Charlie Waite took four landscape photographs in different locations in Europe. The images were all long shots showing wide views with distant elements. They showed landscapes in Italy, France, and England during different seasons. The photographer used a consistent technique of head-on, wide shots from a single camera position without zooming. The shutter speeds varied based on light levels, from slower speeds for brighter images to faster speeds for darker or cloudy conditions. The images have strengths in their colors and compositions, though one could have better captured the sea by adjusting the camera position.

1. Unit 57: Photography and
Photographic Practice
Research of other photographers
work (P1, M1, D1)
Photographer: Charlie Waite
Image 1

2. Image 2
Image 3

3. Image 4

4. Theme or focus of images

5. The first image was taken in Abruzzi, Italy; the second was taken in Tuscany, Italy.
The third image was taken in Lot, France and the last one was taken in Devon,
England. All of the images are landscape and they’re all very long shots, showing
everything in the distance. Image 1 is showing trees and mountains, I can tell from
this image that it was autumn/winter at the time because none of the trees have
leaves on. The sky is clear but it looks quite cold. Image 2 shows hills and trees but
also a little cottage quite far back, the colours from that image suggest that it was
warm at the time. Image 3 is brighter than the rest; there is a tree in the middle of a
field of sunflowers with a rather clear sky. The last image shows the rocks, sea and
the hills in the distance.
Composition
I think the photographer use a similar technique when taking all of his images. From
the images it looks as though he uses the same position of the camera, which is
head on long shot or wide shots. There isn’t any need for the photographer to use
zoom when taking landscape pictures because you can see everything in the
distance anyway, unless he wanted his audience to focus on a main section of the
image. The message of the Images would change if the photographer was to
change the angle, shot; use zoom or crop any of the images.
Techniques used
No depth of field has been used in any of the images. All of them expect the last
one are bright so the shutter speed would have been set at a slow speed, usually 1
- 1/80s. The last image is darker and the sky is cloudy, this means the shutter speed
would be set at a faster speed usually about average which is 1/150 - 1/500s.
Strengths & Weaknesses
In my opinion these images have a lot of strengths; I think the colours work well
together in each one but especially in the third picture with the blue sky and bright
yellow sunflowers fields. I like how the shot has captured the hills in the background.
The only weakness I would say is in the last photo, I think the photographer should
have positioned the camera to get more of the sea in the shot.