Landscape photography
The difference between urban landscape and natural is urban is usually of a city sky lines or of high man made buildings however natural landscapes are usually of non made things mountain s, waterfalls, lakes all natural things. Urban usually is more a modern style of photography with the buildings being more modern. However the natural landscapes have a less of a modern format as the locations of landscapes aren't usually modern this is because they are natural. However this doesn't mean that landscapes can't look modern using photoshop such as highlights and shadows under image adjustments making the skies look either gloomy or very bright.
When shooting this style of work photographers such as myself need to consider the time of day in which the images are taken. This is vital as in the morning and the afternoon the shadows will be much longer and therefore if not wanting to include shadows in your images both these times of day wouldn't be a good time to go out however midday would be a good time for less shadows. The lighting is also vital when shooting landscapes as if the light is to light then the exposure would be over exposure however if the lighting is too dark the image would be under exposed. If the light is really bright than the camera settings would have to change the aperture would be have to be made smaller however if the light was too dark then the aperture would have to be made bigger to allow the right amount of light in. A point to take into consideration is when shooting landscape work you should always be thinking of depth of field using an f stop of f22 to get the most successful depth of field.
Lastly when taking landscapes to make your landscapes are different to others is to focus on composition, taking the images in different angles making the work different and interesting to look at rather than the normal straight landscape which could be classed as similar to others rather than unique work.
Landscape photographer research
Michael Wolf
Michael challenges the conventions above by taking images through windows and mirrors creating a reflective feel but also sometimes a blurry out of focus feel because of shooting out of a window making it hard for the camera to know what to focus on. I find this work interesting in the way that
the light from the buildings from the reflections is the light that lights the images. I find this work intriguing because if the lights of the offices/homes were not on then themes images wouldn't have worked because the normal house lights coming out from the widows are lighting the images with this being the only source of light. The images on the right however are different because the images in this building some of them must not be on so its reflecting the sky line of what is behind the photographer this in interesting because usually if the lights weren't on then you wouldn't be able to see the reflection. This makes it interesting because if all the lights were off then all you'd see would be the reflections. However this kind of photography can face some problems and could be a case of luck this is because you can't guarantee which lights will be on and which ones won't be this means that really its a stroke of luck and probably several visits will be needed.
Michael Wolf
Michael challenges the conventions above by taking images through windows and mirrors creating a reflective feel but also sometimes a blurry out of focus feel because of shooting out of a window making it hard for the camera to know what to focus on. I find this work interesting in the way that
the light from the buildings from the reflections is the light that lights the images. I find this work intriguing because if the lights of the offices/homes were not on then themes images wouldn't have worked because the normal house lights coming out from the widows are lighting the images with this being the only source of light. The images on the right however are different because the images in this building some of them must not be on so its reflecting the sky line of what is behind the photographer this in interesting because usually if the lights weren't on then you wouldn't be able to see the reflection. This makes it interesting because if all the lights were off then all you'd see would be the reflections. However this kind of photography can face some problems and could be a case of luck this is because you can't guarantee which lights will be on and which ones won't be this means that really its a stroke of luck and probably several visits will be needed.
Paul Raphaelson
When researching this work I was really interested and intrigued by this work i was drawn to the work by the title "lost space". The title has drawn me into the researching more of the work and when looking at the images Paul really uses juxtaposition in his work for example when looking at the image below its a combination of natural and man made with when looking at a forest an area full of plants its unusual to find a technical piece of an equipment in this case a television. He also uses the television screen as a use of reflections reflecting the sun onto the television. His angling is also interesting having chosen to have the television at the bottom right of the image is intriguing because I will always be clueless of why he chose that position but he will have reasoning behind it however this is affective because it makes you question why and plays with your mind to find out the reason as to why! Paul uses a lot of depth of field in his work making the foreground the main focus of the image in complete focus and the rest in blur this is don't by using a large aperture focussing on the object needed to be focused on. This has worked considerably well especially with one of my favorite image of his the picture of the sofa with what looks like factories in the background. The reason why i find this image so affective is because it brings so many different thoughts into my mind it reminds me of poverty a deprived area in america where a lot of gangs hand out however this is very stereotypical which I think is what he wanted to show how stereotypical most people are and it worked. It connects well with the title lost space as the area really does look abandoned and derelict and probably is now as this location is probably not visited so could be classed as "lost".
I would love to shoot this style of work i really have been inspired by his work I feel his title is so interesting typing you into looking into more he has made me thing more of titling my work trying to create the same affect having people tied with just the title. I also like how lonely the images look the abandoned locations If i was to do this work inspired by Paul I would certainly love to do this in the future and would concentrate on the Juxtaposition he uses with man made and natural things for example I would go out to a wood and place a projector. Finally i would love to have people viewing my work for different people to have different connotations.
When researching this work I was really interested and intrigued by this work i was drawn to the work by the title "lost space". The title has drawn me into the researching more of the work and when looking at the images Paul really uses juxtaposition in his work for example when looking at the image below its a combination of natural and man made with when looking at a forest an area full of plants its unusual to find a technical piece of an equipment in this case a television. He also uses the television screen as a use of reflections reflecting the sun onto the television. His angling is also interesting having chosen to have the television at the bottom right of the image is intriguing because I will always be clueless of why he chose that position but he will have reasoning behind it however this is affective because it makes you question why and plays with your mind to find out the reason as to why! Paul uses a lot of depth of field in his work making the foreground the main focus of the image in complete focus and the rest in blur this is don't by using a large aperture focussing on the object needed to be focused on. This has worked considerably well especially with one of my favorite image of his the picture of the sofa with what looks like factories in the background. The reason why i find this image so affective is because it brings so many different thoughts into my mind it reminds me of poverty a deprived area in america where a lot of gangs hand out however this is very stereotypical which I think is what he wanted to show how stereotypical most people are and it worked. It connects well with the title lost space as the area really does look abandoned and derelict and probably is now as this location is probably not visited so could be classed as "lost".
I would love to shoot this style of work i really have been inspired by his work I feel his title is so interesting typing you into looking into more he has made me thing more of titling my work trying to create the same affect having people tied with just the title. I also like how lonely the images look the abandoned locations If i was to do this work inspired by Paul I would certainly love to do this in the future and would concentrate on the Juxtaposition he uses with man made and natural things for example I would go out to a wood and place a projector. Finally i would love to have people viewing my work for different people to have different connotations.
Mike Curry
Mike's passion is his landscape and illustrative work and he has been concentrating on this in recent years. His portfolio has a real depth which has won him awards in many international competitions, including four awards from six entries in 2010 and further awards this year in the National Geographic Photo Contest and the International Garden photographer of the Year competition.
Mike started his photography career in 1982 by talking his way into a job at the renowned Selfridges Portrait Studio without a portfolio or even owning a camera.
When researching into landscapes I preferred to research urban photographers rather than natural I found Mike Curry and found his work really interesting and his works reinforces my above comment on editing using the highlight tool to make the clouds stand out. I really like how Mike uses leading lines with either the path ways or with the clouds leading the eye to the main subject of the image or even to the background of the image, In the third image the beach leads the eye to the rest of the image of the city scape. The photographer has used different techniques in each of these images he tilted his camera and shot at low angles which creates a different angle making the images more unique. If i was to do work inspired by Mike Curry I would style my images in this way however having shot the images in color concentrating more in the man made buildings rather than the clouds which is what Mike concentrates on.
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