For this shoot, I went into the forest that I lived near and took some pictures of the trees and anything else I could find. The reason I decided to do this shoot was because I wanted to combine these photos with the images of the models from the previous shoot.
Unfortunately, I lost my SD card, therefore the photos I have enlarged are screen grabs and had ended up slightly blurry due to the lack of quality.
For this shoot, I was inspired by Eliot Porter as he takes a lot of pictures of trees and forest scenery. I liked how his photos were bright and vivd which made the photo seem more appealing. Also, I like how he showed so much beauty in nature and making the photo seem simple at the same time. I would like to achieve something similar with my photos because I might be able to emphasise how the message I'm trying to portray of reflecting about nature.
Contact Sheet
Best Images
I liked this because of the way the light shines through and onto some of the trees adding extra depth and tone. Also, I like how as you look through the photo the forest gets gradually darker creating a sense of foreboding because you cannot see where the tree line ends.
I like this photos because the tone in the background looks blueish creating a calming sensation. Also, I like how the background is relatively dark making the white trees stand out even further due to the contrast.
I like this photo because the trees are to the sides gradually goes into the centre making the viewer's eyes draw into the middle of the photo. Also, I like how the trees frame the photo making everything feel more balanced and soothing because everything fits into place.
Worst Images
I don't like this photo because the water looks murky and there is very limited tone or texture due to everything more ore less being the same tone.
I don't like this photo because it seems flat. In my opinion, there is nothing in this photo that adds tone or texture that creates depth. When I took the photo, I thought that the white frost might add more detail by being different to the forest in the background but reviewing it now, I feel as if the frost added nothing to the photo.
AO1 - For this shoot, I was inspired by Eliot Porter because I liked the way how made the forests look bright and vivd. Additionally, his photos just portrays the beauty is all kind of nature and I wanted to display the same results with my photos. However, I knew before I started the shoot that I wouldn't of had the same affect as Porter because it was the wrong time of year to capture the colours due to me taking the photos during winter.
AO2 - I used a Canon 600D to take these photos with my settings set to ISO 400 and sometimes 800 when I went deeper into the forest, and shutter speed set to 1/125 through out the whole shoot. My aperture was varied during the shoot but was mostly between f8-f11. I had to keep varying my aperture because in some parts of the forest there would be more gaps where light could get through and other places where there weren't.
AO3 - My idea for recording A Reflection of Nature was to present more sides to nature other than flowers and portray how there are multiple sides to nature, both beautiful and murky. The plan for this shoot is to combine them with the photos of the model from a pervious shoot to portray them to reflect about nature. I like Best Image 2 because I feel that the white trees will stand out even further and help produce more of a contrast when I edit this photo into the model.
AO4 - In my opinion, I feel as if I have produced a strong series of images because I have presented a different side to nature. By taking pictures of forests I am able to portray how there are multiple sides to nature that we need to protect, not just the beautiful bright kind.
Manipulating My Photos
For this shoot, I use a photo from Shoot 6 on and placed the photo of the forest on top. I reduced the opacity to roughly 30% so I was able to see the model behind the photo. Then I took the rubber tool and rubbed out the areas that I didn't want showing and once I was done, I changed the opacity to however I seemed fit.
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