Overall, I feel the images I produced whilst making this project are amongst my best due to the range in colour & lighting that provided unique perspectives for each image – for example in my first photoshoot, all my final images were taken with the same coloured artificial lighting, however all had different outcomes – some darker, some more shaky and some with elements of yellow, pink and orange seeping into the corners of the image, which I really liked as it represents each of my artist references well yet still combines my own idea of photography. I am also really satisfied with the outcome of the second photoshoot – I think the use of natural lighting provides a good contrast from my other photoshoot and shows I have range and flexibility in my work – I also really like how the lighting rests on the figures in my images, whether it is fully covering them like the figure in the image above, or if it only illuminates a section of their face – either way this vibrant burst of golden lighting catches the viewers eye and overall makes the image more interesting to observe. If I could go back and redo this project, my only note would to be to take more photos in different locations with different colours other than red / orange / yellow. Although I did do this in my first photoshoot, my purple & blue images unfortunately did not have the outcome I wanted and were either too blurry or did not have enough areas of different tones whereas the images I did end up using were much more visually pleasing. I would also make more use of the natural lighting element and capture photos on bleaker days where there is less colour, as even though it doesn’t relate to my project idea as well, I still find the idea of bleaker lighting e.g sky on a cloudy day interesting as there is still beauty in the element of natural lighting. I felt in my project i also took note of my artist references well and my inspirations clearly reflected onto my work, for example my ‘shaky’ images from photoshoot 1 show Vinca Petersen’s chaotic style and how it has effected my work, and the red / orange colour scheme shows the inspiration Nan Goldin’s work has had mine, as the use of red in her work represents intimacy and strong emotion and I feel I replicated that to the best of my extent. I conclusion i feel although i could have produced more images with the time I was given, I am still very satisfied with the outcome of my project.

My second idea for a possible final presentation was to make a small zine to showcase my work using InDesign. However, i only chose a select few final images to work with and did not feel like adding more to lengthen the zine, so will probably choose to frame up my images instead and display them on a board. Nonetheless, I still wanted to experiment with a zine to show range within my work and generate possible future presentation ideas for other projects.

I chose this image as my front cover as it is one of two portrait images i took and I feel this one is the better of the two due to its bolder, more vibrant colours and figure placed in the middle to provide a primary viewpoint. I also made the background of all my pages black as I wanted to mute the background colour and have the focus solely on my images.

I made the next two pages landscape to better fit their format and placed the two darkest images from this shoot next to each other as their colours complimented each other well.

I didn’t want to mix my images from each photoshoot whilst producing the zine as I wanted to show the distinct difference between images taken with artificial vs. natural lighting. I placed these two next to each other as I think the first transitions nicely into the second as the lighting gradually grows lighter and more yellow-toned as the image progresses.

I chose to display these images together as I think they both have a unique perspective and the contrast between the figures in image 1 facing towards the camera vs. the figures in image 2 both turned away show a good contrast between the insider vs. outsider perspective I attempted to convey in my work.

Like the first slide, I chose to present my final image in portrait mode, using a photo from my first shoot to match my front cover. Although I like the final presentation of my zine, I still think I would rather present my images up on a board instead as I feel it is a cleaner presentation and makes each photo more defined and more interesting to look at.

Designing the layout –

Sequencing –

To begin the process of designing my photobook I started off by printing out my images into smaller versions and lying them all out on a sheet of white paper, this allowed me to clearly see what images I had and what may work well together. This can be seen through the photo underneath where I organised the photos in to pairs of what looked well together and what worked well by itself, this would help me later on when putting the photos in to Lightroom and deciding how they look next to one another. Finally to complete this process so that I was able to move on to bringing the layout in to Lightroom, I put the photos in a specific order of how I would like them to appear. Therefore, I am happy with the layout which I have chosen to experiment with in Lightroom as I think that the photos flow nicely in to one another due to the use of shapes and colours which are continued thorughout.

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The layout in Lightroom –

Layouts for page spreads that I have used –

Front cover experiments –

Title experiments –

Above, are the different experiments which I carried out when deciding on the placement of my title ‘The shadowed reflection’, I decided that it looked best in the middle of the page using the Baskerville old face font in size 28.5 in white as it stood out well amongst the cover page. I also decided to add my name on the back cover on the left hand side in the lower corner in a smaller font size of 22, this is because I didn’t want it to distract anybody from the main photo of the front cover.

