For this shoot I decided to go around London and take pictures of the landmarks around one area. This allowed me to take photos which is different to what I have taken before in the past and allow me to expand on my understanding of sky and what I could take to make it seem more interesting.
Research Artist
Simon Roberts
I like this photo because he has still been able to capture and interesting sky photo even though it is very cloudy. Additionally, I like how he has changed the camera settings so he could get a lot of texture from the clouds to make the photo seem more alive. This gives me ideas on how to take photos of the sky if it is a plain or cloudy day and by manipulating my camera settings I could get an interesting affect from the texture of the clouds.
I like how Simon Roberts has equally balanced everything in this photo, he has made the sky and beach meet the in the middle of the frame and the Ferris wheel is balanced out with the ride on the other side of the picture. Additionally, the sky is fairly plain which helps balance out the busy beach making the overall photo seem peaceful.
Both of these photos gave me inspiration for my next shoot because I can take interesting sky photo on a plain or cloudy day and use the environment around me to help balance out the photo and make my images seem more interesting. Therefore, I could equally distribute the sky and the buildings to create interesting photos where one half seems busy and the other is plain to make a balanced photo.
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Best Images
I like this image because the blue sky and the clouds stand out against the buildings creating a subtle contrast. Also, like how the sky surrounds itself around the buildings taking up majority of the frame. I like how the building are going into the sky which helps the eye follow along and eventually being led up towards the sky.
I like how the same affect of the eye being led up into the sky has been done here but it has more of a dominant presence because it's only the shard which is giving this affect. Additionally, due to the Shard being a triangular shape, it gives the affect that it is pointing up towards the sky, making the viewer eventually focus on it.
I like how the bottom right hand corner is busy and filled with objects but eventually evens out into nothing in the top left hand corner where the sky is. This creates the illusion that the different objects are leading and dragging the eye through the picture to then eventually lead to the sky.
I like this photo because I have managed to capture the texture in the sky by manipulating my camera settings. This makes the photo seem more alive and have another formal element in it to make it seem more interesting. Also, I like how the buildings at the bottom just frame the photo and is a lot darker to create and interesting contrast on the photo.
I like how the sky is fairly plain in the photo because it helps balance out the heavy detail of St Paul's Cathedral like Simon Roberts has done in his photos. This helped me explore in new ways on how to take photos when the sky is cloudy and end up with an interesting photo.
Worst Images
I don't like this photo because I did not have my camera settings set correctly, therefore, this made this photo overly exposed and you cannot tell what texture the sky had. Also, the photo seems too whitewashed which makes the buildings look too overly exposed as well. To improve this photo I would of had to pay attention to be exposure dial and set my setting correctly.
I don't like this photo because you are not able to see any texture or colour from the sky which makes the photo seem a bit empty and plain, suggesting that there was slightly too much cloud cover to take a photo like this.To improve this photo, I would wait for a bit so there was slightly more texture in the cloud or there was a bit of blue to make the sky seem more interesting.
AO3
Simon Roberts was my artist researcher because he takes many images of cloudy and plain days and I wanted to take pictures of more different styles of skies and step away from the plain blue skies. By dong this it would leave me with a wide range of skies for my to experiment in Photoshop and see what works best and experiment with the different techniques.
I was able to achieve this affect in my last best image because the sky was plain due to the cloud cover and the detail from the cathedral helped balance the overall photo. This photo shows how I experimented with Simon Roberts technique and manage to get a photo with similar outcomes.
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 and other buildings which were far away, such as the Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. I had my ISO set to 400 due to the weather being cloudy and I had my shutter speed set to 1/125. I had my aperture set to 11.0 because I wanted to allow in more light because there was not a lot of natural light coming through from the sun.
Manipulating my Images
AO1
The artist I looked at for this shoot was Simon Roberts because he uses stereotypical British weather and landscapes to produce alluring photos. I wanted to create a similar affect with my photos and I wanted to use buildings with heavy detail on them and balance it out with a plain sky. This gave me the idea to do something similar, had stereotypical London landmarks and British weather. This helps me develop my ideas further by using stereotypical British scenery but not in the same way Simon Roberts has done it.
AO4
I wanted to take pictures of tourist attractions from London because I was born and raised there until I had to move, and I have always loved being in the city. Therefore, this makes it more personal to me because I have a strong connection with London and whenever I think of it, it reminds me of my childhood and all the times I have gone to visit since I moved. Additionally, I wanted to convert some of my photos into black and white because I was able to get the texture to be more dominant in the clouds and really stand out, this helps me develop my work further on and a step further on from what Simon Roberts has influenced me to do.
I like how these photos came out because I managed to build a lot of colour in them from originally not a lot, therefore, helping stand out a bit more because they have that extra formal element. Also, I like how I have partly converted some of them into black and white because the contrast between the colour and the black and white is strong creating an interesting photo and allowing me to explore different types of patterns. I like how I have converted a few of the photos completely into black and white because it creates a gloomy and foreboding affect which is a lot different to all of my other photos which I have done before.
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