Clyde Butcher intended to create an image, so detailed that his viewers could think "they are actually walking into the scene". He did this by effectively using monochrome and a large format camera to accentuate the intricity and texture of the environment so that we could be aware of the beauty of natural places. He captures these photographs using large format cameras (ranging from 4 x 5 inches to 12 x 20) and very long exposure times (one second to six minutes), he works only in black and white. This helps to support his point about working for the restoration and preservation of environment, this is shown by the photographs featuring untouched and raw landscape, .
Eliot Porter
Eliot Porter introduced colour to landscape photography intending to create an new way of viewing the world today. Previously Porter photographed only in black and white before turning to colour to celebrate the colour of nature in general.He struggled against the notion that color photography was unsuitable for artists, however he hoped to express "a new dimension in the perception and representation of nature in photography." . His work energized environmentalists and helped form conservation movement of the 1960s. Eliot Porter uses Kodak's wash-off relief process switching to the dye transfer process and remaining committed to dye transfer printing, appreciating the extensive color control that the process offered.
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthyis a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist producing site-specific sculpture and land art situated in natural and urban settings. uses natural objects such as twigs, leaves, stones, snow and ice to create collages or sculptures. He does this to understand nature by participating in nature as directly as he can. The photographs below are some of the sculptures that Goldsworthy has created. In the left image he has used a combination of his sculpture and photography skills ANY MORE TO ADD. IS THE PIECE THE SCULPTURE OR THE PHOTO OF IT?
Framing
In this task we had to 'frame' a scene . This could be done by finding natural things (such as plants/ animals) or using a wooden frame to create a boarder around an object or landscape.
In this photograph i tried to use the trees to frame the animal.
In this photograph i attempted to use the elephants legs to frame the other elephant behind it.
HOW SUCCESSFUL WERE YOUR IMAGES?
In this task i was asked to take photgraphs of landscape/anything which had to be framed by something. I managed to find places that had a natural frame to it, for example the image above where i was on a boat and there was a gap in a piece of metal that was framing some other colourful boats behind it. Thereofre i think i was successfull as i had achieved the purpose of this task.
Good, Bad and Ugly.
This task required us to go around our local area and take photographs of what you personally thought would be Good, Bad and Ugly. UGLY: i think of ugly as something that is unfinished or neglected and when they photograph is badly composed.I think i could have improved on my ugly pictures by taking different pictures ( Overlooked and Incomplete are too similar). BAD: I define bad as unorganised as well as things that are dull and dismissed. The images that i have taken i am happy about as they capture what i thought was bad. GOOD: I associate good images with nature and natural/non-man made things, they seem to be the best photographs and the most interesting. Moreover vibrant colours or calm photographs always are good photographs to me.
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Ugly
Tangled
Overlooked
Incomplete
Bad
Empty
Cracked
Disrupting
Good
Light
Nature
Calm
INTRODUCE THE NEXT STAGE OF THE PROJECT
Developing 24 sets of images.
In this task we were asked to choose three themes from the previous task (GOOD, BAD and UGLY) and develope these 24 times per theme. The themes i picked were 'nature', 'overlooked' and 'empty'
Nature.
WHAT IS YOUR SUCCESS CRITERIA?
HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE YOUR IMAGES?
Empty.
EXPLAIN YOUR THEME AND ANNOTATE THE SUCCESS OF YOUR PICS In this task i descided to develope the word 'empty' from our previous task of the GOOD, BAD and UGLY. I have interpreted the theme of EMPTY as meaning somewhere that is either abandoned or what is usually seen as being full of people is not (almost eerie).I think i have been successful in creating EMPTY Photographs because i have followed the brief and have created 24 sets of images shoing the theme
Overlooked.
EXPLAIN YOUR THEME AND ANNOTATE THE SUCCESS OF YOUR PICS
In this task we had to develop one of the themes from out GOOD,BAD and UGLY, i chose the theme 'overlooked' meaning anything that was neglected/ignored/mistreated or simply ugly. I tried to capture things that normally would be ignored or 'overlooked' , for example things that were rusty/dirty/unorganised ect.. Overall i think i have completed this task well as i think i have followed the brief and captured the word 'overlooked' and developed it 24 times. I also think i have/hoped i have shown different perspective of the ordinary objects that have been mistreated and ignored.
Composition
In this project we explored and learnt two different techniques of composition when taking a photograph to make it more interesting:
Triangular Composition. This is when there are three points of interest in the image which form to make a triangle, or you could have a triangular perspective by taking a photograph down a long corridor or a road. Moreover by using triangular composition it can create a stable or unstable feeling in the image.
Rule of Thirds: The basic principle behind the rule of thirds is to imagine breaking an image down into thirds (both horizontally and vertically) so that you have 9 parts. If you place the main focus of the image along the lines of the intersections of the grid , it will become more balanced and interesting.
Close up, Far away.
In this project we had to take landscape photographs around our school or in our local area, then a close up shot of an object that was in the landscape picture. Afeter, we used photoshop to merge the two pictures together and we had to put a 2D colour between them so there could be an interesting contrast of texture (2D AND 3D). For example my first image is in our field with a football goal in it (this is my far away image), then i descided that the close up image would be of the rusty goal post. I also thought to make the close up image more interesting by using the rule of thirds. When i edited this i created a boarder between the two images using green to 'blend together'the two photographs, it also created an effect of different textures.
best image
best image
ANNOTATE THE SUCCESS OF YOUR PAIRS. COULD YOU SCREEN GRAB THE PROCESS OF ADDING THE COLOUR BLOCK?
In this task i think the brief was to have two sets of images including a 'close up' and a 'far away', in the first few images i followed the instructions given and used open areas/landscape for the 'far away'. However for the last two images i changed the brief and used a 'close up' picture for the 'far away' and an even close up photograph for the 'close up'. I could improve these last images by adding another photograph of a wider shot/further away.