Cover Page

The reason I have chose this title is because of its strong connotations, the way that trade and communication flow together, like they are dependant on one another. I chose a black and white image o give a historic feeling, a visual element that makes you think something is old. I have relied heavily on contrast due to want to expose the granite wall and portray all of its cracks to exclaim how old it is.

I took this image in natural daylight, to portray it naturally rather than making it look unnatural by using things like a flash. The colour balance of the image is very cold and dark. There is a lot of texture within this image to show how the wall has changed throughout many years, creating a very 3D image. The 3D elements lead the eye to all the white and bright areas, due to there high contrast to the darkness of the image. I think that there is harmony with the image and the font of the title, due to the title being written in black and outlined in white, a bit like the image is, mostly black but that’s what pulls you to the white element’s. This image has a context with the light on the pole which lets traders know when the ports were open, green for go and red for stop, like a traffic light. The essence of my work was to create a historic meaning, making people think way back to the 1900s, while still allowing room to change the essence to something more modern.

Page Spread One

I chose these images so that I could stick with the black and white theme, and I wanted to leave some room for text so that I could explain my ideas, like an intro.

These images were taken in daylight, on a cloudy day. This gives a natural effect due to having a high level of control as the sun wasn’t exactly beaming. The images are quite short and sharp, they get straight to there point. I don’t think the images are either warm nor cold, I would describe them as very neutral, almost numb, just black and white. The images are quite 3D and textured allowing you to see the use on the boats, and the grainy sand. They both have a simple layout with the centre of the image being what you look at. They both have a similar historical context in the sense that they’re both used boats. The conceptual meaning behind my work on this page spread, was to gain historic value by adding text, to make peoples eye go toward the images, let them think about the image, and then get told the ‘answer’ within the text.

Page Spread Three

I am still keeping with the black and white historic theme, but slowly adding more shading to make a smooth transition to colour.

These were all taken in natural daylight, but you can see between the pier and the boat how the sun moves, going from a lit up area and dark skies, to a dimly lit area and a bright sky. The sun didn’t really give me a good level of control within these images, as the sun was behind clouds but still really bright making it difficult to evaluate what ISO to use. All these photos were taken on a very wide angle, some zoomed all the way out and some zoomed all the way in. For example the brick buildings were taken from very far away and all the way zoomed out in order to be able to fit all of the buildings into one landscape shot, whereas the image of the boat was taken very far away but very zoomed in to make the boat the main subject of the image. The images contain a lot of panning so that I could capture a wide area of space. There is a lot of tonal range within the three images, they contrast each other with there bright whites and dark blacks, giving them all a similar tone but also so different.

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I have used colour popping to transition my images into colour and create a less historic feel, moving towards modernism.

This image was taken in daylight, with the sun coming from behind my camera lens. The image has a high tonal range, with a lot of blacks and whites but then also a pop of red, this creates a warm autumnal feel. I took this image in a portrait way with a small angled lens, due to already being very close to the object. The image has a sharp depth of field, focusing on the colour, and text, with main anchorage points. The image is mildly textured, with the anchor showing a lot of historic elements, but the board which explains the anchor is very smooth and minimal. I have used a clear organisation of visual element’s. I have selection cropped the image to create a clear element. This image has a high amount of historical context, with a lot of explaining that context but also justifying it by using the anchor. My idea behind my image was actually to just create anchorage by using an anchor, to create a meaning and dealing with text and imagery.

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This image is colour popped again but creates some more brighter colours to crate a more intense shift into modernism.

This image was taken in daylight, you can see this through the reflection/glare on the water. It creates a more florescent atmosphere compared to all the other images in black and white. This image was taken in a very wide angle, taken very very far away but is also very zoomed in to really shift focus onto the signage. I think that by using colour popping within the image it has created a simple colour accuracy, something that flows, how the simple light greys go with the whites and the darker greys and the blues. By colour popping the blue it has also slightly coloured the sea, creating a smooth background with not much texture. There is a pattern and repetition of the blue within the sea and within the sign. There is strong containment within the frame, the sign being just the main thing, and an easy view of how everything else is outside of the frame, in the background. There is a wider narrative to this image, the sign says thank you for visiting creating a story that someone has gone to the harbour and got on a boat.

Page Spread Six

The is my first page spread with images that are all in colour, and it also has the most text out of all my images.

Both of these images were taken in natural daylight, but I love the contrast between them where you can see how the sun shifted throughout the day. I had a high level of control when taking these photos, which you can see through the bold bright crisp colours within my images. There both very focused photos, with signage which creates a pathway for me to write facts about the images. This page spread really all flows together. They both have quite a bright tone, with bold whites. The ferry speed image is a lot more textured than the pier sign, this is to portray all the wear and tear of trade, and how active trade still is over here. There is a lot of space within my images, creating a 3D open context, by not bombarding people with a million things in there face I have created a calmer environment where people can really use their brains and get there minds wrapped around the meanings of my page spread. I wanted to create something that showed how bustling the harbour and trade still is , without throwing it in peoples faces.

Page Spread Seven

This page spread is very minimal, to leave something to be subjective, rather than bombarding people with text.

The use of daylight and colour popping and also a white background creates a major contrast, a massively bright image that gave me a good level of control to make the whole images vibrant and pop but without looking messy or childish. I think the light reflects the distance in which the images were taken from, a up-close image which is reflected from a glare on the sign, or a further away image which is reflected by the length. There is a lot of patterned repetition within the images, repeated use of colour and anchorage. This creates a conceptual feeling or modernism, allowing me to create that smooth shift from black and white histories.

Page Spread Eight

I have laid out three images so that there us no text bombarding again, leaving this to be seen and interpreted.

These images were taken in three different instances of daylight, as you can see the shift of the sun between them, it creates a contrast of our stormy harbours. In this page spread I have included imagery of the riches, a golden boat and also a description of images that include simple trade. By using a café you are creating a trade, which shows just how alive it still is as these cafes are in use every single day. I used a layout which creates harmony between the three images.

Last Page

I have put this image sideways to crate a more out of the ordinary zine. A zine is basically a silly magazine, something that doesn’t really need to be formatted to influence and attract an audience, it is very informal.

This image is very technical it manipulates the brain by the use of texture and detail, but portraying hoe historic this is but also how real it is. It makes you think about what would happen if trade went under, us as a small island would be in the dark and have nothing. A lot of people see the harbour as something that is aged and old, although it is that it us important to incorporate how it is still vividly in use every day.

Overall Evaluation

Overall I think all my planning and work that went into my zine made it turn out to have the exact narrative I planned. I wanted my zine to be a timeline and I think that I have created that through the use of key things like conceptual feelings and colour popping. Although I did miss a photoshoot day I think that my other photoshoot made up for that, and gave me all the create tools that I needed to create a timeline narrative about trade in st heliers harbours.