Before using the studio and camera set up I used the camera simulator to try different things and learnt about different settings. I started in aperture priority settings before moving to full manual.

From the comments given by the simulator it guided the next shot I took testing different suggestions and learning what effects the photo and how. For example in this one the exposure is good as the iso is automatic on aperture priority.

Using what I had learnt I then took the photo above with a wide depth of field, capturing everything in the frame in focus. After this shot I felt comfortable enough to try the full manual mode which is what I will use on the actual cameras.

This was my first attempt in which the aperture is too low for the iso resulting in a very unbalanced exposure meter so the photo is extremely over exposed.

For this shot, which is by far my best one of all of them I focused on making sure the exposure meter is balanced, by adjusting the shutter speed to capture the propellers as well as make sure that the photo is not too over exposed with the low aperture this also meant I needed to increase the iso to get a well exposed photo and keep the exposure meter balanced.

William Eggleston

William Eggleston is an American photographer born on the 27th July, 1939. He is widely credited for giving recognition to colour photography as a legitimate art medium. Eggleston was drawn to visual media from a young age, and he began his work during the 1940s and 1950s, where he lived in South America. Fascinated by the cultural shift happening around him, he began photographing these changes.

The image on the right clearly follows the rule of thirds and has natural lighting. This photo has a narrow depth of field, the aperture appears to be F/4 as the background is blurred, the shutter speed seems to be 1/1000 because the image is sharp, and ISO 100.

I have chosen to look at William Eggleston’s work for ‘Nostalgia’ because his photos have a vintage feel. I admire his skilful attention to detail in his photographs, and how every composition is different to another, including landscapes, portraits of people and animals, and more. Something I found remarkably intriguing in Eggleston’s work was how his photos tell a story. For example, in his portraits of people, the viewer is given insight to the variety of personalities he captures with his camera, which especially shines through in the photos which feel natural, and some even candid.

This aspect of his work inspired me for my photoshoots, which for the first photoshoot I took photos of my brother. I wanted these photos to have the same natural feeling as Eggleston’s work does, so I photographed my brother doing a hobby of his, which is fishing, and I also took some closer portraits of him. For the second photoshoot, I wanted to explore the theme of nostalgia further and took photos inside of my Grandma’s house, as it is nostalgic to me.

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Contact Sheets

Edits (1st Photoshoot)

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Edits (2nd Photoshoot)

When taking and editing these photos, I was inspired William Eggleston, and the vintage style of his photographs.

Final Images

Q1: What is the etymology (origin & history) of the word photography? 

Writing with light. 

Q2: What year was the first photograph made in camera? 
 

1826 (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce) 

Q3: When did the first photograph of a human appear? 
 

1838 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre) 

Q4: Who made the first ‘selfie’ 

Robert Cornelius (1839) 

Q5: When did the first colour photograph appear? 

1861 (James Clerk Maxwell) 
 

Q6: What do we mean by the word genre? 

A style or category of art 
 
Q7: What do we mean by the genre of still-life? 

An image that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world. 

 
Q8: What was the main purpose of the Pictorialist movement? 
 

To affirm photography as an art form 

Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography? 
 

Capture images that truthfully portray people, places and events. 

Staging images for maximum effect. 

Provide in-depth information about a subject over a long period time. 

An interpretation of reality as witnessed by the photographer. 

 
Q10: What is exposure in photography? 
 

The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor. 

Q11: What controls exposure on your camera? 

Aperture, shutter speed, ISO. 

 
Q12: What control on our camera records moving objects? 
 

Shutter 

 
Q13: How do we explain depth of field? 

How much of your image is in focus. 

 
Q14: What factors affect Depth of Field? 

Shutter speed, distance from camera to subject, and sensitivity to light. 

Q15: What is composition in photography? 

The arrangement of visual elements within the frame. 

Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art? 

Concerned with the nature of beauty and taste. 

It is subjective and in the eye of the beholder. 

Aesthetic qualities refer to the way and artwork looks and feels. 

Making a critical judgement based on observation and understanding. 

Q17: What are contextual studies in photography? 

To provide historical, cultural and theoretical understanding of images. 

Consider factors outside of the image, as well as inside the frame. 

 
Q18: How many images are captured on average every day worldwide? 

 

4.7 billion 

Q19: Which portrait is the most reproduced in the world? 

 

The Queen (Elizabeth II) 

-a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the past

This project is a collection of photography work exploring the open theme of nostalgia. Nostalgia has many different meanings and effects I aim to capture different, unique images based on case studies and my own creative dynamics.  

Photoshoot Plan

Second Photoshoot

Experimenting with the camera simulator

This first image was taken using a short shutter speed to capture a sharp view of the propeller stopped and not blurry from spinning. However, his image is not good as I haven’t adjusted the other settings like the aperture and exposure metre.

For this photo, I changed the aperture and ISO to balance out the exposure metre. This meant that the image now has more colour and is brighter. The photo has a short depth of field and focuses only on the plane meaning the background is blurred. The settings I used were: shutter speed – 1/4000, aperture – 2.8 and ISO – 6400.

This image has a good exposure and the picture is bright and the whole image is in focus. For this, I used a lower shutter speed, 1/4, which mean that the moving propeller was not captured.

