I imported these photos of my 2st photoshoot on to Adobe Lightroom where I was able to view them and decide whether they were successful photos or not, I am glad with how a few of these photos have turned out while working in the style of Naomi White taking inspiration from her ‘Plastic Currents’ photoshoot.
During this photoshoot, I used an infinity curve and lightbox to create a bright, plain white background in my photos similar to Naomi Whites work and this has allowed me to be able to experiment with f-stop and ISO while in brighter lighting to capture the colour of the plastic bags. These photos also turned out to look similar to Jellyfish, this is very effective and in style with the theme of ‘Anthropocene’ as plastic pollution is a heavy part of contribution towards it so this raises the issue of how plastic is dangerous towards sea life.
More information on dangers of plastic pollution to sea life.
Least successful photos –
These are the photos which I have picked in Adobe Lightroom to be the least successful from my 2nd photoshoot, this is because the lighting would sometimes cast a yellow tone over and the picture would also be out of frame and focus. This happened due to the lightbox which I was using being quite small so the black/darker marks on the sides of the photos are created because of this which can be seen in photos 7-12 and 19-24 and this can contrast against the white heavily and make the photo/colour of the plastic bags appear to be quite dim in colour.
From photos 36 onwards, I experimented with using the infinity curve in class, but because this wasn’t as bright due to the lighting the photos and colours weren’t as bright as I had liked them to be and faded into one another which made them get lost in each other along with the finer details such as the creases on the plastic bags, I also didn’t like the angles which I had taken the photos from.
If I were to do this photoshoot again, I would make sure that I have a bigger lightbox so that there is more surface area which would make the pictures easier to frame and take and when using the infinity curve to have a source of light such as a lamp which would make the photos brighter to make the colours of the plastic bags more effective and vibrant.
Most successful photos –
These are the photos which I have selected in Adobe Lightroom to be my most successful from my 2nd photoshoot because I think that they are able to represent the effect of Glaciers/Icebergs well with the shapes that I have created and photographed. This is because of the way the plastic bag can fold on itself which can make it look like the top of an iceberg, like in number 7 or 1, or the underneath of a glacier such as 2 and 6. I am really happy with how these have turned out and will only edit them slightly with cropping, light and exposure then experiment in Adobe Photoshop with layering them on top of each other to make them look even more abstract and similar to glaciers/icebergs.
I think that these photos also came out quite well because they are able to share similarities to jellyfishes, which can fit quite well within the theme of ‘Anthropocene’ because they are an animal which will suffer due to plastic pollution because of it. This means that I have the beauty in these photos while also showing the dangers that they have to the wild life. I really like number 9 and 12, which shares a really close resemblance towards a jellyfish who may be moving around in the sea whereas photos 10 and 11 may look like ones who have been washed up on the beach from the sea and have died. I will edit these slightly in Lightroom but will also experiment with various ways of manipulating them through layering with the other photos above.
Here are some facts about Jellyfish and Glaciers/Icebergs.