Photoshoot plan:
To create photos inspired by Walker Evans I will be using tools as his photography of tools has inspired my to do so. I will use a manual camera setting to take the photos along with my own set up of a white card background to achieve a clear background similar to the one in Evans’ photography.
For my single object photoshoot I experimented with different coloured gels for the background of my photos in addition to the plain white background.
Best photos:
Editing:
To edit this photo I began by changing the WB so that the photo was more of a neutral tone. I also reduced the exposure as the photo was slightly over exposed. I then saved this as a pre-set to use on the rest of my photos.
I found this photo to be slightly too blurry so I increased the sharpness. This helped to make the photo less blurry as it sharpened the lines.
I applied the pre-set to the photo and I also cropped and rotated it slightly so that it was level.
I also applied the pre-set to this photo however I found that it was slightly on the cooler tone rather than a neutral one so I adjusted the temperature on the white balance.
To complete this edit I then rotated it so that the fork was exactly in the centre of the photo. This is my favourite photo as I like the way that the highlights hit the fork in the different areas.
I chose not to use the pre-set for this photo as it didn’t look good so instead I edited it by making the photo warmer toned as it was too cool and putting the contrast to the highest level as I found the photo a bit bury.
My final set of images
I chose to use these as my final set of images. I chose to set it out in this was as it is an example of typology photography. I used these three photos as they were my best and clearest ones. I edited each separately to enhance the quality and make them clearer and sharper so that the final product would be good quality. I chose to place the fork in the center as the background is slightly darker in comparison to the two other photos, the object used in that photo is also thinner than the others therefore placing it on the side would most likely take the focus away from it as it doesn’t stand out as much.
Typology Photography: A photographic typology is a single photograph or more commonly a body of photographic work, that shares a high level of consistency. This consistency is usually found within the subjects, environment, photographic process, and presentation or direction of the subject.
This is an example of typology as all the objects in the photo grid share a common aspect, they are all cameras.