Location Photography - Exterior Final Brief

For my final brief I was torn between four locations so I make no apologies for including all four yes all four. The first location being Worsley basin where the Bridgewater canal starts its journey through Salford and into Cheshire. My planning for this location was simple, it was a beautiful, sunny autumn day with not a breath of wind hence the reflections of the buildings seen in the image. The scene was well lit with the sun so there was no need for a tri-pod to obtain a clear image.

1/640 sec, focal length-28mm, iso 400, f9.0

My next location was Salford Quays, again i chose a well lit day although later on during the shoot it clouded over but i managed to get some satisfactory images although with the cloud restricting the light the image colours were somewhat flat so I applied colour saturation and toning to the images which I feel enhanced the images no end.

1/1250 sec. focal length-30mm, ISO-400, F/5.6

1/400 sec. Focal length-28mm, ISO 200, F/11

My third location is a little gem called Lymm just 7 miles from my home, i often go here taking pictures and taking in the country air. These images were taken at the Damm a 30 acre lake surrounded with woodland and nature trail. The only difficulty with the shooting of this location was the lack of light with the tree canopy but upping the ISO and a steady hand gave me favorable results.

1/13 sec. focal length- 28mm, ISO -400 F/16.0

1/60 sec, focal length- 28mm, ISO -400, f/9.0

1/13 sec. focal length 28mm, ISO-400, f/9.0

1/15 sec. focal length 28 mm, ISO-400, f/8.0

My fourth and final location which i have to say is my favorite of all the locations and includes a vast majority of my final prints. Entwistle reservoir is located between Bolton and Darwen and is a fabulous location for landscape photography. On this occasion I took a tri-pod because of the weather and low light but also to capture images using a slow shutter speed I also went armed with ND filters and Grad filters. During the day it rained quite allot so i was constantly wiping my lens. With most if not all of the images included from this day has had some sort of post processing due to the lack of colour but extremely happy with the end results. Hope you like!

1/160 sec. focal length 28mm, ISO-400, f/11

1/6 sec. focal length 28mm, ISO-200, f/32

1/15 sec. focal length 28mm, ISO-400, f/8.0

3.2 sec. focal length 30mm, ISO-200, f32

1/80 sec. focal length 28 mm, ISO-400, f/8.0

1/30 sec. focal length 28 mm, ISO-400, f/8.0

1/40 sec. focal length 37 mm,  ISO-200, f/11

My thoughts

I`ve enjoyed this brief very much, I get enormous satisfaction from photographing landscapes and they look great hung on the wall! I feel I`ve demonstrated competence and knowledge of the use of a DSLR and composition of the subject, i hope my tutors agree

Sean Wareing 2012

Interior locations

On a recent trip to work I passed an abandoned large house, like this and most occasions i had my camera with me, so i sneaked through a steel fence....Well the rest is history as they say!

                 

The Mundane

Following on from the Typology theme I've attempted my own version, these images were taken in various places around my home and arranged in a similar way but with a different twist.

My thoughts

This was quite a fun exercise executing my depth of field, shutter speed, white balance and photoshop skills.

Typology

Typology by definition is a group of images that are linked together in some way, shown individually the images make less of an impact most famously demonstrated by Bernd and Hilla Becher in 1988 Water Towers.

Water Towers

Another example also categorised as Mundane is a collection of the rears of cars taken from the left hand side by Mark Luthringer.

The artist, Mark Luthringer, says, "the typological array’s inherent ability to depict prevalence & repetition make it the perfect technique for examining the excess, redundancy, & meaningless freedom of our current age of consumption."

My thoughts.
Images presented this way give a more impact and meaning than they would as individual images.

Bibliography:
http://herebenotions.typepad.com/
http://visualcultureblog.com/2010/10/tokyo-wanderers/

D.O.F photography: Oleg Oprisco

Oleg Oprisco

I discovered this i feel exceptional artist whilst researching depth of field photography i simply love the way he incorporates his models into the landscape or environment. Oleg is 23 years old and comes from the Ukraine. I am in the process of trying to find out more about this talented photographer. What do you think?

My thoughts.

The use of depth of field in these images has been well controlled with stunning results the mix of people and landscapes is probably a field i`ll look more into in the future.

Thanks to:

http://www.art-spire.com/en/photographie/stunning-photos-by-oleg-oprisco/

Studio Photography (no post processing)

Continuous lighting source

I have to say before we start, having control over your own lighting environment may sound easy but in practice its a lot more difficult than you think. Getting use to the environmental props, lighting and of course the safety issues can be a bit of a minefield at first but eventually it becomes a fun and rewarding place to take images, Lets see how I got on!

The Redhead.

The Redhead light uses a high wattage halogen lamp, caution must be taken with this type as operating temperatures can be high and the risk of the potential shattering of the lamp and the high temperature of the casing should be noted. 

Red head halogen lighting 

Red Head (Wide setting)

The Red Head lighting involves a enclosed Halogen lighting source, in this case incorporating a barn door reflector.

1/60 sec, 75mm focal length, ISO200,  f/5.6

Considering that this was my first effort at studio I was quite pleased, thanks to George. I continued with the Red Head to see what other results could be achieved.... .

1/60 sec, 75mm focal length, ISO 4oo, f 5.6

In this case I moved closer to the subject giving more detail, I also upped the ISO, to increase the lighting a bit, but in this case I`ve changed the white balance setting to give a colder feel which i feel gives George a more less approachable look.

Red Head (Close focus setting)

1/160 sec, 75mm focal length, ISO 200, f/10

I feel quite happy with this one, I have closed the aperture to f/10 and increased the shutter speed giving me a balanced exposure and getting rid of that awful back-drop. The close focus of the head also helped to give more concentrated light to the face and neck. The change in white balance gives George a warmer appeal.

Discharge tube with deep reflector

The discharge tube is similar to the low energy lamps we use at home but on a larger scale and with daylight correction.

1/30 sec, focal length 75mm, ISO 200, f2.8

With this type of lighting it gives a more cooler type of light which I feel probably suits a male model more, although maybe it wasn`t subtle enough and even to harsh for Jasper.

1/30 sec, focal length 75mm ISO 200, f4.0

In this image i`ve attempted to counteract the harshness of the light by closing the aperture to f4.0 giving jasper a warmer and less harsh complexion.

Continuous lighting, my thoughts.

It was fun using studio lighting for the first time and I feel I got fair results for a novice.

Typical softbox      

Softbox flash lighting source    

                                                                               

                   

Monoblock flash head

                                                                                           

These next images were shot using a flash head similar to the one above diffused by using a softbox. The flash was synced via a cable connected to the hot shoe on our cameras.

1/160 sec, focal length 75mm ISO 200, f11

I picked out the above image, not for the composition but for the lighting, in this exercise i was pre-occupied with the folds in the curtain behind and trying to hide them without post processing, which i`m happy i achieved a happy medium. 

Softlight beauty dish.

Beauty dish

The beauty dish does just what it says on the tin, often turning a harsh flash into a softer warmer light giving a nice even glow to the skin.

1/200 sec, focal length 40mm, ISO 200, f32

Again ignoring the composition, i feel Vicky was well and evenly lit although the left hand side of her face could have done with more reflective light, a touch of post processing will help in this case.

                                                                                

Final runners for Exterior