What are the differences between photographs that are windows and mirrors?
‘Is it a mirror, reflecting a portrait of the artist who made it, or a window, through which one might better know the world?’- John Szarkowski.
Mirror- A mirror photograph is a romantic expression of the photographer’s sensibility as it projects itself onto things and sights of the world. These images are staged/ tableaux and are subjective. They present the photographer, or a reflection of the photographer, as he reflects himself onto the images. These images are metaphorically described as mirrors, because they are a reflection of the photographer.
Window- A window photograph is when the exterior world is explored in all its presence and reality, so the images are not staged/ tableaux, so they are documentary based. They are also objective. These images are metaphorically described as windows, because they look out onto the world, like you would look out through a window onto the world.
Words and other quotes associated with windows and mirrors
Windows- Film, subjective, fiction, staged, private, bent/ wonky, internal etc.
Mirrors- non-fiction/ documentary, objective, candid, private, external etc.
Analysis of Images
Mirror- Cindy Sherman
About the image- Cindy Sherman is a female photographer, who dressed up as many different stereotypes. In this image she is a generic house wife in the kitchen. This is a powerful image, because back from the 1970-1980’s, when this image was taken, the norm for women was to be very domestic and stay at home with the children and cook and clean, while the husband was out at work.
Mirror- This image is therefore a mirror, because it is a reflection of herself as a women and a reflection of her identity, because this is the stereotype she had to live through and this is what was considered to be socially acceptable of her and all other women in this time. This is also very personal and internal to her, as she is the one who has lived her life this way and being told she must live her life this way. She has also manipulated this image and staged the image, so it is a tableaux, because she has dressed up as this house wife and manipulated her setting to be the kitchen, as well as posing for the camera, so that it is not a candid shot. This image is also very subjective and can interpreted in many different ways by the viewer, because it is such a simple, yet powerful image of her stood in the kitchen, with an apron on. This image is also a mirror, because it is a self-portrait of herself, that she had taken on a timer for her camera.
Window- Rafal Milach
About the Image- This image was taken during a road trip across Iceland with Icelandic writer Huldar Breiðfjörð, from which he made a book called, ‘In the car with R.’ He travelled across Iceland stopping at certain point to take images. This was a image he took in either a bar/ diner of a couple and their friend.
Window- This image is a window, because he travelled across Iceland taking documentary candid images of whatever he saw that interested him, and in this image it was these three people. This image is very external to him, because he does not know these people, and most likely never saw them again, but he spotted a decisive moment and acted. He is looking out onto these people for this image, instead of looking at his reflection, or onto himself. There is also an element of realism and truthfulness in this image, which is what makes it a window, because it is a documentary image, instead of a candid image, which is staged or fictional.
Research- For this topic I started with my research on cod fisheries, Jersey Harbours in the past and present. I did this by using the links on the blog and doing my own personal research. Then, I experimented with a mood board of what I had learnt and I created a mind map of what I had learnt as well. I think this was a beneficial way of conducting my research, because I had easy access to the links on the blog, which were specifically about what we needed to know, but I’m also glad I conducted my own research, because it allowed me to find out a few extra bits of info that were not provided on the blog. If I were to do this again, or ever wanted to add to my research I would use books for my research as well as just the internet, and I would research certain passed photographs of the old harbours, as well as the photographers that took them. I would do this, because I enjoy doing artist research, but this is the only topic I haven’t done it for.
Photoshoots- For my photoshoots we went and visited St Helier Harbour and the Maritime Museum. For the first photoshoot, I didn’t obtain a wide spread of images, because I only took photos of the harbour and the boats. I found this photoshoot quite boring, because I was taking images of the same thing all day long. However, I enjoyed the second photoshoot a lot more, because I didn’t only take images of the harbour and the boats, but we visited the maritime museum to take photos, as well as the fisheries. I found these much more enjoyable, because I found them a more fun topic and thing to photoshoot, because their was lots of different interactive things in the museum and the fish were very fascinating to look at and photograph. However, I didn’t think the museum photographs were very good, because they weren’t as visually appealing, but it was very fun to take them. If I were to do this again, I would visit other harbours, not just St Helier, because I want to get a wider range of images, as the other harbours may be completely different.
Editing- I used Lightroom to edit my images and I used a rating and colour system to decide which images I wanted to edit. I experimented with coloured images, as well as black and white images, to create contrast. I also experimented with creating different panoramas, as well as experimenting with my cropping and colour popping. I thought my experimentation of editing was very good, because I discovered what looked good with my images, and what looked not so good, like the colour popping. If I were to redo this, I would try and narrow down my images to maybe 10-12 for each photoshoot to edit, just so I don’t post too much editing on the blog, and so I don’t run out of time.
Display of Final Images- I displayed my final images in very different ways, having my best images flood through the whole thing, instead of just at the beginning, middle or end. I also presented my images solo, in pairs, or in thirds, depending on whether the images had a relationship with each other, were similar, or were my best images. eg. best images go solo. I think this worked well for me, because I was able to experiment with my presentation, and I was able to present a relationship between my images.
Paper Zine Mock up and Mood Board- Firstly, I selected my best 16 images, and made a mood board out of these images. Then, I printed them off, and laid them across the table and experimented with the layout of my images, until I found the right one. Then, I made a 16 page booklet, by folding 4 pieces of plain paper in half and sticking my images to them in my chosen order with masking tape. This worked well for me, because it was easier and quicker to experiment with my printed images on paper, instead of on the computer, because I could visually see them laid out next to each other in my booklet. However, next time I would spend more time choosing which images I wanted to use and experiment with my layout more, because in the end I swapped out images and changed the layout completely.
Making My Narrative- First, I started using;
3 word to describe my zine
A sentence to describe my zine
A paragraph to describe my zine
This helped me figure out the narrative of my zine, so I could present it in the best way possible. This also helped me come up with my title for me zine. Then, I wrote about my zine, explaining the narrative.
