Unit 2 Relationships - Shoot 5 - Landscape Photography Relating to both Artists

For shoot 5, I decided to try landscape photography, although it does not directly relate to either of my artists work, both artists follow the theme of nature, but this shoot probably relates to Jelle Martens work more, as he does tend to use landscape photography in his work. For this shoot I decided to visit Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door, although it was a cloudy day to begin with, the photographs turned out well, and I believe it was a successful shoot.

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Photograph 1 is one of my favorite photographs from this shoot, what really makes this image stand out is the vibrant blue and green colours of the rope along with the black, against a soft blurry background. 

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Photography 2 was not as successful because I was using automatic focus, so the camera focused on the lobster traps, instead of the landscape, you could argue that this works well too, as the picture then uses the rule of thirds, with the traps at the bottom left hand corner.

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I took photographs like pictures 4 and 6 incase I wanted to recreate Jelle Martens work again, the texture and shapes of the rock make the image really interesting, as it makes the viewer try and visualise what the image is, here i used a Canon 1200D with a 18-55mm Lens attached, I zoomed into on these steps, so they filled the picture, and i think the chalk grey and dust brown colours along side the hint of green grass in the image works really well. I wanted to change this photo into Sepia, as i think this will make the image more interesting, and give it an old look. (See this Edit at the bottom of this post)

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Image 7 could be seen as one of the least interesting photos from this shoot, as the sky is a dull grey, and matches the colours of the sea, which doesn't make the photo as interesting, this photograph may of worked if the it was a sunny day with blue skies and a few white clouds.

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Image 10 is another one of my favourites from this shoot, once again I tried to use the rule of thirds, which is why the cliff is to the left hand side, I like the way the water looks soft and calm, and the colour of the water near the rocks positioned in the centre of the image makes the picture feel very calming.

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In photograph 12, I should of used a polarised filter, as the sky is a little over exposed, the polarised filter would of darkened the sky and shown the clouds more dramatically.

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Although picture 14 isn't the most exciting picture, one thing that does work well is the tonal variation along the beach.

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Photography 15 is one of the least successful, the sun was positioned behind the arch so it was hard to get the rocks clearly without over exposing the image, I tried many different ways, increasing the ISO did not work as this only over exposed the image, as did the changing of the shutter speed, I decreased the shutter speed, and this made both the sea and the sky bright white, I also tried using a Neutral Density Filter, but this had no effect either.

How would I improve this shoot?

If I was to redo this shoot, in order for me to improve I would use a tripod, as this would enable me to improve the composition, I would also think about using a Polarised filter for photos 5,9,10,13 and 14, polarised filters work by giving more depth to skies, so they become darker, and clouds become clearer, they also eliminate reflections so the water becomes clearer and also more vibrant, so Polarised filters would be something interesting to experiment with if If i was to go back and redo this shoot. 

Image 4 - Edited 

Changing Image 4 to have a sepia filter wasn't as successful as I'd hoped it would be, I prefer the original to the edited, because this seems to of lost the contrast between the brown/grey with the green of the grass.  
How does this shoot relate to my Artists?
This shoot relates to both of my Artists, firstly the Natural theme within the images relates to the natural theme which also runs through David Lloyds work, although he does not take Landscape shots, this shoot also relates to Jelle Martens work, specifically photographs 4 and 6, as Jelle Martens looks at different textures in his work, and I've taken 2 photographs showing different textures of rock.