For this photoshoot I tried to focus more on the romanticism style of work where they often had the paintings including the sea and nature.
Editing Process
For this photoshoot I tried HDR image merging where you set your camera so the exposure will change each photo you take so the first image will be under exposed then normal/neutral and the last one will be over exposed. So then later in photoshop you select all three images and merge the three together so it creates this new image.
First version of images
The image beneath I think was one of my most successful due to the interesting position of the focal point. On that image you find that the cliffs are curving around the image which I find adds more dimension to the image but also it makes the photo stand out compared to the rest of my photos as the others just tend to have the focal point in one half of third of the image.
overall I’m really happy with how this photoshoot came out I think all the images capture some of the essence of romanticism paintings with having these beautiful landscapes of the natural coast and also the sea which is commonly used in original romanticism paintings.
second version of images
In the first edit I had the in colour which works well with romanticism however I I edited these more in the style of Ansel Adams by turning the images into black and white and then increasing the contrast and the level of the colours while they were in black and white so that certain colours turned out darker and others light like the system below.
I think that these edits are a lot more interesting than the first ones because they have that dramatic aspect and effect to them now. These images all have lots of the different zones from the zone system Ansel Adams used which creates this amazing detail which you may not have been able to see before due to maybe the colours being too similar but in black and white they really stand out.
I think this image above might be my favourite with this style of editing as it really reminds me of Ansel Adams work with the darker sky still with the lighter areas which gives it more texture and detail. However it also works really well with romanticism with the sea which was a common thing to be painted but with the lighthouse and the rocks surrounding it makes it more unique. I also think the sharp darker line from where the sea and the sky meet creates this mazing and contrast between the two elements.