Landscapes

Landscape:

Definition: Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. 

Image Bank: 






Simon Roberts:
Simon Roberts (b.1974) is a British photographer whose work deals with our relationship to landscape and notions of identity and belonging. He has published and exhibited widely and his photographs reside in major public and private collections. 




His work shows how humans have become one of the main nuances while taking photographs, and instead of trying to work around us, Roberts has embraced the ugliness. He has done this because we no longer respect our surrounding and will continue abusing the planet until we cause a disaster. 

 (AO:1.  You must ensure that several of the visual ideas/inspirations within the image bank are pursued. )

My Own Photos:

Images that need improvement:

IMG_0431:
This image is overexposed as it is too bright. The camera settings were ISO 100, F/36 and an exposure of 1.6". The reason this image was overexposed was that the exposure was too long because it was overexposed the shutter was open for too long and resulted in too much light. Next time I will either shorten the shutter speed or close the aperture to reduce the light. 

IMG_0493:
This image is too dark and it is at a canted angle, which wasn't what I wanted in the shot. The ISO was 100 for a good quality image, the shutter speed was too fast and didn't allow enough light in.The aperture was F/29, resulting in it not allowing enough light into the image.
Next time I will either lengthen the shutter speed or lower the aperture to increase the light and I will ensure that the tripod is set up straight. 


My Best Images:

IMG 0370:
I like this shot because of the normality of the surroundings and the drama of the sky. The dark blue tones and shades of the sky make it look like a storm is coming. It's a stark contrast between the mundane life and the extraordinary lying in wait underneath.



IMG 0415:

IMG 0420:

IMG 0462:

IMG_0441:

My main idea when I went out to my shoot was to record how humans have damaged the Earth, and how the population is growing exponentially, so much so that the Earth cannot keep up. 

AO3: Record ideas, observations, and insights relevant to intentions reflecting critically on work and progress.

My first image was inspired by Simon Roberts as he photographs beautiful landscapes that have been corrupted by people. The first image in this sequence shows how people have distorted the once beautiful landscape by polluting the air and pouring concrete into the soft earth.  

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques, and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.


For these images, I used Nikon camera body but a Cannon 18-55 mm Lens. For IMG_0370 I used a 1/1600 exposure and an F-stop of F/4.5, and ISO 100. The short shutter speed will reduce light coming into the sensor but the F/4.5 will allow enough light into the camera to keep the foreground and background in focus. These settings were all manual and brought the tones and highlights making the shadows look darker and more dramatic. 

Many of the photos I shot were either too dark or too light and I had to adjust the F-stop accordingly, or they weren't straight. I did take a tripod with me but didn't use it on every shot as I couldn't get as close to the building as I wanted with it. 

This image was overexposed:

This image was under exposed:

And this image was at an angle:

To improve my images I used Photoshop:

The first image I edited was IMG_0370, I adjusted the exposures levels and 

The next thing I did was dodged and burnt the image to bring out the sky.

Then I adjusted the curves to slightly adjust the exposure again:

This is the final image:

I edited my other images using the same techniques. 
Here are my final images: