Not edited:
I like the dynamic of the original image, with the focal point being the buoys, so i decided to not do a lot to the image.
Editing:
I just edited basic things such as the contrast, highlights, sharpening and texture of the image.
Outcome:
not edited:
This is the original image I took. The photo, when uploaded, came out very dark; this is because it was dark outside and I had the ISO on a low setting.
editing:
After adjusting the exposure and contrast, brightening the image, I decided to experiment with the colours within the image. I increased the saturation of the colour aqua and red to emphasise the colours of the car in the background. As it was just after sunset when i took this image, i lightened the sky; this gives the image some contrast: The natural light from the sky, against the street lights around the image as it’s dark outside.
outcome:
original:
I decided to experiment with the colours in this image, adjusting the hue, saturation, luminance, highlights and shadows of every colour.
I like these as they contradict the original colours of the original image and the original colour of a ‘twix’. Although they are different to the original colour of the image, it isn’t too obvious, this is because the negative space in the image hasn’t significantly changed.
After editing the image, I decided to crop it. I did this so the rubbish wrapper was the centre of the image; creating an obvious focal point. Also, so the bottom and top part of the image were similar in size making the image even.
the process of how i created these images are on a previous blog post
i then drag the selected section onto the black and white image and align it up
photo shoot one:
in all of the images below, i enhanced all of them by using light room.
my second photo shoot didn’t come out well and I am not happy with the results therefore, I am not posting them.
WHERE? Fort Regent Hill, and the Roundabout by the Finance buildings on Pier Road.
WHAT? I decided to base this project on light/ car pollution.
WHEN? we decided to do this photo shoot during rush hour in the week in order to get images with the most amount of cars in. We also had to wait for the sun to set for around 5:30pm to gain the highest quality images for the lights.
HOW? To create a light trail, i kept my IOS as low as possible, changed my shutter speed to around 60 seconds long, and finally, i changed my aperture to around F/16.
not edited:
This is the original photo I took. It is very bland and not particularly even. The colours and tones of the image are boring and very dark; nothing stands out.
However, I was drawn to the left side of the image as it creates a perspective distortion, so I decided to crop the right side of the image out a lot to move the focus of the image to the wall and ocean in the distance:
editing:
I turned the ‘warmth’ of the image up and increased the saturation of the yellow, orange and red in the image. I like that the image now looks tea-stained. I edited a ‘grain’ effect into the image, this creates the illusion that the image is old, it has a vintage look to it.
I was inspired by Gustave Le Gray with this image. His images are always very grainy and yellow toned.
outcome:
Since this first mind map and mood board, I have decided to change my ideas. I was originally going to photograph plastic pollution, however, decided to go against that idea and do a photoshoot on car light pollution. I thought this would fit the theme of Anthropocene well as it focuses on how the world has been altered through human impact. and due to the vast amount of people who drive cars enabling toxic fumes to be released into the air impacting on wild life i thought i would be able to capture this.
The work of a British photographer known only as MSH* manages to capture the frenetic energy of London, he uses a slow shutter speed to create photos from a low down view point to make you feel like you are apart of he image.
here are a few of his images that he has created using slow shutter speed/ long exposure.
on the left are the photos that i have taken, and on the right is an images that MSH* has taken
Jersey has been a leading international finance centre (IFC) for more than six decades. This might be because it is a tax free environment, therefore lots of people decide to move here to become part of the financial industry.
The jersey finance website claims they have over £131.4 billion in deposits. But due to the huge and growing tax-free financial industry, are they putting any of this money forward to help the environment?
Instead they are putting in money to expand the industry by building more offices in different locations, taking away from the environment and industrializing more areas.
Below is a time line posted on their website of their expansion:
2001: Jersey Finance was founded to promote Jersey as an international finance centre globally.
2009: Jersey Finance opened an office in Hong Kong and Jersey companies became able to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
2018 : Jersey Finance became the first international finance centre to set up an office in the Dubai International Finance Centre.
The Anthropocene is a 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.
The Anthropocene Project
The Anthropocene Project is a multidisciplinary body of work by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier, combining fine art photography, film, virtual reality, augmented reality, and scientific research to investigate human influence on the state, dynamic, and future of the Earth. The Anthropocene is an informal geologic chronological term that serves to mark the evidence and extent of human activities that have had a significant global impact on the Earth’s ecosystems.
Edward Burtynsky
Edward Burtynsky (born February 22, 1955) is a Canadian photographer and artist known for his large format photographs of industrial landscapes. His works depict locations from around the world that represent the increasing development of industrialization and its impacts on nature and the human existence. It is most often connected to the philosophical concept of the sublime. His photos capture the changes made to the environment and the things that are destroying it. His style of photography is characterised by the sublime nature of the scale of his photographs. Burtynksy worked with Jennifer Baichwal to create a documentary about Anthropocene in 2018. Burtynsky is considered one of the world’s most accomplished contemporary photographers.
Rut Blees Luxemberg
Rut Blees Luxemburg (born 1967) is a German-born British photographer. Her technique is to take photographs at night, mostly exploring the urban landscape. She is a Tutor at the Royal College of Art. In 2020, Luxemburg was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society, Bristol. Her work ranges from large-scale photographic prints, through public art works and operatic mise-en-scène. She mainly photographs at night, using long exposures which allow her to use the ambient light of the city . Her poetic images are recognisable through their contemplative, considered and atmospheric tone.
