Research Log

1) Fay Godwin 

Fay Godwin was a German landscape photographer who lived from 1931- 2005. The majority of the pictures which she shot were put into black and white and she focused on country landscapes. 

www.faygodwin.com

2) Charlie Waite 

Charlie Waite is a prestige landscape photographer, capturing landscapes all over the world.  Waite is from the UK and his work varies capturing depth, reflections and sometimes stories within his work. 

http://www.charliewaite.com

3) Ross Hoddinott

Ross Hoddinott is an English photographer who's work is mainly based on natural landscapes, for example, beaches or natural aspects within a landscapes, like bugs (in which he performs close ups).

http://www.rosshoddinott.co.uk

4) Colin Prior

Colin Prior is an English photographer who travels all around the world to create his landscape photography. Within his work Prior tries to aim to achieve patterns within each landscape he shoots, performing as a running theme. 

http://www.colinprior.co.uk

5) Adam Burton

Adam Burton is an English photographer who visits countries around the world capturing different landscapes, within each different landscape there is a different aspect. Adams work ha featured in calendars, books, newspapers, etc. The interesting thing about Burton is he never received any professional photographic training. 

www.adamburtonphotography.com

6) Helen Dixon

Helen Dixon is an English photographer who focuses on natural landscapes so when focusing on aspects she seems to take in colour as a main aspect. Her images are usually portrayed in large scale for businesses. 

www.helendixonphotography.com

7) Joe Cornish

Joe Cornish is an English photographer who focuses on landscape and travel photography, therefore when capturing his photographs he can focus on both man made and natural aspects, as he photographs whatever he stumbles across. 

www.joecornishgallery.com

8) Tony Howell

Tony Howell is an English photographer whose specialty is landscapes, he focuses on all kinds of aspects, and sometimes creates portfolios for when he alters the images on photoshop, turning them different colours and making them look abnormal to what they usually do. 

www.tonyhowell.co.uk

9) Nigel Turner

Nigel Turner is an English landscape photographer who like most landscape photographers, travels the world. Nigel is famous for his large print pictures of landscapes, which are mostly natural. Turner has featured in many different photographic magazines, which is a massive accomplishment to him. 

www.nigelturnerphotography.com

10) Tristan Campbell 

Tristan Campbell is an English landscape photographer who doesn't really venture out of the UK, however this doesnt stop him from capturing beautiful landscapes, he focuses on woodlands and beaches, and I think the main aspect which he sees is colour, capturing both captivating colours and dull ones. 

www.tristancampbell.com

11) Adrian Oakes

Adrian Oakes is a British landscape photographer, however goes against what is thought to be stereotypical landscapesas he finds landscapes within places, for example inside churches, therefore an aspect I find within Oakes' work is manmade and natural. He doesn't venture out of England a lot, with only portfolios from New York, Sicilly and a portfolio labelled 'overseas'. 

www.adrianoakes.com

12) Paul Grogan 

(His image is the image within the image) Paul Grogan is a landscape photographer who not only focuses on the stereotypical field landscapes but also looks at cityscapes, incorporating wide angles and depth within his work. He also visits natural places to create work, focusing on colour and movement. 

www.paulgroganphotography.com

13) Andy Farrer

Andy Farrer is an English landscape photographer who focuses on aspects within landscapes, he makes this evident within his portfolio names, one is called 'seasons' in which he travels the world, photographing all the different seasons, with this focus in mind, this separates him from other photographers. 

www.andyfarrer.co.uk

14) Michael Potts 

Michael Potts is an English landscape photographer and the main aspect he seems to focus on within every landscape is the life within it, mainly focusing on the wildlife that inhabits there. Potts begun his photography career whilst being a cameraman for wildlife documentaries which feature on the BBC. 

www.michaelpottsphotography.com

15) David Speight

David Speight is an English photographer who focuses on landscapes within England, Ihave found that within many of Speights photographs he creates depth, and he also stays within the same sort of landscapes; beaches. I feel like this is his specialty, looking at the many different aspects within beaches. 

