This is some of the unedited outcomes of my sublime inspired photoshoot:

I picked my most successful outcomes and divided the from the other images by x and p flagging and then filtering them out:

Using lightroom, I then began the process of editing my images:

Here are some of the edited outcomes:

Using Lightroom I changed the colouring of the images to black and white and then altered the tones and elements such as the contrast until I was happy with the outcomes.

These are some of my unedited landscape images:

On a few of these images my exposure was set too high however during the editing process I changes in Lightroom.

These are the images after being edited:

Using Lightroom and photoshop, I altered the colouring by changing some of them into black and white, adjusting the shadows and brightness, changing the exposure, contrast and vibrancy until I reached the desired effect.

Exposure bracketing is where, instead of taking a single photo, you take three or more pictures that are all exposed slightly differently. Usually one is the correct exposure, one slightly underexposed, and one slightly overexposed etc.

Exposure bracketing is a technique for making sure that you get a good exposure while you’re in a location rather than a studio. Landscape photographers sometimes refer to bracketed shots as “safety shots” due to this. Anytime you feel the scene is challenging (too many highlights or shadows) is when exposure bracketing should be used, for example, sunset images are usually better when slightly under-exposed.

To manually take bracketed exposures, set up your camera for a shot as normal. The best results occur if you’re using a tripod. As soon as you take your first shot, adjust the exposure compensation, shutter speed or ISO by one stop and take a second shot. Adjust the shutter speed or ISO two stops in the other direction and take a third. Now you should have three identical photos that are one stop underexposed, correctly exposed, and one stop overexposed.

Practising exposure bracketing

Who Is Robert Adams:

Robert Adams was an American Photographer, best known for his published book in 1974 called The New West, his landscape photos of the changing west and his affiliation with the exhibition called The New Topographics.

His Photography was influenced by the changes happening in America at the time, with the addition of man altered areas and suburban houses.

His Work:

His work featuring New Topographics was black and white photos of the changing west. The idea of his work in relation to New Topographics would feature elements from the man-made parts of our world with what was remaining of the natural parts, typically in the background to symbolise that man-made things were replacing the natural world.

This image for example, involves a gas station as the main subject. You can see elements of man-made objects being present in things like the lines and shapes, things like the big sign, poles and the building’s corners have very sharp edges and straight lines. They are manufactured and perfect. However, the mountain seen in the background appears to have a more rocky, rough-like look. It is uneven and messy. It is not manufactured and is natural.

Other elements that can be labelled and compared are:

The lighting that involves the street lights and the sky, the overall tone, the patterns in the shapes and/or the composition with the organisation of the visual elements, layout, contrast or viewpoints.

Contact sheet

This is a screenshot from a photoshoot we did in school, focussing on urban landscapes that we have previously discussed in school. This shows my editing process of the photographs I took from Havre des pas to La Collette.

Final images