Q1: What is the etymology (origin & history) of the word photography?

Writing with light.

Capturing light.

Painting with light.

Filming light.

Q2: What year was the first photograph made in camera

1739 (Joseph Wright)

1839 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre)

1826 (Joseph Nicéphore Niépce)

1904 (Salvadore Dali)

Q3: When did the first photograph of a human appear?

1874 (Julia Margeret Cameron)

1838 (Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre)

1856 (Henry Mullins)

1939 (Ropert Capa)

Q4: Who made the first ‘selfie’

Kim Kardashian (2015)

Robert Cornelius (1839)

Cindy Sherman (1980)

Claude Cahun (1927)

Q5: When did the first colour photograph appear?

1907 (Lumière brothers)

1961 (Andy Warhol)

1935 (Kodachrome)

1861 (James Clerk Maxwell)

Q6: What do we mean by the word genre?

A study of an artwork

A depiction in art

A style or category of art

A creative process in art

Q7: What do we mean by the genre of still-life?

In image where a person is sitting still and not moving.

An arrangement of flowers.

A picture of food.

An image that shows inanimate objects from the natural or man-made world.

Q8: What was the main purpose of the Pictorialist movement?

20sec

To capture moving objects

To record reality

To affirm photography as an art form

To be scientific

Q9: How do we describe the term documentary photography?

30sec

Capture images that truthfully portray people, places and events.

Staging images for maximum effect.

Provide in-depth information about a subject over a long period time.

An interpretation of reality as witnessed by the photographer.

Q10: What is exposure in photography?

To expose hidden elements in our society.

To record fast moving objects.

To capture bright light.

The amount of light that reaches your camera’s sensor.

Q11: What controls exposure on your camera?

Depth of field, composition, distance to subject.

Aperture, focal length, ISO.

Aperture, shutter speed, ISO.

Shutter speed, distance to subject, depth of field.

Q12: What control on our camera records moving objects?

Aperture

White balance

Shutter

ISO

Q13: How do we explain depth of field?

How much of your image is in focus.

To photograph from a high vantage point.

A view across a field.

A deadpan approach to image making.

Q14: What factors affect Depth of Field?

Shutter speed, distance from camera to subject, and sensitivity to light.

Lens aperture, distance from camera to subject, and lens focal length.

Lens focal length shutter speed and lens aperture.

Sensitivity to light, shutter speed and lens focal length.

Q15: What is composition in photography?

Capturing the quality of light.

A piece of music with different instruments.

Staging a portrait with props.

The arrangement of visual elements within the frame.

Q16: What is your understanding of aesthetics in art?

Concerned with the nature of beauty and taste.

It is subjective and in the eye of the beholder.

Aesthetic qualities refer to the way and artwork looks and feels.

Making a critical judgement based on observation and understanding.

Q17: What are contextual studies in photography?

To provide historial, cultural and theoterical understanding of images.

Consider factors outside of the image, as well as inside the frame.

To give an opinion without any research.

To seek a definite answer.

Q18: How many images are captured on average every day worldwide?

1.5 billion

4.7 billion

800 million

6.9 billion

Q19: Which portrait is the most reproduced in the world?

Mona Lisa

Lady Gaga

Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara

The Queen (Elizabeth II)

William Eggleston

William Eggleston is an American photographer. His photography is mainly focused with colour but involves street photography too. 

He takes photographs which have a vintage look and makes the colours more bright and vibrant. The settings he uses are mainly places like shopfronts, gas stations and anywhere with signs and bold colours.

This photograph is of a McDonald’s next to a camera shop, these two places are a mix of yellow, orange and red colours and have different signs. The photograph is very bold and vibrant making it eye-catching

Photoshoot 1: Nostalgic Locations

This photoshoot is made up of photographs I took of different locations around Jersey that feel nostalgic to me. I grew up in Jersey which is why i focused this shoot on locations over here. 

When taking my photos, I tried to get different angles and I took photos zooming in and out with the lense.

Photoshoot 2: Nostalgic Objects

For this photoshoot, I photographed objects that are nostalgic for me. I have specific memories that i associate with these objects which i remember very clear, this is why i chose these certain objects. 

To start, I took a photograph of a traffic cone as when I was younger, I dressed up as a traffic cone for Halloween and this has always been a fond memory for me. The other photos have corresponding reasons for them as well. 

Although I didn’t take as many photos as I would’ve liked too, I am happy with the objects that I chose to photograph

Evaluation

I like this photograph of mine of a nostalgic object as the object itself is large rather than smaller like the rest of my images. This O shaped structure is nostalgic as it is in a place I would always go to as a child. 

This photograph captures the whole object and also the shadow coming off of it. I think I could have taken the photo a little better, for instance, I should have ventured the object more in the middle rather than a little to the side.

This photograph, I think, was a good picture to take to associate with Nostalgia. This is because as a child, I was always intrigued by the clock and the songs it plays. 

I think this photo is good as it captures some street photography. The only thing I don’t like about the photograph is that there is a person standing in it and the way that the sun intrudes in the corner. If I were to retake this photo, I would try to avoid this.