Illustrated project proposal

Clint Losee, nature landscape photography

Sebastian Boatca, wide angle street photography

Camil Tulcan, motion blur photography


CONCEPT, IDEA AND ISSUE:
I'm going to concentrate on wide angle street photography. I feel like this will allow me to capture different atmospheres in different images. I can get different reactions from people as well which could be people looking at the camera or people avoiding the camera. I feel like this will be interesting to undertake.

ILLUSTRATED PROJECT PROPOSAL

My personal investigation

I will be photographing the different areas to emphasise the differences between urban, country and city - to showcase how people live differently. This project will involve me travelling to London, the beach, etc (as many places as I want) and photographing what makes them different. I will be doing landscape photography and each shoot will be small documentary pieces.

Background

I have decided to do this because I felt inspired when looking at Sebastian Boatca's work. During this summer I am going on holiday so I am planning on photographing the different aspects there. I will also plan on travelling to many more places, which include aspects such as the beach. To start this project of I will be concentrating on my home town which is Harlow, in Harlow I can photograph the town centre and the town park as these are the places closest to me. For these areas I will photograph people and how they live their lives in Harlow.

Photographer research

One photographer that I have researched more is Sebastian Boatca. He's based in Brussels, Belgium and does lifestyle photography which includes people, streets and landscapes. When looking at his street photography it is noticeable that he mostly shoots in black and white, I feel like shooting in black and white gives the effect of unknown colour and it creates a more dramatic and meaningful approach. "The artistic expression is one of the ways we can blend into nature strings and communicate with people around the world".

Another photographer I have researched multiple times is Henri Cartier-Bresson. When looking at his work, you can tell he concentrates on the decisive moment which involves waiting for the right moment to photograph an image.

Illustrations

When looking at my researched photographers photographs, I decided to research a bit more and find more street photography and see if they are different to which Sebastian has done...

I like this image as there is a meaning behind it. These people are lining up for something but we don't know what. By looking at them they all look quite young, so I can only imagine that they are lining up to watch something, such as a band. Also looking at what they are wearing, this could be during the summer time as many are wearing shorts and short-sleeved tops. I could photograph the youth of our generation and show how some may think they are more grown up than they actually are.

I like image because there are unknown people, we don't know where they are and who they are. The photographer has left it to our own imagination which is more interesting for us viewers. This image has inspired me too photograph buildings in London and the people because the people in London are all different and dress differently, so I feel like it would be interesting to capture a few of these different styles and people. The infrastructure is also very intricate and I feel could be very aesthetically pleasing to capture.

I like the colour in this image, the saturation is very high and appealing. This is also motion blur as the photographer has captured the ride moving. This can be easily done for me as I can travel to Brighton or Southend, etc and capture the rides and people having fun. I feel like the colours make the viewer feel happy as they are there to attract customers and make things more exciting. The man controlling the ride contrasts with the colours as he is dull and looks grumpy - it's like he is using up his time to make other peoples times fun.

Technique - Zoom lens (experiment)

Zoom lens

A lens allowing a camera to change smoothly from a long shot to a close-up or vice versa by varying the focal length

• Wide angle lenses capture more because they have a wider picture angle
• Telephoto lenses have a narrower picture angle

Image bank:

My images:

The first two images are of my subject Georgie and I experimented with my camera. The first image is of my lense being fully zoomed (55mm) and the second image is my lense being neutral (15mm). The outcome of these two are good because you can see a difference in both images, the second
The last three images are of a flower bush. I went through three different zooms and came out with these outcomes.

PROGRESSION:
This technique could be useful towards my idea as I can then photograph nature from different zooms to get different effects on an object.

Technique - Macro

Macro

Macro lenses come in a variety of focal lengths. A close up attachment will allow closer focusing distances, but at some degradation in image quality.

HOW CAN I ACHIEVE A MACRO IMAGE:
1. Tripod
2. Fast shutter speed
3. Manual camera settings
4. Manual focus
5. No camera shake
6. Direct the shoot
7. Photo-editing software

Image bank:

My images:

The first three I experimented with photographing body parts using the macro lens. The detail shown in this image is very intricate, I feel these images have turned out really well because it acts as a mystery - your given these body parts but you don't know who they belong too and your wanting to see the full image of this person.

The last one is a flower that was inspired by my image bank. I chose this flower because even though it is very basic, there is still a lot of detail once you get close. This image was successful because you can see the each individual part of the flower.

PROGRESSION:

I like this technique, however I feel you have to have the right lens in order to capture an image like this

Technique - Wide angle close up

Wide angle close up

An approach using a short focal length which puts subject into context.

