Rural Landscape Photography

Rural landscape photography refers to “photography in the countryside” and covers the rural environment. While rural landscapes often contain architecture – much the same as urban landscapes – rural landscape photography is more about capturing the life and elements found in the countryside.

13 Types of Landscape Photography:

• Seascape Photography
• Mountain Photography
• Forest Photography
• Cloudscape Photography
• Astrophotography
• Panorama Photography
• Time Lapse Photography
• Long Exposure Photography
• Star Trail Photography
• Sunrise/Sunset Photography
• Night Photography
• Representational Photography
• Abstract Photography

Below are shown some landscape images that have been photographed across Jersey CI at many different beaches and locations. All images have been taken of the sea and beaches because Jersey has very nice beaches and has many good places to take photographs.

Jersey Landscape Photography Moodboard

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Romanticism Photography

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Romanticism – a movement in the arts and literature that originated in the late 18th century, emphasizing inspiration, subjectivity, and the primacy of the individual.

Romanticism emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous, the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental.

Romanticism originated in Europe during the end of the 18th century, but it’s still well and alive today. Contemporary Russian artist Anna Razumovskaya manages to capture the romantic style of Renaissance portraiture in her own, modern way.

Anna Razumovskaya work examples

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Portrait photography, or portraiture, is a type of photography aimed toward capturing the personality of a person or group of people by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. A portrait photograph may be artistic or clinical. Frequently, portraits are commissioned for special occasions, such as weddings, school events, or commercial purposes. Portraits can serve many purposes, ranging from usage on a personal web site to display in the lobby of a business.

Portrait photography has been around since Louis Daguerre invented the daguerreotype in 1839—the same year that Robert Cornelius aimed the camera at himself and took what is widely believed to be the first self portrait photograph ever, laying the groundwork for portrait photography to emerge as its own art form.

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History of Portrait Photography

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Portrait photography has had a long and varied history since Louis Daguerre introduced the photographic process in 1839. In that same year, Robert Cornelius produced what’s considered the first photographic self-portrait. Photography has served many purposes, mainly to commemorate occasions and periods in history.

In 1839, Robert Cornelius, who was a pioneer of photography, was able to make the first ever portrait or photograph of a person. He did so by setting a camera in the back of his dad’s gas lamp-importing business on Chestnut Street in the centre of the city of Philadelphia.

Edwin H. Land

Edwin Herbert Land was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and the retinex theory of color vision, among other things.

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On 21 February 1947, Edwin Land demonstrated his one-step instant camera and film at a meeting of the Optical Society of America. Less than two years later the Polaroid Camera Model 95 and Type 40 Land film were on sale at the Jordan Marsh department store in downtown Boston at a cost of $89.75: it weighed 4 lb.

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These two images have a few similarities such as they are both displayed in black and white which I believe makes a lot of photos look better. I can identify that in both images there seems to be a mirror with a reflection of a person which could have a meaning of ‘lost identity’ through the way Claude seems to be looking away from herself in the mirror and the fact that in my image the silhouette of the person who is fading away. I feel that the images create a sense of loneliness due to

However, there are many differences between these two images from Claude Cahun and me. One difference I observed is the fact that Claude is showing her full face and in my image there is no facial or body features.

What went well:

For my photography mock exam, I produced multiple images but only chose to use 4 as my final pieces. I am happy with the way all my images ended up coming out using photoshop and lightroom. I like the way I was inspired by multiple artists and used my own approach to create my own style of images. I am happy that I was able to include at least one of my images from when I went to Bluey Bay hotel to take some photos because I think abandoned/derelict buildings are one of the best areas to go to for a photoshoot.

What didn’t go well:

For my next mock exam project, I will make sure to take a lot more photos so I have many more options to choose from in the future. I would’ve liked to include more photos from Bouley Bay hotel but most of the photos I took didn’t turn out in the best quality. Also, I would’ve liked to have more ideas for good edits on some of the photos I took.

Conclusion:

Overall, I am very happy with my final outcomes and the work I produced.

These images here are my 4 final images that I have presented through the blog and through galleries. I chose to present my images in black and white because it prevents people from judging and stereotyping the models choice of colours. Also, I think that most images look a lot better in black and white due to them being basic and effective. These images are inspired by multiple artists such as, Claude Cahun, Brno Del Zou and Boogie. I have produced multiple portrait photos which are all linked to the idea of ‘loss of identity’. For my photos I used Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop to produce the edits shown in my images.

I chose to represent my images in 3 different galleries including a virtual gallery (link here: https://www.artsteps.com/view/61f11565eb9c642065b2910f/?currentUser ) because I believe it is the best way to present them due to it being slightly realistic.

In the virtual gallery I decided to put more than my 4 final outcomes and chose to use a few of my favourite images from the past around the gallery.