Experimenting with the Archive- I experimented with old images of the harbour, from google and the JEP archive, because I was experimenting with comparing the harbour from the past and the present, as well as showing how the harbour has progressed and developed. However, I did not end up using the archives for my zine, because I wanted to include more of my own images, to show off my own work. If I were to redo this, I would spend more time experimenting with the archives and look through all of them to see more images of the old harbour.
Zine Experimentation- I experimented a lot with my zine on InDesign, by experimenting with my images, their layout, my typography, size, colour and font of my text, my title, and what text I should include. I think experimenting thoroughly benefited me, because it allowed me to see lots of different versions of my zine, so I could chose which was the best and end up with my best outcome.
Final Zine- My final zine came out well, because of all the research, editing and experimentation I was able to do. I used many different forms of experimentation, like Lightroom editing, photoshop, paper mock ups and on InDesign. I also used many different forms of research, like using the links on the blog, doing my own research and using the information offered to me at the maritime museum. All of this put together allowed me to produce the best zine I possibly could. Next time, I would want to experiment with making more than one zine if I had the time. I would also like to make a zine, which involved text on the inside, because this one didn’t.
I created my InDesign document first and the settings I used are below;
I created 16 pages for my 16 photographs, just like on my prototype booklet.
I used the square selecting tool selected below to chose the size of my image and where I wanted it.
Next, I went to file and place and selected which image I wanted for this page.
Then, I right clicked on the image I had chosen, once it was placed and went to fitting and selected fit frame proportionally. I did this, so that the fitting would be more accurate and the image would fit perfectly within the selected box.
The result.
I could also go into display mode, so I can view my work in high resolution, so that my images were clear. This helped me be able to experiment and see what I did or didn’t like.
Experimentation
Once I had finished inserting my images, I wanted to experiment with my layout and be more brave with my juxtaposition, so I made an alternative layout, where I could swap my chosen images around in the layout.
I experimented with many different orders of my images. I also decided to get rid of some of my images and include one extra different image. I did this, because I wanted the include my landscape images as a full page spread.
Writing Experimentation
Next, I experimented with my text and typography. I experimented with the size of the writing for my title, as well as experimenting with the different fonts and colours of writing. I also had to layout my writing where I wanted it.
I experimented with lots of different font type, but in the end, I decided on ADD, because I think it best suited my zine, as it was the nicest font, but it was also a font that suited the harbour theme, unlike very posh cursive writing would for example.
Next, I experimented with the size I wanted my title and my name. I chose 30pt for my title, because I think it perfectly filled up the negative space at the top of my image. I chose 18pt for my name, because I wanted it to be slightly smaller than my title, but still stand out.
Then, I experimented with the colouring of my writing. I wasn’t able to use darker colours like black, brown, red for example, because the space where my writing is is very dark, so the writing would not be visible. That is why I have chosen to use white for my writing, because it stands out well and looks the best with my front cover and against the dark background.
Finally, I wanted to experiment with adding writing to my images, to explain my narrative.
I experimented with this, but ultimately decided I didn’t want writing throughout my zine, because I wanted my images to speak for themselves, and I didn’t want the writing to distract from my images.
Final Print Out Booklet
Finally, I printed of my images and folded them using a paper bone, so the pages were folded perfectly. Then, I put my images in order and stapled my booklet pages together.
In my zine that I am creating I have experimented with the layout of my images, and using images, which have relationships, so that I am able to create a narrative (story) portraying St Helier Harbour. I also had to create a visually appealing zine in InDesign.
What is a story?
A story is a narrative about people and events, usually including an interesting plot, is a story. A story can be fictional or true, and it can be written, read aloud, or made up on the spot. Journalists write stories for newspapers, and gossips spread stories that may or may not be true.
There are also picture stories, which are the intentional use of pictures and words assembled into a story. You can also have a picture story, without writing.
STORY:What is your story? Describe in:
3 words- ‘Life at the Harbour.’
A sentence- ‘The different elements of the harbour include, fishing, sailing, salting fish, selling fish and so much more.’
A paragraph- ‘At the harbour there was loads of different elements and workers working together, to keep the harbour life running smoothly. There was fishermen, salesmen, sailors, harbour masters and so many more people working together. They had to work together, so they could capture, salt and sell all different types of seafood, as well as transporting goods.’
NARRATIVE:How will you tell your story?
Images > New St Helier Harbour photographs
Archives > Old photographs of St Helier Harbour from SJ photo-archive or JEP Photographic Archive
Texts > Write a short introduction or statement about your picture story, image captions
Typography > creative uses of words, letters, font-types, sizes
About my Zine
In my zine, I used my images, which I had taken at the harbour, but I also wanted to experiment with old photos of the harbour from different archives, including the JEP Photographic Archive. I wanted to experiment with the archives, so that I could compare today’s harbour and the harbour from a long time ago and present the similarities and differences between them in my photos. However, in the end I preferred my zine with just the new photos of the archive that I had taken, because I thought they had more of a relationship with each other, and I just wanted to be able to present more of my work. I also experimented with different texts on my zine. I experimented with different titles, until finally deciding on, ‘Life at the Harbour.’ I also experimented with different texts inside my booklet, but I ultimately decided I preferred my zine without the writing, because I didn’t want to take attention away from my images, and I believe that the images speak for themselves. Finally, I experimented with typography, using different sizing, fonts, colours etc. for my title.
I used many differing images in my zine, that weren’t necessarily related, but also were, because of what I was trying to portray with my zine. I used images from all over the harbour and images of all the different aspects, eg the workers, the alive crabs, the seafood being sold, the boats docked, the rowing boats and crew etc. I wanted to include all of these images, so that I could present every possible aspect of the harbour, because a day at the harbour is never the same for everyone and I wanted the portray that. In my work I also didn’t add any text other than my title, because I felt the images speak for themselves, but because I also wanted to leave a level of subjectivity for the audience in my work, so the viewer can interpret my work in their own way.
