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Editing photos from a number of smaller photoshoots

25 April 2025 Yann Lock-Livramento Leave a comment

I really like this low angle photo I took of the sun going down on the beach, the only problem is the patch in the sky is a little too over exposed. The only way I could fix this was to paint over the bright/exposed areas which I did with a brush which had an opacity of 80% so it blends in well and now it looks a lot nicer. I also did other small adjustments like increasing the shadows and lowering the highlights because I fell the photo would look nicer with a bit more shadow/darkness I also slightly edited the saturation of the orange to make the sunset in the sky look a lot stronger.

I like the romantic feel this has wit the tower in it because it looks kind of medieval and the romanticists liked the medieval era. The photo doesn’t need too much editing done to it as it isn’t really necessary for this image bit I did crop so there wasn’t as many branches and foliage in the way and I added a vignette as it works well on the image.

I like this photograph I took of a cliff as the weather is beautiful and the see looks lovely it was a challenging photo to take as I had to stand on this wooden fence to get the best shot. The photo is also quite similar to my artists I chose especially Joe Cornish as they both have taken stunning photographs of cliffs. I increased the blue in the image by using the colour mixes and adjusting the blues and cyans to make it more beautiful and vibrant and giving it a bit of a tropical feel. I also had to try and fix the top right of the photo as due do the powerful sun it was a bit overexposed. I did a blue overlay on the overexposed sky by colouring over it with a semi transparent blue brush which was colour matched with the sky in the area which fixed the problem, I also used the burn tool to darken the overexposed area on the cliff which definitely helped.

For this photo I adjusted the hue and saturation of the orange and yellow to give the photo a golden hour feel to it I also increased the blue and cyan to make the sky look a lot nicer and added a small vignette to give the edges a bit of depth. Overall I think the photo looks a lot better now.

Experimenting when taking the photos

I decided to do a little bit of experimenting when taking these photos as I was wearing sunglasses and decided to try putting the glasses in front of the camera lens and the results looked surprisingly good. I like the way it looks like I have applied a filter in Photoshop/Lightroom when I actually haven’t edited the photo.

Romanticism Natural landscape photoshoot 1 & Edits

28 March 2025 Yann Lock-Livramento Leave a comment

Below is a photoshoot I did of about 120 photos around St. Martin area using a mix of phone camera and DSLR camera. I am really happy with how my photos turned out as the weather and lighting was perfect and resulted in some beautiful nature/natural landscape photographs.

My best/favourite images from the photoshoot

I feel like these are my favourite/best images from the photoshoot as they look the most beautiful/visually pleasing as well as fitting the most to my theme for the project. I really like my final images and think they turned out really well and better than I expected.

Editing the photographs

For this image I cropped it so the end of the road was more centred. I also adjusted the temperature and lighting which ended up creating this lovely golden feel to the photo which I really like.

I liked this image of the cows however the sky was overexposed so I had to select the sky and try and make it a bit darker by adjusting the exposure and lightness so I could work with it. I managed to make the photo a beautiful golden colour by increasing the vibrancy and temperature, it also made the sky a Golder colour which looks a lot better than the white/grey it originally was due to it being overexposed. I also did some other miscellaneous stuff like removing the wire in the bottom left with the spot remover tool and cropping the image a bit.

The sky was also too overexposed in this photo but I really liked the golden light on the field and the sun rays so I spent ages adjusting the light and colour settings and using masking to select the sky so it wouldn’t affect the rest of my photo as much.

In this image I did quite a bit of cropping to make the cow more closer and centred I also cropped out the sun as it is very bright may may look strange when printed. I also made the photo look more golden by slightly adjusting the temperature and the contrast and exposure.

For this photos I did a tiny bit of colour grading to try and create a nice balance between the golden yellows and light blues in the photo which makes it look rather nice. I also did a tiny bit of cropping so you could see the breakwater batter through the gap in the hedge. I also applied a vignette as it helps to create depth and improves contrast.

I would probably say this is my favourite image from the photoshoot because it has a really good romanticism feel to it and would look good if it was painted by romanticist painter. I wanted to make the image look a tiny bit less dull so I used the colour mixer in the camera raw filter on photoshoot to adjust to adjust the yellows. oranges and blues especially when it came to saturation to make the colours more stronger especially the golden light and blue sky.

Artist reference: Jem Southam

24 March 2025 Yann Lock-Livramento Leave a comment

Born in 1950, Jem southern is a British photographer known for his landscape photos situated in the Southwest of England where he lives. His photos have been displayed in galleries across the United Kingdom and the United States such as the Tate St. Ives and the Yale Centre for British Art. Jem Southam describes his photography as “It’s about celebrating the fact that I can be here, that I’m taking all of this in. That all of this is available to us, that the world is such an absolutely, staggeringly extraordinary place to spend some time. We’re so lucky, as humans.” Jem saying this shows that he is grateful for this beautiful world and wants to celebrate that by capturing its beauty

In a review by Joerg Colberg he describes Jem’s photobook ‘the river Winter’ which showcases nature and landscape photos of the River Exe which Jem captured across eight winters. Joerg Colberg describes his landscape photos as ‘intimate’ with him saying “Usually, intimacy is not a word I associate with landscapes. Landscapes usually tend to be sublime, because that’s what is demanded of them. I don’t think many people would think of their garden or backyard as a landscape (unless they’re part of the 1% and own gigantic parts of land). But I think Southam might. I want to think that. I know that I certainly do.”

