For the first photoshoot, the class took a trip to Harve des Pas, as the environment was fitting for the topographical theme.

We spent an hour walking around the coast line finding things to take photos off which included the bay and the swimming pool and even managed to get photos of some a textured, almost broken wall to just give a variety.

These are the photos I got on the trip ( after I deleted the photos that were blurry etc. ) They consist of photos of the wider landscape and some buildings and different structures that vary from timelines, I also got some photos of the industrial side of Harve Des Pas, around La Collette.

Black and white edits –

I wanted to add a black and white approach to some of my photos to almost give a worn and vintage look to them.

I thought that in the first photo in particular, the inclusion of different buildings from different eras of time the vintage look would be very impactful for the theme of the photo.

In the beginning I decided to just put a black and white film over the top to give me a base to work with, then I played around with the contrast and highlights to deepen the shadows and contrast between the highlights.

I thought that this photo would be complimented well in black and white because of the industrial architecture, I thought that the use of black and white could enhance the dark colours and the highlights.

I put a simple black and white film over the photo to start, then I enhanced the highlights so that the photo didn’t look so dark and was clearer. I wanted to keep some of the shadows throughout the original photo so after enhancing the highlights I played around with the shadows to see what fit best and landed on keeping them pretty subtle.

With this photo, the structure ( the pool ) was built in the late 1800’s before WW1 which was just after the first colour photo was made so I wanted to make it black and white for almost nostalgic purposes.

I turned the contrast up and highlights too to make the photo as bright as I could without it looking light a white photo. To almost give a vintage look I focused on the texture of the photo too and enhancing that to make it look genuinely older.

Virtual gallery –