What is a Zine
A zine is short for a magazine and it is a small self-published piece of original work, which can be presented as a booklet or magazine, with appropriate text or images. This is typically used as a form of developing identity by expressing artistic vision about a certain topic. This is non-commercial print-work that is usually produced in small, limited batches. Photo zines emerged from punk, DIY movements, and underground culture as an alternative way for photographers to showcase their work.
Experimenting with the Archives
Old photos of the harbour
For my zine, I want to experiment with archives of the old harbour and compare them to images I have taken of the harbour in present time. I want to experiment with this, because I think comparing and presenting the differences and similarities between present and past time harbours. This would enable me to create a narrative of the progression of the harbour.
JEP Archive
I also want to experiment with the JEP archives, because they contain images that famous Jersey photographers have taken during their life and time in Jersey. I could also compare my images to these images, and I could also edit my images into black and white, so they are the same as the archives, or I could leave them in colour to create a juxtaposition between my images and really present the differences in the old time harbour images and the new harbour images.
Final Selections
Before starting my zine on InDesign, I printed out 19 images, which were my best images, that also had a relationship with each other. I experimented with the layout and order of my images on the table and finally narrowed my 19 images down to 16 images and chose m final order and layout.
Next, I made a 16 page booklet with 4 pages of plain white paper and folded them all in half. Then, I stuck my images in the booklet in my chosen order, using masking tape. This allowed me to easily experiment with my images and see what my zine would physically look like, before creating it, so that I saved time and it was easier to create my zine.
Mood Board of Selected Images Before Experimentation
Photography originated back in 1822 as an instantaneous form of revealing secrets beyond the world in a nonchalant form, giving nothing away at the same time. Due to the etymology of photography being ‘drawing with light’ this art form is to turn the ordinary into the extraordinary, evoking a variety of emotions and thoughts, creating wonder about what lies beyond the frame of the image.
Camera Obscura
The camera obscura was created along with the pinhole camera in order to ‘fix the shadows,’ in 1010-1021. However, it was said that the camera obscura was a tool used since 400bc. A camera obscura consisted of a large box (eg a blackout room) with a hole in it (small hole at window) which projected an image of its surroundings onto the wall inside. This allowed the outside world to pour in and act as an optical phenomenon. The time taken for the image to be displayed ranged from several minutes to several hours depending on the desired image that was being projected. The environment projected would be presented upside-down and ‘twice as natural’, used for artists to sit inside the box and create paintings or drawings of this area, using darkness to see light. This was called pinhole photography. Now, in more modern times, the camera obscura has been made into an electronic chip.
The camera obscura is a natural optical phenomenon, which has been around long before 1939. This however, is totally natural and not been invented by anyone.
Below is an example of the camera obscura in use more recently. This was done by Abelado Morell of the Santa Maria Della sauté in Venice 2006
Nicephore Niepce
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, was a French inventor who is recognised widely as one of the earliest pioneers of photography through his development of heliography, creating arguably the oldest surviving image made with a camera.
The Niépce Heliograph was made in 1827, during this period of fervent experimentation. It is the earliest photograph produced with the aid of the camera obscura known to survive today.
The photograph was made by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, who was born in 1765 and passed in 1833. He was born to a prominent family at Chalon-sur-Saône in the Burgundy region of France. He was motivated by the growing popular demand for affordable pictures. Niépce’s photographic experiments were conducted with the dual aims of copying prints and recording scenes from real life in the camera. At his family estate in the nearby village of Saint-Loup-de-Varennes, he produced legible but fleeting camera pictures. He called them points de vue, in 1816. Over the next decade he tried an array of chemicals, materials, and techniques to advance the process he ultimately called héliographie, or ‘sun writing.’
To make the heliograph, Niépce dissolved light-sensitive bitumen in oil of lavender and applied a thin coating over a polished pewter plate. He inserted the plate into a camera obscura and positioned it near a window in his second-story workroom. After several days of exposure to sunlight, the plate yielded an impression of the courtyard, outbuildings, and trees outside. Writing about his process in December 1827, Niépce acknowledged that it required further improvements, but was nevertheless “the first uncertain step in a completely new direction.”
In 1829 Niépce entered into formal partnership with Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre (French, 1787–1851), proprietor of the famous Diorama in Paris. Daguerre continued to make vital improvements after Niepce’s death and introduced his “Daguerreotype” process in 1839.
The first photograph of Nicephore’s courtyard.
Louis Dageurre
Louis Daguerre was born in 18 November 1787, in Cormeilles-en-Parisis and died 10 July 1851. He was a French artist and photographer. He became one of the fathers of photography, because of his daguerreotype. He is most famous for his contributions to photography, but he was also an accomplished painter, scenic designer, and a developer of the diorama theatre. He was the first panorama painter.
In 1829, Daguerre partnered with Nicéphore Niépce, an inventor who had produced the world’s first heliograph in 1822 and the oldest surviving camera photograph in 1826 or 1827. Niépce died suddenly in 1833, but Daguerre continued experimenting, and evolved the process which would subsequently be known as the daguerreotype. After efforts to interest private investors didn’t work, Daguerre went public with his invention in 1839. At a joint meeting of the French Academy of Sciences and the Académie des Beaux Arts on 7 January of that year, the invention was announced and described in general terms, but all specific details were withheld. He presented the daguerreotype to a few individuals and presented his photographs and news of the daguerreotype quickly spread.
Daguerreotype
The daguerreotype was the first publicly available photographic process, which was widely used in the 1840-1850’s. ‘Daguerreotype’ also refers to an image created through this process.
Invented by Louis Daguerre and introduced worldwide in 1839, the daguerreotype was almost completely superseded by 1856 with new, less expensive processes, such as ambrotype (collodion process), that yield more readily viewable images. There has been a revival of the daguerreotype since the late 20th century by a small number of photographers interested in making artistic use of early photographic processes.
