Photoshoot 1

This was my first photo shoot and I had decided to go to Birmingham because of the variating landscapes and styles of the buildings around the area. I started the shoot outside of the city centre where I knew that that there would be lots of back streets, variating heights in the terrain and lots of different lighting conditions. I then made my way towards the city centre.

I have decided to experiment with images 1920, 1921, 1923, 1943, 1949 and the merging of 1968-69. For the first five images stated I have barely edited them; the only adjustments made was that I adjusted the levels and cropped the image slightly.

Image 1920

I really like this image because it looks like the two light sources are clashing in the middle of the image for supremacy of it. There is grain on the image which matches the characteristics of night photography and there is still a large contrast in tone. There is an orange tint to the image which was created by the street lights because of the warm bulbs installed. I dont feel that there are any leading lines in this picture however there is a large structure created by vertical, diagonal and vertical lines.

Image 1921

Yellow is a very dominant colour here and it leads the viewer through the image. Starting on the right where the detail of the stairs is and you follow the railing toward the yellow on the wall and the detail inside the door frame on the left. All the shadows and different angles Make this image look like a crime scene. This idea is also enhanced by the stain that that is on the floor in the left door frame. It looks like someone has dragged something through there and done a really bad job of cleaning it up.

Image 1923

 To enhance this image I used the levels to increase the contrast and make certain parts of the image stand out more than others like the window frame, bricks and the edge of the shadows. Considering the amount of light that was on the location I was surprised that I was able to create such contrasting shadows in between the lights. I feel that most of the audiences attention is drawn towards the right of the image where there is a sequence of of light and dark areas.

Image 1943

This image is quite strange because I took it with the ground at an angle within the frame, when I cropped into and straightened it up it didn't look as effective. I feel that this image is quite surreal because of the variance in tones across the image and the types of colours used. All the colours in this image are cold colours; purples, blues and greens. The upper half of the image is very dark and the lower half is light.

Image 1949

I like this image because all the light seems to connect to each other. The light from the street lamp connects to the radiance from the underpass, the light area on the ramp leads down to it as well. The street lamps on the main road form a line that leads the viewer to the top corner of the underpass.

Image 1968-69

For this image I used 2 images and merged them together. This is because I needed different exposures for the street and under the scaffolding. I used the central scaffolding to hide the merging line. However I can tell that it is 2 images because the perspective is slightly off on the right side. It looks like it is angled inwards. Therefore I don't like this image and I can't use it.