For this shoot I decided to go to a filed near where I live and take pictures of the sunset. I wanted to take pictures of a sunset because it would of been a lot different to all of my other shoots which I have done before and would of helped me to produce a wide range of photos at the end of all of my edits. Additionally, I would be able to experiment with different settings in Photoshop to help the colour of the sunset stand out even further.
Research Influence
Stephen Shore
This was the main photo that influenced me to capture photos with the orange filter. I like this photo because the filter makes the colours on the building become more vibrant and stand out even more attracting the viewers to this photo. Additionally, I like how the filter gives a rustic tone to the photo, creating the feel that this was taken in an old town in America. Stephen Shore has set the buildings on the frame to make the illusion that the viewer is travelling through the photo to reach the sky.
I like this photo because it has been taken at a dusk time to create the overall mood seem more foreboding and mysterious. This gives me ideas to go out and take photos later on in the day so I can get a wide variety of shots and almost have a timeline going throughout the day with the different times I have taken photos. I like this photo because going from left to right the sky gradually gets darker, emphasising that mysterious mood as you travel across the photo.
Both of these photos influenced me to take sunset photos because I wanted to create the coppery and rustic affect with the orange in the first photo and I wanted to go out and take photos later on in the day like the second photos. Therefore, I decided to take photos around sunset to get both of these elements in my shoot. Originally, I was going to find an orange filter and create more daytime photos so they would have an interesting affect by the second photo influenced me to take photos later on in the day.
Contact Sheet
Best Images
I like this photo because the bottom proportion of the photo is blacked out making the main focus be on the sky. Additionally, I like how I have positioned the sun to be in the middle of the frame to the outer part of the frame gets darker as you go further out (like how Stephen Shore's photo creates). I like how I have manged to change the settings on my camera correctly so I could get a nice vibrant sky which would nicely stand out.
I like this photo because it is very zoomed in and you can see more detail of the sky and trees, and you are able to see the sky through the leaves. Also, I like how I've managed to capture the clouds on the left hand side because they look like a group of horsed riding through the sea, therefore, making this image seem a little more interesting and magical. I like how the bottom part of this photo is blacked out because it creates a strong contrast with the vibrant sky.
I like how this photo is slightly darker then my other ones because it creates a sense of foreboding and mystery, which could portray how as the sun goes down and the night comes it becomes a lot more mysterious. Additionally, I like how it's darker because the highlights in the photo stand out a lot more creating that stronger contrast. Also, this photo creates a nice coppery look like Stephen Shore used in his photo.
I like how this photo has softer tones which helps it stand out that bit more. For this photo, I tried to make the same affect that Stephen Shore used where the sky goes from a lighter shade to a darker one. I like how the trees are black which helps the colour from the sky come through even more and create a stronger contrast between the lighter and darker shades.
I like how the tree circles into the frame which eventually leads into the frame and ends up at the sun creating a calm and peaceful mood. Also, I like how the colour still come through the branches and leaves which help fill the photo more. I like how the sky behind the tree is dark and the sky on the other side of the frame is lighter, creating a gradual gradient.
I like how the trees create the illusion of a diagonal line going downwards into the frame to give the photo the extra interesting element. I like how the sky is still vibrant but does not have too much going on because it helps balance out the business of the leaves from the tree. Also, I like how the outer edge of the photo is slightly darker then the centre because it creates more tone in the picture and gives the photo another interesting element.
Worst Images
I don't like this photo because I did not manage to capture the vibrance from the sky because I did not angle my camera correctly and I took this photo slightly too early for this shot because the sun had not set enough where the whole sky was filled with that orange tone. Also, the tree is not completely blacked out, therefore, it would slightly distract the viewer from the sky.
This photo was slightly too over exposed because I was not able to get the definition from the sun, instead it blurs out part of the photo and makes it difficult to see the sky. To improve this image, I would of had to set my aperture lower to let in less light so I could let in less light and have more definition in the sky.
AO3
For this shoot, I was influenced by Stephen Shore's photography work, he created interesting affects of the sky using different filters and shooting at different times of the day. I was inspired by this and I wanted to create the same affect with my photos, therefore I decided to try and merge the two different ideas together and create one big shoot.
I was able to achieve these ideas by taking photos around sunset to have that nice natural orange filter and get a gradient in the sky from light to dark. For example, my first best image has the orange affect from the sun which is the reflected into the sky/ clouds, and the further away you move from the sun the darker the sky gets.
Also, my fourth best image has the same affect of the orange sky and gradually getting darker, However, the colours are a lot more subtle in this photo compared to my other ones and Stephen Shores uses a lot of subtle colours in his work to create a calming and peaceful affect.
AO2
For this photo shoot, I used my Canon 600D and EPS 18-55 lens, but to get the close up photos of the sky I used my EF 75-300 lens which allowed me to zoom in very close and capture more detail of the sky. I had my ISO set to 200 for most of the shoot and for other times I set it to 400 because I was moving away and where I was standing was darker. I mainly had my aperture set to 5.6 because I was shooting into the sun and I wanted less light to get into my camera so I could get a better outline of the sun and sky.
Manipulating my photos
AO1
The artist I looked at for this shoot was Stephen Shore and he takes pictures of the sky around stereotypical American scenery. However, I am not able to access American scenery, therefore, I had to take some of his ideas and elements from his photos and mix them with my own. I like his style of colour and the subtle colours and gradient in the sky, but I wanted to have the main focus on the sky and not have any other factors which could make it distracting. Therefore, I changed my camera settings accordingly and blacked out the trees and other scenery around so it would make the sky look more vibrant and create a stronger contrast.
AO4
To make my photos more personal to me and have my own style on it I made the sky the main focus and added extra elements (such as the trees) to make the photo seem more interesting and not become a distract (e.g. when the light shines through the branches). Also, I wanted to convert some of the photo into black and white to make to photo seem more interesting and stand out. Also, I wanted to demonstrate that I used Shore's style in my work but I also incorporated my own. This allowed me to experiment with different settings in Photoshop and develop my work even further and make them seem more interesting and unique.
I like how these photos turned out because the strong oranges and red make a dominant presence in all of my photos making them more intriguing and create an overall peaceful and magical affect. Also, I like how I converted some of them in to party black and white because the colours create a strong contrast with the black and white making my photo seem more alluring. By doing this, I was able to experiment with different techniques and and methods to come up with different patterns on where the black and white should go in my photos.
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