To make the image, a daguerreotypist polished a sheet of silver-plated copper to a mirror finish, then he would use an air gun, so that there was no dust on this plate, that would ruin the photograph. Then it is exposed in a camera for as long as was judged to be necessary, which could be as little as a few seconds for brightly sunlit subjects or much longer with less intense lighting. Next, he torches it, with mercury vapour, so that the image is visible. Then, he removed its sensitivity to light by liquid chemical treatment, which was rinsing it with cool water to cool the hot metal plate down and dried it and then sealed the easily marred result behind glass in a protective enclosure.
The image is on a mirror-like silver surface, as light was reflected back through the image. The image was on the edge of being present, as it was on the surface of the metal mirror, instead of light paper, where the image sinks into it. This meant that the metal one could be wiped away with a finger. These images were described as;
‘A mirror with a memory’
Henry Fox-Talbot
William Henry Fox-Talbot was born on 11th February 1800 and died 17th September 1877. He was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries. Talbot first began by applying silver salts onto salted paper, creating silver nitrate reactions from the light-sensitivity. This was then exposed to light for many days and then darkened producing negative images. These appeared like shoebox sized cameras and were named mousetraps and were very difficult to use because if it was disturbed it may just get darker and darker so that its only experienced momentarily.
Negative Images- Images are totally inverted. Light areas are dark vice versa and left side is on the right vice versa.
Overall, calotypes were extremely better than Daguerreotypes due to it being easily distributed, reproduced and were much cheaper. Whilst they both used light sensitive silver salts, the Daguerreotypes required a lot more tools and metal plates which had high monetary value.
Henry Fox Talbot – Latticed Window, 1835 The first photograph to produce a negative image, a paper negative taken with a camera obscura by William Henry Fox Talbot, of a latticed window in Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire. This early process was known as calotype and the original negative, labelled with the photographer’s own handwriting is preserved in London’s Science Museum. This image has still survived to this day. (Photo by William Henry Fox Talbot/Getty Images).
Richard Maddox
Richard Maddox was born on the 4th August 1816 and died on the 11th May 1902. He was an English photographer and physician who invented lightweight gelatin negative dry plates for photography in 1871.
Long before his discovery of the dry gelatin photographic emulsion, Maddox was prominent in what was called photomicrography. He would photograph minute organisms under the microscope. The eminent photomicrographer of the day, Lionel S. Beale, included as a frontispiece images made by Maddox in his manual ‘How to work with the Microscope.’
In photography, the Collodion process was invented in 1851 by Frederick Scott Archer. This invention required only two to three seconds of light exposure to produce an image, but plates had to be sensitized at the time of exposure, exposed while the emulsion was still wet, and processed immediately after exposure in the camera.
When he noticed that his health was being affected by the ‘wet’ collodion’s ether vapor, Maddox began looking for a substitute. He suggested in the 8 September 1871 British Journal of Photography article An Experiment with Gelatino-Bromide that sensitizing chemicals cadmium bromide and silver nitrate should be coated on a glass plate in gelatin, a transparent substance used for making candies.
The gelatin or dry plate photographic process involved the coating of glass photographic plates with a light sensitive gelatin emulsion and allowing them to dry prior to use.
The advantages of the dry plate were obvious: photographers could use commercial dry plates off the shelf instead of having to prepare their own emulsions in a mobile darkroom. Negatives did not have to be developed immediately. Also, for the first time, cameras could be made small enough to be hand-held, or even concealed: further research created ‘fast’ exposure times, which led to ‘snapshot’ photography.
George Eastman
George Eastman was born on July 12th 1854 and died March 14th 1942. He was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the first time.
He provided quality and affordable film to every camera manufacturer. In 1885, he received a patent for a film roll, and then focused on creating a camera to use the rolls. 1888, he patented and released the Kodak camera.
Kodak- a word Eastman created.
It was sold loaded with enough roll film for 100 exposures. When all the exposures had been made, the photographer mailed the camera back to the Eastman company in Rochester, along with $10. The company would process the film, make a print of each exposure, load another roll of film into the camera, and send the camera and the prints to the photographer. In 1889 he patented the processes for the first nitrocellulose film along with chemist Henry Reichenbach.
Kodak (Brownie)
The brownie is a series of camera models made by Eastman Kodak and first released in 1900. The brownie was a basic cardboard box camera with a simple convex-concave lens that took 2 1/4 inch square pictures on number 117 roll film. It was conceived and marketed for sales of Kodak roll films, because of its simple controls and initial price of US$1 (equivalent to $37 in 2023) along with the low price of Kodak roll film and processing, the Brownie camera surpassed its marketing goal.
Film/Print Photography
Photographic film is a strip or sheet of transparent film base coated on one side with a gelatin emulsion containing microscopically small light-sensitive silver halide crystals. The sizes and other characteristics of the crystals determine the sensitivity, contrast, and resolution of the film. Film is typically segmented in frames, that give rise to separate photographs.
The emulsion will gradually darken if left exposed to light, but the process is too slow and incomplete to be of any practical use. Instead, a very short exposure to the image formed by a camera lens is used to produce only a very slight chemical change, proportional to the amount of light absorbed by each crystal.
Digital Photography
Digital photography uses cameras containing arrays of electronic photodetectors interfaced to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to produce images focused by a lens, as opposed to an exposure on photographic film. The digitized image is stored as a computer file ready for further digital processing, viewing, electronic publishing, or digital printing. It is a form of digital imaging based on gathering visible light.
I chose certain images to edit and crop, so that I could experiment with my images, as well as hopefully improve, or produce better images.
Photoshop
I experimented with colour selection in Lightroom. I chose this image to edit.
I chose this image, because it had quite a lot of green and red, so I wanted to use that to my advantage.
First I went to develop, then scrolled down to colour, selected saturation and put every colour but red and aqua to -100, and turned red and aqua up to 100.
This was the result.
Evaluation
I think the image came out well, as I achieved what I was trying to do (colour pop), but I do prefer the original image, just because I think it not only looks better, but it also ties in with the theme of the harbour better, whereas this image doesn’t really have a good relationship with my other images now. However, in the future I could have made other colour popping images, so that there was a relationship, but I didn’t want to, just because I preferred this original photograph better.
