My first idea for my assignment work was to capture the reflections in the waterways of hull after been inspired by Michael Kenna, but after trying to recreate some and finding that the weather at this time of year isn’t suitable to try and create those kind of photos, I have decided to try and just focus on the waters of Hull and this objects and life associated with it (taken from previous post), I wanted to take the perception people have about the waters of Hull been “mucky and disgusting” and give a refreshing new look on them, I did this by capturing photos which people would either be surprised this is a photo of Hull and not a different location or to capture Hulls iconic landmarks in a new light, this has lead to my collection of photos from different locations of water in Hull. I took more than one photo of each subject using different techniques then chose the ones which I thought was the best of each subject, I also tried to include a variation of compositional devices. Through all of these I am happy with my collection I have created I am disappointed that my initial idea dint work out I was able to later get one image with a pretty good reflection but it was that slight set back that gave me the photos and inspiration to change my subject area.
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Photography – Assignent photos
Photography – assignment work
My first idea for my assignment work was to capture the reflections in the waterways of hull after been inspired by Michael Kenna, but after trying to recreate some and finding that the weather at this time of year isn’t suitable to try and create those kind of photos. After taking some photos I have decided to try and just focus on the waters of Hull and this objects and life associated with it.
Photo One
seagull on St Andrews quay
- used 55-200 lense as not to scare it away
- focal length: 125.00mm
- exposure: 1/400 sec, f/5.0, ISO 200
Photography – Court Snatch
Court Snatch – taking very quick photos of a required person to try and achieve a “mug shot” style photo
Next time I do this will try and zoom in a little as i first see him and try to focus more on the face, also would like to try and set the camera up better to get a clearer photo.
photography research
https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/12/landscape-reflection-photography/
This link has the hits and tips to get the best reflection photos using water ad the subject, I will reference back to this throughout my project as a reference and guidance.
photography – michael kenna
Michael Kenna is a landscape photographer who primarily shoots in black and white to create beautiful contemporary images, he will be one of my inspirations for my project to attain some incredible images from the ordinary surroundings, follows are some examples of his work I particularly like (all images was sourced from: http://www.michaelkenna.net/imagearchive.php);
the use of symmetry
All of these photos links to my project of the waterways of hull, I would like to be able to recreate the symmetry created by the reflections which Michael has achieved and the depth just by using very simple locations.
photography – aperture explained
Aperture is the dimension created within a photo by luring our the unimportant and bringing the main subject into focus which is created by the amount of light you allow through the aperture (opening) of the lense which is shown on cameras as an “f” number.
- large number – small aperture (background and foreground in focus)
- small number – large aperture (foreground in focus background blured)
photography – aperture photos
photography – shutter speed photos
Naomi Eccles 