Final Photographs Evaluation

Landscape Photographs:

This is one of my 4 landscape photographs, I really like the way the sand has come round and how it's the main focus. I really like the clouds in this picture. I haven't done much edit to the picture because I liked it as it is, and didn't think it needed much edit. What I have done though is just added a bit of contrast so that the sand stands out more. With this image  I love how simple and effective the image is. I like how I have done a long shot image to capture a vast area of the landscape. I've tried to do my  landscape photograph like Ansel Adams and the first picture I Analyse because I liked how he had the mountains in the background, but trees leading up to them. I have tried to make my photograph like this by making the sand lead up to the mountains, which I think is really cleverly done, but with my picture I have kept the colour whereas in Ansel Adams he has done his in black and white. What I have done in every landscape photograph is the clouds in the sky. I really think the clouds should be part of the picture because it gives the image a realistic effect and brings it more to life, and the colour of the clouds breaks the orange from the blue which looks really good. The intended audience for my photograph would be people who like the historical pictures of Barrow and people who love the town. I could see this picture being on a postcard because of the long shot view and how the picture has been captured. It makes Barrow In Furness somewhere nice and peaceful to go and visit. The lighting is light in the photograph. There is a lot of contrast in the photograph with the sand especially with the stones. The angle of the camera is on a slight angle. I focused the depth of field to make the photograph really sharp and zoomed all the way out so you can see a lot of the beach. I have used an ISO 100. I have used this setting so that the brightness of the photograph stands out.   I also used the shutter speed of 1/60, this is a quite a quick shutter speed it lets in a bit more light. The aperture setting on this photograph was F6.3 I used this setting because it brings out the details on the photograph, for example the attention to detail on the sand.

With this image I really like the clouds and how they are all different shades. I haven't done much to this image, all I've done is made the image have more contrast, but with all the landscape photographs I haven't done much edit because I felt I didn't need to. This image was done on a nudest beach in Barrow. Again with this image I love the colour of the clouds with the different colours of blue, purple and white. The mountains again I tried to capture the similarity of Ansel Adams because his work is amazing and he was one of the people who I wanted to do my landscape photographs on. The sea reminds me of two separate worlds, like a person is looking over to get to the other side to see if its better. When I look at the image it's reminds me of a unrealistic world because of the amount of colour involved in the image, compared to the first landscape photograph. With this picture I have tried to use the rule of thirds using the clouds as the first rule, the mountains as the second and the bottom of the beach as the third rule of third. The lighting is quite dark and there is a lot of contrast in the photograph with the sand and the clouds. The angle of the camera is front view. I focused the depth of field to make the photograph really sharp and zoomed all the way out. I have used an ISO 100, you can tell this because of the brightness of the image.  I also used the shutter speed of 1/125, this is a fast shutter speed , the camera lets in more light on this setting and the contrast brings the colours out. The aperture setting on this photograph was F6.3 I used this setting because it brings out the details on the photograph, for example the attention to detail on the clouds.

With this photograph again I like the sky and how bright it is when I took the photograph I didn't expect it to be that big.  With this photograph I wanted the stream of water in the center to be the main focus because I thought it looks unusual and really like how it makes your eyes look into the water. I love the contrast of the photograph how the clouds are light and the sand and sea is dark it really contrasts well together. The camera angle is on a front angle but has been taken on a high surface looking across. The ISO was 200, but I brightened the clouds by selecting them on Photoshop and brightening them up. I used the shutter speed of 1/150 as you can see this image is a bit darker than the other 4 photographs, but it makes it unique. The aperture setting for this setting is F6.3 I used this to bring the attention to detail on the photograph. I also used the focus on the camera to make the photograph really sharp. I have used the rule of third in this image , the first third is where the stream touches the sea. the second is the top of the hills and the third is the clouds. I think using the rule of thirds really helps because it makes the photograph look more professional.

With this photograph I had to contrast the sand to make it darker. I really like the sky again on this one because of the cream and the white and the dark blue. The sea has been darkened and looks like the other photographs. I really like how the contract of the beach reflects on the brightness of the clouds. For this image I used the ISO of 200 but I selected the clouds firstly I brightened them up to make stand out but I also used the curve tool on Photoshop to make the mountains, the sand and sea to contrast. The aperture setting was done with F6.3 like all my landscape photographs, I did try to use different aperture setting but I thought this looked the best for my landscape.  I used the rule of thirds in this photograph having the top of the mountains as the first third, second third is to the water, then the third is from the sand. I got inspired by Ansel Adams who does a lot of photography and with clouds as well, but he does his photos in black and white, whereas I prefer my photographs to be in colour to show the contrast and the attention to detail in each photograph.

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 Architecture photographs:

 

This picture is a image of a church in Nottingham, What I did with this picture is I darkened the image and brightened up on side of it to make it look like the sun was shining down on the church. I have split it into 2 photographs so that I can make the image bigger on the page. I like this picture because of the contrast of the picture and where the sun hits the clock face. With this picture of the church I used a slow shutter speed of 1/25 to make the light stand out. I then went on Photoshop and used the selection tool and made the church a bit darker. With this photo I love how the clouds stand out. The aperture setting was F6.3 as you can see it has brought the attention to detail come out of the picture. I used the the ISO of 200 because it was a really nice day so I used a darker ISO to brighten the image up. I got inspired to do the angle of the photograph by the photographer Matt Lively. Like my image Matt Lively photos are very minimalist and like Matt's the sky really brings the building out from the picture. The angle of the photograph I have done is from a high angle, so you can see the extent of the building and how big it actually is. This is I have cut up to make the image look even bigger it was originally just one image. I have done this so that when it come to the exhibition This will be the first image that people see on my architecture photography.