Cropping
I chose this image to crop, because I wanted to crop out the negative space of the ice on the top left and right side.
I used the cropping tool on Lightroom to do this. I chose my desired crop to improve my image.
The final result.
Evaluation
I prefer the cropped photo of the lobsters, because it eliminated the useless negative space, so the viewer is only focused on the lobsters and the repetitive pattern they are in. Lightroom is also the easiest cropping tool to use, so I am glad I used Lightroom. However, in the future I would like to experiment with cropping a few more images in Lightroom, and maybe use photoshop to do some more advanced cropping, like circle cropping.
Panoramic
I used these images below to create my panoramic with;
I was able to make a panorama with these images, because I took images panning from one side of the harbour to the other, while keeping the camera as level as I could, with just my hands. Next time, if I were to do this I would use a camera stand/ tripod.
First, I selected my images on Lightroom, right clicked and selected photo merge. Then, I chose panorama.
It created this for me, but the edges were jagged, so I clicked auto crop and it crops the image, so the edges are straight.
Finally, I clicked done.
Then, I repeated this with some of my other images.
Evaluation
I think these images came out really well, especially considering I didn’t have a tripod for the camera when I was taking the panning images. These images show more of the harbour in one frame, and I think they have come out really well and fit the theme really well. I do think my first panorama is the best one though.
The marititme museum is based in St Helier, next to St Helier Harbour.
It is full History and many fun interactive ways to help you learn. For example, there were these pipes you could smell that had smells relating to what it smelt like for the fishers out at sea e.g. fish, rope, wine etc.
The museum also has lots of information scattered around, so that you can get the best understanding of the Jersey Harbours, cod fisheries, different boats, knot tying and so much more.
Contact Sheet
I edited the images which are highlighted blue, because they have the most information and are my best images, because they have the best layout and composition and are the most interesting photos.
Edits
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was more exposed and brighter.
Then, I made a virtual copy and created a black and white copy, which I increased the contrast, shadows and whites, while decreasing the blacks and highlights. I did this to create more contrast and a range of light and dark tones.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was brighter and more vibrant.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the photo was brighter.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows and vibrancy, while decreasing the saturation, highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image is more vibrant and the photographs are more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the whites and highlights. I did this, so the shells around the window to the water are visible, as I made the image more exposed and brighter, as it was taken in a dark room.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the red ‘land’ on the earth was more vibrant and bold, so it stood out more.
Then, I created a virtual copy and created a black and white version and increased the contrast and highlights more, while decreasing the shadows. I did this to create more contrast.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was less exposed from the bright light directly above the bottles, to make the bottles more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image was brighter and the writing more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was brighter and the wood colour more vibrant, so the carving stood out more.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the colour on the boat were more vibrant and stood out more.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the boat inside the bottle is more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was slightly more vibrant, so the stingray could be seen more, as it camouflaged into the sand.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, whites, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was more vibrant, so all the colours in the tank stood out more, especially the shrimp.
I made a black and white version of this photo and increased the shadows, whites and contrast, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this to increase the contrast in the image.
Cod Fisheries
In the museum there is information about the cod fisheries, which is one of the main topics I researched in order to get a better understanding of the History and of what I am taking pictures of. This was very beneficial for me, because it allowed me to get even more of an understanding and the images tie in well with my photos of the harbour.
Final Images- Cod Fisheries
On the bottom of this headstone it says Gaspe, Newfoundland, but Gaspe is not actually in Newfoundland. This was written, so that it could deceive people, so they wouldn’t come to Gaspe and fish and steal the locals business.
The jumpers are called ‘jersey’s’, because Jersey fisherman would often knit while waiting for fish to get caught on their line, so that they could pass the time.
Final Images- Jersey Harbours
Map of Jersey
Corbiere Lighthouse
Corbiere Lighthouse sign in book.
St Helier Harbour.
Final Images-WWII
In the maritime museum there was also a WW11 section, which had crochet tapestries of scenes during the war, which were knitted by local Jersey citizens.
Final Images
Evaluation
I think this photoshoot went well, because I was able to capture lots of the fun elements of the museum, like the interactive smelling tubes, while also being able to capture lots of information, for example about the cod fisheries. I was also able to capture fun interesting images with a good composition and layout.
I also think my editing went well in this photoshoot, as I experimented with coloured images, as well as black and white images. I was able to adjust contrast, vibrancy and saturation etc, so that I could improve these images. However, next time I would like to experiment with photoshopping and cropping more, as I didn’t have a lot of time to do so in this topic.
Analysis of top 3 images
The lighting in this image is artificial lighting, because the photo was taken inside. I had no control over the placement of the life rings, but I did have control over where I was stood and how zoomed in or out the image was, because I could zoom in and out on my camera. This image has lots of contrast, as the image is in black and white and contains a range of grey shades. There is also lots of light and dark shades throughout this image, which creates the contrast. This image also contains only cool tones.
Camera settings:
F stop- f/4.5
Exposure time- 1/30sec
ISO- ISO-320
The layout in this image is very repetitive, because of the three identical rings in this image. That creates a repetitive pattern. The organisation of these rings also give the image a good composition. However, I wish I had zoomed out, because the rings are cropped out of the frame. The main viewpoint in this image is the rings, which is why I would have preferred all three in the frame.
There is a deeper meaning in this image though, because the rings state the places that they were kept, because they are life saving rings, that are thrown to save people who are drowning. On the rings, it also states how many lives have been lost at these Jersey beaches, to people drowning. The rings also state what year the lives were lost in.
The point of this photograph and the rings with this information is to present how many lives are lost, to make people really think and mourn these victims.
The type of lighting used in this image is artificial lighting, because I was inside. I had no control over the position or location of the objects, but I did have control over where I stood and how zoomed in or out my camera was.
Camera Settings:
F stop- f/3.5
Exposure time- 1/30sec
ISO- ISO-1600
This image contains quite warm tones, because it contains lots of red and sandy colours. It also contains lots of lighter tones. This image also contains lots of texture, because of the texture of the sand and shells surrounding the stingray. There is also lots of repetition in this image, because of the large amount of shells that are scattered around, which all look quite similar.
The layout of this image has a lot of depth to it, because of the angle the photo was taken. This gives it a depth of surface illusion. The main viewpoint of this image is the stingray, even though it is not center of the image. It is in the foreground of the image, with the background being slightly more blurred.
This image is of a stingray, which has been sealed in a silicone like substance. Some people may find this cruel and may not like this image, because they may believe the stingray was killed for this purpose, which it may have been, but it may have died naturally and someone just wanted to create art from that.
This photograph is useful, because it presents what a stingray looks like close up. The silicone around it is also useful, because it allowed me to get close up, without being in danger.
The type of lighting used in this image is artificial lighting, because I was inside. I had no control over the position or location of the objects, but I did have control over where I stood and how zoomed in or out my camera was. This image was quite under exposed and dark, because it was quite dark in the room, so there wasn’t much artificial lighting. Instead, I had to edit the image to increase the exposure to make it brighter. In future, I’d use my flash on my camera.
Camera Settings:
F stop- f/3.5
Exposure time- 1/30sec
ISO- ISO-320
There are lots of brown/ red colours in this image, as well as the bright blue water, looking into the tank through the window. There composition and layout of this image has lots of pattern and repetition and 3D shapes in this image, because of the pattern of the shells. There is also lots of texture in this image, because of the shells and the coral. The main viewpoint in this image is the circle window looking out onto the sea like view, which is in the center of the image. There is also lots of contrast between the very bright water and the darker surroundings. There is also a depth of surface illusion in this image.
This image presents what it would look like and feel like to be on the lower deck of the boat, looking out the window. This relates to the theme, because it gives us a sense of what it was like to be a fisherman at the harbour with the cod fisheries, as well as what it is like today.
We explored all around St Helier Harbour, including the three marinas, the steam clock, maritime museum and more. Our aim was to explore the harbour and capture all the different elements and aspects of it.
Contacts Sheet
The images which are highlighted green are the images I have chosen to edit in this photoshoot, because they present lots of different aspects of the harbour and have the best composition and layout and are my best photos.
Edits
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image would be brighter and more vibrant, so that the boat was more bright white, and so the sand was more coloured.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the boats would be brighter, as well as the sea in the background being more blue and vibrant.
Then, I made a virtual copy of the edited image and increased the contrast, highlights and whites, while decreasing the blacks and shadows. I did this to create more contrast between the different shades of grey throughout the image.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was slightly brighter and more eye capturing.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast shadows, whites and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so that the image would be brighter and more vibrant.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast shadows, whites, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the boat was more vibrant and saturated, so it stood out more. I also wanted the yellow colour of the boat the be more saturated.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast shadows, whites, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the sea was a nicer blue, as well as the blue on the boat.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the whites, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the red door was more vibrant, along with the green boots, so they would compliment each other more, as they are complimentary colours.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the tin man was brighter, as well as the rust, so it created more texture and contrast.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image would be slightly more exposed.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was more exposed and more vibrant.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was slightly more exposed and the water brighter and more vibrant and saturated.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was slightly more exposed and the water brighter and more vibrant and saturated.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the yellow boat was more vibrant and saturated, so it popped more.
Then, I created a virtual copy and made it black and white. I also increased the contrast to the max and adjusted the highlights, blacks, whites and shadows. I did this to create more contrast and light and dark tones in the image.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the complimentary colours (green and red) are more vibrant and therefore compliment each other even more.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image would be brighter and more exposed, so it was more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the whites, exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image would be less bright.
I also made a black and white copy of a similar image and increased the contrast, shadows and whites, while decreasing the highlights and blacks, so that I can create more contrast between the dark steam clock and the bright sky.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image would be more vibrant.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the lighthouse would be a brighter white, instead of dull.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, white and vibrancy, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the cannon was more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image is more vibrant and saturated.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, white and vibrancy, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the writing in the image is more visible.
Jersey Rowing Club
The Jersey Rowing Club has a long and celebrated history dating back to the early 1960s and was officially founded in 1971 when the sport of rowing was growing fast in the Island because of the popularity of the Sark to Jersey Rowing race, which started in 1967.
The club is based in the Old Lifeboat Station at the bottom of Mount Bingham, where there is excellent boat storage facilities and direct access to the water.
The JRC runs a full race calendar of coastal and bay events ranging from 8-15km, to the great endurance races 27km Gorey to Carteret, the 26km Sark to Jersey and the 48km Round Jersey.
They have close relationships with both Guernsey and French rowing clubs and are looking to include both the Herm weekend and Cherbourg regatta into their future events calendar.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image is brighter and more vibrant.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the boats are more saturated.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the ores and the blue background would be more vibrant and saturated.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image would be brighter and more vibrant.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image would be brighter.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image would be brighter.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image would be brighter and more vibrant.
Then, I created a virtual copy and created a back and white version. I increased the contrast, highlights and whites, while decreasing the blacks and shadows, so that I could create more contrast and light and dark tones in the image.
I also took the same photo, but from further away. I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, white, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image was brighter and more vibrant.
Final Images of the rowing club
Final Images of Jersey Harbours
Evaluation
In conclusion I think this photoshoot went well, because I explored and captured all different areas and angles of the harbour. I was also able to obtain portraits at the rowing of Michelle, who is part of the rowing club. I think capturing portraits as well as landscapes really allowed me to explore all the different elements of the harbour.
I also think the editing of my images went well, because I was able to slightly adjust the images to make them more bold and vibrant. I was also able to experiment with creating black and white images, so I could create more cool tones and contrasting images. However, next time I would like to experiment with cropping and photoshop a bit more, because I ran out of time to experiment fully in this topic.