Image Analysis:

For my first image, I was inspired by Brno Del Zou who has done many pieces of work like this one. For this photo I used Lightroom to first make the main image look good and change features such as the contrast and exposure. After deciding that the main image looked good I exported it over to photoshop and began to edit. This photo signifies that the model has many different identity’s because it is many different headshots in one.

This image is one of my favourites due to the location and surrounding area of the shot. I was slightly inspired Claude Cahun and the way she created her images. This photo could suggest the idea of ‘faded identity’ or ‘hidden identity’ because as you can see the models features aren’t visible and they seem to be fading away into the light of the room. Also, in the window you can see a fading hand that seems to be the hand of a ‘spirit’. I was inspired to do this by a 1900s photographer S. W. Fallis who has a spirit like theme in his images.

In this image I was inspired by a photographer named ‘Boogie’ who does close up headshots in black and white. I chose this as one of my ideas because I really like the way this photo can be seen in two different perspectives such as the side profile and front of the face. This photo suggests the idea of ‘chosen identity’ because you can choose how you want to view this photo.

This image was only slightly inspired by Brno Del Zou due to the cut-outs and using multiple images in one. For this I chose two very simple images that I knew would work with this edit and curt-out long rectangles on the main headshot image and placed the side profile layer behind the main layer. This photo could suggest the idea of ‘social identity’ because the model isn’t hiding any of his facial features and doesn’t care how he looks.

Unsuccessful Image:

I did not include this image into my final pieces. The idea of this image is ‘hidden identity’ because my model appears as a black shadow and shows no skin or facial features. Also it can be said that the model wants to be hidden from society due to being in an abandoned building. However, I didn’t use this image as my final piece because I don’t believe there is enough use of editing and it seems to be quite blurry.

For my third image, I went to Bouley Bay old hotel and took many photos. I went to this location because I believe derelict buildings are very good places to go to for a photoshoot because there is many things you can take photos of and many things you can do to the image when editing, such as, compare them to when the building was in use.

Firstly, I chose one of my favourite images out of 60 and exported it into lightroom to edit the images contrast, texture, exposure and changed it to black and white.

To further develop this edit I cut-out around myself and duplicated and made a layer. Then I did that another 4 times to create 4 cut-outs of myself and further develop this edit.

Next, I lined up all the cut-outs of me next to the actual image of me and thought about how I could make this image look better.

For the first cut-out I changed the opacity to 60%. For the second cut-out I changed the opacity to 40%. For the third cut-out I changed the opacity to 28%. And for the final cut-out I changed the opacity to 20% to create an effect of lack of identity due to the model slowly fading away and showing no skin.

For the final step I added a small feature of a ghost like hand pressing up against the widow to the right of the image. I did this to create a sense of darkness and evil so it can slightly confuse the viewer.

Final image:

For my first final image I chose 3 seperate images (shown <—-) that were taken from different angles that I believe would work with my idea. Then I exported the chosen images and took them over to photoshop.

Secondly, I went through the 3 images and cut out multiple rectangle and square parts that I believe would work with the main image.

Then, I gathered all the separate cut-outs and started to place them on the main image and put them in positions that I think work effectively.

After deciding where all the cut-out should be placed I played around with photoshop effects and tried to make the cut-outs work well with my main image.

I applied a stroke outline on each cut-out and made the outline a white colour and then thought it would look better if the photo was in black and white so I used the black and white adjustment.

After applying the black and white adjustment I realised that it made the image look a lot better and worked well with the cut-outs and the white stroke outline.

I believe my final image came out very well and I am happy with what I have done. This idea was inspired by the identity photographer Brno Del Zou who has made many images similar to mine.

Firstly, I chose my favourite headshot which I think would be the most effective when making the image, and exported it from lightroom into photoshop.

Next I chose another image from lightroom and made sure it was a photo of the models side profile so I can create this image effectively.

Then I used the quick selection tool to select around the models face and removed the face just so I have the outline of the side profile remaining.

Next, I got my main image and put it behind the Layer 1and positioned the face to line up perfectly with the outline of the side profile.

Finally, I changed the colour of the whole image to black and white. Also I used the paint brush and smudge tool to get rid of the rigid outline and made the side profile more smooth and realistic.

Final Image:

The idea from this image came from a Serbian photographer named Boogie. He inspired me to make the image black and white which has improve the image massively compared to colour. Also, Boogie does many portraits which are all in black and white which I believe is better than using colour.

In this post I am going to gather a few of my headshot portraits that I have taken and edit them using a few photographers as inspiration to my edits. This type of editing will be used in my final piece because I like the way black and white portraits work out.

Shirren Lim inspired edits:

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Sam Contis inspired edits:

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More black and white edits:

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