Evaluation
As Franck Bohbot has been a large influence towards my location shoots, I have been making sure in each one that I looked at the formal elements depth, tone and pattern. These are elements that Bohbot would consistently include in the compositions of his photographs, as it allows for large amounts of pattern to fit into one frame. Long shots will illustrate larger quantities of pattern in comparison to close ups, therefore this shoot was focused around images that presented a variety of different details in one frame. I visited a fair in London during the late afternoon and evening, where I was able to capture pictures against the sky, where the buildings, amusements and leaves stood out - exaggerating their shapes, and making the patterns more visible. I wanted to develop my pattern shoots on location that were captured during the day, and this time take an assortment during the night, as I wanted to experiment with compositions and framing, and see if night time photography emphasised the patterns in a building/object more so than the daylight, in which it does.
As Franck Bohbot has been a large influence towards my location shoots, I have been making sure in each one that I looked at the formal elements depth, tone and pattern. These are elements that Bohbot would consistently include in the compositions of his photographs, as it allows for large amounts of pattern to fit into one frame. Long shots will illustrate larger quantities of pattern in comparison to close ups, therefore this shoot was focused around images that presented a variety of different details in one frame. I visited a fair in London during the late afternoon and evening, where I was able to capture pictures against the sky, where the buildings, amusements and leaves stood out - exaggerating their shapes, and making the patterns more visible. I wanted to develop my pattern shoots on location that were captured during the day, and this time take an assortment during the night, as I wanted to experiment with compositions and framing, and see if night time photography emphasised the patterns in a building/object more so than the daylight, in which it does.
In this photograph, I framed it as a landscape in order to allow the pattern of repeated buildings and wheel to fit in the composition. The contrast between the wheel and the buildings are effective as one subject is bright and highly saturated whilst the other is bright but has an absence of colour. This combination of tones works well overall as it separates the two subjects from each other, portraying separate patterns in one photograph. I liked the dark atmosphere in this image, where the bold black sky acts as an effective backdrop for the illuminated subjects. The pattern is repeated in the wheel whilst the pattern of the houses grows smaller and smaller the further they travel out across to the right side of the frame. The light coming from the buildings and the wheel is enough to light this whole frame, along with other street lights surrounding me as I captured this piece. Bohbot took a similar picture to this one of a wheel in the centre of the frame spinning around. Even though I didn't add the spinning effect to the wheel, the pattern and motion is still evident as this subject is slightly blurred to suggest movement - another formal element.
In this photographed, I framed it so that the building was situated in the centre of the frame, surrounded by a variety of different shaped leaves and branches. This combination of patterns acts as an effective border for the overall image, as it looks as though the leaves are embracing the building, protecting it, even though both subjects are a long distance from each other in real life. There is a discrete pattern also found in the lights wrapped around the tall tree behind the building, and on the roofs of each building in the frame. This addition of lights completes the mixture of patterns already present in this photograph. I edited the colour of the leaves and tress in Photoshop to make their tone more autumnal and orange, as I feel this colour compliments the buildings in a more effective way than the colour green. I left a faint green coloured tree in the right of the frame to interrupt the repeated appearance of orange, as I didn't want the whole photograph to be the same - breaking up other colours with colours is an interesting and successful technique.
Progression
After carrying out a large variety of shoots containing pattern on location, I will be developing it one last time in my exam for my Stortford shoot. As part of my coursework, I am pleased with the mixed assortment of location photography conveying pattern that I have collected through 4 shoots and won't be experimenting with this style any further, instead focusing more on patterns in fashion to relate back to my image bank and more surreal/photo manipulations linked to confectionery; as this is something I haven't developed that much and want to start doing, as I can create my own patterns from imagination and Carl Kleiner inspiration.
After carrying out a large variety of shoots containing pattern on location, I will be developing it one last time in my exam for my Stortford shoot. As part of my coursework, I am pleased with the mixed assortment of location photography conveying pattern that I have collected through 4 shoots and won't be experimenting with this style any further, instead focusing more on patterns in fashion to relate back to my image bank and more surreal/photo manipulations linked to confectionery; as this is something I haven't developed that much and want to start doing, as I can create my own patterns from imagination and Carl Kleiner inspiration.
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