www.davidspeightphotography.com

16) Simon Butterworth

Simon Butterworth is a Scottish landscape photographer who focuses on the landscapes of Scotland. I have noticed that within his work he focuses and favors on man made aspects of Scottish landscapes e.g. the dock for the ferry's.  

www.simonbutterworthphotography.com

17) Jen Bryant 

Jen Bryant is a British photographer who's specialty is landscape photographer, she focuses on areas such as Dartmoor and Devon, both very similar, she focuses on the natural element of each landscape she shoots, showing the trees and flowers all in their natural colours.  

www.jenbryant.co.uk

18) Jason Swain

Jason Swain is a British landscape photographer and the main aspect he seems to focus on within his photography is scale (using a wide angle technique to show the large scale of a place) and life/movement, he does this by showing people in his landscapes either moving a long the water or running around on the beach

www.soulsurfing.photoshelter.com

19) Mike Curry

Mike Curry is an urban landscape photographer from the UK, however does also focus on natural landscapes e.g. the northern lights. Curry's urban landscape photographer seems to focus on the aspect of movement, trying to provide the idea of the business within an urban area. 

www.mikecurryphotography.com

20) Nicholas Gooden

Nicholas Gooden is a British urban landscape photographer within the realm of London, the aspect that Gooden creates within his landscape is his use of technique and creating abnormal images, for example his use of double exposure, his use of blurring to convey movement. Gooden also uses a lot of wide angle for his cityscapes. 

www.nicholasgoodenphotography.com

Manmade #1 Work Diary

Within this shoot I went to London to shoot conventional manmade objects, in this shoot i went back to Westmister/South Bank to shoot well known manmade buildings like Big Ben, Parliament and The London Eye. I found this shoot a bit boring and quite limiting because it had been done so many times before therefore it was hard to think outside of the box when so much has already been done with it thats hard not replicate. I think this shoot went quite well anyway, and I think with my use of multiple imagery, the shoot cam out better. I also used overlay within this shoot which i think was beneficial and has made me think that I want to use it within my exam. Within this shoot I used a lot of depth and wide angle lens to make it seem like the buildings were massive.

In this image i used a wide angle lens as it emphasises how big the buildings of London went a long. i took this image from across the river thames, this image almost comes across like a city scape. I used overlay in this image to experiment with it and i really liked the outcome as I think it made the image seem less boring. This picture has been taken so many times over before by other people, that by using the overlay I think it changes the image slightly. I really like the  dull sky within this image because when i turned the curves up the building got slightly brighter, and i believe this makes it stand out.

In this image I took various pictures from under the London eye because for me the London eye screams manmade within its bold big white bars which are noticeable from all over central London. I selected only 3 of the images for this multiple imagery piece as I felt that if i used anymore the picture would become boring as it would seem repetitive. I turned the levels down within this picture and the curves up, making the London eye seem dark whilst still managing for it to stand out, by doing this I achieved what I said I wanted to in my last work diary, I made London buildings seem very dark and dreary coloured.

Progression

By the time of my next shoot I will be on holiday in Tunisia so i am going to shoot an old decaying colosseum as I want to carry on with the idea of manmade and how dull the colours were on something so aged were still the exact same back then. By doing this shoot I feel like I will be revisiting decay also as the colosseum will be eroding. I am going to continue with multiple imagery for my next shoot however i think i will expand the size of my grids, by doing something so big that I can access completely (unlike Parliament) I can take pictures from a lot of different angles and also from the inside.