HOW CAN I ACHIEVE A WIDE ANGLE CLOSE UP:
1. Tripod
2. Fast shutter speed
3. Manual camera settings
4. Manual focus
5. No camera shake
6. Direct the shoot
7. Photo-editing software

EFFECTS OF WIDE ANGLE CLOSE UP:

• Distorts foreground
• Shows foreground interest within context of an environment
• Surreal imagery can be created
• Used to shoot nature
• Requires that you shoot at a short focal length
• Tripod is recommended

Image bank:

My images:

18mm
1/90
F6.7
ISO 100

18mm
1/90
F4
ISO 100

18mm
1/90
F4
ISO 100

18mm
1/90
F4.3
ISO 100












These were taken during lesson time as our teacher gave us the opportunity to experiment this technique during the lesson. I got my subject, Georgie, to do nothing while I take photos of her face close up. The flowers were taken in the same time period, I like how the detail in the flowers are very clear as it makes the flowers more attractive.

This is an edited image, with this image I enhanced the hue/saturation and used the burn tool to make the background darker by doing this it deepens the surroundings so the main flower in focused is more clear and noticeable. The in focus flowers, I used the lasso tool and selected the flower, using the saturation tool I only slightly increased it and then used the dodge tool to make it brighter.

I am pleased with this outcome because the colours of the flowers are really vibrant and appealing to the eye. The dark greens and pinks in the background contrast with the neutral pinks and greens on the main flower, this is very eye catching for the viewer as it gives a sense of peace and love. It makes the viewer feel calm.

PROGRESSION:

I like this technique, this is useful towards my personal investigation as an idea I have is the texture and pattern of nature. This wide angle close up technique will be useful for this as by getting closer to an animal, plant or building you will see more detail, almost making it look more delicate.

Technique - Animated GIF

Animated GIF

An image encoded in graphics interchange format (GIF), which contains a number of images or frames in a single file and is described by its own graphic control extension.

HOW CAN I ACHIEVE AN ANIMATED GIF:
1. Tripod
2. Fast shutter speed
3. Manual camera settings
4. Manual focus
5. No camera shake
6. Direct the shoot
7. Photo-editing software

Image bank:

My images:

For these images I told my subject Katy to dance around and wave her hands about so I could take burst photos. I took multiple photos but these were the few that I felt went together nicely and would make a good GIF. The process of taking these photos was easy as I just continually took photos and stopped when I felt I had enough.

HOW TO:

1. First resize the images to 72 dpi, 900 x 600 pixels - do this by selecting image, image size

2. Import the images into photoshop

3. Put all images in order onto one file

4. Select window, timeline

5. Create video timeline

6. Drag into the timeline, put into order and adjust the duration of each clip

7. Loop the video - playback options

8. Save animation - file, save for web

9. Make sure it is on looped, GIF file and 128 dithered

This is my final product that I created using my images I photographed. I have managed to create a GIF of Katy dancing which turned out how I wanted it. I am pleased with the outcome as this was my first attempt at this technique. The process was a bit difficult as I got confused and stuck at some points but then I finally got to the final outcome. 

PROGRESSION:

This would be an interesting concept to base my personal investigation around, however it may be difficult to do this process for the majority of my images as it is time consuming and quite difficult to produce.

Technique - Sequencing

Sequencing

A serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern - stitching multiple images together and it is a form of time-lapse photography. 

HOW CAN I ACHIEVE A PHOTO-SEQUENCE:
1. Tripod
2. Fast shutter speed
3. Manual camera settings
4. Manual focus
5. No camera shake
6. Direct the shoot
7. Photo-editing software

Image bank:

My images:

This sequence of photos show Katy walking past the camera. These images were shot at F8, ISO100, 1/180, which were the appropriate settings. I asked my subject to walk continually past the camera at a slow pace so I could do a burst shoot of her. I feel this was a successful shoot because I have achieved a simple sequence, I had to make it simple so that the editing process is easy for my first attempt. The shoot for these images consisted of me telling my subject what to do, I did get her to walk past the camera twice as the first time did not go well because when looking at them as a sequence it did not look right.

HOW TO:

1. Drag all photos of broken down sequence into photoshop and make sure they are in order of first to last

2. Go onto second image of sequence and press command a, command c

3. Go back onto first image a press command v for the second image to be pasted onto the first image

4. Create mask and fill in black

5. Use the brush tool and make sure the brush colour is white and go over where you think the second sequence image would be

5. Repeat this for all images

This is my final sequence edit, the outcome was good as she is seen walking past the camera and she's walking slightly further away. This is a very basic and simple sequence which is a good starting point because now I know how to edit a sequence, I can create better and more interesting sequences. I like how this image looks seamless and is presented really well. I believe I have done well on this task as I have achieved a basic sequence. 

PROGRESSION:
This is an interesting technique and I am glad I have learned this for future use. But I don't think I will be pursuing this for my personal investigation because i'm still figuring out what I want to concentrate on but I know that this won't be a technique I am going to use.