Photograph Ideas and Inspiration.

These photos are some inspiration for photos to take when we go on our trip to St Helier Harbour. I would like to incorporate a lot of industrial components into this first photoshoot, and take more photos of historical elements in my next photoshoot.

The Three Main Harbours of Jersey:

–La Collette Yacht Basin.

–Saint Helier Marina.

–Elizabeth Marina.

Harbour History.

In the 19th Century the Old Harbour was constructed. The Chamber of Commerce urged the States Assembly to build a new harbour, but they refused, so the Chamber took it into their own hands and paid to upgrade the harbour in 1790. To shelter the jetty and harbour a new breakwater was constructed and in 1814 the merchants constructed the roads now known as Commercial Buildings and Le Quai des Marchand’s. They did this to connect the harbours to the town and in 1832 construction was finished on the Esplanade and its sea wall. In 1837, a rapid expansion in shipping led the States of Jersey to order the construction of two new piers.

Edited Photos.

Edits.

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Whilst visiting Elizabeth Marina, La Collette Yacht Basin and Saint Helier Marina I attempted to get many pictures from different angles in order to replicate images when editing. I decided to go on a bright sunny day in order to capture the blue sky and shimmering water.

I decided to select these 4 images and convert them to both edited to be bright and colourful and also in black and white. I have also displayed a side by side comparison of both to decide which edit is more effective per image.

Edits and Experimentation.

Digital camera style editing inspiration.

For these images, I focused on editing these photos to look like they are taken in different eras such as the 40s- the 80s with a variety of cameras. Some have an older look by being more low quality and discoloured, some have a brown tint to them to look older and some have a more greenish tint to them to create a 90s style vibe to them. I particularly enjoyed editing these photos to give a 90s/ digital camera style as I am new to interpreting an older picture using Adobe Lightroom however I enjoyed experimenting with different filters etc.

My attempt.

Here is an example of the camera settings I used to create a digital camera interpretation.

Comparisons:

This image I have attempted to replicate an old photograph of St Helier Harbour. I chose a photo which is similar which includes a combination of boats and buildings. However, I struggled to give my image a low quality, old feel to it. Although the brownish tint is similar I could not make the objects as defined and low quality than I would’ve liked.

I particularly like this comparison as I tried to add a very very small blueish tint to this black and white photograph to make it slightly different than plain black and white.

At first glance, I was disappointed at a mark on my lens creating a few black dots on my photograph, but after editing my image I feel it adds an older, authentic and low quality feel to my photograph and has make it look more effective.

For this image, I decided to recreate an up-to-date image from the present time. This photo was the easiest to edit and interpret as I only increased the vibrance and made the image sharper as the photo is used for promoting Jersey so the colours are sharper and brighter.

Overall, this first photoshoot was successful to photograph and edit photos. Although for my 2nd photoshoot of St Helier Harbours, I hope to incorporate more photos capturing beaches, people and the production of seafood.