Final Images

Connecting Essay 5

In this image we can see that the photographer has decided to take a photo of  a forest with some newly fallen snow. This photo is great because it shows a very baron land with no green leafs anywhere. The image shows a contrast of the white of the snow and the dark colour of the dead baron trees.  There is also a contrast between the smooth snow and the sharp sticks on the trees which make the photo more interesting.

In this image we can see that there is a contrast between the little snow and the trees. As you can see there isn't as much snow as in the image above but that is only because the snow was still falling as I was taking the photo itself. This image is still a rather interesting photo because it shows part of Aokigahara which is the forest of the dead and where people go to commit suicide.

The connection between the two images is firstly they are both images of newly fallen snow in a forest. The second is that it shows a contrast between the white of the snow and the dark of the trees even though there is very little snow because it was still falling. Another link in the two images is that both of them were taken on Mt Fuji in Japan and also roughly in the same area as well because it would have been taken at the first check point on the mountain after the roads where closed.

Work Diary - Holiday Shoot

Evaluation:
This is the shoot I did while I was on holiday in Asia. This is the combined photos from the three countries that I visited which I wanted to portray a single image that sybolisied a key perspective of each country. Those countries being Vietnam, Japan and Cambodia. Each country had an array of photographic scenes but I essentially wanted to select an image that reflected a key competent of the counties landscape and culture. In terms of the choice of photographic terms these are mainly photos that I have taken where I was directly influenced by photographers I have done in the past.

Vietnam although rapidly changing in terms of it economy is still, in many areas totally reliant on either fishing or the farming of rice. This image reflect a different idea from that of beautiful beaches and surf but outline the traditional mainstay of much of the economy in this area. I wanted the  boating village to reflect the traditional and almost unchanged industry of fishing. To strengthen the inference of tradition and age I decided to make the image black and white  then add an orange sepia tint to make it look older. I also decided to shoot the image wide angle and with a lot of depth of field to capture just how many 100's of small fishing boats make up this one fleet.  In fact the boats disappear into infinity.

My overwhelming memory from Cambodia was not on the beautiful temples and tombs but the lack of people over 35 years old.  This was a constant reminder throughout my holiday of the mass killings in the 1960's and 70's by Pol Pot. How a leader of one country can kill so many of his own people and subject so many to what is effectively farm slavery was a shock.  In this image the piling of human skulls provide both a reminder of the amount of the dead and the barbarity of the regime.  In this image we see loads of skulls stacked on top of each other that have appeared from one of the many killing field massacres in Cambodia.I wanted the photo to provide the viewer with the horror of the event by taking a close up. The filling of the frame hopefully evokes the volume of the killing.

Progression:

If I were to continue this I would have taken photos from Japan during spring with Cherry Blossom on the trees. Japan is known world wide for this and the colours and vibrance from these trees is spectacular.  The shot shown is quite wide angle but I would also go in close with a macro lens and show the blossom in detail. I would also like to get some pictures of  Mt Fuji. This iconic volcano is one of the most recognisable landscapes in Japan.

Japan is a very spiritual place and even amongst the hyper modern city's it strives to be at one with nature and the past. I intended this image to reflect the mediative nature ofJapan. Here we see an abundance of dark pink cherry blossom by a lake lit up by dark pink lights. In this image the lights illuminate the blossom and ad an almost magical glow to the trees. I can imagine this being even better to photograph at dusk. Also as you look in the lake we see the cherry blossom reflected in the water where you can see  Koi fish swimming.

This picture shows the the famous white shade of cherry blossom and Mt Fuji in the background and a lake. The photographer has managed to combine a great shot of Mt Fuji and the blossom and the lake all in one.
If I was to take this shot I would like to think that if I waited long enough for a drop in the wind I could also get the mountain reflected in the shot.

Connecting Essay 4

Here we see the photographer has taken an image of Angkor Wat temple with its reflection at a near sunset in the small lake outside of the main temple building in-between the temple and the library. This image is rather interesting because it shows a rather interesting thing that nature is slowly taking back the temple. Another interesting point in this image is the we see the cloud has a rather interesting tint to it. It is a sort of yellow colour to it which is in the background of the image.

In this we can see that there is a reflection of the temple in the small lake outside. I have also edited it so that there is a slight yellow tint and the colours are a bit more vibrate. In this image we see that I have increased the vibrance in the image to increase the colour in the picture. This was because there was a lot of different natural colours around which made increasing the vibrance more interesting because it had a larger affect on the image itself. 

The connection in these two photos is the reflection of the temple in the water and the editing of the surrounding colours to make them seem more vibrate. In both images we see that there is a yellow tint to both. In my image it is because I did it while I was editing the image and in the above images they managed to get the tint due to the sunset which made the image look rather interesting.

Straight Image - Holiday Shoot

Straight Images - Contrast Studio

Connecting Essay 3

In this image we see that Mapplethorpe has got someone in a leather jacket to hold a knife and make them look very menacing and look like they are about to stab someone. For this image we see he has taken it on black background to make the image look even more darker and evil. The person in the image looks rather threatening because they are looking at the camera and look like they are about to assault the person taking the photo. This makes the image look rather interesting because they are look rather interesting. As we can see the above photo the person is leaning into the attack more and is holding the knife in his more dominant hand.

Here we see I have tried to replicate the image above, due to limitations I did not mange to get a knife as large or the same type of leather jacket. Apart from that I decided on my own to use a white background to also get some contrast in the image between the black leather jacket and the white background. My model doesn't look nearly as threatening as Mapplethorpe but I still think it works out quite well because they are both looking at the camera while holding a knife. The other difference in my image and Mapplethorpe is that in his he is holding the knife in his right hand and is leaning into the attack more then in my photo. 

The connection between the two images are that they are both meant to look threatening and both have leather jackets and a knife. Both of the images were done in black and white to add to the affect of the image. They were both done against a background. Both of them are aiming the knife in front of them as if they were about to stab a person in front of them. Also in both images we see that the models are looking at the camera instead of their original target which makes it look like they are about to change their target to the person taking the photo.