St Malo trip –

To expand on out work with Henri Cartier -Bresson, as a year, all photography A-level students took a short day trip to St Malo to gather photos. We spent a few hours looking, waiting and being patient waiting for perfect moments to capture.

Photoshoot –

I took a very wide variety of photos ; people, animals, landmarks, culture buildings and whatever else caught my eye. I wanted to capture ‘moments in time’ to show the inspiration that I’ve got from Henri Cartier – Bresson’s late photography work. I gathered a total of 250 photos and decided it would be best to narrow down my photos to help my editing and production.

Best photos –

With these 26 photos, keeping in the theme of Henri Cartier – Bresson, I want to edit them with black and white to show the nostalgia and sneak peaks of his work through mine.

Edit 1 –

Using the filters on light-room, I used a black and white one to show the inspiration I have gathered from Henri Cartier – Bresson and his vintage black and white photos, and adapt that to my own work.

The filter obviously changed the photo, but I wanted to adjust the highlights and lowlights of the photo to show more of a grunge vintage look, almost to make it seem like it was taken years prior.

Final edit ( photo 1 ) –

Edit 2 –

This photo I understand is not like the ‘captured moment’ style like Cartier – Bresson but I felt like the incorporation of street art can be a very powerful, moving thing to witness and in a way can be a small moment captured in time through art.

Using the filter to add a black and white tinge to the photo, I just thought it would be more simple then doing it manually.

Adjusting the highlights and shadows simply to make the black and white hues balance well and not look more uneven. I love how my photos look when I enhance the texture, clarity and the dehaze, it makes them very clear and clean to show a modern enhancement.

Final edit ( photo 2 ) –

Edit 3 –

I thought about photographing this car in particular because cars can have a lot of feeling connected to them and with this Vintage 1989 Renault. I thought it could signify a particularly great idea of ‘moment in time’ and a captured a nostalgic view.

Just the filter added again…

With this photo, I enhanced the shadows and white hues in the photo because of the fact that its a vintage car. I thought that making the car almost look pristine can show a beauty through it especially with the worn brick wall behind it.

Final edit ( photo 3 ) –

Edit 4 –

For this photo, yes I used the exact same filter as I have been using already, however I feel that for this photo, it can really extenuate the feeling of love shown through the people in this photo. It reminds me of the stereotypical ‘love’ from eras like the 50’s and 60’s and the black and white tinge really helps show that.

Just using the tools on Lightroom, I balanced out the hues and tones to make the photo more equal.

Final edit ( photo 4 ) –

Edit 5 –

This photo is slightly different again from Cartier – Bresson’s usual photo style but I thought that capturing a dog, that with a family, could be capturing not just a dog but a very important part of someone’s moment due to the importance that this dog may have on someone.

Yet again, sticking with a black and white filter, however not the same one, one that has almost a warmer hue to it which I thought could capture the moment with the feelings within it.

Just adjusted the hues and tones again to balance the photo also enhancing the clarity and texture to show the realism in the photo and yet again the modernisation.

Final edit ( photo 5 ) –