Shoot 2 - Colour Landscapes

I'm quite happy how this shoot turned out, unlike the white shoot, the coloured bags I used in this shoot are semi-transparent, which allowed a great deal of light to enter the bag, and create a contrast between the more solid coloured areas, and the mostly see-through tinted areas. This level of lighting has allowed the orange bag in particular to have a more defined shape and texture in each shoot, whilst the green bag has achieved a more fluid look, as if it were a cloud/smoke.

Of course, there is an elephant in the room for both bags, that being the writing on them, most visible on the green bag; I didn't think that this was especially distracting, and I even think that the accent of the small black print on the green bag actually adds to the photos by giving contrast, much like the light of the orange bag, thereby grounding the visual in reality and making it more physical and textured.

Still, I also understand that both bags would likely have benefited from not having the print there, so I believe that it is a case of neither bad nor good in any substantial capacity, making it null.

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I have chosen the following 4 as my best images:

The first and last images here are my favourite, and you may notice that they are similar; this is because they both come from the same angle, and feature similar details, those being that they have a foreground shape on the left, giving the rest of the image the appearance of being at a distance, as if you were standing on an overlook. Meanwhile, the actual focus of the images, the right side, both possess a sort of valley look, with a dip-rise-dip aesthetic. The reason I like this style so much is because of its use of perspective and angle mostly: I like the high position that the angle and shapes create.

I like the second image for similar reasons in terms of perspective, the line of both downward facing 'hills', as well as the top one, create a first person style perspective. But also I like the way that the image ends with an open setting, giving it a sense of being a coastal area. With most of the photos I took that featured flat endings, they were damaged by the fact that the bottom of the bag was crumpled still, meaning it looked more like an awkward flat spot rather than a good one, unlike in this image, where it is exactly that: good, as it feels more like a natural end to the scenery than a missing detail.

Finally, the third image; I like this one for very different reasons, them being that the bag in this image has formed many 'ripples', giving it a very uniquely full feeling. Not to mention that these 'ripples' simply make the image interesting to look at, with its flow, shape, texture and perceptive all culminating to form a great aesthetic.

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However, I also picked out the following three to showcase the ways in which some of my photos failed or are simply not 'good':

The first image is an example of an issue I actually had quite a bit when using the smaller orange bag, that being a blurred foreground. You can see that the base of the central 'hill' of the image is very blurry, something that is hard not to spot, not to mention the blurry intrusion from the top.

Speaking of intrusions, we have the second image; this was something I mentioned in the white shoot as being a problem, and it was the same for colour. As you can see, there is an intrusion in the bottom right and top left, both of which very much ruin the otherwise 'perfect' image, which was the unfortunate case for a number of my photos (not fun).

Finally, the third image is an example of something I only did with the orange bag, which was unfortunately the result of my attempts at some experimentation in how close I got in the photos; This issue being that the image lacks any real content, critically by content, I mean things to look at: shapes, lines, angles etc. All in all, there is not much to say about this issue, and in fact the lack of things to say is indicative of the fact that there is no content.

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Moving forward, I will be starting my personal investigation, exploring my roots in photography and the abstract aesthetic of my Rolfsen shoots by going down the path of landscape photography. This will be on paper/ in a book, meaning that as of this post, I am finalising my online journey, and will be continuing with physical work.