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In the areas I have circled I am going to take pictures around some lanes and fields which are in St Lawrence.

The images above are taken of different lanes in Jersey.

I am going to be taking photos of natural landscapes such as fields, Lanes and woods. while trying to avoid man made objects such as houses and cars. I am also going to try and avoid capturing people in my photos up close. I am going to make 2 sets of images inspired by both Ansel Adams and Josef Schultz, Another aspect which will help determine my decision is what the weather is like, If the weather is windy and raining I will be able to capture more lively and chaotic pictures due the trees moving. On a bright day I would be able to capture more light which would differ the colour of the picture.

Ansel Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Groups, such as f/64, of photographers that advocated “pure” photography which favoured sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph and using his work to promote conservation of wilderness areas.

His images were often monochrome highlighting the beauty in the formations of the landscapes rather than just focusing on the colours present, it adds a dramatic and powerful tone to the images potentially portraying the power of mother nature and the sublime drawing attention to the beauty of the environment around us.

He came up with a technique he referred to as the zone system, the 11 zones were defined to represent the gradation of all the different tones you can see in a black and white, with zone 5 being in the middle as grey, zone 0 being pure black, and zone 10 being pure white.

Group f/64

Formed in 1932 group f/64 constituted a revolt against Pictorialism. The group is named after the smallest setting of a large-format camera diaphragm aperture that gives a nice resolution and depth of field.

Many photo historians view the group as an organized faction consisting of the first seven photographers, and view the other four photographers as associated with the group by virtue of their visual aesthetics. However, in an interview in 1997, Dody Weston Thompson said that she was invited to join. She stated that Brett Weston also considered himself a member suggesting that knowing all the members is difficult to determine due to the informality of the group’s shifting social composition during the 1930s and 1940s.

Women of the group

While not all official members of Group f/64, the female photographers showed their work in the first exhibit, each displaying their own style, journey, and place in the history of photography. 

The women of the group include:

-Imogen Cunningham

-Sonya Noskowiak 

-Alma Lavenson 

-Consuelo Kanaga 

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moody and black-and-white landscapes:

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coloured landscapes:

Here are some physical mood boards I made:

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I made these mood boards by printing off landscape images and cutting them up and gluing them all together in different compositions to show the images I am inspired by.

I went out to greve de lecq on a Saturday when it was raining and took multiple images of the sea and rocks. Ideally wanted to do nit on a sunny day but struggled as it was raining all week

First I imported my images into Lightroom classic and the I flagged the ones that I wanted to keep and edit.

Then I duplicated my images and edited them black and white them black and white.

After I edited my images that where is colour and added more vibrance and warmth to them.

These are my final images from my first photoshoot.

I feel that these two pictures are similar due to the display of the objects and the movement of water. The first image is taken by Ansel Adams and the second is from my first photoshoot .

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These are all the unedited images iv chosen from a variety of images I took. The sights here include, Greve, St. Ounes, Frige, somewhere near the East-West, and near town. My intention for the images was to capture mainly a peaceful look at first, but to also have other small aspects to the image which might be going on which is not visible at first.

I decided to edit my personal best images, increasing/decreasing contrast, whites etc. Reason being that it allows me to use the whole colour scale (in black and white), all the way from a deep black to a pure white. This is the technique Ansel Adams used, so why not try it myself.

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Here is an example. The image on the left is mine and the image on the right is Ansel Adams. Firstly in Ansel’s image he does use the whole tonal scale: so have I. Secondly he has used much more of a contrast between the black and the whites he uses: I also have but to an extent, obviously not as well as the one and only Ansel Adams. And to be honest for my first time even using a good camera, and going out to take semi-proper images, I done quit well. These two images work well together as well, if you focus on the river and where it leads you, you can see that on my image if you follow the shore line you can see the similarity of the layout. I think my image as well as Ansel Adams image that it is very balanced. It doesn’t focus on just one area of the landscape, it includes the scenery around me like the rocks, slipway, and even the shore. I like how it includes a lot but in a way where it isn’t overwhelming, there is a rough texture on the rocks close up to me and around the back of the sea, compared to the soft smooth sky and the clouds, it evens out. I also like how casual it seems, like you look at it and it seems pretty chill.

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I picked out these photos that I thought were best out of my photoshoot. I like them because I feel they best suited my standards. I also like their correlation to Ansel Adams’ work as the photos appear quite sharp and detailed, much like his work. They also feature very good contrast and overall feel very dramatic. I like the shading the clouds have in combination to the sun, it creates a warm and happy feeling.

photo shoot one:

When? Midday/ dusk

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photoshoot two:

when? midday/ dusk

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