The photos that are selected are all the ones that are worth further editing.

These photos are similar to Ansel Adams because of the formal elements used. Ansel Adams’ photos were all about formality. For example the high levels of contrast and high tonal range that I have captured is similar to his photos. There is a lot of texture in the photos – the rocks and the sea are providing these natural shapes and forms not found in manmade architecture. I have deliberately used a high depth of field by setting the aperture to 16 or above, which is not only reminiscent of his images but also allows the camera to capture detail on all different ‘layers’ of the photos. This creates an effect where none of the image is out of focus. I also tried to keep my shutter speed over 1/250 so there was no camera motion blur and so the sea was crisp and frozen in time.

The place where I took these photos is what is known as an SSE in jersey which means “Site of Special Interest”. This means the area has some particular qualities or wildlife that the Jersey government wants to protect and preserve. I think that is a very good thing as we can see, throughout the rest of the island there is other beautiful landscapes like this that non-local millionaires buy and build massive, ugly houses on – that they don’t even live in most of the time, just for the sake of paying less tax. Sites being SSE’s protects it from this. I did this photoshoot with the intent of supporting this cause as I think massive development on rural landscapes ruins the environment and is actually extremely sad. I aimed to capture the beauty of these places to support this and show people why these places need to be protected.