Photos by Jem Southam

Image Analysis

This photo is part of a collection of photos Jem took for his book ‘Rockfalls and Ponds’ published in August 2011 and was also shown in at an exhibition called ‘Before Time: Bleda y Rosa’ in Madrid, Spain a year before the book was published. The book is actually about documenting topographical changes at a location over many months and years to see how the landscape changes over the years due to natural and manmade changes taking place.

The photo uses quite a dull colour palette mainly consisting of browns, greys and backs due to the weather and location the photo was taken at as for this series Jem is focused on documenting the cliffside over time regardless of its beauty, however it is still an interesting photo with the cliffside creating diagonal leading lines which leads the viewer across the coast and into the cloudy horizon. All the rocks on the beach and the rocky cliffside gives the image a hard and rough feel/texture to the photograph however this does somewhat contrast the grey clouds which does soften the image and creates a balance between hard and soft in this photograph but could possibly imply the natural and manmade changes taking place to our natural environment and coastlines.

Artist reference: Joe Cornish

20 March 2025 Yann Lock-Livramento 2 Comments

Joe Cornish is a British Photographer known for his beautiful landscape photos which he takes with his large format camera.

Born in Devon UK, Joe studied Fine art at the university of Reading. After his degree he moved to America to train to be a photographer’s assistant. After that in 1982 he moved to London and became a freelance assistant but shorty after he ended up becoming a commercial photographer.

Joe’s love and passion for nature began in 1990 when he made the photographs for the book ‘In search of Neptune’ by Charlie Pye-Smith which was created for the national trust in celebration of their coastline 25 years after they managed to successfully acquire over 900 miles of English coastline to preserve and look after. Charlie Pye-Smith described this as “What would have been lost were it not for the Trust does not bear thinking about.” This was really where Joe’s passion for nature and natural landscapes began as after working on the book for the national trust he continued to do freelance work for them. Three years after the book he moved to North Yorkshire by the moors where he has photographing the landscape around the moors for over 20 years.

Joe Cornish sees his work as a reflection for the search of beauty in nature and in landscape and doesn’t view his work as creative, rather as himself being determined and his love for nature. “Nature is far more curious, incidental, intuitive, organic, asymmetrical, inventive, extravagant, unpredictable and experimental than I could ever be. All I need to do is truly pay attention to it with my whole being.”

His website focuses on nature and landscape photos from his collections ‘homeland‘ which are photos taken in the England where he is from as well as Scotland and Wales. The collection called ‘travel‘ which includes these types of photos he takes but when he is abroad. He also has a collection called ‘Metaphoric/Metamorphic‘ which is a more experimental approach of photography which includes close up photos of rocks, ice and water as well as photos of trees/tree trunks.

Joe cornish has had a lot of success and achievements. In 2006 the British photography magazine: Amateur Photographer gave him the Power of photography award. He was also on the judging panel for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year and has hosted some of the Natural History Museum’s Photography events.

Photos taken by Joe Cornish

Joe cornish image analysis

This photo is taken by Joe cornish in his series of photos called ‘Homeland’ which are landscape photos in the UK where he was born and lives, this photo is from the subcategory ‘England, South’ which contains lots of landscape photos as well as photos of the stunning sea and cliffs in the area such as the white cliffs of dover which are a natural landmark in the area protected by the National Trust. Joe would have have photographed this area when he helped make the book in search of Neptune for the national trust.

The photo is taken with a wide angle lense to help capture the vast seascape as well as using a clear lense and a low iso to capture sky and reflection to create little to no grain in the image and helps make the sky and reflection look soft and smooth which also contributes to the overall feel of the photograph. The temperature of the image is cool with the blue colours and the dimness in the foreground and right of the photo which adds to the contrast and depth. The photo also uses pastel colours with the white blues and the yellowy orange in the sky, this helps add to the beautiful aesthetic and the natural beauty creates a spiritual emotional connection with nature which the romanticists deeply valued. The beauty of nature is what Joe Cornish may be trying to achieve as he enjoys and appreciates nature hence why he spends a lot of his time photographing it.

Romanticism

11 March 2025 Yann Lock-Livramento Leave a comment

Romanticism is an art moment which united people long ago and is seen in many forms of art such as painting, literature, music and even architecture. The movement began all the way in the 18th century however it can still be seen to this day. It began in western Europe in response to the age of enlightenment and the industrial revolution which romanticists heavily disliked as it went against their values and beliefs. The age of enlightenment was about putting science and reason over feelings and beliefs. The Industrial revolution was about the industrialisation of towns and cities and large scale manufacturing which caused the birth of capitalism.

