Summer Photos
For this homework, we were set the task to take a minimum of 100 photos linked to the themes 'travel and 'journey'. Knowing I was going away this holiday, it gave me the chance to take images and relate them to a theme, giving them more of a purpose. Rather than taking images of my journey to where I was going, I decided to document the travels within my the trip. I visited both Venice and Lake Garda in Italy (Venice first lot and Lake Garda second). The scenery of the two places were beautiful, very similar and extremely different to the urban city feel of London. This made taking images both easy, because there was a lot more unknown to photograph, and difficult, as I didn't know where to start. The main colours that stood out to me in the City of Venice were neutral Orange, yellow and blue tones. I found that these shades complimented each other perfectly and were presented well by the crisp shots of my digital Canon EOS 1300D Camera.
I also shortly visited the small island of Burano in Venice. Despite not bringing my camera, the island was truly mesmerising and I couldn't resist taking photos on my IPhone. Although the quality of the photographs wouldn't have been as clear as I wanted, the composition and bright colours of the buildings distract from the issue. The simplicity of the architecture mixed with the wide array of intense block colours create a perfect structure for an 'in the moment' travel image. |
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Due to the amount of canals around Venice, there were countless amounts of gondolas which are a popular mode of transport in the small city. As this is something almost unheard in the traffic filled streets of London, it made every corner a beautiful scene to capture.
The image above is one of my personal favourites of this setting because of its simplicity and narrow composure of the buildings.
The muted, warm tones of yellow, green and red work perfectly.
The image above is one of my personal favourites of this setting because of its simplicity and narrow composure of the buildings.
The muted, warm tones of yellow, green and red work perfectly.
Personally, I found these two photos worked well together despite them being taken at different areas. Both images connote with love, happiness and unity and create a tranquil mood which represents the classic romantic stereotype of Italy.
The first thing that stands out to me about this image is the deep depth of field. The change of lighting from a dark shaded area to where the sun catches the bright yellow wall at the end is pleasing the eye. This was one of the first images I took in Venice and I later realised how filled the city was with narrow alleys like this one.
Nick Waplington - Indecisive Moment
Nick is a British artist and photographer based in New York. He's published a selection of books, one being 'The Indecisive Memento'. The book is an insight of his recent travels around the world filled with images he's chosen document.
One of my personal favourites of his photographs is the one to the right. I found the light blue wall contrasted beautifully with the neutral grey tones of the street as well as the pop of red from the car. I found that my project on journeys in some way linked to the feel of this photo. For example, the main focus on the abstract of the area and the architecture. Another two images I really liked are the ones underneath. The second image seems to be inspired by street photography because of the 'in the moment' style of the image. Its also an interesting photograph as it may make the viewer think of questions like what might be going on. The lighting in the image really stands out to me as its quite shaded and dark yet you still get the visual effect of the image being outdoors in day light. You can tell that Waplington has chosen to photograph his images using some kind of film camera, this gives a beautiful retro effect to the photos, giving them a more personal touch which i find most appealing about his images. as well as this, the way he has chosen to compose the image to the viewer also stood out to me, as it takes up the whole page despite it being a simple image, this is very effective. |