Unit 31 - Specialist Location SWOT Analysis and different types of location photography

SWOT Analysis 

Specialist location photography

Location photography can be anything that is shot out the studio. this means that the photographer has to go to the client, instead of the client coming to the photographer. in some cases such as landscapes, the photographer has to go to location. in this case only a certain amount of control is effective when using the natural light, depending on the time, and day you shoot the photograph. 

here are some different location photography I have researched; 

Architecture -  photography buildings to represent them in a completely different way, whilst using the light to show them off a bit more. Architectural photography requires set skills, equipment and techniques

http://www.photographymad.com/files/images/brooklyn-bridge.jpg

Documentary - documentary photography is when you take a photography which tells the audience a story behind the particular image. 

www.photographyserved.com 

Events - event photography is when certain photographers take photo's of certain events taking place such as,  gig venues, social events, festivals, Olympics 2012.

http://www.paulunderhill.com

http://www.warringtonphotography.co.uk

http://prgphotography.com

Fashion - Aims to show off and display clothing and other fashion items in the best light possible and the backgrounds are always clear, for most fashion photography it is more or less shot against a white background, or they are black and white images.

http://fotos-2go.com

http://cdn.egnerphotography.co.uk




http://www.123inspiration.com

Landscape - landscape photography normally doesn't involve models in the image, but instead focuses on the natural environment, and it's different moods, and light gained throughout. 

http://www.adamburtonphotography.com

http://www.lightangles.co.uk




http://www.petebarnesphotography.co.uk

Aerial -  aerial photography is taking photos from the air. Photos may be used for capture birds or or for military purposes

http://www.charter-a-helicopter.co.uk

http://www.jasonhawkes.com

http://supposedfuture.co.uk

For the final project, I decided to explore landscape photography.

Before I took any photographs, I researched into this and looked at some famous landscape photographers so I had an idea how to capture them and what kind of landscapes would look best.

 I believe, by far landscape photographer has to be Ansel Adams.
 Here are some examples of his work. 

After seeing his work I wanted to base my final images on landscape photography, so one day I asked my dad to drive me to Saddleworth moor (near Oldham) so that I could take some photographs from the top of the hill. 

The light was perfect, and the weather conditions were constantly changing so it was a perfect opportunity to shoot at that point. 

I also shot some of my other images around my garden, this is because where I live I can get some good landscape images from a good viewpoint.

I thought the results were really interesting, here are my final images. 

EVALUATION

I edited the RAW files in Photoshop so I could adjust the brightness and contrast to give the pictures more depth.

The landscapes on the moor were powerful because of the light of the sky and the clouds, these changed constantly. However, because the sky was so bright I had to make 2 adjustments to the RAW file, one for the clouds and sky and the other for the ground.

I then overlaid the clouds onto the ground as a separate layer and using the eraser tool brushed away part of the top layer to balance the whole picture.

I thought the good points of these images were:

1.    Great clouds added great depth to the image

2.    The images showed up the scale of the moors

3.    The composition I thought worked well and made the viewers look at the central detail

4.    The sunsets got rid of as lot of detail and allowed a strong graphic feel to the images

If I were going to reshoot the photos again I would consider:

1.    On the moors, I would wait for longer to see what the light was like later in the day and to capture a sunset

2.    I would like to revisit at a different time of day and capture a sunrise

3.    I would like to experiment with some grad and neutral density filters

4.    I would like to explore shooting this scenery under different weather conditions