Landscape practice

I've been struggling to capture a good landscape photo. My problem is that i really don't know what to focus on.

Many landscape photos have minimal human activity while others are influenced by human existence. As with most art forms perception is broad and may include urban settings, industrial areas and nature photography.

Have a wide depth of field
Golden hour is a great time of day to shoot
Have the horizon on the top or bottom 1/3

Below are some examples of the landscape photos i have taken:

f/13, 1/250, ISO 100

I used the tree and the grass to frame the photo, i also used a high f/stop. This photo was taken in the middle of the afternoon, the sky was beautiful. I adjusted the exposure and contrast to add more emphasis on the sky and produce a rich blue.

f/8. 1/3200, ISO 100

This photo was a bit of a fail out of the three tips, i only executed one correctly - shooting in golden hour. What i was trying to capture was the sunlight sitting on the ship and also the light on the water. I was thinking that the light on the water would be a leading line toward the ship. I was also thinking of fore, mid and background at this point. The water in the fore ground with the light on it, the ship in the mid ground and the hills and sky as the background. I was also thinking of the contrasting colours in the sky which was also mirrored in the water - the warmth from the sunlight grey brown against the blue of the sky and water.

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Wk 2 Depth of field Artist: Sebastiao Salgado

Sebastiao Salgado Is a Brazillian social documentary photographer and photojournalist. He started taking photographs in his 30s. Sebastiao Salgado works on long term, self assigned projects. He devotes years at a time to document the stories of people and places. Many of his works have been published as books The Other Americas, Sahel, Workers, Migrations and Genesis. His most famous pictures are of the gold mine in Brazil called Serra Pelada.

Sebastiao has an amazing body of work. The images i have chosen showcase how he uses Depth of Field to capture the essence of his subjects.

This is an example of wide depth of field. As we know wide depth of field focus range covers a large area front-to-back. Depending on a lens camera range this could be from several yards in front of the focus plane to nearly infinity behind. These types of photos are often associated with landscapes and architectural photography. It is useful to show a multitude of visual elements or characteristi…

Wk 1 - Bulb Function

Bulb function is a shutter speed setting which allows for long exposure times (wikipedia). This function is used when there is not enough light available, such as shooting at night. When taking photos at night the shutter needs to open longer.

Bulb function task:
Take three photos at 3", 6" and 8" - with your subject moving out of the shot 3/4 of the way through or stand in the shot. It took us a few takes to get this right - especially as it was hard to see her.

These shots were taken outside at night. Here are some of our pictures taken with the help of my model Pela

I asked Pela to walk through this photo after 1 second - you can see her shoes at the bottom of the shot
Pela walked through this photo after 3 seconds

I asked Pela to take a step every 2 seconds

Pela started walking through after 3 seconds, you can see her figure as well as her shoes at the bottom of the photo ore time is equivalent to more light, so when you lack light, you can almost always co…

Portfolio Wk 6 - presentation ideas

My plan for printing this week has been halted because i have two options in mind. Last week i was really pushing to get some tests prints done so that i could make a decision on which paper to print on. The four images i chose were ones that i thought signified the vision of my work. This is to produce images which showed the nature of my subjects. An embodiment of their personality, from my perspective. These four images were strong edits i thought, and captured a side to my subjects well, these came out of a natural flow and connection in the studio. In terms of paper i have chosen the Hammulher paper, mainly because i like the warm tones that it gives to the black and white images. I also like the defined details in the textures which elevate the photos when they're viewed up close. The test printing was valuable because i was able to see the images on the prints, which gives me a better perspective as to how the work will be viewed close up.

I got on the buzz of prese…

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