Exterior Location Photography Research, Paul Bramham

                                 Paul Bramham

The images below were taken by a photographer called Paul Bramham. During this assignment I have taken photographs of mainly trees and various parts of landscape however Bramham has produced some interesting images that capture mood and an interesting viewpoint. The image below was taken at Crosby beach at sunset and captures the time of day nicely. Bramham has positioned the camera in creative way, which allows the stream of seawater to lead up to the focal point in the distance,which is a human figure.The colours in the Image are soft and calm and give a relaxing feel .



(Above)Crosby Beach at Sunset

The reason I have chose to discuss this Image is that similar to the Image above Paul Bramham has captured the time of day in an interesting way and by choosing to photograph during this time of day has allowed this Image to show mood and atmosphere. I also feel the colours work well and create a calm and relaxing feel.

Exterior Location Photography Research,John Sexton

                                             John Sexton

One of the photographers I have chosen to study during the brief is John Sexton. John sexton was born in 1953 and studied at Cypress College Associate of Arts with honours, Sexton has taught at numerous photographic workshops and has also lectured at many museums and universities. His work has been shown at numerous exhibitions and has been the subject in many articles in the photographic press. John Sexton has photographed various parts of landscape, but I have taken a particular interest in his images of sunlight coming through trees. During this assignment I have found Sextons work to influence my own work. Some test shots I have taken of woodland trees I have  also captured sunlight coming through trees. 

 In both the photographs below John sexton has shown examples of different textures and good contrast. He has used different elements of nature and focused on detail, by placing the fern leaf over the log (bottom left) has allowed the leaf to stand out. In the second image the background is dark against the leaves which create contrast. Some  shots I have taken for my final piece of work were taken at Tatton Park. The photographs are taken of leaves in a puddle of water I have also looked at showing the detail of leaves and the contrast of colours.  

Fern Log R 555.Jpg

Exterior Location Photography Research,Wolf-gang Moerch

                                      Wolf-Gang Moerch

A Photographer that I have chosen to study is Wolf-Gang Moerch who was born in 1948.Many images that have been produced by Wolf-Gang are taken of woodland, which is one of the landscape areas I am looking at photographing. Wolf-Gang has altered various tones and shades to his images to create mood and atmosphere which is why I have become interested in his work.His Images also capture good use of light falling on trees which is a technique I would like to capture myself, when photographing landscapes.

Kaltbrunnental Impressionen # 28

The Image below is taken of woodland, the reason I have chosen to study this particular photograph is that it shows good use of light.The angle of the photograph is positioned looking upwards which makes the trees stand out and show an interesting veiwpoint.In my own work I have photographed from various different veiwpoints to create interest to my own images. Wolf-Gang has also altered the tones in the image which create warmth and softness.

Kaltbrunnental Impressionen #24

The photograph below is called Distant Couple.In this imageWolf-Gang has captured atmosphere and mood in a very interesteing way.The light shinning through the trees in the distance have created a smoggy feel to the image, the sunlight also works well by creating contrast against the trees in the foreground.
Wolf Gang may well have altered the tones in this Image which is an interesting way of creating mood.

Introduction, Exterior Location ,Centre Parcs,Tatton Park Test Shots

Introduction ,Exterior Location

For the Exterior location Photography Brief I have chosen to look at landscaqpe photography.When I submit the finished images I hope to have explored various landscapes which photographically demonstrate mood, use of light, contrast of colours and an interesting veiw point. The following photographs have been taken at Centre Parcs in Whinfell and my aim was to begin to explore this  

                                                                  Tatton Park

piccadilly gardens

One of the most attractive parts of piccadilly gardens i found was the water fountains. My aim was to capture the water falling and splashing on the ground.

The New Topographics

The New Topographics

The photographer that interests me the most is Simon Roberts. Simon studied a BA Hons Degree in Human Geography and graduated in 1996, and his work has been exhibited widely.

 When looking at the images produced by Simon Roberts I find his work to be intriguing. He captures a variety of places and people around Britain naturally enjoying themselves in groups or alone.  I also find that Simon’s work is something we can all relate to as some of his photographs show families enjoying a picnic together, or groups of people relaxing on a beach.  The images produced by Simon are done on large scale which I find allows the viewer to feel almost inside the photograph.

One of the photographs that I found particularly interesting was” Ladies Day Aintree Racecourse Merseyside 4^th April 2008”. The photograph shows nicely dressed men and women enjoying a day at the races however Simon has included empty beer bottles and rubbish which is in the foreground of the photograph. This reflects a more realistic image of a day out at the races. He also captures the different facial expressions of the public watching the horse race which is interesting to look at.

 

 

Abstract photography

             

This was photographed at F18.  The red colour works well against the brown and black and creates mood which is why I like it. If I wanted to improve this image I could have photographed other bright colours such as yellows and blue, which would  have cotrasted and worked well against the red.

 

F18 This image has worked well as the reflections almost look like large buildings around the light in the centre.

F18

 

I thought this photograph worked well as the blue object stands out brightly which creates an interesting view point. The dashes of red and yellow in the background work well together and the photograph looks very different from the subject. F20

F20

F20