Kevan Brewer is a landscape photographer who focuses on wildlife and natural settings like forests. Six of his images were analyzed. All show forested areas with trees and nature as the main subject. Some images have fog or mist that make them feel mysterious, while others have more color and feel warmer. The photographer varies the mood and style of the images but they all capture nature. Composition and techniques like depth of field are used effectively to direct the viewer's eye to key elements. The fog adds mystery, and capturing natural beauty is a strength, though some images could benefit from more color.

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Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other photographers
work (P1, M1, D1)
Photographer: Kevan Brewer
Paste 6 images here include the name & date of image
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Theme or focus of images
We can see that these pictures are fairly similar to each other, each of them are very
wildlife based, and each of them are taken in a forest or wooded area. This shows that
this photographer likes this style of landscape photography and also likes photography
surrounding wildlife, or natural forest or wooded areas. In all of these images we can
see lots of trees and grass in the frame.
In all of these images, they are taken in large a forest or wooded area. We can see
that the size of the forest must be fairly large as in all of these images we cannot see
the end or anything else apart from that wooded area. All of these images can be
found quite relaxing and tranquil, as not much action is going on within the frame.
However, in images 1 and 4 the image is filled with fog or mist, which makes these
images quite mysterious, especially in image 1 and the fog is very thick, so thick we
can barely see through it. I think this fog can also create a sense of the unknown, as
we cannot see past the trees and all that is visible is the fog. This could also create a
fear of the unknown, because we are unaware of what could possibly be in the forest
or around us because we cannot see. I think Image 1 also creates a feeling of being
alone in the woods, because we cant see anyone else in this image, which could be
viewed as quite scary again.
In images 1 and 4, the images feel quite cold because not much colour is involved in

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these images. However, in images 2 and 3, particularly 3 much more colour is in the
image and definitely feels warmer and more summer like. I think the reason some of
this photographers images are different is because he may like taking pictures from
different styles, but still with some similarities. Like in image 1 and 4 they are very
mysterious, where as 2 and 3 are much more sunny and peaceful. But they are all in a
wooded area, with nature surrounding them.
Composition
In images 1, 2 and 4 the main focus point is the tree that is closest to us, so I think the
photographer chose in these images to find what he wanted to be the focus point
and then include as much nature and trees, as possible. In image 4, one of the main
focus points is the lake and how tranquil it looks, so I think the photographer knew he
wanted the lake to be a big part of the image and then looked for what surrounding
nature looked the best with the lake.
However in images 2 and 4 (mainly image 2) one of the things included which is a very
strong focus point of the image is the sun rays coming down through the trees. I think
the photographer knew he wanted to include as much of those rays as possible in
image 2 and as we can see he got quite close to the ground so he could get as much
of those rays included as possible.
Techniques used
In Image 1, we see a very clear use of depth of field. The tree closest is in complete
strong focus and slowly the background behind the tree gets more and more blurred
out.
I think a fast shutter speed would have been used on image 3 because the
photographer probably would have had to take many shots of the horses as he could
before getting one where they were stood in the position he wanted. However in the
other images, I think he could have used any shutter speed because there isn’t any
quick action going on in these images to capture quickly.
Strengths & Weaknesses
A strength would be the use of the fog in images 1 and 4 because I like the sense of
mystery it gives the image. Another strength would be I love how all of these images
are very natural and all taken in forested areas, I think they are filled with natural
beauty, which to me is a strength.
A weakness would be that I think in images 1 and 4, a bit more colour could have
been involved. Not as much as in image 3 but a bit more so we could see the grass
clearer and the colour of the leaves more clearly.