Manmade x Nature #1 Work Diary

In my last work diary I mentioned that I was going to shoot an abandoned mental asylum, from this I was going to branch onto a manmade aspect of the landscape as i would then be shooting buildings and it would link quite nicely. Unfortunately, once I got to the abandoned building, it was no entry, and it was next to a very busy running hospital, therefore I couldn't sneak in. As a result of this I decided to go straight into man made as i already had plans for my next shoot. In this shoot I went to London and shot a garden in Westminster which had many statues within it, this then produced a vibe in which was natural vs manmade, which provided a contrast. Through doing this shoot, i found that I really liked multiple imagery to emphasise the amount of the aspect and show that is everywhere within landscapes.  Also it made me think that I could show the exact same aspect yet from different angles, this could lead on to overlays, photo joiners, or big multiple imagery pieces.

In this image I have used multiple imagery on a wall from different zooms. I really like this picture as vines (a natural thing) covers a wall (a manmade thing), and it almost suggests that natural prevails over manmade. In this image I did not over edit the pictures individually as I wanted to enforce the idea of natural. I like the positioning of each image within the grid as I like how the one which zooms out completely and shows the wall, is in the middle, as i think it is more activating and suits this placing nicely.

In this image, i took a picture making the wall in central reservation, and I think this worked really well as it shows complete greenery (naturalness) on the left and then shows grey (manmade pavements) on the right, which produces contrast. In this image I turned the curves up to make the greens brighter to make them more captivating, which I believe emphasised the idea of naturalness due to the fulfilled colour in comparison to the dull grey.

Progression

 In my next shoot I think I am going to go back to London to continue with manmade, however in more of an obvious way. I will do this by taking pictures of recognisable buildings (e.g. Parliament). I am very interested in the idea of colour with manmade as the colours tend to be very dull greys, and I think it is important to look at this as it has a comparison to natural which is flowers which are bright and captivating. I will continue with the use of multiple imagery as I really enjoyed it when using it with this shoot.

Manmade #2

Manmade x Nature #1

Decay #2 Work Diary

In this shoot I continued with the aspect of decay within a landscape, I mentioned in my previous work diary that I would shoot a cemetery, as I did not shoot it before and also because it links the aspect of decay. I think this shoot went well as I shot the graves from a lot of different angles, focussing on central reservation, low angle, etc. I felt a little bit awkward taking pictures of peoples graves as I felt like this was an invasion of their families privacy, however the shots that I got I think were very good. I was lucky with the weather as it was sunny and therefore the sun would stream the trees, onto the headstones, making it obvious that they were the focal point. The decay within this shoot was the headstones, some had fallen down and were leaning towards the floor, covered in remnants of moss. Also the decay in this shoot was the fact that I was shooting graves with bodies decaying beneath them.

In this image I turned the curves really down so it created a silhouette, I really like this effect because you can just see the tree and the headstone (both the aspect and the landscape) in a dark prominent colour, making it the focal point of the image. I like how this image is not straight and that it has been taken on a slant, not for any reason, I just think it makes the silhouette take up more of the image, enforcing what this picture is about more so.

In this image I used the camera placement of central reservation with the grave that has a cross (which is right in the middle). I turned the saturation down, however I left a light amount of colour in it so it made the image seem dingy, which is the mood that surrounds this landscape. Also I think dingy is a perfect description for decay therefore the colour of this image describes decay as a whole. I like how you can see more graves in the distance in this picture however I think to enforce the idea of mass decay it would have been better if I went to a cemetery where floor was literally covered in graves.

I am very happy with this shoot and I am happy with all 4 of my straight pieces from this shoot, I have learned that I like to slant the camera to create a different point of view shot, and it changes it up from just a straight image. I also have continued to like the use of close ups and again I think it is going to be key within my topic for aspects of the landscape.

Progression

In my next shoot I am going to go to an abandoned mental hospital (Severalls in Colchester) as the entire building has decayed. The building is covered in graffiti and the walls are eroding, also litter covers the area. I think this will be a really good shoot as no one has ever done it before, I think a wide angle lens will be appropriate for this shoot to show the whole landscape. I am also going to experiment   with close ups a bit more as the walls of the hospital have images of landscapes painted on them, this creates quite the contrast as it shows a destroyed landscape to what a landscape should look like in the heads of other people.

Decay #2