Final Chosen Images

Work in Progress - Peterborough and Skegness

Most of these images were taken in Peterborough's city centre, the first three however were taken in Skegness.

There is too much focus on the florescent lighting in this image, which even in black and white didn't achieve much different. It perhaps could work if it was cropped further into the man playing the game. It was taken with f/5.6, 1/60 second and 55 mm.

I like this image for the simplicity of it. I feel that the dog sticking out its tongue makes the image. This was taken with f/5, 1/500 second and 34 mm.

I missed the shot I was hoping for in this case, as the woman was facing me looking right into the lens, then she turned around and I ended up with this as my shot. I was quite disappointed because you can't tell what she was doing since she turned away. It was taken with f/5.6, 1/500 second and 46 mm.

I was interested in the little girl here, but with my lens I couldn't get in any closer so it is almost a worthless shot. I found her interesting because she was walking with attitude as though she was older, I feel it represents society in a modern way, that young children are very independent. This was taken with f/6.3, 1/640 second and 55 mm.

Similarly to the image above, these children were young and probably shouldn't of been out unsupervised by an adult in a city centre. I anticipated if the boy had looked up to the camera, but he did not, it could of made for a very different photograph had he done so. This was taken with f/5.6, 1/640 second and 55 mm.

The sun here is behind the subjects and therefore leaves them looking a bit dull and in shade. However I like the composition here, with the two boys walking across the wet area with the dry pathway at a diagonal behind them. I also like their shadows joining into one which fills the space in the right of the image. This was taken with f/6.3, 1/640 second and 55 mm.

I want the focus of this image to be on the boy with crutches, whom I thought was interesting since he had no shoes or socks on. I feel in colour a lot is happening behind which draws it away despite him being in the foreground, I think in black and white this could shift the focus. It was taken with f/7.1, 1/640 second and 49 mm.

I like the lighting in this image, but I don't think the framing works very well. There is no head space for the woman, and I feel like the shops behind are a distraction. Again, in black and white this might look different but the head space is needed. This was taken with f/7.1, 1/640 second and 49 mm.

The colours in this stand out a lot, and I like the vibrancy of the sky, the background however could end up being quite distracting in colour so would try this in black and white. I like the composition of the image, again I like the look of rule of thirds and in this case I'm using two thirds of the frame for the bike. I also have a another shot taken further out so you can see the whole bike. This was taken with f/5.6, 1/640 second and 28 mm.

Alexander Richter

© Alexander Richter

© Alexander Richter

© Alexander Richter

Work in Progress - London 2

These images were taken in London on a second visit. The first are some from Oxford Street area (Bond Street, Carnaby Street), the others are from Covent Garden. 

I thought I would include this image to show what a difference peoples presence in an image can make, as this image is lacking substance. This was taken with f/5, 1/80 second and 39 mm.

This in contrast to the above image, I feel would look better without the presence of people in it. This is because you still get a feel of action and movement from the cars, and can see more in the street. It was taken with f/14, 1/80 second and 31 mm.

I feel like this image would work better with more people, perhaps if there was a queue for the coconut water and you could see that the man behind the stall was working quickly in the image for example. This was taken with f/5.6, 1/640 second and 55 mm.

At the time of shooting this, I imagined something more of interest as all at once there was a lot of pink repetition. It might have worked better if I had another shot closer up. It has a aperture of f/5.6, shutter was 1/640 second and 55 mm focal length.

I saw this man before I had crossed the road from the other side of him, but too many people were in the way of the shot, so had to take one from the other side. I by then had lost a good shot and achieved this. I do like the sign next to him however as though he is 'selfridge' himself. This was taken with f/5.6, 1/640 second and 49 mm.

I shot this as I was crossing a road, I like the image and that you can see a lot of faces, but it would of been better if I had seen my framing and checked it was level. Something that I corrected in photoshop but it didn't look quite right. It was taken with f/4.5, 1/640 second and 28 mm.

Two things I would change in this would be the post in the way of some of the subject, and the lens flare would could not be helped because of the direction of the sun and the way I could shoot from. This was taken with f/6.3, 1/640 second and 54 mm.

I like the movement present here from the two people in the foreground. I would have tilted my camera downwards slightly to get less 'empty' space in the top of the image, and to include the girls foot. It was taken with f/5, 1/640 second and 42 mm.

I like the interaction between the two girls here, but would of preferred if I could of directed them and asked the closest girl to move back slightly to see more of each of their faces. It was taken with f/5.6, 1/640 second and 55 mm.

Steve McCurry

Steve McCurry similarly to Eric Kim has traveled the world with his photography. He recalls a time when people would only go to photograph their town, village, city or state. Yet now it is easy to pick a place abroad it and it can be affordable to go there. McCurry says that "People are going to virtually every corner of the world. The world is changing rapidly.  Take India for example. People have pretty much seen everything and now you need to dig a bit deeper and do something a little bit more in depth. Everyone has seen the Taj Mahal. What else can be said about one of the most beautiful pieces of architecture in the world? What other comment can be made? How else can it be described? That's the challenge."

Our Daily Bread © Steve McCurry

McCurry prefers to go to places he has been to before so he can explore areas further, but mentions he would love to go to Iran because it would be 'interesting'. He feels it can be important to research where you are going before travelling there, this ties in with visiting places already known so there is knowledge beforehand. However, juxtaposition to this he also says don't over-research or you could go away disappointed. 

Where the World Meets © Steve McCurry

McCurry's work has a running theme of cultural elements, places that are undergoing a social or cultural change. He does this because change is an important part of life and he likes to document as such being fascinated by it - how even looking back at his own he can see how things have changed over the years. People are also an reoccurring subject of his images, but mentions people are more suspicious because cameras and street photography is growing familiar.

Blue City © Steve McCurry

He now chooses to work with digital, although at one time he did use film. He developed and printed his own images, but he describes that time as over. It is because digital has advantages such as shooting in low light and shooting with 10,000 ISO. Then there is post production, digital is efficient what used to be burning and dodging in the darkroom can now be done quickly in photoshop. McCurry also believes in personal preferences and says "It's your work. It's like a poem. You put the poem on the table and you read it and no one is going to ask you if you typed it or wrote it out long hand. No one cares how long it took or how many re-drafts you did. How many pictures did you shoot? It doesn't matter. The proof is the final print."