Firstly I uploaded my images to Lightroom classic and I looked through my images and use ‘X’ and ‘P’ to select the ones I thought would be good to use.
Once I had done that, I began editing them to adjust the lighting, make sure the image was straight and get rid of and marks on the image until I was happy with them.
Final images:
Overall, I think a few of these images turned out nicely. As the shoot was only small it meant that I had less images to work with and now know for next time to take more images to give myself more options. I think that the colours are quite bright and are the main focus in all my images, but think that some of them could be more obvious.
Similar to the first and second shoot my third attempt wasn’t as interesting as I wanted it to be, which makes sense because this was the first week of trying to explore liminal spaces. This first image was made from paper, and was inspired through some of my artist references who had made models of environments and imaged them.
I also like this last image because of vibrant colours and how it contrasts each other through height, and editing a colder more contrasted wet look the image has a good use of liminality.
The best of my first and second shoot didn’t really include much content that I liked besides a couple images which closely portray this essence of Liminal space because of its grainy cliff hanger effect it has, because of its familiarity and uncomforting emotions, it feels like there is something hiding in the image, or about to happen.
For my first shoot I explored an abandoned, half bunker half cave, which had a lot of decaying equipment inside like railway tracks, old barrels, and rubbish, but I liked these first two images the most but couldn’t decide if it should be cold or warm so I done both. And I believe it presents a sense of loneliness, as it shows the tracks fading off into the darkness, as a way of presenting uncomforted emotions.
I plan to take this shoot in the morning where there is morning sunlight shining into
Contact Sheet’s:
Editing Process:
Most of my images from this shoot are edited in a very similar way. I turned the ‘Highlights’ down for them which reduced some of the brightness from the bed sheets which allows the subject the be the main focus of the image. Furthermore, I increased the shadows in all of the images. By doing this, it creates more definition of the subjects features.
Photoshoot Evaluation:
I think this photoshoot came out really well. I enjoyed the challenges of this shoot which made me experiment with the camera as i was using natural lighting coming from behind the model, which was shining into the camera. Another reason why i think this photo shoot came out well was further experimenting with the positions of the model and using the sheets to create texture within the image.
This was the first photoshoot I carried out so I was experimenting with a few different places and angles to find what I really want to focus on. I went down to Corbiere and took images in and around a bunker and also of the old quarry stone crusher, which is abandoned.
Contact sheet:
Out of the images I took I analysed every one and have chosen to edit these ones. I think, looking at them before the editing stage, some will be successful outcomes and a few can be used as filler images; such as the picture of the ‘KEEP OUT’ sign.
Final Images:
This is the final outcome of images from this photoshoot.
Editing Process:
Due to the overcast weather on the day I did this photoshoot, the lighting in all the images are very dull. The whole sky was white and cloudy and therefore just reflected off the ground in my images. This particular image was bound to be under exposed anyway as it was taken inside a dark bunker, however I like the composition of the graffitied walls, the rubble amongst the puddles of dirty water, oil floating within it making that swirly effect on the right hand side. The square of light at the end of the path/ tunnel creates a focal point.
I increased the exposure and turned down the ‘highlights’ and ‘whites’. This brought more brightness to the image, however the quality of the image isn’t all great so I plan on going back to see if anything will improve.
I think this image draws a viewer in as it is very colourful and saturated. As shown, I lowered the shadows in the image and tempered with the colours’ hue, saturation and luminance. I believe this image successfully portrays my chosen theme of ‘seek’
This is an example showing how changing little things in an image can make a significant difference. I like the perspective of this image, how the camera is in focus of the background and not the right hand side foreground. To amplify this I increased the texture and clarity, this created the focused parts of the image to be more clear and detailed.
Comparing my work to Matt Emmett’s work
When I studied Matt Emmett’s work, This particular photo of his caught my eye. I like the composition and how he used symmetry to create a focal point at the end of the tunnel. I took inspiration from this image and tried to recreate it in my own way. Inside the bunker was puddles of water and old broken rubble within it, it immediately reminded me of Emmett’s photo when I saw the setting. I experimented with different angles, and I tried to take the image so that the square of natural light at the end was centre of the image; however this was impossible due to the layout of the walls. The lighting and quality of my image is not the best anyway due to how little light was able to get into the bunker, but I like the composition and maybe could improve the image another time.
Overall evaluation
On a whole I think this photoshoot went okay, I used it more for experimenting as it was my first photoshoot and therefore I think only a few are worthy of being final images. The weather being overcast effected my photos a lot, it was the only form of lighting I had and therefore caused my images to be quite dull and underexposed. For my next photoshoots I am going to try to take theme on brighter days.
For this photoshoot I don’t have a specific plan of what i want to take images of. However, I have a model planned and I know where I want the photo shoot to be located. I want this shoot to be taken in a secluded area which feeds into the observe and seek theme of the project. I plan on using natural lighting for this shoot, and use the clouds in the sky to add some texture into the images.
Contact Sheet:
Editing Process:
Photo Shoot Two Evaluation:
This photoshoot did not come out as well as I expected as I did not take as many photos as I wanted to and didn’t really stick with my artist reference’s very well. However, out of the images I did get, I believe that they came out well. I came across a couple more challenges this day as I was working with just natural light which made my images quite dull and washed out.
