Work Record 3

Preparations:

In this shoot I will be carrying on the investigation of environmental damage in our destructive world through how we cut down trees and destroy a source of nature and a prime material for us to live. I will then ironically burn the pictures of the trees and hold it above a tree stump to show how the beauty has left the world.

Photographers research:

Eliot Portor:

Eliot Portor was an american photographer, that was best known for his images of nature. Porter became interested in color photography after a publisher rejected a proposal for a book on birds because black and white images wouldn't clearly differentiate the species. The exhibition in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York earned Porter praise as the individual who brought credibility to color photography as a medium of fine art. The image selection defined what is now meant by the term “intimate landscape”: the close-range, quiet compositions of natural elements with muted colors and dense textures.

Contact Sheet 1:

Editing:

To get the effect I wanted, I took my photos of me holding up the burnt image of the trees and used the quick selection tool the select my hand and the picture. I then added a feather of 3px to make the image blend out into the picture of the tree stump. I then used Ctrl+T to scale the image into the place i want it to fit the picture right. In some pictures I had to then crop the picture to make the hand not look like it was floating.

Settings:

  

Focal length 20mm

shutter speed 1/125 sec

aperture f/3.8 

ISO 160

AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress. 

I think my shoot went well and reflected my idea of a destructive world through the destruction of our source of living. It takes roughly 7 trees to create enough oxygen for one person.  My artist research of Eliot Portor wasnt that helpful in my shoot. However, when I looked into the idea I had, I found an image on Pinterest that related and inspired me, as shown below. The images didn't turn out how I imagined as I couldnt find any tree stumps in the location i was at and I also forgot my pictures so I had to improvise with editing the images together, instead of the hand holding it up in real life.

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

I don't think my artist research is shown massively through my images. The only hint of Portor's work is in the orginal images and the burnt photos as the colours are muted yet autumnal like Portor's. My final images are a mix of portors work and the pinterest image shown above, through the black and white background yet colour in the picture i am holding.

AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.  

I believe i have produced a strong series of images inspired by my research of enviromental damage and the images of cut down trees. The final images show how we are destructing not only the beauty of our world but the thing that keeps us alive by producing oxygen.

Final Images:

Progression:

For my next shoot i want to look into a destructive world through graffiti and how we make our planet look unpleasent for 'fun'.