Throughout this unit I have researched different artists which contribute to landscape photography this can be seen throughout this blog and the personal study, some famous photographers such as Ansel Adams and some 'newer' photographers such as Alex Nail. This has allowed me to research and experiment with old and new experiments such as HDR, black and white photography and selective colour. As part of this unit I have explored another photography topic which can be linked to landscape photography, street photography. I felt this topic would be extremely useful to experiment with as this creates more interesting photographs and avoids constantly capturing rural areas, like most landscape photographers. This also allowed me compare the different results due to the contrasting differences in terms of location and the aspects that contribute to these two different genres.
This unit required a vast amount of research due to the popularity and the importance of this topic. This allowed me to research the development of photography and how this has impacted landscape photography as of present, such as experimental results e.g. double exposure and HDR. When researching I discovered that HDR was a massive part of landscape photography, which Ansel Adams became an iconic photographer for. Colour is also another important feature in landscape photography, the research evidences that 'older' artists use black and white photography whereas 'newer' artists tend to work with colour more. Therefore this shows how photography has developed over time and being an important aspect of the final photograph. As part of this unit I have experimented with colour, black and white photography, colour and selective colour. This allowed me to compare the differences, I found black and white photography extremely interesting due to the tones which can be created within this effect. However I found using colour and experimenting with the HDR effect the most interesting experiment within this unit and I feel this was the highlight of this unit.
Towards the end of this unit I decided to present a more interesting and creative piece, this was achieved by looking at artists such as David Hockney. I felt this final pieces work well as this shows the development I have made throughout this unit by experimenting with different techniques, such as colour, location and composition. I wanted the final pieces to be different compared to other artists therefore this resulted in the David Hockney technique rather than submitting a static photograph I used a more creative approach.
