Photoshoot Plan
What?- I will use the high point to my advantage and photograph the whole bay and surrounding area. This will create an impact as the photos will capture huge parts of the environment rather than a small section or close up.
How?- I will use a wide angle lens 10-20mm mixing it with a 70-200mm lens to capture everything. The 70-200mm will be useful for getting some higher quality photos or zooming in on specific areas. I will also make sure I have a high shutter speed and lens hood to keep photos crisp and remove any excess glare from the sun.
Where?- Rte Des Landes- a road that winds up above the entire bay in St Ouen. This is a great location as it offers views of the entire bay as well as much of the surrounding parishes.
Why?- I feel this is a great place to make use of a wide angle lens to capture similar to Edward Burtnsky’s style of capture a huge amount of land in one photo. This is also a great area as it has many different types of human impact so this allows me to capture how we effect the land in many ways on such a small island.
Rte des Landes
Rte Des Landes is the location I picked for this shoot as it mimicked Edward Burtnsky’s style, a high vantage point overviewing a vast landscape dotted with human impact.
Contact Sheet
I used blue to mark photos I might use for editing and green I used to select good photos overall. I ended up mainly using my 70-200mm f4 lens as the place was so high above the bay and surrounding area my 10-20mm lens struggled to pick up detail in the shots, making them feel flat and confusing to look at.
Best Images
Quick Edits
For all of these edits I have reflected on previous work inspired by Ansel Adams. I wanted to see the photos edited in a simple cohesive style before I did my final edits to help select a few good photos and add another dimension to my creative process of editing these photos. I think the black and white helps the range of shots pull together and tell the bigger picture, helping to also highlight the difference in soil colour or texture in the contrast between natural and manmade.