Analysis of top 3 images
This boat is a boat that is docked at the harbour, next to the fish shop, where they keep all different types of fish, so they can later be sold and eaten by people. This fishing boat is used by the fisherman and they go out into sea and use the nets on the side of the boat to catch fish, crabs, lobsters etc.
Some people (vegetarians for example) may not appreciate this image, because they believe that capturing fish to kill them and eat them is morally wrong. However, I like to eat fish, so I appreciate this image, the boat and the work the fisherman do capturing these fish.
The type of lighting used in this image is natural lighting, because the image was taken outside in the daylight. I had no control over the composition, or the layout of the boat, or the upward angle of this image, because we could not go lower onto the deck, so had to take this image from above. However, I did have control over my distance from the boat, because I could move left or right along the top deck. However, I quite like the upward angle, looking down onto the boat, because it allows everything that is on the boat to be visible.
Camera Settings:
F stop- f/5.6
Exposure- 1/200secs
ISO- ISO-100
This image is quite saturated and contains both warm (yellow) and cool (blue/green water) tones. This image also contains a few red/ rust colours, which compliment the green water very well and create harmony in the image, as they are complimentary colours. There are also light and dark tones, which create contrast in this image, as the deck of the boat is dark and the yellow colour contains more light. There are also lots of visible textures on this boat, including the rough fishing nets hanging over the side of the boat. The vibrant, saturated colours in this image lead the eye to the boat, causing it to be the main viewpoint of this image.
This image is of boats docked at the harbour, while the sea is out, so they are rested on the muddy, wet ground. Jersey citizens own these boats and pay money to dock them at this harbour. They may use these boats to go fishing, live on, or just to go out on a nice Summer’s day.
The type of lighting used in this image is natural lighting, because the image was taken outside in the daylight. I had no control over the composition, or the layout of the boats, because I could not manipulate the position and layout of these boats in the foreground. However, I could manipulate the angle of this image, because I was able to move left to right along the side of the harbour when taking this image. I could also manipulate the distance I was from the boats, because I was able to zoom in and out on my camera. I also like the angle and distance of these boats.
Camera settings
F stop- f/10
Exposure- 1/200secs
ISO- ISO-100
This image is in black and white, so is vey cool toned. It also has lots of light and dark tones throughout it, as there are lots of different shades of grey running through the image. There are lots of patterns of repetitive shapes throughout the image and lots of repetitive forms, because of the pattern that the boats present, because the boats are laid out exactly the same next to each other and are very similar looking boats. This gives the image a good composition and layout within the frame. The boats in the foreground are the main viewpoint in this image, but I think the sea in the distance in the background keeps the image more exciting and less boring.
This image is of Michelle, who is apart of the Jersey Rowing Club, which is a club of rowers, who take part in competitions across the Channel Islands and France. The location of the image is at St Helier Harbour, in there stock room (where they keep all their equipment eg ores).
The lighting used in this image is artificial lighting, because this image was taken inside. I had complete control over Michelle and some of the equipment in this portrait, so I asked Michelle to hold an ore and stand next to the other ores. I also had control over the distance I stood from him and I could zoom in and out on my camera.
Camera Settings
F stop- f/4.5
Exposure- 1/200secs
ISO- ISO-3200
There are many different colours in this image, including pink, blue, brown, green, orange, yellow etc, but the main colour in this image is white, which is very bright and vibrant, while the other colours are also vibrant and saturated. There are mainly light tones in this image, because the colours are so saturated and the white is so bright. The row of ores also create a repetitive pattern in the image, with a leading line, which leads the viewers eyes to the main viewpoint of the image, which is Michelle, who is stood more in the background. This creates a sense of depth in the image.
We explored Jersey 3 marinas and along the harbours in St Helier, taking images of boats, harbours, cranes, tools, equipment, people working, fresh fish and more. We explored multiple fish places. Either where they sell fresh fish, like Fresh Fish Co and Jenna-Dee-Scallops. We also explored Aquamar, where they captured and held crabs, lobsters and cray fish and more.
The fish were captured at the harbour, or out at sea and held at Aquamar. They are then sold at Fresh Fish Co and Jenna-Dee-Scallops.
They sold many different types of fresh fish, such as many different types of crabs, including spider crabs etc, prawns, lobsters, cod, oysters etc.
Contact Sheet
The images which are highlighted yellow are the images I have chosen to edit from this photoshoot. I have chosen these images, because they have the best composition and are my best images.
Edits
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights, whites and blacks. I did this, so that the orange/red colour of the lobsters would be more vibrant and pop out more.
Then, I made a virtual copy of the edited image and created a black and white copy and increased the contrast, highlights and whites, while decreasing the blacks and shadows, so that the image would have a much higher contrast and more shades of grey throughout. I also did this so the texture of the lobsters would stand out more.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, vibrancy, saturation and whites, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was brighter and the items on the shelves were more saturated and vibrant, especially against the white background. I also wanted the background to be more of a pure white.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights, exposure and blacks. I did this, so that the crab was slightly more vibrant and stood out more against the white ice background.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the post cards of the harbour, which were already very colourful, were even more vibrant and beautiful.
I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was brighter, because I thought it looked a bit dark and the so the prawns in this image were more vibrant and stood out more.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, white, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights, exposure and blacks. I did this, so that all the different colours in this image pop. I also like this image, because the orange and green in this image contrast and compliment each other well, as they are almost directly opposite each other on the colour wheel.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights, exposure and blacks. I did this, so that the different colours within the shell stood out and contrasted each other more, and so the texture of the shells were more visible.
Then, I created a virtual copy of the edited image and increased the contrast to 100%. I did this, so that the texture of the shells stood out even more.
