St Malo

St Malo is mainly a tourist destination, so it was ‘normal’ for the locals to see us taking pictures with our cameras. We also saw many other tourists who were not with us taking photos with either their phones or cameras. There were many different shops and food stalls in St Malo, which attracted many tourists. There was also the Ferris-wheel.

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The images that are highlighted green are my best images and the images I have decided to edit, because they show people’s every day lives the best, while have the best composition. They are also the different types of images I have experimented with.

Edits

These images are images I have taken with the camera at eye level, so people knew I was taking photos in these.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights, whites and blacks. I did this, so that the image would have better lighting and so the background of the sea and boats would be more visible and eye capturing.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

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 would have better lighting and be more eye capturing.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

I edited these images by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the images would be more vibrant and eye capturing.

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 would have be brighter.

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 person in this image would stand out more.

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 would have better lighting.

I edited these images by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this, so that the image would have better lighting and be more eye capturing. Also so the people would stand out more.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

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 would be brighter.

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 would be brighter.

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 would have be more vibrant and all the colours on the caracal would pop more.

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 lady’s bag and umbrella would pop more and be the main focus.

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 would have better lighting.

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 coloured umbrella and backpack would pop more and be more eye capturing.

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 would have better lighting.

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 would have better lighting.

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 would have better lighting and be more vibrant.

Hip Shots

These are images I have taken with the camera at hip level, so it is less visible that I am taking photos, so that people will not change their expressions or actions when I am taking the photos.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was more vibrant and had better lighting.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so the colours in the image would pop more and be more vibrant, such as the flags and coloured clothing.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the coloured clothing and flags in this image would pop more, and so the image was slightly brighter.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was more vibrant and had better lighting. Also, so the ladies coat was more vibrant and stood out more.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was more vibrant and had better lighting.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was more vibrant and had better lighting.

I edited these images by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the images were brighter.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was brighter and had better lighting.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was brighter and had better lighting.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was brighter and had better lighting, and so the green bench was slightly more vibrant.

I edited these images by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so red furniture would pop more and be more vibrant, so that it was eye capturing. I also wanted the lighting to be better.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so all the different colours in this image, such as the red furniture and her coloured umbrella would pop more and be more vibrant, so that the image was more eye capturing. I also wanted the image to be slightly brighter, so that the lighting was better.

Blurry Images

For these images I experimented with the shutter speed by slowing it down, so that anyone or thing that is moving will be slightly or very blurry, while I am stood still taking the images.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the colours in this photo would be more vibrant and the lighting would be better.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so the different colours in this image would be much more vibrant.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this so the image was brighter and had better lighting.

I edited these images by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the image had better lighting.

Shop windows/ Reflections

For these images I experimented with using shop windows/ reflections, so I took pictures of people inside the stores from outside the window. I also just took images of people shopping and browsing.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites and vibrancy, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so that the lighting would be better and their brightly coloured coats more vibrant.

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 lighting would be better and all the brightly coloured clothing would be more vibrant.

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 lighting would be better and the colours in the image would pop more.

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 lighting was better.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights saturation and blacks. I did this so that the image was brighter and the people could be seen better.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites and vibrancy, while decreasing the highlights, saturation and blacks. I did this so that the lighting was better and all the colours were 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 image had better lighting.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, vibrancy, highlights and blacks. I did this so that the colours would pop more.

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 lighting was better.

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 lighting was better and the person could be seen more clearly through the window.

I edited this image by increasing the exposure, contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the highlights and blacks. I did this, so the image is brighter and her neon coat more vibrant.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows, whites, vibrancy and saturation, while decreasing the exposure, highlights and blacks. I did this so the lighting was better in these images.

Experimenting with Black and White Images

I made all these images by making a virtual copy of the final edited images. Then, I edited them more so after they’ve been made black and white if need so.

I edited this image even more after turning it black and white, by increasing the contrast and whites more, while decreasing the highlights, shadows and blacks more. I did this so there was lots of contrast.

