More experiments to my final piece

One evening there was a gorgeous sunset and the sky was incredible and I wanted to snap shot it just to get some experimentation for my final piece. I over exposed the images by controlling my shutter and under exposed them so I could later photoshop them. My under exposed images where the sky is really dynamic but the field is dark the exposure was set to 1/30th of a second with an ISO on 125. The over exposed images in contrast to these were the same ISO setting butt the exposure time was 1/2 of a second.

 

The photoshop edit:

 

The first image is slightly better than the second, it's really difficult trying to make sure that your images are the same as you need a tripod and your experimenting with shutter. I tried out loads of different shutter speeds, from 1/30 of a sec, 1/8th of a sec and 1/25th of a sec to get the best images but also so I knew what to work with and could later anyalsis the images. As much as these images don't fully go with my theme of cold, deserted places and the loss of something feeling lonely I thought it was a great way to trial a mini shoot to further my knowledge and development.

Paul Poltis

Paul Poltis is a Black and white photographer. His interests are Urban, Architectural, Nude, Night, Ghost towns and abandoned places, Grafitti, New York photography. I am particularly interested in the ghost towns and abandoned places to follow my theme.



I feel this photo is appropiate for my final piece as I am looking at techniques of the camera with under exposing and over exposing to create a really dynamic image. I love this photo as the sky really makes the mood of this picture even though its in black & white. The house looks abandoned, desserted and old showing a old house but holds a lot of memories if you went inside. The choice of using black and white drains all the colour and life out of the photo and makes the image really contrasting with the the rusty old parts of wood on the house to the white extended part of the house. This photo would have been taken on a tripod with a digital camera, Poltis would have taken a under exposed image and over exposed image so he could photoshop them to create the perfect image.



I chose this as I think it's really interesting and tells a huge story. The story could be its a house which has caught on fire and has decaded been left or the house is being re-done and modernised. I love the way the angle of this photograph portrays this as it's looking down making everything look small and lost, it also looks quite scary as it looks like you could easily fall. The black and white effect makes everything look lifeless and more emotional to what the story could be, it captures the shadows down the stairs and the contrast of the light through the door to the floor. If it was taken in colour it wouldn't have the same effect as it would look more joyful and a normal house being decorated.