Assignment 5: My Images

Assignment 5: My Images

Methods

I made my images on three occasions when I went walking on the hills near my home. The walks were not with the specific aim of making these images but were walks I would be making anyway. As I indicated in my previous post, I was trying to capture subjects which I came across which indicated the extensive management of this landscape.

Two walks were with other people, and I did not spend long selecting the viewpoint and taking several shots of the same object. On these walks I used a compact camera, a Canon Powershot G7x Mkii, which is lightweight and easily carried. The last walk I was alone and able to devote more time to photography. As I was not walking fast or far, I used heavier equipment, my Canon EOS 5D Mk4 with a 24mm prime lens and a 24-105mm zoom. All shots were hand held.

I shot the images in RAW and have cropped all to a consistent 5×7 aspect ratio.

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Selection of Images

I have made a selection based on a number of factors.

Overall I wanted to produce a set of images which include reference to the uses of the moorland such as mining and quarrying in the area, grouse shooting, and the collection of water. As I indicated in my previous post “My aim is to include reference to some of these aspects of the landscape; to show that the moors are not a wild wilderness, but managed and not all the features to be found are conventionally attractive.”

The brief says that “each photograph should be a unique view; in other words, it should contain some new information, rather than repeat the information of the previous image.” I have interpreted this to select each image to show a different aspect of the landscape’s use rather than multiple images of similar subjects.

Where I have multiple images of the same subject from different positions, I have made my selection based on exposure and other technical qualities of the image, as well as the viewpoint offering a satisfactory composition which places the subject into the landscape.

According to these criteria I had a final selection of 15 images out of 75 in total. I eliminated 5 of these. For example these two are of similar subjects, so I only include one way marker stone in my final selection.

 

I excluded this of the sheep, as although sheep farming is a major activity and influence on the landscape, we are familiar with  the sheep in the landscape and they do not appear so incongruous.

 

These images I excluded as I do not think the composition is as strong as others which I have included.

My final selection therefore includes subjects which relate to mining and quarrying, leisure activity, water collection, farming, grouse shooting. I believe they all show objects which appear initially incongruous in their setting, but that is only because we expect a landscape as represented by the idealised images in my google search, rather than those based in reality.

 

Photography is Simple: My 10 Images: