Final Images

While in St Malo I wanted to experiment with taking photos of shops, items inside the shops and using the reflection in the shop window etc. I wanted to do this, because the shops in St Malo were very different to the shops that we have in Jersey, so this really interested me. St Malo was full of small own business shops and there was very little high end designer or branded shops. This intrigued me, because all of the shops were quite unique.

Items

Analysis

I think these images came out well, because they display how the shops offer different items and things to Jersey shops, as well as each other, as they all offer different things. These photos also display how even the food is different in St Malo compared to Jersey.

These images also have good composition and lighting and have been edited well in my opinion.

How do these images relate to Henri Cartier-Bresson?

These images don’t necessarily relate Henri, but they do show the lives of the people living in St Malo and how their lives differ from ours back at Jersey.

People

Analysis

These images display the lives of the locals in St Malo, as I have snapped images of them living their day to day lives (candid photos). These images also display all different types of people, eg: young, old, male, female. I have also tried to use shop windows to my advantage, by capturing people through the windows without them seeing me and using the window reflection to my advantage.

The composition of these photos are also good, even though they all have different compositions. The lighting and editing are also good in these images.

How do these images relate to Henri Cartier-Bresson?

These images relate to Henri Cartier-Bresson, because I was observing the peoples day to day lives in these images (mostly without them knowing) and waiting for the decisive moment, which is what Henri did. I took candid shots of these people, which is what Henri did, while he walked the streets observing the people.

Ferris-wheel

Analysis

I like these images, even though they are a different style. I like these photos, because they produce different angles of St Malo and the people from St Malo. I was able to achieve higher up angles for my photos and did capture a few landscape shots. I was also able to capture other people on the Ferris-wheel with us. I also had fun on the Ferris-wheel and I don’t think anyone else really went on it.

How do these images relate to Henri Cartier-Bresson?

These images don’t necessarily relate to Henri, but I had fun taking them. They also do show life in St Malo from other angles and the lives of people from other angles.

Bringing the People of St Malo to life

I wanted to experiment with bringing the people, who are still in these images to life. I wanted to do this by using motion blurring.

• First, I duplicated my background and selected my person. Then, I selected inverse and deleted the background.
• Next, I went to filter and motion blur and selected how blurry I wanted it and what angle I want the blur to be.
• If my person got too transparent I would also duplicate the layer with only my person, before I motion blur it, so there is always an opaque copy.

I wanted to also experiment creating different scenes in St Malo, so I used AI to do this. I also used AI to create more shop windows and reflections, so I could experiment with that even more.

• First, I selected an image I wanted to use and selected where I wanted the AI to go. Then, I selected generative fill and typed in the prompts that I wanted and finally selected which one I thought looked best.