Here I have a presentation of my virtual gallery. I really liked how these images turned out as I believe they were able to present exactly what I was trying to portray with both my area of study and the theme of “complex”. I wanted to articulate a complex looking exterior of Berlin, showing off all the graffiti and bunkers and buildings and also the interior of them, but I was also wanting to capture a complex meaning behind the images as well in the sense that the majority of these photographs taken were clear indications about the war and the aftermath of the event itself. I wanted to showcase what Berlin looks like nowadays in the modern reality as to present the growth of the city and society.

I like the way I placed my images together as I believe I arranged them in a sense that makes sense and allowing for each image to compliment each other nicely. I didn’t want to pair up loads of harsh images together so I placed in some softer ones with lighter tones as to break it up slightly.

Process behind making the virtual gallery

For my virtual gallery, I started off by selecting an empty of an empty gallery from the internet and opened it up in photoshop. Once I did this I inserted the images I wanted to display together and arranged them in an order that I liked the most. Once I arranged them

Adding a drop shadow to my images:

Here I have shown the process behind how to add a drop shadow to my images. Including a drop shadow makes the image appear more 3D and like it is actually framed within a gallery.

Image Selection

Below I have created a gallery with some of the images I will be using throughout my photobook, this is show all of the different kind of photographs I will be using in my book. I have chosen to use landscapes images (which include flowers, roads and trees), portrait images (of my dog and brother) and a few images from inside my house, including my room and living area. These are from the 2 different photoshoot I conducted, however I didn’t have any successful photographs of my dad to include in this project and this is why he is not featured in my book.

I did struggle with the lack of images I had, as I only selected 30 to use, and only used 18 in my photobook, this was because some of my images just did not link together (too random to link to my project) or were not of high enough quality to be featured in my book, this meant that I hard to consider the layout of my photobook a lot more, as many images were not the correct tones to be placed next to each other.

Photobook Specification: Throughout my photobook I will be exploring how the strength of me and my brother’s relationship has growth overtime, and how our parents separating has made us closer, this photobook is very important to me and I would like this to be the best work I have produced so far. I like how this project is so personal to me and how this is so different from my coursework projects.

Process

To create my photobook, I created a collection in Lightroom, which after clicking the ‘Book’ button allows for this setup below to appear, this allows for images that are in your final images collection to simply be dragged up into the spaces, there are also functions which allow for boarders to be larger to appear at all, and for also double page spread to be created, which is best for short and wide images.

The meaning behind the title ‘Fountain Lane’ is the fact that this is the main road me and my brother used to use frequently to walk to my dads house. This provides the first sight of the book with more meaning, and will make some people ask more questions regarding the relevance of the book title.

Whilst designing my photobook, I had to create a lot of creative decisions, mostly regarding my images and which would look best next to each other. This meant that the tones within the image had to be similar, for example a yellow toned image could not sit next to a monochromatic one. Overall. I really liked the designing my photobook process as it allowed for me to look through all of my images and establish which of them were the best outcomes I had ever created, this is because this was our final chance to show all the types of work we could produce, this is the reason why I decided to experiment with portraiture; to take a risk with this final/ personal study. In my opinion, not a large amount of my portraits turned out to be really good, however, I did enjoy doing something different to landscapes and showcasing that any kind of photography can be successful.

I have tried to create balance within my photobook through using multiple double page spreads, these are normally formatted with the most successful shots from the photoshoots, and I think this action shot above is one of the best I took throughout my second photoshoot. I have placed the image so that when the book comes, the only missing part (because of the fold in the middle of the book) will be the some of the top end of the stick. The problem with many double page spreads is that the middle section of the image is missed out because of the fold in the page, and this can hinder the successfulness of some of the best photos taken in shoots, I really like my photobook overall and believe that it is my best work.

Experimentation with Colour

Below I have changed the background of some pages of my photobook, this is an attempt to create more uniqueness throughout my photobook, in the end I may decide that all backgrounds look better with a white background, however I would like to take time to experiment in order to make sure that my photobook is the most advanced it can get.

