Photoshoot Plan

For my photoshoot focusing on romanticism, I decided to go to the beach when it was clear weather and high tide to take pictures close up of the sea against the rocks. I will go down to the shore where the tide begins to wash onto the rocks and surfaces. I plan to go on a day that is particularly windy in order for there to be large waves which I can photograph. I wanted to overall capture the dramatic moment where the water crashes against the rocks and splashes. I decided to photograph this to communicate the idea of the sublime in my pictures; shown in the moment of tension between these two forms of nature. I am going to use a fast shutter speed to capture a sharp moment of the splash so the clarity and definition of the water is effectively enhanced.

Photoshoot

Best and Edited Photos

This selection of pictures definitely turned out the best as they aligned the most with my photoshoot plan and artistic goal. The sublime can be seen clearly as the waves crash uncontrollability and unpredictably against the rocks; enhanced by the crisp shot of the movement of the water. When editing my most effective photos, I first aligned the horizon to ensure the lines did not distract from the focal point. I tweaked the saturation to brighten the blue of the sea and sky to further the contrast between them and the rocks; also making sure to keep a natural balance. Finally, I toggled the highlights and shadows in order to have a large dynamic range in my photographs; bringing in definition to each area of the image.

Creative Edits and Presentation

During my selection process, I discovered that I wanted to display these three images together and separately from my other strongest photographs. When taking my photos with fast shutter speed, I noticed that I was capturing different stages of the event of the splash with my camera. I thought this was interesting as it played as a storytelling of the creation of the sublime. It was alluring to see the various levels of tension which came before the visuals of a final photo; displaying the moments leading up to the splash and multiple times of a shot. I was able to communicate an almost stop motion gradual of the event. To separate this triptych of photos further from the rest, despite them having the same format in terms of composition, I edited them on Photoshop Lightroom using a few of the preset photo filters in order to achieve a golden hour tone. Wishing to display these in a horizontal line to solidify my goal of progression in nature, I imported these images onto Artsteps in my own virtual gallery where I then aligned them to be finally presented.