These are the camera settings I used for this photoshoot:

I also switched to the landscape setting and pressed the cloud option for the white balance. I ensured that I stuck to an ISO of 100, and had the Aperture between f/11 to f/16.

I also needed to remember to:

• Keep my foreground and background sharp
• Capture the foreground details
• Straightened my horizons
• Don’t shoot everything at eye level, use different angles
• Pick the right time of day

HDR Images.– Exposure Bracketing

HDR IMAGE 1:

HDR IMAGE 2:

I attempted 2 different exposure bracketing images. After adjusting my camera settings (using the exposure compensation dial, and turning it to -1, take a photo, turn it to 0, take a photo, and then set it to +1 and take the third photo). I then imported them into Lightroom and merged them together to create the images. I then repeated this process once again. To improve this, next time I need to take a burst of 3 photos at once instead of needing to click it 3 separate times, this is because the camera is likely to move and change position slightly within the time it takes to press the button.

Best Images+ Edits.

These are my two favourite photos I took for this photoshoot. I like the first photo because of the angle facing upwards, and how the sky is blue with the sun is shining on the metal. It is also showing the vast industrial structures, which show the great power that they generate. To improve it, next time I would like the sky to be more cloudy and grey to also replicate a more morbid and dark approach to my photos.

I also like the second image because it is demonstrating the divide between the urban landscape and the natural landscape. They are facing each other and this photo captures how beautiful the natural mountain is compared to the rusty and dirty machinery and how it possibly ruins the landscape by showing the replacement of natural earth, to urbanised cars, buildings and machinery. I also like the deadpan approach in this image and how is is showing the straightforward angle which gives a ‘raw’ image feeling. To improve next time I should attempt to time the photograph as to when there is no cars driving past, I also would have taken it at a more straight on and direct angle and be aware of my camera slightly slanting to one side.

My Favourite Edited Images.

For this Havre Des Pas photoshoot, I decided to capture both natural and urbanised landscapes. I began with the beach an its natural beauty, these photos capture the sea, sand and rocks and demonstrate the natural landscapes of Jersey. My photos then progress from the original landscapes that exists before it is acted upon by human culture and into an urbanised landscape and how the action of man has such a huge consequence of the development on the territory, as a whole. I particularly like photos of the machinery and how the metal glistens in the sun, I think small effects like this create beauty even though they cause such destruction. Throughout Jersey the growth of local industries including agriculture,
tourism, and financial services has helped grow the population of the Island. However, Urban areas are major contributors to climate change, they are responsible for 71 to 76 per cent of CO2 emissions from global final energy use. I decided to focus on highlighting the beauty and amazing modernisation of technology, but also highlighting how much money, climate change, sacrifices and landscape loss goes into the industrialisation of Jersey.

Black and White Images.

I also decided to create some black and white images from this photoshoot. This is to create a slightly more meaningful and morbid affect to the images when photographing Jersey’s landscapes and how they have been replaced with machinery. This ties into New Topographics as many of the photographers took black and white prints.

I also created virtual galleries to display my favourite photos in both black and white and colour, however, to improve I would like my photos to be a slightly better quality, this will help me to see them displayed better.