UAL Unit 8 EdenR

Fourth Shoot Edits  For all of these photos I used an aperture of f25, an ISO of 100 and a shutter speed of 30 seconds. I used a DSLR camera with a neutral density filter in order to allow the shutter to be open for 30 seconds without the photo being over exposed. I edited them all using the camera raw filter in photoshop and changed them to black and white to relate mainly to the work of John Blakemore but also to both Thomas Joshua Cooper and Michael Kenna. In this image I like the way minimal water runs over the rock in the centre. You can see the single strands of water and then they disappear as the join the base of the waterfall. I think this is one of the stronger images compared to the others because of the contrast between the whites and the blacks. I also feel like there is no area in the photo where it looks over exposed. I also used the dodge tool on the sky as it appeared very grey. I think this image isn't as successful because the right hand side of the w...

Fourth Shoot  For this shoot I went to a fast flowing waterfall to perfect the technique of a long exposure photos. I reshot this shoot because the photos before were very unsuccessful, so I chose a faster subject like this waterfall. They are more reliable then the sea as the sea can be calm or rough dependent on the weather. However, at a waterfall as long as there is water it will fall. I used a shutter speed of 30 seconds, an ISO of 100 and an aperture at f25. The images I edited were IMG_7033, IMG_7045, IMG_7040, IMG_7048 and IMG_7055.  I took the photos into photoshop and edited them into the style of the photographers that use long exposures such as, Michael kenna, Michael Levin and Thomas Joshua Cooper. These images most signify the work of John Blakemore with his project of long coastal exposures.   I think these photos worked better because it was a more reliable source compared to some of my others shoots because unless there was a major drought then t...

John Blakemore Research   John Blakemore is known for his landscape photography. He was born 15th July 1936 in Coventry. Some significant event which happen in his life was the war in 1939, he also served as an RAF nurse from 1954-1956. In 1970 he first got into landscape photography this was when he moved to Derby to begin teaching. From 1971 he started to only use a 5x4 camera and simplified equipment. He solely uses a 180mm Symmar S lens for both landscape and still life. This was because it is high quality and large pixels. So the standard of his work is high. This camera is a large format and involves black and white film. I like this photo because it relates to the kind of work I have produced and would like to similar kind of work to this. These photos inspire me to create this misty by using long exposure and filters in order to lengthen the time the shutter is open for by minimising the light entering the lens. I like the composition of the image with large roc...

These are some of the photos I got out of my third shoot in the style of Michael Levin. I used an aperture of f11, ISO of 100 and a shutter speed of 30 seconds for all of these photos. I think the biggest problem with these photos are that at the time they were shot it was too bright, which  created the camera to struggle. I think these photos were unsuccessful because of the way the conditions were. I feel if the tide was higher or coming in and the sun was less bright or it wasn't at sunset then the photos and process would have worked better. To this image I changed it to black and white and increased the contrast of the photo. These two images were the only more successful photos where a link to Michael Levin's work can be seen. With using a slow shutter speed so slow to be able to make the water seem completely smooth, like the style he uses. To this image I change the contrast, shadows and whites including changing it to black and white. I also cropped the imag...

For my third shoot I used a DSLR and a neutral density filter. I tried to capture the movement of the sea and the sun as it sets. This shoot didn't work how I planned it and my photos were unsuccessful. I think they were unsuccessful because the sea was very calm meaning there was very little movement in the water. The effect that I was trying to create was unsuccessful. I also think it didn't work because the tide was very low and going out, as well as the sun setting.  The main problem was that it was too bright because the sun was beginning to set this meant that the camera had to block out more light which it struggled with. All these things played their part together into not creating the effect that Thomas Joshua Cooper, Michael Kenna and Michael Levin use in their photography. For these photos I used a Shutter speed ranging from 30 - 60 seconds, an ISO of 100 and an aperture of f29. I set the camera up at the edge of the sea with a eight stop ND filter. I think my se...

Michael Levin Research  Michael Levin was born in 1967 in Winnipeg. He was originally a restaurant owner and only got into photography at age of 35. He is known for his long exposure photographs. He is inspired by the work of Edward Burtynsky and Ute Barth. Levin doesn't plan his shoots or plan any locations. He believes photos just happen no preparation goes into them, he just takes less common roads. There is no symbolism in his work he just does what he wants to do. He mainly uses film cameras such as the Kodak t-max and then he later moved on to using the Hasselblad H4D. He produces 4x5 negatives. He scans the negatives into the computer using a imacon hi res, so that he can use the negatives in photoshop. However, he feels limited by using this. Levin would use an epson 11880 to print his photos in a standard size. He also uses a epson 9900 for larger prints. Michael Levin mainly uses black and white negatives images. It wasn't until late that he has moved on to using...