Review of Final Piece

After completing my final piece I am happy with the range of picture that I have taken. Each photograph contains parts of nature and parts of the city.
I edited my photographs each differently to capture the different aspects of the city. One of my photographs contains flowers and trees and green grass, that shows the nature side to the city, another shows the more urban side to the city including graffiti and busy city life.
I am happy with my final out come I think it I have shown my ability to capture different elements of Alfresco in the city.

Plan of Final Piece

For my final I plan to take different elements I learned whilst doing my experiments and come up with photographs that include the element of busy city life and the countryside and nature around it.
I will use different angles to enhance different aspects of each picture and use different effects to change the mood of the photograph.

I took this photograph to try and combine the city and nature that I have photographed separately before. 

When framing this photo I included the traffic lights, pedestrians and more natural trees and grass over in a park across the road. In the foreground of this picture is the traffic light which is in on the right side of the photo. In the mid-ground are the pedestrians crossing the road and heading towards the park which leads to the background of the photo where you can see a tall and grand looking building which towers above the other buildings and leads up to the sky. 

A broad depth of field is used in this picture, all of the image is in focus due to the great amount of light let in whilst taking the photograph. 

I like the bright colours of the grass and trees contrasting with the dull grey of the road. High contrast lighting is used in this image which creates the defined lines of the branches and dark shadows. The high contrast lighting makes the photograph very clear and the lines very sharp.

This image is taken at a long distance to get all the different things I wanted to group together, the road, the man made and the nature, together. 

This photograph has helped me think of way to bring my ideas together and I will use the ideas and things I have learnt from this in my final. 

This photograph I took of the daffodils in the sunlight really inspired me. I love the bright yellows and the darkness of the buildings behind. 

I wanted to capture the angle of the hill and also the outline of the castle buildings behind. I took a long shot to include all of these elements in the photograph. In the foreground of this picture are the daffodils on the hill, then in the mid-ground are some trees which are on the hill and lead on to the sharp outline of the castle behind in the background of the picture. 

A very broad depth of field is used in this picture, I wanted to have the whole picture in focus as I liked the clean edges and outlines that are in this picture. High contrast lighting is used in the picture, there is a very high contrast between the blacked out castle which is only an out line to the bright sky and the colouful flowers. 

I like idea of using the bright flowers in contrast with dark outlines and I think this will be something I will take into consideration when photographing my final. 

I framed this picture with the two people either side of the camera looking out onto the city. This was to aim the viewers eye to the city and what they would see if they were to look out from that point. 

In the foreground of this image are the two people who are closest to the camera, they look out onto the city which is in the mid-ground of the photograph, further agin in the background is the sea and then the sky. 

A more narrow depth of field is used in this photograph, this made the people looking out, out of focus and the city in focus. I did this as I didn't want the people to be the main focus of the photograph, I wanted the city and what they could see to be the focal point of the image. 

There is fairly high contrasting light in this photograph, the city has lots of shadows within it, this is partly due to an effect I put over the city which enhanced all of the lines in the buildings and streets. 

The angle I took the photograph at was very high above the city floor, but on eye level with the people who are stood looking out, it gives a very wide angle of the city and lets more into the frame. 

I liked using the different effects in this image, I think the contrast between the black and white blurred people and the bright city help get across what I was going for in the picture. 

The architecture in this picture is why I was drawn to it and created the photograph. 

I framed it with the two people to the left of the image and then the architecture in the centre and then over to the right the natural trees. This creates three different materials separate, but put together in a photograph. 

In the foreground of this photograph is the metal post at the end of the fencing which stands tall in the image. Then in the mid-ground are the two people I photographed stood by the fence. In the background is the statue, trees and buildings beyond that. 

A large depth of field is used in this image, the photograph was taken on a very bright sunny day which let lots of light into the picture and creating this broad depth of field. 

The lighting is high contrast, there are many shadows and highlights in this photograph. The shadows I particularly like are the shadows cast by the fence which line up horizontally across the pavement. The photograph is high quality, the shadows and highlights help this become high quality by creating sharp lines. 

This photograph worked well in black and white, I did cut out the lamp and give it a slight orange hue to give the photograph some warmth. This is something I would use in my final the use of warmth and cold in images.