For this photoshoot, I would like to capture areas of Krakow that obviously showcase monuments and buildings that were created by German occupants. An example of an area that I am going to photograph is mainly Auschwitz as it was a German run concentration camp which was incredibly devastating for many people during and after this time. I would also like to capture some aspects of Krakow’s urban landscape to capture what the city looks like after the math of war.
Contact sheets:
Here I have a selection of photos that I took from my photoshoot and I went down the route of flagging and rejected which ones I liked and disliked. In order to do this, I pressed P to pick which images I wanted to use for my final piece and then pressed X to reject the ones I didn’t want to include in my final layout.
Successful photographs:
Here I have a selection of my my flagged images that I am going to be going through to pick out which images I would like to include in my final outcomes.
Unsuccessful photographs:
Here I have a range of images that I took throughout my photoshoot which I will not be including in my final outcomes. I didn’t think they fit the brief of what I was going for so I claimed these to be unsuccessful and won’t be using them in the end.
Colour coded and star rated:
After carrying out my selection process, I started colour coding my flagged images into the categories of green, yellow and red. I wanted to then star rate my images by having 5 star rated images as being definite ones to use, 4 stars as ones I will also use, 3 stars as ones to possibly use, and 2 and below are images I won’t be using for my final layout.
Green:
Here I have a selection of images that I have star rated and colour coded to green which I am going to use as my definite photos for my final outcomes. I particularly liked how these turned out as I believe they are able to showcase what I am going for with the given theme of ‘complex’ and also my choice of study.
Yellow:
These are my selected images that I am unsure of using but might still consider including in my final outcome. I wanted to only chose a few of them from this selection as to not have too many final images.
Red:
Finally I have my red color coded images that I will not be using, I feel that these images don’t fit within the theme I am going for or that these are good enough images to include in my final outcomes.
Best images before editing:
— Editing —
Below I have some examples of photographs that I have edited, showcasing both the before and after side by side so that I could really show the changes I have made.
My intentions with these images was to make them appear more dramatic than they are in reality. The first image was taken whilst at Auschwitz which in reality is incredibly devastating but I wanted to make the image more ominous and eerie by stripping the image of all its colour.
Here I have another example of a photograph I took at Auschwitz. I once again wanted to make it black and white as to make it appear way more devastating and to also make it somewhat similar to the old photographs taken back when the concentration camp was being operated by the Germans.
Photos after editing:
Final outcomes, Analysis and Critique
I have selected this as my first image as I wanted to start off by presenting a very impactful image. The barbed wire and the buildings that were used to kill off several Jews during the German occupation creates a truly saddening display. I wanted to allow for this image to make it clear that these events should never occur again as they are one of the most upsetting events to have occurred within history. I think the use of making the image black and white once again takes out all the life from within the image and also creates a very similar image to that of the old time ones.
I have placed these images together as I believe they all compliment each-other nicely and are all from within the location of Auschwitz, all showing different perspectives of the location and showing a range of areas that was present from within the facility.