Contemporary Project

After my tutorial on Wednesday the 26.10.11 I found that my images of Abandonment and human Intervention were not represented or photographed correctly to portray this idea. Due to photographing greenery found in London for my original idea my tutor showed me the works of Eva Strenram where she photographed  greenery found in central London and have now diverted away from the idea of Abandonment and Human Intervention and I am now looking at Nature in the City and how it has become ordered and has to look a certain way in parts of the city centre of London.

Research : Eva Strenram

I am really fond of her work I love the way she has positioned the camera in a way that makes the viewer think she is observing this style of life. I feel her work portrays the idea I want to portray minus the animals. The fact that everybody represents the town houses with cities and the use of the controlled greenery and how  beautiful it looks. Strenram's images appear to be surreal as if this view is not possible in London.

Andreas Gursky 

Gursky's work also has the idea of nature surrounding man's made structures. As if this isn't a real scene. I am really fond of Image one I like the fact that you can see that this structure is in the middle of nowhere unlike Strenram's idea of nature in the City centre Gursky has photographed structures in the middle of nowhere people having to drive for miles to find this hidden location two different idea's linking nature and structure together.

Pastiche Image test Shots

The above images were taken using a digital SLR camera. I wanted to test out my idea first with digital as I didn't want the films to be wasted and also get an idea of how my photographs we look visually. I used an aperture of f.22 a shutter speed of 400th of a second and an ISO of 160. 

Addiction Test Photo Shoot

I have moved away from photographing the tablets as a scattered object and instead have decided to include an element of hospitality by placing the tablets in tumblers. Also I have used a shallow depth of field of f.8 to allow the tablets to be the focal point but  area there stored in will have an importance as keeping tablets in a cupboard where you keep your personal objects is pretty strange and anybody looking in would find this ad normal but to my mum it seems to be the norm.

Final Shoot Negatives - Object

These two negatives are two shots that I took for my final print for the Object project. Image one is my favourite out of the two it was taken at an Aperture of f.8 a Shutter speed of 400th of a second and a film speed of 160. What I like about this negative compared to negative two is that my assistant was able to block the light with a flag bouncing on to the shelf and instead focusing on the tablet holder. I decided to use a shallow depth of field as I wanted the front set of tablets to be in focus and the rest out of focus to make sure the camera represented what I am trying to portray the importance of the tablets in the Image.

Drawing of Studio Set Layout for Object Final Shoot

This image is the drawing of the layout of my set in the studio. I decided to do a drawing as I thought this would be the best way to re-create the set if my negatives didn't turn out the way I wanted them to visually look. I am not the best drawer as you can see but this image is basic and will be helpful if i need to re shoot my objects. 

Environment Project Test Shoot combining Abandonment with Human Intervention on the Landscape

These four photographs were captured in my home town of Dulwich. The area is abandoned but people take walks through this area and take in the view of the trees. I used long exposure with flash photography I wanted to capture the idea of Abandonment but combine it with another area I have looked at Man's Intervention on the Landscape. The use of the bright lights really emphasises this idea of human intervention which works effectively on this set of photographs.

Environment Project Test Shoot Exposure Settings

These three images are from my first idea of looking at human intervention on the landscape. Image One's photographic settings are an Aperture of f.32 the film speed is ISO 100 and the shutter speed was 0.6th of a second. Even though I am incredibly found of photographic one I feel that it doesn't portray what I am trying to get across this idea of Human Intervention due to boating the effect it has on the water. 

Image three is the correct photographic settings I was looking for in order for the whole image to be correctly exposed I used an Aperture of f.13. 

Even though these photographs do not portray this idea of Human Intervention I have decided I am not going to peruse this area any further as i do not feel i will create amazing photographs under this theme. I have there fore branched out and decided to look at the theme of Abandonment of the landscape through various forms. Even though I may not pursue this area I still thought it was important for you to see my photographs and the development throughout my project.