For this photoshoot we went for a walk from Havre Des Pas to the energy station. I took photos of textures and the environment. I went into the photoshoot knowing will want some panorama photos (will merge them in lightroom), so went to wide open spaces and took photos of the vast beach landscape. I tried to find interesting perspectives and objects to take photos of (e.g. using a worms eye view). I used a high f-stop to get more detail in every photo (foreground and background with be in focus). It was a cloudy day so I wouldn’t need to worry about the dynamic range of the photo, so I didn’t use the HDR method. I also used a low ISO level, but not too low as I did not have a tripod. I used the aperture priory setting in my camera so I can change the focal length, I kept it quite high for this to allow more focus in a larger range.

Above is the route I took, I went down a few more robust areas with less people and 60-90s architecture. Here are a few of my strongest photos, with the editing process.

photos 1

I didn’t edit this photo too much, only adding a B&W setting, with increased contrast, decreased highlights and whites, and increased texture. This was done to add a bit more depth to the image without making it too exciting as many of Robert Adams photos where ‘dead pan’, with little interest to most of them with a first look. The 3 main building’s in this image have very different architecture, making the final image look more ‘ugly’ and less pleasing to the eye. The building in the back especially draws the viewers eyes as its been built with little care and inspiration, only being made for its purpose.

Here is a picture of the power station, with leading lines from the pebbled road towards it. For editing these 2 photos, I didn’t do much except increase the contrast and decreased the whites , to make the clouds more visible. Since I was getting a lot of my reference from Robert Adams, who has a deadpan effect on lots of his images to show the ‘truth’, I didn’t want to make the image too dramatic.

Photo 2

Above I was inspired by Bernd and Hilla Becher’s photos, like the one below. They where well known for there topology photos and creating a form of photography arranged by type that, through repetition, encourages viewers to engage deeply with the formal qualities of the subject matter. Bernd and Hilla Becher aspired to direct the audience’s attention away from the photograph, emphasizing the content rather than light, perspective, or other artistic choices. So for these photos, I repeatedly took photos of a large tank, at different angles.

Other strong photos:

What is Romanticism ?

Romanticism is attitudes, ideals, and feelings which are romantic rather than realistic. Romantics celebrated the spontaneity, imagination, and the purity of nature. Along with these elements it also included a deep feeling of emotion as an authentic source of experience which put new emphasis on emotions such as apprehension, horror and terror, and awe.

when did romanticism come about and what was going on in the time?

The Romantic Period began roughly around 1798 and lasted until 1837. in 1789-1799 the french revolution took place followed by the napoleon war in 1815. romanticism emerged as a response to the disillusionment with the Enlightenment values of reason and order in the aftermath of the French Revolution of 1789.

The Enlightenment ,is a philosophical movement that dominated in Europe during the 18th century, was centered around the idea that reason is the primary source of authority and legitimacy, and advocated such ideals as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state to create a sense of free will. This also inspired the romanticism art to start.

romanticism and the sublime is like a rebellion of the heart against the head

what are characteristics of romanticism.

what does sublime mean?

sublime is the quality of greatness, sublime is like extraordinary or glorious. Romanticism artist try to use the sublime because it increases emotional depth in the art, and could even create a juxtaposition. the sublime shows that we are so small and inferior to these natural landscapes and it is emphasised ny the darkness and the comparison between the light.

Landscape art in the early 19th century was guided by two rival concepts: the picturesque, which emphasized touristic pleasures and visual delight, and the sublime, an aesthetic category rooted in notions of fear and danger.

what did edmund burke think was the ruling principle of the sublime?

 “and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror.” Here Burke makes the shocking and innovative observation that the sublime is in fact an important aesthetic category because of the terror

what is landscape photography?

Landscape photography is a broad genre that encompasses many different styles and techniques. Some photographers prefer to capture sweeping panoramas that showcase the scale of the natural world, while others focus on intimate landscapes close-up shots that reveal the intricate details of the environment.

john constable

the haywain 1821

Born- June 11, 1776, East Bergholt, Suffolk, England

Died – March 31, 1837, London.

John was a major figure in English landscape painting in the early 19th century. He is best known for his paintings of the English countryside, particularly those representing his native valley of the River Stour, an area that came to be known as “Constable country.”

In his studies of nature during the period, Constable reverted from oil to watercolour and drawing, and he exhibited a fascinating range of work, such as Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831).

Constable created this painting, which quoted motifs from his renowned Hay Wain, while agitation for parliamentary reform against the church made conservatives such as himself very anxious. This panic is perhaps embodied in the painting’s dramatic shifts in scale: the wagon appears enormous next to the houses, yet is dwarfed by the looming cathedral, which symbolically stands firm, enveloped in a rainbow, in the face of stormy skies.