I edited this image even more, by increasing the contrast, shadows and whites more, while decreasing the highlights and blacks more. I did this so the image would have more contrast.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows and whites more and decreasing the blacks and highlights more. I did this so there was more contrast and the reflection in the window was more apparent.

I edited this image more by increasing the contrast, shadows, highlights and whites more, while decreasing the blacks more. I did this so there is more contrast.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows and whites, while decreasing the highlights and blacks more. I did this to create more contrast.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows and whites, while decreasing the highlights and blacks more. I did this to create more contrast.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows and whites, while decreasing the highlights and blacks more. I did this to create more contrast.

I edited this image by increasing the contrast, shadows and whites, while decreasing the highlights and blacks more. I did this to create more contrast.

The colour wheel

image 1 for cropping

Original image

Here is my original image changed into black and white.

Cropped versions

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original image

Cropped Versions

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Cropped Versions

BACKGROUND:

Saint-Malo is a historic French port and town situated on the coast on Brittany, France. With its history of piracy and overseas adventures alongside being heavily bombed in 1944 during World War 2, the city is a popular tourist centre with its ferry terminal serving the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey alongside the South of England such as Portsmouth, Poole and Hampshire. The population in 2017 was 46,097, however during the summer tourist season this can increase enormously – up to 300,000.

CONTACT SHEET:

Overall, our shoot consisted of just over 800 images of the town of Saint-Malo to show the city culture and pace of life. I flagged the images which I thought had the best composition, angle and detail. This photoshoot was inspired by the work of Henri-Cartier Bresson, using his concept of the decisive moment in candid street photography. I wanted to focus on photographing relationships with others, such as couples or friendships, with a aesthetically pleasing composition in the background, maintaining shape and balance throughout. I looked for locations filled with French culture, had leading lines such as long alleyways or just fit cohesively with the actions of the people in the backgrounds.

BEST IMAGES:

In this image, I captured an elderly woman conversing with a homeless man, sat around all his belongings. I really liked this image because it represents community and selflessness, checking up on someone instead of following society and idly walking by. The way her head is tilted towards the side shows empathy in the image and I feel that this adds a sense of genuinity that can be pushed towards the viewer.

For this image, I used a slow shutter speed, standing as still as possible and waiting for pedestrians to walk past me. This created a motion blur on just the people instead of making the entire image out of focus, making it a very successful image. I feel that this represents the face pace of which city life acts in, people always moving and doing something.

This image would have to be one of my favourites as the actions of the woman are very unusual and spontaneous. I liked how she was singular, acting in a way that may be judged or frowned upon by those in the background with umbrellas whilst she walks barefoot with her skateboard. Alongside that, I really liked the way the umbrellas look in the background because they add geometry to the image consistently following up the right side of the image to the left.

BLACK AND WHITE IMAGES:

I made my selection of images in black and white also to bring across the nature of Henri-Cartier Bresson’s images as his were usually portrayed in this way. I played around with the different tonal scales of the images as well as pre-sets to make the black richer or more greyscale, depending on the composition, colours and exposure being used at the time:

STRUCTURES:

I also took some images of the architecture based around the city as I feel that this shows the culture of the city and how can appear to be similar to Jersey whereas in reality it is quite different. This included some ancient and abandoned buildings however some were more urbanised:

Using Lightroom, I experimented cropping my final photos that I had edited in different ways which showed different and unique views of the final photo. From this I could duplicate the photo and crop it down to various people which I thought could be an interesting concept to explore.

St Malo Street Photography –

Here are my final images from our day trip to St Malo, throughout this edited shoot, I have captured the sights, people and atmosphere in a series of images.

First edited Images –

Second edited Images –

Edit Settings:

For my edits, I have focused on mainly on altering on Saturation, Clarity and Texture. Through examples I will show their slight variations, depending on the subjects within the frame, such as movement, lighting and distance.

Due to numerous edits containing similar settings, I will break down some of the main types of edits I’ve made to the majority of my images.

