Work record 4-Canary Wharf

Work record 4-Canary Wharf

Plans for shoot

During my previous shoots i realised that i didn't not have as much artist influence incorporated as I would have liked to, so even though the artists that i have researched like Alexander Rochenko are evident in my work in terms of photographic techniques that they have used like angle, for example i use a lot of low tones that are taken from the ground up, similar to Alexanders work. I still haven't taken an image that is similar to there, so i think that for this shoot i would like to try and capture a photograph that i could show to resemble an original photo of theirs, so the tones, angle and general composition like the framing would need to be similar. To have my work link closer to Alexander Rodchenko's i have thought about taking my images in black and white for this shoot so that I can achieve similar images to his, especially in terms of the tones that Alexander was able to convey in his photographs. However Alexander would normally use a Lecia film camera, a 9 by 2-cm plate camera or 13 by 18 cm view camera. However, because i only use a normal nikon DSLR camera i am not able to use apertures as low as a film, view or plate camera would be able to, thus meaning i am not able achieve the same tones in black and white photography that Alexander would. So i think i will stick to capturing photos in colour and if i need to have them in a black and white format then i will edit the photo black and white.

A01- Photographers influence:Alexander Rodchenko

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

I think that out of all of the artists that i have researched so far, Alexander Rodchenko is the most relevant photographer for this shoot because he was my original influence for angles that look up towards the buildings from below and as this shoot is working on angels and tones I think Alexander is the most suitable. In his work he incorporates a lot of tonal ranges, however I do think that I can improve upon using the influence of tones his work in my work as the tones in my work at not as dark and varied. For example the photos below are slightly similar due to the angle of the photo taken, however with my photo I don't have any of the tones that are present within Alexander's work, so I would like to improve upon tones if I can.

Contact sheets 

AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

For this shoot my intent was experiment more tones different angles and try to get more unexpected perspectives that I had in previous shoot, I have also been trying achieve lower angles which I think I did with the last straight image. That's why i went to Canary Wharf because I knew there was a variation of tall and large buildings that I would be able to do this with. I think that with this shoot I did improve upon certain aspects that I had lacking in other shoots or I hadn't done as well as could of, for example with the last three straight images are looking uptowards the sky and have the whole length of the building in it, but I was also able to keep the whole photo in focus and at the right exposure which I have failed to do in previous shoots.. I also think that compared to other shoots this shoot I was able to work well with the exposure which was kept well balance throughout the image, which I think helps with the unexpected perspective. 

Straight images 

Images that need improvement 

This photo is not the best that it could be because the framing is not what I was trying to achieve and there is a slight over exposure in certain areas due to the sun beginning to set. What I had planned for this photo was to try and capture the building at the lower section of the frame and have it more square instead of slightly tilted like I have captured. So to improve this photo I could try to edit it in Photoshop and try to correct the lens settings, or tilt the photo and for the over exposure I could decrease the white levels or decrease the exposure so that the exposure is more level throughout the photo.

AO2 Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

For this shoot i used my Nikon D3100 camera that i used in all my previous shoots in London and shot with a camera RAW file. For this shoot I went to London at around mid day to shoot which allowed me to use a low ISO of 200 which means that my photos are not effect by graininess that much.. However towards the end of the shoot it became overcast meaning the lighting was getting darker and which didn't help when I was taking photos of the buildings but from an area that was in shadows because I had to raise my ISO higher and my shutter speed had get lower around 1/60 to compensate for the aperture. Because of the area I was taking photos in, Canary Wharf I as not allowed to use a tripod and also take photos of certain buildings which did affect my work as I was planning on experimenting with this shoot by taking  photos of the people who were walking around the area, mostly the workers from the buildings, then using double exposure to place images of people and buildings ontop of each other, which was an experimental idea that was influenced by .

Edits 



AO4

I think that in terms of quality of photos, so far this has been my best shoot because I was able to get more good quality photos of different buildings with a variation of angles. I think that the general composure, framing and exposure of my photos from this shoot are better than my previous shoots but I think that because I'm learning and developing from my previous shoots and mistakes I had made. For this shoot I wanted to improve upon the use of tones in my work, because its of importance for the link to Alexander Rodchenkos work, however I don't think that the tones in my photos are of any different to my previous shoots. I don't really have that many shadows present in my work.. However I still think that this shoot works well with my previous shoot as a cohesive body of work.