1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Task 4 Selection of final images
& review
By Liam Belch
2. Aim of Shoot - landscapeAim of Shoot - landscape
This is my Shoot of
Salford Quays, I was
Shooting here to
explore the theme of
architectural
exploration.
3. Description of shootDescription of shoot
This is my Favourite Photo of the
entire shoot and was captured using
a Nikon D3100 using a shutter
speed of 1/25 of a second with an
iso Sensitivity of 1600. The aim of
the photo shoot was to explore and
learn more about the theme of
architectural exploration and urban
landscape photography. We had
previously done research into other
landscape photographers and this
shoot was to help us understand
and develop our skill further.
6. Final ImagesFinal Images
This is one of my final images that I
have edited. I really liked the feel of
vintage photography from my
research so I thought that adding a
sepia sort of effect would look
effective as it contrasts the Modern
day Architecture with a vintage old
camera look.
7. Editing effectsEditing effects
By first going to images>Black and white
and Selecting Tint I played around with
the colour until I arrived at a sepia sort
of orange amber brown and then I added
a Vignette to the image by using Lens
Correction Which can be found in either
Filter and Lens correction or filter and
Distort depending on which version of
Photoshop was used.
8. Capture logCapture log
F Stop: f/18
Exposure Time: 1/25 of a
second
Iso speed: 1600
Focal Length: 18mm
Max aperture: 3.6
9. Final ImagesFinal Images
For this photograph I really
wanted to focus on the metallic
Contrasting pieces of
architecture because I felt it
made for an effective picture to
have all of the jagged chunks of
metal contrasting with the
smooth wrought patterns of the
bars and tower. I used black
and white with a Vignette to
really highlight the cold Grey
Steel feel of the metal.
10. Editing effectsEditing effects
After Turning the brightness and
Contrast up completely, Traditional
black and white was not as nearly
effective enough as I wanted the
picture so I decided to use black
and white first then on automatic
and use a Gradient map from black
to grey to white. This really
highlighted and darkened the right
areas. The Vignette helps to show of
the vocal point of the image
11. Capture logCapture log
F stop: f/18
Exposure time: 1/25 of a
second
ISO speed: 1600
Focal length: 50mm
Max aperture: 5
12. Final ImagesFinal Images
Originally I wasn’t going to
use this picture as I thought
there was not much I could
do with it and I thought it
was slightly boring but after
a while I thought that it
works well with the theme of
Urban landscapes and I think
it has a sort of postcard
feeling.
13. Editing effectsEditing effects
After putting up the
brightness and contrast I
added a slight rosey pinky
photo filter over the top and
a slight vignette for effect.
14. Capture logCapture log
F stop: f/22
Exposure time: 1/60 of a
second
ISO Speed: 1600
Focal Length: 55 mm
Max Aperture: 5
15. Rejected ImagesRejected Images
These 3 images were
rejected as they were blurry,
compositionally boring and
the incorrect settings where
used. Every image I shot at
night was unusable because
I did not use the correct
settings but I had already
captured enough images
from the day anyway so this
did not matter.
16. Aims for next projectAims for next project
I have learned further how to focus the
camera on specific points and I have also
learned more on composition and placing
certain areas inside the composition. For
my next project I would like to be able to
shoot clearer and brighter images with
better composition.
17. Aim of shoot - portraitAim of shoot - portrait
This photo-shoot was to
help further develop our
knowledge in
photography and
magazine layout by first
Researching into
portrait photographers
and magazine layouts.
The pictures were for
our own magazine
spread
18. Description of shootDescription of shoot
As part of our magazine
layout and Design unit we
were required to Conduct
our own photo shoot for
images that we could use on
a front cover, a double page
spread and a contents page.
The Shoot was to also help
us understand further the
difference between portrait
and landscape photography.
21. Final imagesFinal images
This is one of my
favourite images which
I used for my double
page spread. I think its
very striking and clear
and works well with the
title of the magazine
Vague
22. Editing effectsEditing effects
Firstly by turning up the
brightness and contrast it
leaves the image clearer for
when it goes into black and
white. By then duplicating
the layer and using Free
transform and swapping the
image over to the other side
you can then use layer
options>Darken or multiply
to layer them over each
other.
23. Capture logCapture log
F Stop: f/5.6
Exposure time: 1/100
of a second
ISO Speed: 800
Focal length: 35mm
Max aperture: 4.7
24. Final imagesFinal images
This image was an
accidental camera press
in the process of getting
another picture the
original picture itself is
rather blurred and could
look to be unusable but
after experimenting a
bit I came up with this
25. Editing EffectsEditing Effects
By first messing around with
the colour balance this
changes the original image
slightly but the more
predominant colours will be
the ones that show up when
posterizing the image with
the levels set to 2
26. Capture logCapture log
F Stop: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 1/60
of a second
ISO Speed: 800
Focal length: 55mm
Max aperture: 5
27. Final imagesFinal images
This is the image I used for
the Contents page. This
image was awkward to set
up because the model had a
ring in one of the eye holes
and had to hold the fan
behind her head I think it
works well though and was
worth the effort
28. Editing effectsEditing effects
After turning up the brightness and
contrast I then selected the lips and
changed the hue and saturation to a
vibrant red.
After the lips were red I set to work
on making he rest of the image
black and white by selecting large
chunks of the image with the
selection tool and changing them to
black and white. And then cleaning
up the smaller bits with the quick
selection tool. I then selected the
iris of the eye and then used
Content Aware fill to warp
the eye image.
29. Capture logCapture log
F Stop: f/6.3
Exposure time: 1/60
of a second
Iso Speed: 800
Focal Length: 26mm
Max aperture:4.1
30. Rejected imagesRejected images
With these images I was
experimenting with a fast
shutter speed as the model
whipped her hair around but
could not get an effective
enough picture. The shoe
was meant to be in the
double page spread but I
decided against it and the
ring over the eye picture was
too blurry for purpose