I edited these images by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the images were slightly brighter and more vibrant, so it was more visible, as so the texture of the fish were also more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, whites, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the texture of the cages were more visible, and so the blue fishing wire would be more vibrant and a pop of colour.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, whites, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was brighter, so that the crabs can be seen much more clearly through the water.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, whites, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the crabs under belly was brighter and more white, so that they stood out more, and so the texture is more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlight, whites and blacks. I did this, so that the image is brighter, so the crabs are more vibrant and more visible through the water.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, whites, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the lobster was more vibrant, along with the bright blue container.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the whites, highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image was brighter, because it was a very dark picture. I also wanted the crab and his eyes to be more visible.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, whites, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image was brighter, so the crabs were more vibrant and visible.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, whites, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the whole image was brighter and more vibrant, so it would look less dull. I also wanted the cray fish to be much more vibrant, so it can stand out much more.
Next, I created a virtual copy of the edited image and created a black and white version. Then, I increased the highlights, contrast, whites, shadows and decreased the blacks, so that the image had many shades of grey running through it, so there was more of a contrast. I also increased the texture in this image, so that the textures and patterns on the cray fish’s back were more prominent.
I edited this image by increasing the contrast, exposure, whites, shadows, saturation and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the crabs and the blue bucket would be more vibrant and brighter, so that the picture would be less dull.
Final Images
Evaluation
In conclusion, I think this photoshoot went well, because I was able to capture the fresh fish, which is one of the main things the harbour is used for. I thought this photoshoot represented the harbour well, because fishing goes on here, there are fishing boats, fishermen and people selling and salting the fresh fish. I was also able to capture a man at work, with the still alive shellfish. I explored and captured how they stored these shellfish and watched and captured them at work.
I also thought I edited these images well, using coloured images as well as black and white images. I was able to manipulate the lights, darks, contrast, vibrancy, saturation and more, so I can improve my images. However, next time I would like to have spent more time experimenting with photoshop and cropping some of my images. I also thought the composition of my images was quite good, as I used different angles and had centred images, along with non-centred images, but I could have experimented more with cropping to improve them even more.
I also like how I managed to capture similar images, or images that can be presented together in either pairs or a triage or more. I think this really improved the presentation of my final images.
Analysis
This image is of a man at work at the harbour. He is a fisherman, who catches live crab, lobsters etc. and keeps them in this building, which we are currently in, which has lots of pools of sea water inside, which is where these live animals are kept, until they are killed for us to eat.
This image may upset certain people, such as vegetarians, because they do not believe in the slaughtering of animals just for us humans to eat, because they believe it is cruel. Personally, I eat fish and meat.
In this image I used artificial lighting, because we were inside a building. I had no control over the position of the man at work, or the location of the photo, because it was just an opportunity photo, so nothing was manipulated by me. However, I did have control over the distance and position I was from the man, because I was able to move around to take my images, and I was able to zoom in and out on my camera.
Camera settings:
F stop: f/9
Exposure: 1/200 seconds
ISO speed: ISO 100
This image is in black and white, so is cool toned and has lots of different shades of grey running through it. It also contains lots of light and dark tones, due to the different shades of grey running through the image. This has also created lots of contrast in the image, between all the lighter and darker tones. You can also see some texture in this image, on the crayfish, because you can see the roughness and the lumps and bumps on the back and legs of the crayfish.
The main focus point of this image is mainly the crayfish, but also the man holding it, because I wanted to capture the man at work as well. The main focus point of this image is centred in the frame and there is not a lot of negative space around him, because I zoomed in with my camera, so I was able to crop most of it out.
This is an image of dead fresh lobsters that are being kept cool on ice in a small little shop at the harbour, so they are ready to sell to people to eat.
This image may upset certain people, such as vegetarians, because they do not believe in the slaughtering of animals just for us humans to eat, because they believe it is cruel. Personally, I eat fish and meat.
In this image there is artificial light, because we were inside a little shop, but there was also natural lighting coming through into this image, because of the large open doors and windows at the front of the shop. I had no control over the positioning of the lobsters, because they were in this position when we found them, and I was not able to touch them to manipulate their position. However, I liked the position they were in. Even though I could not be in control of their positioning, I was in control of where I stood and how zoomed in or out my camera was.
Camera settings:
F stop: f
Exposure:
ISO speed:
This image is a coloured image, which is very warmed toned, because of the colours of the lobsters. The lobsters are quite vibrant and saturated, so they are quite bright. This image also includes light and dark tones, but mainly light tones, due to the ice that the lobsters are rested on. This image also includes lots of texture, because I was able to capture the lumps and bumps on the lobsters backs and claws. There is also a 3d distinct shape in this image, because all the lobsters are such similar shapes, so it looks very repetitive.
The layout/ composition of the lobsters in this image is also very repetitive, because they are all laid out in exactly the same way next to each other, which creates a visual element of organisation. However, I do think I could have improved the image by cropping it and having them more centre in the frame, so I can crop out some of the negative space on the left hand side of the frame.
This is an image of dead fresh lobsters that are being kept cool on ice in a small little shop at the harbour, so they are ready to sell to people to eat.
This image may upset certain people, such as vegetarians, because they do not believe in the slaughtering of animals just for us humans to eat, because they believe it is cruel. Personally, I eat fish and meat.
In this image there is artificial light, because we were inside a little shop, but there was also natural lighting coming through into this image, because of the large open doors and windows at the front of the shop. I had no control over the positioning of the lobsters, because they were in this position when we found them, and I was not able to touch them to manipulate their position. However, I liked the position they were in. Even though I could not be in control of their positioning, I was in control of where I stood and how zoomed in or out my camera was.
Camera settings:
F stop: f
Exposure:
ISO speed:
This image is in black and white, so is cool toned and has lots of different shades of grey running through it. It also contains lots of light and dark tones, due to the different shades of grey running through the image. This has also created lots of contrast in the image, between all the lighter and darker tones. You can also see some texture in this image on the back of the lobsters and on their claws. There is also a 3d distinct shape in this image, because all the lobsters are such similar shapes, so it looks very repetitive.
The layout/ composition of the lobsters in this image is also very repetitive, because they are all laid out in exactly the same way next to each other, which creates a visual element of organisation. However, I do think I could have improved the image by cropping it and having them more centre in the frame, so I can crop out some of the negative space on the left hand side of the frame.
