Landscape

Landscape

Definitions and Theory

• Landscape- all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.
• In landscape photography, depth of field (The depth of field is the amount of the photo that is in focus) is a critical component of every image. Some photos require minimum depth of field to place more emphasis on a single element of the scene. Classic landscape images have extensive depth of field to provide front-to-back sharpness.
• In landscape photography, you'll typically want to use a higher f stop, or narrow aperture, to get more of your scene in focus. Generally, you'll want to shoot in the f/8 to f/11 range, topping out at around f/16.
• You should use a tripod whenever possible.

Image bank

Artist research

For this study, the artist in which I have chosen is Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. Adams helped found the anti-pictorialist Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography that favoured sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph

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My best photographs

Photographs that require improvement

Due to these photographs being taken on a late autumn morning, there was poor light at times and the general colour of the leaves on the trees were faded. In many of my photographs I have used photoshop to bring out the beautiful colours in order to make the photograph better. 

 In the photograph above, I feel like although the background is very nice, the picture is ruined by the out of focus leaves. if the photo had been set up better I think that this could have been a very beautiful photograph.

I think that this photograph lacks a focused object. I feel that no object particularly stands out and that there is nothing that would catch an eye and draw it into the photograph.

This photograph above was taken with an f-stop that was too high, which created a bright and out of focus photograph.

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

I feel that the artist research was helpful in this study as it helped me understand the theory on landscapes and made me look for interesting objects in nature. 

I feel that I have created good standard photographs using the techniques the Ansel Adams used however I also feel that I put my style of photography into it too. I do think that, however, I do not think that my photographs would look good in black and white because one of the main features in my final photos are the autumn colours. 

AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

My idea for recording Landscape was to photograph the finer details in nature, and find how different objects. colours and settings can influence a photograph. I feel as though I was inspired by Ansel Adam's work.

With reference to my best selected images: I feel that these images link to the topic and to the artist that I studied. 

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

To take my photos I used a Canon E10 1000D, with multiple lenses. I tried to increase the aperture setting to as high as possible so that I could end up with a sharper picture with a wider depth of field, however in some cases this was not possible as the lighting was poor.

AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.  

I believe that I have produced a strong series of images inspired by my research of shape and the images of Ansel Adams.  The final images produced were refined by developing the photo in photoshop using a range of techniques.