Henry Wallis – “The Death of Chatterton” (1856)

This is the opposite of the romanticist beliefs which focused on the beauty and glorification of nature with some seeing it as a powerful unstoppable force. They also valued human emotion, imagination and feelings with them viewing it as an ‘aesthetic experience’. Romanticists had an interest in folk culture and the medieval era as they didn’t like the current societal changes and saw it as past glory, it is also where the name romanticism comes from as it comes from medieval romance.

Popular romanticism art work

Romanticism artwork likes to include elements of beauty and the sublime as well as landscape and seascapes. Another type of artwork they produce is of battles as if they are fighting against the movements and economical changes taking place at the time.

Caspar David Friedrich-“Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” (1818)

How did romanticism begin

William Wordsworth is regarded as being the founder of romanticism especially in England and also as being one of the greatest romantic poets as he was also a poet who strongly believed that poetry should reflect emotion and feelings. Born in Cumberland, England on the 7 April 1770. In 1787 he attended St John’s College in Cambridge. Wordsworth would spend a lot of his holidays while he was at the collage on walking tours including some in europe visiting places known for their beauty and landscapes.

“Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher” – william wordsworth

In 1793 he published his first set of poems called An Evening Walk and a set called Descriptive Sketches. Two years after this in 1795 he met the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge with the two of them quickly becoming friends. in 1797 the pair moved to somerset and two years later published Lyrical Ballads which was created by the both of them and is generally regarded as the starting point for romanticism it also included one of wordsworth’s most popular poems: Tintern Abbey.

The Sublime

The Sublime is a key element seen in romanticism and is designed to give you feelings of awe, terror and danger. Romanticists saw nature as being the most sublime as it could create the strongest feelings in people.

Shipwrecks and were commonly seen in sublime paintings as the sea was seen as beautiful with it being used alot in romanticism and the shipwrecks could provide people of feelings of awe, terror and danger, these were commonly accompanied with stormy weather which really added to the effect of these feelings and help show that nature was a powerful and unstoppable force.

Vernet- “A Storm with a Shipwreck” (1754)

Statement of Intent

8 March 2025 Yann Lock-Livramento Leave a comment

For my Photography project I want to go down the path of romanticism as it is an art movement which united people in the late eighteenth century and still has an influence to this day when it comes to the arts and nature enthusiasts. A massive focus on romanticism is nature which is what I want to explore and develop as I don’t feel like I spend enough time in nature and it is beautiful, hence why the romanticists loved it. I want to try and capture this beauty by taking nature/natural landscape photos as natural landscapes were a common part of romanticism as they captured a lot of natural beauty as well as including some elements of the sublime. In the 1800s this was commonly done in paintings, but modern-day romanticists now also use photography to capture this.

To develop this project, I would like to go to the countryside and areas with nature and nice views as these would be great for taking natural landscapes. I would also like to capture a lot of my photos during the golden hour period of the day as during this time the light is all golden as the sun is setting which looks incredibly beautiful and helps give the photo that breath taking aspect that landscape photos have. Both the Photographers I have chosen to look at are landscape photographers with a strong appreciation for nature which I will go over in the case studies for them. One of the artists I have chosen to look at is Joe Cornish especially his work in his book ‘First Light’ which includes lots of stunning landscape photos as well as photos of nature such as rocks and the woods, Joe Cornish also takes some of his photos during the golden hour and when the sun is setting which is exactly what I want to do with some of my photos. The second artist is Jem Southam who also takes beautiful landscape and nature photos which are interesting to look at especially from his collection ‘red river’.

One Photoshoot I’m planning to start my project is around St. Martins near the woods as it is on the top of the hill, so you get lots of great views of the seascapes and landscapes as it is in the country there are also lots of trees and fields around which I could take great photos of. I also would like to present my photos in a book is it would be nice memorabilia of the beautiful landscapes in Jersey.

Union: Ideas, Mind map & Mood Board

2 March 2025 Yann Lock-Livramento 3 Comments

What does union actually mean?

The word union has lots of meanings such as:

Joining something together
being in an agreement or harmony
Coming together e.g a movement or a group
Marriage

Mind map

Mood board

below is a mood board with my thoughts and interoperations on Union

Deciding what to do

I want to follow an art movement for my project as an art movement is like a union of artists, writers, sculptures and photographers coming together to create a style/movement.

However I am finding it hard to choose one as there are a few I like, so I narrowed it down to my top three:

Surrealism
Romanticism
Tonalism

Out of all of them I feel like choosing romanticism as we did it in year 12 with landscapes and I really enjoyed it because I really like landscapes and like to photograph them. Tonalism was a close second because I really like the overall aesthetic of it, however preferred romanticism a bit more. Surrealism looks fun but I feel like I won’t end up doing as well on it because it looks really complicated to do and I don’t think I have the right level of creativity for it at this moment in time.