Contact Sheets
Selections
My aim for this photoshoot was to try and get some images similar to those of Shiroshi Sugimoto in his series “Seascapes in which he creates abstract images solely using photos of the horizon, where the sea and sky meet. Mentions in the description of this project how he uses minimal editing, mainly just making it monochrome. I was actually aiming to create a similar style of images but with a bit more going on in the photos, including things like sunsets, cloud formations, rock formations, boats, buoys, piers, etc as I want to link this series of images more closely to island life in Jersey- but still keeping the simple calming nature.
Edits
Image 2
Seeing as I set my tripod up on an angled wall, for this edit I also had to adjust the angle.
I have noticed that in this second image, along with some others from this shoot that the water has become almost the same colour as the sky, and so in future, I will need to adjust my camera settings, as well as the angle I’m shooting at + the editing technique I’m using in order to create more of a separation- similar to Hiroshimo’s work.
Conclusion
Overall I am happy with these images as a starting point, but I do feel like I want to create more images in a similar way to create a larger collection in order to convey the desired effect. This means I will be conducting more photoshoots, in order to construct a larger group of images to add to my photobook as I feel like this style of photos works best in a group with complimentary images, and/or contrasting images such as those I am planning on creating showing more “brutalist” images giving a more depressing angle on island living. I feel that having the two different styles of contrasting images potentially even sharing page spreads it will give my book some extra depth.