This photograph I took of the curved path way through the park in Edinburgh. The trees that had blossomed and followed the path was what I found this image so striking. 

I framed the image to make the curve in the path stand out and also to capture the trees that are lined either side of it. The photograph is a long shot which captures nearly all of the height of the trees which I wanted as the branches add contrast. The viewers eye should follow the pathway down, as they do this they will follow the trees either side. 

In this photograph there is a broad depth of field, making all of the image in focus. I wanted all of this photograph in focus as there is already a pathway in the photo which leads the viewers eye, so I didn't feel it was necessary to draw the viewers eye to a specific point by only focusing on a certain point. 

There is high contrast lighting in this photograph. The sun created natural shadows which I later enhanced on Photoshop. I also added an effect to the photograph which gave a slight glow to the blossom, making them look brighter and almost like they could be lights. 

I am happy with the out come of this photograph, this is similar to something I would like to achieve with a final picture, maybe adding some people into the final picture. 

  This photograph is a very bright picture taken of the buildings that face opposite the park in Edinburgh. 

In this picture I included not only the buildings but some of the nature surrounding them. I made sure I had the pink blossom trees in the photo and coming from the left  the hanging branches of a tree in the park. 

In the foreground of this picture is the dark branches of the tree that come in from the left hand side of the photo. Then in the mid-ground are first the pink trees and then behind, moving into the background are the row of old town houses. Behind them is the bright blue sky which creates contrast between the buildings and trees. 

There is a large depth of field in the photograph, there was a lot of light coming in from the sun which created the crisp lines. All of the image is in focus due to the broad depth of field and this gives you a clear view of all of the different elements in this photograph. 

There is high contrast lighting in the photo, the branches of the tree on the left are very dark and shadowed, this contrasts with the bright blue sky which is full of light. Also under the blossom trees there is a lot of dark but as you look further up the trees a lot of light is let in. 

This photograph is very bright and full of colour which is more what I am looking for, I think I could have made this photograph more interesting by changing the depth of field, to focus on a certain element of the image.

I took this photograph of the benches because I liked the way they descended down the path I also like the texture of the wood and the grain. I wanted to get a close up of the first bench and still have the line of benches in the background so I placed my camera just by the arm of the bench to get different ranges on size in the frame. 

In the foreground of the picture is the arm of the bench this is out of focus and leads on to the rest of the bench which is in the mid-ground and this is in focus. In the background are the other benches decreasing in size as the get further into the distance. There is a fairly broad depth of field in this image as the majority of the picture is in focus. It is just the arm of the bench in the foreground which is out of focus, this draws your eye further down the picture to the rest of the benches and the trees that grow above them. 

There is high contrast lighting in this photograph, there was a lot of natural sunlight when this photo was taken, this created strong shadows. I did edit the photo to black and white and also I enhanced the shadows and highlights which were already there but looked much clearer after editing. 

The photograph is high quality, on the main part of the bench the grain of the wood and where it has decayed are clear. I added an effect to this image which created vertical lines over the image and give it a grainy effect which I thought would enhance the grain of the wooden bench. 

This photograph turned out quite well, but I think the cold feeling it has is not quite what I would want in my final. 

This is a photograph I took of an archway onto a street, it caught my eye as I was walking along and it seemed perfect to photograph with all the blossom growing over it. 

When taking this photo I just wanted to focus on how beautiful it looked, so i zoomed in and captured just the top of the archway and the surrounding blossom trees. The old fashioned looking street light added character to the picture so I made sure that it was fairly central.

In the foreground of the picture is the bottom half of the trees and the structure of the archway, as your eyes move upwards to the mid-ground you see the street lamp the main archway and the flowers on the trees that have blossomed, the archway slants up towards the top right of the picture drawing you eye up again. In the background of the photograph, behind the trees are two old building, they are very tall and help accentuate the angle of the camera. 

There is a broad depth of field in this picture, everything is in focus and this is due to me letting in the light. I edited this photograph and turned it black and white and added a slight glow to the blossom. This made the picture look quite wintery and gave it a cold feeling. 

The quality of the photograph is good due to high contrasting lighting, the darks and lights are very strong, this creates sharp lines and a clear photograph. 

Review of research

After researching different photographers and seeing the different techniques they used, I have thought of some different ideas I would like to experiment with. I would like to experiment with warm and cold tones, and photographing country side and town environments to see what works best. I like the use of different colours and how that effects a photograph and also how different angles effect how you see or feel about a picture.
Although the settings where all very interesting and I really liked them, they would not all be possible to try and recreate, so even though they gave me some ideas on how to set things up, I think that would have been the less useful thing I found whilst researching photographers.

This is another photograph by Jessica Zais, this one included much more colour, which is what first drew to the image. The image is again in a natural environment, this one looking much prettier, but still with an edge of wildness to it. 

The picture is framed with the lady just off centre to the right and looking side on to the camera as if she is walking forwards through the flowers. The lady is the focal point and that explains her positioning in the centre of the picture, with the surrounding flowers complimenting her. 

In the foreground of the photograph are the flowers which continue to spread throughout the entire picture. The flowers that are in the foreground are out of focus which leads you eye up to the mid-ground where the picture becomes more focussed, this is where we find the lady. Her white dress blends in with the flowers but her bright hair, although a similar colour to the flowers, is much brighter and stands out making her more visible. Further back up the picture again is the background which consists of the flowers continued and then fading into a greener foliage in the far background. 

A broad depth of field is used in this particular image, this is apparent because of the small area in the foreground where the flowers are just off focus. The depth of field is effected by light and as this photograph contains a great deal of light it produces this broad depth of field in which a lot of the image is in focus. 

The lighting isn't particularly high contrast as there isn't a huge amount of contrasting shadows. The photograph would have been taken on a bright day, where the sky is bright, therefore letting in light from more than one angle and weakening any shadows. As there is so much light in this image, the lines are crisp and clean, there is not graininess to this photograph and it is in high quality. The photograph has a light feel to it, the pink and white colours indicate a happy and romantic feel which is then reinforced by the lady in a wedding dress. 

The photograph has been taken at eye level and as she looks across the field into the camera, it looks as though she could be looking into the eyes of the groom. This helps create feeling within the viewer by making them feel like she is looking at them. 

This is a photograph taken by Jessica Zais and is in a wild and overgrown setting. I was first drawn to this image because I like the subtle colours and tones used in it. I also like the wildness to the picture, the way the environment has been left and has become overgrown, it reflects the brides attitude which also comes across wild, in her dress and rebellious look. 

The picture has been framed with the bring central in the mid-ground, with the long grass and plants surrounding her. In the background of the picture is a darker strip where the foliage and grass turns into trees and creates a lot more shadow a darkness, this is level with her head and compliments her very dark hair. Your eye is drawn from the centre and the foreground right back to the background of the picture, you notice a lot more of the natural surrounding as she look almost a part of it in her dress and style. 

There is a very broad depth of field in the picture, meaning all of it is in focus and therefore letting us see everything in the frame clearly. There is also a lot of contrast between the grass and the dark trees in the background, there are no shadows created by this but a high contrast between dark and light. The quality of the photo is high but there is a light brown hue over the image, making it look a little less clear and more like an old photograph. 

A long shot is used for this photograph, this captures not only the bride who is the focal point, but also a lot of the surrounding environment which helps reinforce the look she has and add different tones to the picture. The photograph has been taken at a head on angle letting the viewer see exactly what the photographer would see standing directly in front of her and making it look more like she is looking directly at you.