by using a small aperture and capturing a vast landscape. The focus of the image is the mid ground/background, the mountains. The size of the mountains compared to the flat river and woodlands in the foreground/mid ground creates a sense of depth and shows how far away the mountains are.

This sense of depth also giver the mountains and the image as a whole a sense of scale and how much Ansel Adams captured in one frame.

The lighting in this image is the diffused sunlight from the overcast sky. This creates even lighting throughout the image, with no harsh shadows or over exposed areas.

The image is in black and white which emphesises the tonal range. The contract within the image is high which gives dark shadows in the trees and the base of the mountains, but light highlights of the snow on the mountains and the light reflecting off of the river. This also adds to the depth of the image showing the scale of the dark shadows cast by the mountains.

Dictionary Definition –

Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. Landscape photography is done for a variety of reasons.

My Opinion –

In my opinion landscape photography typically captures the outdoors. This being hillsides, sunsets, sunrises, towns, cities and most typically nature in its element. These are just a few examples of what can be photographed when labeling an image to be a landscape photograph. This type of photography is mostly known to be seen as a horizontal image. Here are some ideas on what landscape photography could be described as…

Ideas of Landscape Photography –

Weather and Lighting

For most Landscape photographers, the biggest aspect of photographing a landscape is the weather. This is because it affects an image to the extend of the same location and object being photographed but if being rainy or sunny it can create a whole different interpretation to the image. Here are differnt types of weather that can change an image…

Mist/fog/Overcast Rain/Heavy or light Golden hour/Low light Natural light/Man made light Sunset/Sunrise Full moon/Nightlight

Mood-board of Landscape Photography –

Romanticism placed particular emphasis on emotion, horror, awe, terror and apprehension. Emotion and feeling were central not only to the creation of the work, but also in how it should be read.

Romanticism was a particular movement in art that occurred during the first half of the 19th century. Romanticism had a particular emphasis on emotion and individualism. Painters, poets and writers drew particular inspiration from nature, which played a prominent role in their depictions. In particular, ‘nature’ was depicted as unsullied by the hand of man, or if humankind was evident, it was shown in a kind of symbiosis rather than exploitation.

Apart from photography, romanticism can be seen and explored through many different ways such as painting or even poems.

some examples of romanticism being shown through art-

Romantic art focused on emotions, feelings, and moods of all kinds including spirituality, imagination, mystery, and fervor. The subject matter varied widely including landscapes, religion, revolution, and peaceful beauty.

Artists expressed as much feeling and passion that could be painted onto a canvas. A landscape had to arouse a mood; a crowd had to show expressions on their faces.

The most common way of expressing and showing romanticism in an art form would be paintings. However these paintings are based on photographs first but were made to be more exaggerated when using colours and how the painter feels about this image.

landscape photography is  spaces throughout the world. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. Landscape photography is done for multiple different reasons as it shows a range of perceptions of the world, adding features and details within the world. In this blog post I am going to analysis rural landscapes as they show and provides natural resources, as well as wildlife habitat meaning that they are all outdoor photographs.

Rural landscapes are the diverse portion of the nation’s land area not densely populated or intensively developed, and not set aside for preservation in a natural state. The rural landscape provides natural resources, wildlife habitat and inspiration. Rural photography is about capturing the “life” in the countryside.
Rural landscapes surround both well-managed and degraded or abandoned areas that can be reused or reclaimed. They can be huge rural spaces as well as small spaces within built-up areas. 

When taking landscape images you need to consider many things such as lighting, camera settings, location and the viewpoint:

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Response

To take the photos above I went to town to re-do the street photography/candid photo shoot because I believe when I completed the previous photo shoot, the images and final outcomes were not strong enough.

Best 3

The image above is one of my three best from this photo shoot. I believe the image above is good because it was taken with a car in the center of the frame. It also shows a few people walking on the pavement towards the camera and away as well. The image has a good depth and shows buildings in the background.

The image above is the second best of the three best. It is good image because it shows both people and cars parked and in motion when the image was taken. The image also has a good depth and shows more people and vehicles in the distance getting smaller and smaller as the street goes on.

Finally, I have chosen the image above as one of the best because it shows different types of people. There is a man walking on his own closest to the camera and family behind which shows variety in the subjects in the photos. I like this image the most because it shows the world in motion in the feet of the closest subject and people in the back as well.

This shoot is inspired by work by South African photographer David Goldblatt. His series ‘particulars’ focuses on particular parts of the body rather than the full image.

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My idea is to do a series of black and white images of different body parts (specifically hands and feet). I don’t want to do this in the studio as I feel that it will make the photos look too clinical. instead I am going to take my photos outside in a grassy, natural area. Due to the current coronavirus situation I am going to be my own model so as to lesson chance of coronavirus infection.

Who	what	when	where	notes
myself	hands, feet	15/02/21	garden	black and white

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On Photoshop I used the maximum whiteness filter to achieve a harsh, sterile look. Goldblatt’s photos are a lot softer than mine but I still think mine are decent

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Here is my favourite photo

When a double exposure is seen in photography it means that photos have been layered on top of each other, often creating strange effects.

Lewis Bush uses multi exposures in his photo ‘trading zones’ in which he layers images of different people working in the finance industry to explore the monotony and lack of individuality in the work place.

Instead of doing this with multiple people I am going to use photos of myself throughout the years in order to see how much I myself have changed as I have grown older. The photos are mainly not taken by me, a lot of the older photos having come directly from my mums facebook page.

Here are my photos cropped and put roughly in chronological order which is the order in which my photos will be layered onto each other.

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On photoshop I made each photo the same size, layered them on top of each other and turned down the opacity to 30 % on each photo. By doing this I created my final image.

Overall I like this photo even though it looks so strange. Ideally I would centre the photos I would calibrate the features to match so I had a more human looking end result

In both images the focus on the photos are the branches going from one side of the photo to the other, slightly covering up the background making is harder to see. They both give a mysterious look with the branches giving a perception of which way round the image is as the first image looks side ways as the branches are on their side looking like a tree and the other image is reflected so the original image could be upside down and just reflected in photoshop. I thought that the image I created is representative towards the water image as I wanted the focus of the image to be the branches and the in depth detail they have with them overlapping each other yet I wanted to create more noise in my image as I found the image was too calming and simple as I prefer images with simple chaos emerging the more you analysis it.