This picture was took in Nottingham at the christmas market. I wanted it to be a close up of the building, so that you can see the old building and how unique they are. With this picture I made it in black and white and made the contrast of the image so that the house stands out. This photograph I took was inspired by Kulian O'Sullivan and how close he gets to buildings.  I also really like the sharpness and contrast of the photograph that I have took. The aperture setting of the photograph was F14 because it was really bright outside and using a higher aperture setting lets less light in so it bring more of the colour out. I also used the shutter speed 1/50 so that some light came in and so that the photograph wasn't fully black. I think these settings went really well together. Because of the closeness of the image I had to amend the focus so that the house would be in focus. the ISO I used for this image was 100.  

With this image I put a black and white wash on it so it looked old. I like the angle on this photograph and the way I have made the lanterns go off in the distance. I put some contrast and darkened the image a little bit but I think it works well. I used the appeture setting of F6.3 because of the weather, this really captures the true detail in the wall, and it works well with the contrast of the black and white as well. I put the ISO on 100 because I wanted the image to be bright in some bits but dark in others. That is why I used the shutter speed of 1/200 so that not a lot of light goes through the photograph. I got inspired from Kulian O'Sullivan because he does a lot of close ups of buildings and gets the attention to detail really good. I have used the rule of third in this photograph as you can see. The lighting is very bright at the top f the photograph whereas the lighting in the lower part looks really dark and mysterious.

With this image I took as I was getting on the train to Nottingham, with this image I really like the clouds in the sky and how it goes round the building which I didn't recognized until I looked at it more closely. What I also like about this picture is how the trees are on either side of the photograph and peering though is the building. With this image I have put a black and white wash on it so that it fitted with the theme of my other photographs. I got inspired from Matt Lively, he does a lot of high angled buildings and he was one of the people who inspired me to do these types of photographs. With this photograph I have used the black and white filter. I used the shutter speed of 1/200 which i thought worked really well with the clouds as I have captured them as they were moving. The aperture setting on this photograph was F6.3 which captures the sharpness. As you can see with each of the windows on the building and how detailed they. The ISO setting I used was 100 because there wasn't much sun out at this time I wanted as much light on the photograph as possible. What I do like about this photograph though is how dark the trees are.

This is also a really unusual picture that I have taken. I like how the building is on an low angle. I have put the picture in a white and black wash. I like the sky how it looks really cloudy I haven't done much to this photograph  I just used the curve tool to make the contrast right. This photograph I used the ISO of 200 to make the photograph darker. I also went on Photoshop and used the curve to to get the shades and contrast in the photo. With this photograph I used the shutter speed of 1/100 to get some light in the photograph but not that much to make it seem bright. I wanted the photograph to look like it was dull and dark. With this photograph again I was inspired by the photographer Matt Lively and how he take high angle shots of buildings. I used the aperture setting of F6.3 to capture the sharpness of the photograph and I think with this photo it works really well.

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Fashion Photographs:

This fashion was done in a shop window in Manchester, I really like how I have done the black and white background it was quite hard separating the colour and the black and white. But I thought it looks really good and the clothes stand out which shows fashion at it's peek. This photograph I took I used a ISO of 100 and didn't use a flash on it the reason being is because it was taken in a shop window so if I used the light it you would be able to see the glass and the reflection in the camera. I also put the camera on a shutter speed of 1/200 so that there isn't much light. This photograph reminded me of the photographer Richard Avedon because of the unusual postures he uses for his models. I have choosen to bring the colour out of the photograph on some of the clothes because that's what i'm trying to promote in the pictures fashion. The aperture setting was F6.3 which I thought was the best one when I did a couple of trail shots in different aperture setting they looked to dark . If I could do these picture again I would make sure that the whole of the models body including her feet are in it and I would make the third model at the back come more in the picture. 

This image was taken in another shop window, What I have done to this image is took the colour from the background which I did with the other one, This was the hardest one to edit because of the outline of the image, you can see the outline so I have developed that and made it less noticeable and also with the part between her legs, I think this is one of the things if I was to do it again that I would change. After I noticed the issue I changed it so on my final piece you can't actually see the bit in between her legs. Like with the image I have tried to get the colours on the clothes to stand out. For this photograph I used the ISO of 100 and the shutter speed of 1/200 I used the manual setting so that I can adjust the ISO like on all the photographs. With the ISO it makes the photograph lighter but because I have used a shutter speed of 1/200 it contrasts together and makes a good balance in brightness which doesn't show much reflection in the glass. I used the aperture setting of F6.3 which makes the image really sharp and captures every detail. Again this photograph reminded me of the photographer Richard Avedon because of the unusual postures he uses for his models.

This images going to be going on the center of the A1 boards so that it stands out, what I have done with this dress is I have put a colour on the dress so it's the same colour as the other dress, also I have took out the colour of the background so that the dress stands out from the picture, and makes it the main focus like with the rest of the photographs. I have used a shutter speed of 1/200 it contrasts together and makes a good balance in brightness which doesn't show much reflection in the glass. I used the aperture setting of F6.3 which makes the image really sharp and captures every detail. This photograph I took I used a ISO of 100 and didn't use a flash on it the reason being is because it was taken in a shop window so if I used the light it you would be able to see the glass and the reflection in the camera.

This image wan't as much edited as the other image above, I again took out the background to keep the theme going with the fashion photos, I also brightened the dress up to make it stand out a bit more. With this image I used the shutter speed of 1/100 to make the image look brighter I also went on Photoshop and highlighted the dress to make it the same colour as the one above. I used the aperture setting of F6.3 which makes the image really sharp and captures every detail.  I put the ISO on 100 because I wanted the image to be bright and make the colour stand out As well as making the black stand out also.