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Lightroom editing:

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Photoshop editing:

I’ve manipulated 2 of my images so that the pool of water is bigger because the bush was in the way.

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Experimentational Editing:

To get the final image seen above I cut out sections of the same image in black and white and layered them on top of the original image to represent what was there from when they started the quarry in the 1930s.

I combined images of Ronez quarry over the years to show how it has changed and had an effect on the landscape surrounding it.

HOW DID I PLAN THIS PROJECT?

I planned this project By looking at how single use, disposable vapes as they can be bad for the environment in different ways. Since they are a type of single use plastic they can only be used once which contributes to litter and pollution. They also carry lithium batteries that are not always recyclable, which can also contribute to the pollution aspect. The plastic that these types of vapes are made of can take hundreds of years to decompose fully and yet still will have microplastics leftover. Over the last few years when these types of vapes have gained popularity it is also very common to see them end up on the roads, beaches and pavements. The vapor that comes out of these vapes can also contribute to air pollution due to the particles and chemicals that they let out.

PHOTOSHOOT AND EDITING:

I did my photoshoot in the studio in school as i felt that it had the best lighting for my type of shoot. I placed my images out on a product table and an infinity curve. I felt that the infinity curve helped show the detail of my images due to the look of it being consistently white. For my portraits I used a tripod so my camera didn’t move while I was taking the pictures. I also made them sit on a chair so I could figure out what the best angles would be. I edited all of my pictures on photoshop as Lightroom wasn’t working. For most of my images I played around with the colours, saturation, exposure and multiple other things. on a few of my pictures I also added frames around them to give them more of an eary look to them.

WHAT WENT WELL/WRONG IN THIS PROJECT?

Lightroom wasn’t working on my computer so I wasted a lot of my time trying to get it set up. I also found it more challenging using only photoshop and I am more used to Lightroom’s set up. I also wish I would of taken some picture outside in the natural light which would of given me a bigger variety of images, However I think that the pictures that I took in the studio turned out really well and I was pleased with the result of them.

HOW MY IMAGES RELATED TO MANDY BARKER

My images related to Mandy barkers as we both laid out single use plastics which highlight the harmful affects that they have on the environment. Even though Barker focused more on plastic debris in the oceans where I focused on land pollution, I can definitely see some similarities between our pieces. Barker was my main inspiration for this project so I am happy with the way my images turned out.

Barkers image

My image

Barkers image

My image

The image below was my original image

On photoshop I turned the image black and white by using this tool from adjustments.

Then I opened different frames from the folder and experimented with different ones.

For the images below I dragged them together and created the picture of the objects as a background for the portrait.

I also used adjustments to change the saturation and different tones of the image. This helps highlight the areas of the image I like and are the focal point.

I thought that this image would look cool as a kaleidoscope

So I duplicated my image and then inverted it on photoshop. Then I merged the images together so there was no gap between them.

For my final images I created a virtual gallery to see what they would look like in an exhibition. To create this gallery I used the website www.artsteps.com. This allowed me to choose a space/room to add my images to to make it look realistic. Firstly, I chose the gallery that I wish to use, in this case I used ‘the loft’.

After that I then added my images into the gallery by clicking add image and dropped it into the space from my folder.

I repeated this process with all of my images adding them to different places in the gallery. Overall I think that the gallery is a very effective way of presenting my images as it allows me to see what they would look like as well as see how I could improve them next time.

Eventually I went down to the Dump, and decided to take some images, sadly they didn’t allow me onto the “primacies” as they do not allow pictures, but they couldn’t stop me from taking pictures outside of the area.

In general I like the variety of colours shown in the images, they show straight forward intention towards objects, or have a wide angle view to show the surroundings of wrecked carnage everywhere. Furthermore there are a good use of lines in the images, which aren’t too eye catching but are still noticeable and work well with the placing of the image, which includes the skies are top and context at the bottom.

Now that was just to show people what happens at the dump. My main Idea was to do with cigarette buds, as people don’t think about them much but at the same time, they are litter, and are found almost everywhere.

Anthropocene = “proposed geological epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on Earth’s geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change.”

Anthropocene, coming from the Greek terms for human (‘anthropo’) and new (‘cene’), is the time period where humans have had a catastrophic impact on the planet. Many things can represent Anthropocene: pollution, plastics, overcrowding, global warming, etc. In the past 11,500 years, humans have built a technological empire which is slowly killing the planet. It is argued that Anthropocene started at the beginning of the industrial revolution where the first fossil fuel economy was created. Some argue Anthropocene started when humans started farming and even some believe it dawned in the 1950s when humans let radioactive elements into the atmosphere after using nuclear weapons. Despite this argument, the thing that matters most is bring light onto what is happening to the planet and what we can do to prevent the worst happening and help save our home.

Anthropocene photography can come in the form of showing the devastating affects of humans/the impact on the environment, or showing off what we already have. Many people take for granted the beauty of what we have on this planet and cant see how we are ruining all the wonders we have.

Mood board

Mind map

Contact sheet

Images

Technical

Lighting: Artificial

Aperture: 18-55 mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens

Technical

Lighting: Artificial

Aperture: 18-55 mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens

Technical

Lighting: Artificial

Aperture: 18-55 mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens

Gustave Le Gray

Gustave Le Gray is known as the most important French photographer of the nineteenth century because of his technical innovations in the still new medium of photography, his role as the teacher of other noted photographers, and the extraordinary imagination he brought to picture making.

All of Gustave Le Gray’s image have a vintage theme to them. He uses a grainy effect and the colours in his images consist of tonal yellows, slightly burnt orange and brown. His images appear to be black in areas, however, when you closely analyse the image it is actually dark browns.

I tried to base this image off of Gustave Le Gray’s work. I edited in the grain and I adjusted the tones and colours of it to create the tea- stained look. I really like the style of his work, that’s why I attempted to project it onto mine. I feel I achieved this and was left with a strong final image.

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editing:

In this image, I just did a simple edit in Lightroom. I made the image brighter, increasing the ‘whites’. I also experimented with the colours and saturation of the image; creating the tones of blue in the outcome.

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outcome:

This image is very similar to the image above. I basically edited it in the same way, however, instead of increasing the cool colours in the image, I decided to experiment with the warmer colours. I prefer this image in contrast to the other image as it appears lighter but warmer.