These were the best images from photoshoot 5 before editing. I took these photos down at St Ouen’s Bay whilst my dad went surfing. The lens I used to take them is obviously not meant for this kind of long-distance photography which is why a lot of this shoot wasn’t usable and there were only 14 relatively successful pictures. There was also a lack of light at this time as the sun was setting and there was also a thick layer of cloud and this caused the resolution to suffer a bit. I want to go back out soon to take better pictures in the light.

For this shoot, I needed to use a combination of techniques to ensure that the blandness of the weather and light was either masked or amplified to create a more dramatic image. Therefore, I explored this technique of decreasing the temperature and exposure to make the bright blue graphic effect.

I also made some black and white, but made sure not to always do this because it can become boring if the images are all relatively repetitive. I then increased contrast and exposure.

I then began to explore a more natural lowering of the temperature, which created a nostalgic blue tinge that, when combined with a slight vignette and increased texture, appears film-like.

I edited the below portrait to be more natural and documentary style so that it would appear like an environmental portrait. I increased the exposure slightly as the original was very dark. I also increased contrast to show definition.

Here, I experimented with the opposite technique as before, where I increased temperature instead of decreasing it. I like the effect this has as it also seems quite nostalgic as it is reminiscent of sepia, but with a slightly more vivid tone.

Photoshoot 6, however, was a lot more successful as the light was better, the colours were brighter, and the visibility was clearer. This means that I have a lot more images from this shoot and I am generally very happy with these. Below are the photos I selected to edit.

I copied and pasted these edits on to this photo too.