My aim when selecting blue here was to match with the blue background, however, I think this wasn’t very successful as the blue just blends in with the sky on the right side. Additionally, in my opinion blue is too much of a harsh colour to put as a background.

To match with the tree on the right hand side, I thought that green would be the best colour to match with the original image, I do like the green I just think its a bit too much for the photobook as I can appear quite bright.

For these pages, I have selected the colour purple as on the right there is an image of my mums flowers, and to link to this I decided that purple was the best idea as this is her favourite colour too. I really like how it matches somewhat with the flowers themselves, however it doesn’t match with the left hand side photograph.

Analysis: The pink colour background above, in my opinion, is my only successful outcome of using colour backgrounds out of every colour I have experimented with, this is because it matches the best with the image on the left itself. For my future photobook I will be only using white pages as I think this helps keeps the balances throughout my whole project.

MOCK UP

Evaluation:

Overall I am happy with the outcome of my Final photography project, The main theme of the project was Simple / complex photography. My aim was to take Photographs of architecture and street photography in London, capturing the busy city. I took photos in several locations including Covent garden, Regent street, Oxford street and Piccadilly circus. In total I took 256 photos and used Lightroom classic to pick photos I want to edit and discard the other photos that I felt had no potential to be in my photo book as they came out blurry or weren’t as good as the rest. After selecting the Images I wanted to be used I then went on to do some basic editing on Lightroom classic and grouped them as ‘coloured photos’ , ‘Black and white photos’ and ‘film photos’ which I wanted those photos too seem like they were taken on a disposable film camera to see weather or not I would use them in the photo book and I liked the outcome of them so I put them in two pages. Then I decided to make a mock of my photo book on Lightroom classic to decide the layout of it.

My main source of inspiration for this project was Saul Leiter, a renowned American photographer and painter who was instrumental in establishing the New York School of Photography in the 1940s and ’50s. His striking images of city life in New York served as a guiding force as I set out to capture the essence of London’s urban landscape.

Over the course of the project, I took a total of 256 photos, carefully selecting the most promising ones to be featured in my photo book. Using Lightroom Classic, I refined my selection by editing each image and organizing them into categories such as ‘coloured photos,’ ‘black and white photos,’ and ‘film photos.’ I even experimented with creating images in black and white while retaining a single object’s colour as a focal point, such as the iconic red buses that traverse London’s streets.

After finalising my selection and arranging them in a mock-up of my photo book on Lightroom Classic, I am pleased with the overall layout and design. Through this project, I not only developed my technical skills but also discovered new ways to see and capture the world around me.

These are a handful of images that i edited using lightroom.

My favorite edits-

These are my favourite edits as i feel they portray my artists well and match their way of photographing. I like the lighting as it compliments the main feature of the image. The use of black and white in some of these distracts the colouring of the image and focuses mainly on the object and posing.

After finishing all of my images, I decided to make a virtual gallery, placing my images on a scale I would not usually be able to achieve. This was simple and easy to do using an online program called Artsteps.

thought about how my images worked together, and alternated between triptychs, diptychs and single images. I grouped images up based on their colours and composition in order to create an interesting layout.

Overall I am very happy with my virtual gallery and feel that it shows off my images really well, without some of the distortions from the real life prints. Perhaps I could have added more but due to time constraints I felt it would be best to focus on mounting up my physical prints.

For my first photoshoot I took photographs around areas of St. Helier, from a bus journey . The weather during this photoshoot was cloudy and went from midday to afternoon t. I believe the time of day and the weather made these photos come out very effective, and contrasted well with the subjects I was photographing.

From photoshoot 1 I captured 100 photographs, I used the pick, reject flagging system on Adobe Lightroom to select my favourite images. From using this system I came up with 50 images which were my favourite from this photoshoot.

i then narrowed them down more using the star rating giving my best 5 stars which i would edit

i then used colour filtering to pick out which ones i would use in a sequence for final prints

i decided to brighten them up changing exposure, contrast and the black and whites to try create more vibrancy in the image

overall i was pretty happy with how this first photoshoot turn’t out a lot of my images came out in not the best quality but will help me to improve them for my next photoshoot but still managed to get some i liked out of so overall was a good photoshoot for me