Hamptonne Interiors

On my hamptonne visit, I took many pictures of the insides of the buildings, in order to capture a snapshot of the era in which the building was on display as, and to document the life at the farm at the time.

Contact Sheet

My contact sheet of my favourite images of interiors – using flagging system and colour reg to sort them.

Best Images

I edited my favourite images, using Lightroom Classic.

Edited – highlighting the shadow within the image, using contrast, blacks, whites, texture, cropping and warmth.

Edited – Heightening contrast, increasing vibrance and texture , and adding grain. This image shows the style of design and interiors in the post war period, at Hamptonne.

Edited – Using adjustment of blacks. whites, contrast and grain. I chose this image as one of my best because of the shadows created in the glass cabinet, creating interesting lighting.

Edited – increasing texture, clarity, contrast, decreasing exposure and adding grain. I chose this image due to the high shadow in the background, the rich colours and the composition.

Edited – using basic editing tools like decreasing exposure, adding blacks and decreasing whites, adding contrast and grain. I also used a vignette to help frame the picture, after cropping it. This helps to create a balanced composition.

Edited – after turning B and W using the preset: “Soft B and W”, I increased the temperature, added vignette, and increased exposure. I chose to turn this specific image black and white because of the strong blacks and whites in the sheet music and piano itself.

Hamptonne Exteriors

Contact Sheets

I used colour flagging, as well as the p and x tools to hide and flag my least and most successful images.

Best Images

Edited – For this edit, after cropping, I focused on adding warmth, decreasing exposure and adding contrast to exactuate the areas of shadow. The reason I selected this as one of my favourite images is due to the way the way the Jersey granite and architecture is highlighted.

Edited – In this image, I focused on adding vibrance and saturation, as the photo was originally not very bright. I chose to do this to highlight the green tones in the hedge and plants on the archway, and added contrast to enhance the shadows in the foreground.

Edited – when editing this image – I focused on adding contrast and whites to show the rich colours of the building and to highlight the shadows in the window.

Edited – I chose this image as one of my best as it shows the intricate architecture of the buildings. I focused on adding light and warmth to this image when editing.

I edited this image black and white – I used a black and white preset and then focused on editing contrast and highlight to exaggerate the shapes and shadow within the image.

hamptonne objects

I selected my best images through using the p and x method to flag them then I made sure to select the best possible images using the staring system.

I then went into develop mode and adjusted the WB and the exposure and contrast till I was happy with the images. I exported the final images into the media drive in a blog friendly size.

hamptonne interiors

First I selected my images using p and x and then used a staring system to select the best images in more depth.

Then I went into develop mode and began the editing process by adjusting the white balance and the shadows and highlights to give a feel of the heritage that the interior of the buildings have.

I repeated this process 2 more times for the other images until I was happy with the final composition.

Final Images

hamptonne portraits

First I flagged my images using p and x and stared them using the starring system. I then selected 4 portraits that where rated 4 starts or more to edit into final images.

Then I went into develop mode and adjusted the white balance and the exposure and contrast in order to refine the image.

when I was happy with my editing I exported the image into the media drive in the size x1000.

I then repeated this for the remaining 3 images

hamptonne editing

For these individual images I took at hamptonne, I have increased the cool tones and warm tones to set different visuals on the photos. For others i have edited the brightness and highlights to change the mood of the image creating different perceptions.

Hamptonne Final Images – Portraits

During the Hamptonne visit, I took several portrait photographs of different actors portraying people from the 17th Century.

This is a contact sheet of a few of the portrait images I took during the trip
These are the unedited versions of the final portrait images

I chose this image because I liked how the model was in motion as the picture was taken, I think it gives the image an interesting look. I chose to put this image in black and white because I thought that her apron would stand out in the image more, as well as making the shadows more defined. The model has been put into the middle-ground, which allows both her and the equipment to be of importance in the image. I like how this image’s background is darker and more complex than the model, it gives it a good contrast.

I chose this image because I liked how the model is well-lit, it allows the apple and her clothing to stand out even more. I definitely wanted this image in colour because the colour of the apple greatly contrasted with the rest of the image and provided a focal point. I think that this image looks like a painting, which to me, gives it a more calm feeling to it. The background of the image is very simple and dark compared to the model, which gives the image a good contrast.

I chose this image for similar reasons to the last one. This time the image seems even more calm, yet mysterious as the model is looking out of frame to the left. This image has very little colour which makes it look even more like a classic painting to me, the lack of colour also makes the image look more old-fashioned. I like the way the bottom of the image is filled with shadows, while the white of the models top stands out greatly, creating a contrast between the top and bottom halves of the images.

Environmental portraiture and mood board

Sara Facio | MoMA
image by Sara Facio
Photography and Humanity: Understanding the Genius of Paul Strand -  Exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum | LensCulture
image by Paul Strand
Diane Arbus & August Sander - Criticism - art-agenda
image by August Sander
Mary Ellen Mark "Attitude" Exhibit at the Howard Greenberg Gallery - The  Atlantic
image by Mary Ellan Mark
Niall McDiarmid Photographer
image by Niall McDiarmid
LAURA PANNACK – They Made This
image by Laura Pannack

Mind map

Definition

An environmental portrait is a portrait of a person or people in their natural environment for example doing their job or participating in a hobby.

Ralph Morse

Born in 1917 in Manhattan New York Morse was a career staff photographer who worked for a life based magazine he was mostly known for his images of theatre stars and being sent to work as a photographer during ww2.

some examples of his work:

The Photography of Ralph Morse | LIFE
German soldiers taken prisoner during the fighting for Saint-Lô in July  1944. Life Magazine Image by Ralph Morse. #Normandy  #WW2pic.twitter.com/jXmedrDt7p - the_worldatwar – Cocotbodol
Electronic Squid — Eartha Kitt in New Faces of 1952 (Ralph Morse....
Ralph Morse, Life Photographer of Big Events, Is Dead at 97 - The New York  Times

Ideas

Task plan 3 photoshoots one inside one outside and one with 2 or more people.

Photoshoot 1: For the inside photoshoot I will ask one of my friends if I can photograph them in their room. Lounging like they would do in their day to day life to give the image an intel into what they are like as a person. I will probably use a higher angle to include as much of the environment as possible.

Photoshoot 2: For the outside photoshoot I would like to take some photos in a cloudy environment of someone doing their job.

Photoshoot 3: For the two or more people shoot I will ask my friend if I can photograph her and her brother outside from either a canted angle or a lower angle to create a more dimensional photograph.