Example 1 – Low light:

Since in the original image, limited light was within the foreground of the images contents, I aimed to highlight this through editing by creating more depth to it through editing.

Camera Settings:

Before:

Editing process:

Through cropping my image to centralise the composition of windows and subjects, I converted my image into greyscale through removing the saturation. By altering other features such as clarity and texture, and settings within its tone, I edited this image with the focus on making the light standout from its outside source, and highlighting the woman in pinks appearance due to her singular action of looking out the window.

Final image:

Example 2 – Motion:

Inspired by Cartier-Bresson’s image of a cyclist I decided to try and create something similar within St Malo using motion.

Camera Settings:

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Editing process:

By adjusting the texture, clarity and haze, I tried to create a sharp but also an intentionally blurred image.

Final Image:

Example 3 – Distance:

Edit 1 –

With Cartier-Bresson’s images of large infrastructure, dwarfing their surrounding subjects, I took inspiration from this in my own work and tried to recreate it.

Camera Settings:

Before:

Editing Process:

After turning into black and white, to add more pop and character to the image I attempted to make a tonal shift between shades. With lots of distance into the image it can be seen that it contains lots of different tones that can pop out once edited.

Final Image:

Edit 2 –

In the next image I did something similar with a more busy street.

Camera Settings:

Before:

Editing process:

To edit this image, and incorporate those variants in tone from colour when converted to greyscale, I prioritised making the small details in the lower half of the image stand out more with dehazing and white and black balance.

Final image:

Example 4 – Cropping:

By shortening down the original image, Cropping can help create a more effectively deeper meaning to its contents.

Camera Settings:

Before:

Editing process:

adding additional shots, I wanted to further detail this image by overlying multiple images. By adding different angles, changing their colours and opacity, I think this adds more detail and exclusiveness to the image.

Final Image:

Example 5 – Reflections:

Edit 1 –

Capturing a few photos where Reflections where caught in them, I liked how they came out a lot and can be said to capture 2 moments in one image without the use of artificial alterations.

Camera Settings:

Before:

Editing process:

To make sure both reflection and subject within the image where able to be recognisable I mainly used highlights and contrast to make them both stand out.

Final image:

Edit 2 –

Camera Settings:

Before:

Editing process:

Due to the unedited version being slightly out of focus but a lot of the tonal settings being alright, I mainly used the dehazing and clarity to make the image look nicer in greyscale.

Final image:

Edit 3 –

Camera settings:

Before:

Editing process:

Editing this image, like before I focussed more so on clarity and dehaze, this was to differentiate the subjected reflections within the original image.

Final image:

1 x landscape crop

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1 x portrait crop

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1 x panoramic crop

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1 x square crop

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1 x circle crop:

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1 x multi – circle/porthole crop

1 x polygon crop

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1. Both could be described as landscape pictures. What kinds of landscapes do they describe? These two pictures describe a type of landscape that is called seascapes.
2. What similarities do you notice about these two pictures? In these two pictures, they both show the sea and types of rocks.
3. What differences do you notice? I noticed that the first picture is more sea based, it shows close ups and selections of sea, sand and rocks. The second picture shows a seashore with some type of peer and with large waves and rocks. The second picture also is in black and white whereas the first picture is in colour.
4. What words/phrases best describes each of these landscapes? The words that best describe the first picture is complex and unique and for the second picture I would describe it as textured and rustic
5. In which of these landscapes would you prefer to live? I think that I would prefer to live in the second landscape as I think that I have a clearer image what it actually is and It just looks better in general.

To make my photographs appear more appealing, I have decided to edit some in a way that makes a specific part of the image stand out. To make the colour splash photos, I first used the quick selection tool to cut out what I wanted to stay in colour, I then selected that area and layered via copy this copied the area I had cut out. I then changed the original image to black and white, making sure my copy of the umbrella I cut out , was the top layer.

This is the final image. I think it turned out really well, the cut out of the umbrella looks very smooth and I think that it was a good idea to use the umbrella as the colour popping out as it is really bright and stands out well against the black and white.

Other edits: