#1

These 2 pipes going into and from the incinerator at La Collette. I decided to emphasise the reflective and battered texture of the pipes by increasing the overall presence, shadows and whites of the image. This also helped the lens flare stand out on the left pipe.

The beautiful clouds in the background of the image gave nature a presence in an image of mostly manmade components. To reveal them I lowered the exposure of the sky using the LRC masking brush.

Just to add a bit more tone contrast I used a graduated filter to the bottom with -2 exposure.

Like Albert Renger-Patzsch, I’ve made the most of the subjects fundamental shapes and lines photographing the pipes at a warped perspective.

Renger-Patzsch wanted to capture objects as interestingly and objectively as he could. Compared to my image, the blending between tones is smoother and tonal range is lesser so the environment doesn’t effect the subject too much. Though I have included a lens flare and brightened the highlights, the environment doesn’t effect the subject too much and still gives an accurate representation of the pipes.

#2

To uniquely enhance the grate-like texture on this container of sorts I increased the highlights and blacks of the shadows of the image. Because this was quite harsh and unbalanced I added a brush mask around the ladder not only to draw your eye to it but to lower the exposure.

Additionally the spotlight was too dark so I made it sharper and brighter with a brush mask.

#3

#4

Looking back at the original composition of this image made me realise the negative space was important in effectively establishing the forms of the subjects in my image. The new coloured area proved to help the negative space give depth to the structures and divide the image into two sections. Additionally, the added warm colours narrates the direction of the light source some more.

The basic geometric shapes around La Collette’s flats intrigued me after seeing a variety of architecture photography on Instagram. My final images are going to be from this photoshoot.

This photoshoot was based around Havre Des Pas and La Collette with the photography duo Bernd and Hilla Becher in mind.

I was attempting to do some HDR photos with this photoshoot but it didn’t go to plan as the lighting, some of the composition and exposure settings weren’t at all very good.

I narrowed down my overall collection of images to these 6, but to by removing images one and two my final images could focus more on the geometry of the flats. This is because otherwise I find the other 2 less interesting and irrelevant when it comes to analysis.

In final pieces I decided to put them together, not in the way I shall compose final prints when mounting but in the virtual gallery as if it were in a exhibition. I find it important for the final pieces to be in the order similarly when presenting as it gives the effect of opposing features to juxtapose the anthropocene inspired photographs with the input of artificial intelligence.

In terms of this virtual gallery, I feel that the three landscapes demonstrated look like a continuation of a project as the photographs are very similar in terms of location, colour scheme and general appearance. The textures and shapes are obviously different, making the three photographs work well.

In terms of this urban landscape photograph I like the fact that it is the centre of attention and that it is very much singular as it does not correspond with the other photographs well. If I were to change anything in my virtual gallery above I could have removed the other plain white frames so the main urban landscape frame is the most prominent or had placed the urban landscape frame onto a smaller virtual gallery with a portrait like border.

In my final piece plan I plan to present my three black and white landscape photographs mounted and presented. I feel that the triangular composition looks effective and playful as it’s an odd number of images so it’s not exactly symmetrical yet the outcome still looks interesting and unique.

I believe that the composition between the photographs is good as the white blank space breaks apart from the rest of the photographs.

I decided to do this arrangement/composition of these photographs as it would have looked not as effective having the three landscape photographs individually mounted and presented by itself.

In this urban landscape image I decided to present it on it’s own as it would add to the photograph, not collaging/grouping the photograph means that it would be singular and individual compared to the others, that’s how it would be different and therefore make it unique.

I like the idea of presenting it by itself as there are many colours and textures included in the photograph which don’t need to be paired with any other image to add to it.

The image almost looks split as the coast line is directly contrasted from the sand textures from the bottom of the image to more than half way through it.

The opposing locations look symbolic and deserve to be individualised in this composition as it is presented better.

In terms of the anthropocene photographs, I’m planning to present the photographs mounted up and in a collage with the anthropogenic AI impacted images and in between those two image, I plan to put photoshop made collage as a contrast to the naturally coloured anthropocene photographs.

I believe this will look interesting as despite all three of the images being from the same topic, I feel that the black and white/ yellow coloured collage will oppose the other two images and will appear fascinating.

The screenshot above demonstrates what I may do, I will either separate the images and keep the white border around them as it may look effective rather than keep it all together.

Each of the photographs has a different colour scheme despite being similar structures/ land. The photograph in the middle counterbalances the others as the middle image is of a tower similarly to the one at the bottom photograph despite the in in the middle being more close-up, flipped as well as in black and white and the nature of the middle left

What are Picture Stories?

Picture stories are a sequence of images that tell a story when displayed together. These types of stories don’t require words to convey the message as the images speak for themselves.

Examples of Picture Stories

Different Types of Images in Picture Stories:

• Establishing Shot

Establishing shots are often images which can provide an overview on the topic of the picture story and they are usually displayed larger than the rest of the images. They also may display important locations and details which can be seen in other images to tie them together.

• Relationship Shot

Relationship shots are shots which capture the connection between two or more people, objects, animals, etc. An example of a relationship shot could be a couple after their engagement.

• Detail Shot

A detail shot is a photograph which clearly focuses on the details and textures of a particular subject. An example of a detail shot could be portrait mode on an iPhone, where the background is blurred and subject clear.

• Environmental Portrait

An environmental portrait is a type of image that displays the subject in their usual environment, such as their home or workplace.

• Formal Portrait

A formal portrait is a typical portrait of a person where poses and lighting conditions have been carefully arranged to get the best shot.

I was inspired by these photos because I like how the colour in the background is used to make the buildings stand out and is clear that they are the main subject in the photo. However, though the main subject of the image is the buildings, it could also be interpreted that these images are focussed on the sky. He may have created these images to portray that the sky is polluted and he has shown this with colour in attempt to create a happy image even though it is showing us the disasters that are happening in the world in terms of pollution.

These images were inspired by Nick Frank who focussed on the idea of creating images where the focus is on the buildings and not the foreground or the background. He made the background of the images a different colour which I have done here.

On photoshop, I started by levelling my image to ensure that the buildings stood out and weren’t white washed. I then took the quick selection tool to select the background. I had to zoom into some parts of the picture and make the quick selection tool brush smaller to be more precise especially in the trees. After I did this, I right clicked and selected layer via copy to create a layer on top of the background layer. Before I did anything else I made sure I was on the layer that I had copied. I then took selected the colour picker and chose what colour I wanted, I then proceeded to select the paint bucket tool to colour in the background by selecting the sky.

I like how my images turned out because I like the bright colours which make the images stand out. I have done my own twist on these images related to Anthropocene to show that the air is polluted with all the toxic fumes that are being released on human’s terms. I have made the colours stand out where the sky was because it infers that the sky is being hidden by something pleasant and aesthetically pleasing and shows that as humans, we are oblivious to the things we do in our day-to-day life that is polluting our air.

Henri Cartier Bresson was most known for his photo at Place de l’Europe Behind Gare Saint Lazare which is when his “decisive moments” project really grew popular . He would say that he would like to connect humanity through photos.

he would bring a camera everywhere with him in order to capture every/any millisecond in a moment. He described his camera as an extension of him as if he was hunting so he needs to be patient wait for that perfect shot.

His camera

His background

Henri grew up quite wealthy with his family in France which is where he was introduced to art.to begin with he had a big interest in painting however he later found that photography is what he was most passionate about. He found photography to be an extension of the eye.

He felt this was able to interreact the world with his camera which lead him to start travelling he went to Europe, Africa, China, Indonesia, India, Burma, Pakistan and many more… The experiences he got out of his travels influenced him to start his project “decisive moment”

image analysis

leading lines-

framing and negative space-

I find in this image it uses negative space really effectively it frames the subject really well drawing a lot of attention to it due to it being really calm and not having much going on. It helps balance out the image as the middle has lots going on and has lots of detail so the calming upper and lower sections helps it feel more organised and less chaotic. I also find the shadow and the clock really help balance out the image as they are both on leading lines but opposite sides of the photo making it look more even and aesthetic pleasing otherwise for example it might look too top heavy.

Colour and texture-

In his photos he has them in black and white this is because at the time technology had not advanced enough to have a camera ion colour. However I think the having it in black and white really works the viewer tends to see more detail within the actual I’m age this way as they are not being distracted by colours.

I think due to there being no colour in the image i think it helps with texture as it draws more attention to it and makes it stand out. you can see all the texture on the walls and the ground very clearly

Camera techniques-

In this image you can tell that he has used a small aperture as there lots of depth in in his image. This meant that everything in the image was in focus including the foreground and the background.

You can also tell he uses a fast shutter speed because for the time the image was taken its considered very sharp so he would have had to use that fast shutter speed to be able to capture the quick movement.

Lighting-

You can tell that this image is really relying on natural lighting and you can tell that it was most likely mid day when he took this photo based off the man shadow in the water. Some people can struggle with taking photos midday because of how bright the sun can be making it more difficult as it can cast some very harsh shadows however instead of fighting that Henri Carter Bresson leant into that and wanted to capture those shadows.

Symbolism-

Henri Carter Bresson focused on the deceive moment which he achieved very successfully he started the shift from very staged photos to these spontaneous candid images which shows the human experience a lot more as people are unaware they are trying to look a certain way or do a certain thing for the camera is people is their true and raw form.

For this photoshoot, I used a dog and a snake to create a a sense of empathy. I used plastic to wrap the snake around to create the idea that a snake is surrounded with plastic all the time in their normal life. For the images of the dog, I

These are my final images that I have edited. For these images, I downloaded them on photoshop and started by cropping them to cut out any of the empty space around. I then levelled to achieve a good level of brightness and contrast.

I decided to expand on this photoshoot and so I edited one of the pictures of the snake. I started off by taking a picture that was already levelled and cropped and then proceeded to take the quick selection tool to select the plastic bag and the part of the snake which was inside the plastic bag. Once I had selected the part of the image I wanted, I then pressed shift, Ctrl, U which made the selected part of the image black and white. I did this to portray that the part of the snake that was inside the bag was suffocating and turning black.

This was my final edited image:

For these images, I went outside to an area with grass and brought bits of rubbish with me. I placed the rubbish in the grass and lay them out in a nice circle. I took the pictures from different angles to see which one I like best.

I like how these images turned out because I placed them in a circle to represent the earth which is circular. I tried to make a point that if we don’t stop using the amount of plastic that we do, then this is what the earth will eventually look like. The background of this image is green which links to nature and how this is what colour a healthy world would look like, however the main subject of these photos is white and pink which are not natural colours of our world.

I was inspired by these images which are taken by different artists and photographers. I was inspired by these images because they have a clear link to Anthropocene in terms of plastic. These images show that plastic is polluting our world and that we are being suffocated by the amount of plastic that is in our planet.

For this photoshoot, I went into the studio and used artificial lighting to create these images. For the props I used a black plastic bag and cling film. I used these to cover face of the model, I also made it seem as though the model was in pain to create an expression of distress. I did this photoshoot to portray the idea that plastic is a problem in the world and that plastic is polluting the world. In these photographs the model looks as though they are suffocating and shows that the plastic in the world is killing humans and animals.