Thursday, 17 December 2009

Urban Landscape Research

In my studies of Urban Landscape Photography, I have found a photographer called Bradford Kissell. I will be focusing my studies on him.




In this image we see how the photographer has used the vibrant red colour to set off the blue background of the sky. He has also used the lighting from the sun to give a unique pattern from the shadow of the grating. Using the rule of thirds you can see the majority of the poles have been placed on the line between the top and middle left areas.

I like this photo because it uses bright colours to grab your attention. Also how the shadow has been used.




In this photo Bradford has used the natural colours of the metal to give a cold dark feeling. He also uses the lines from the steps and the strange angle to disorientate the viewer. Using the rule of thirds you can see that the entire left hand side of the image has been used, with the closest step being placed there.

I like this image because of how the photography has used the angles to disorientate the viewer


And finally after analyzing Bradfords photography I took some photos that I consider Urban Photography I have also thought about doing some close up urban shots of bolts and streets.

Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Rule of Thirds

The Rule of Thirds is all about the positioning within your shot. Most cameras give you a grid so you can tell where to place things but as photographer become more experienced the rule of thirds comes as second nature to them. An example of where I have used the rule of thirds is in the images below.


For both of these pictures I have used the Rule of Thirds, as you can see I have used the far sections and the center of the grid to place the object of focus.







Thursday, 12 November 2009

Using the lighting equipment

We got to use the lighting equipment including light meters, we used a standard setup of two lights with reflective umbrellas on to bounce back the light. We started taking Black and White and colour photo's to gain experience in the equipment. After a bit of practice we started using the light metre to change the setting on the camera for the best image.


















Friday, 6 November 2009

Shutter Speed

Shutter speed effects the time to shutter remains open, this means there is more exposure time, which allows more light to reach the image sensor. Below are some examples of different Shutter Speed from 1/30 to 10"



A good use for slow shutter speeds is to get the light trail effect. When using a slow shutter speed you also have to use the apeture to make sure that there is a balanceto make the image visable. Below is a image of my attempt of light trials on a low shutter speed.

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Aperture

Aperture controls the size of the shutter, it works like your pupil in your eye controlling the amount of light that hits the senser, by making the aperture smaller such as F1, you can increases the focal distance of your image. There are some examples photos I have taken below.



The next set of images show the effect on the depth of field much better, I have started from an aperture of f10 and worked down to f3.5






Saturday, 10 October 2009

Shots from round Wem

During my free time I have taken many images these are some of the local shots that I think are some of the better ones. This section includes images of nature, architecture and other object.
















Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Previous photos I have taken

This section and the next section includes images that I have taken from all over the world, all of these image are from different areas of photography and I have used different effects.

London: London

Location: London

Location: London, Marylebone

Location: Wem

Location: London, Piccadilly Circus

Location: Wem

Location: USA, Alcatraz Island

Location: USA, San Francisco

Location: USA, San Francisco

Location: USA, San Francisco

Location: USA, San Francisco

Location: USA, Trinidad

Location: USA, Stone Lagoon
Location: USA, Stone Lagoon

Location: USA, Stone Lagoon

Location: USA, Stone Lagoon

Location: USA, Sacramento River

Location: USA, Redding

Location: USA, Redding

Location: USA, Redding

Location: USA, Redding

Location: USA, ONO

Location: USA, Redding

Location: USA, Redding

Location: USA, Redding

Location: USA, Mount Shasta

Location: USA, Redding

Location: USA, Hollywood

Location: USA, LA

Location: Cornwall, St Ives

Location: Cornwall, St Ives

Location: Cornwall, St Ives

Location: Cornwall, St Ives

Location: Cornwall, St Ives

Location: London

Location: Cornwall, Eden Project

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem


Location: Wem


Location: Cornwall


Location: Cornwall
Location: Cornwall, St Ives

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem
Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Cheshire

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem

Location: Wem
Location: London