The location where I will be taking my photographs
Post-industrial Liverpool Waterfront is a lively cultural hub on the River Mersey, packed with buzzing pubs. The Tate Liverpool gallery and International Slavery Museum occupy former warehouses in Albert Dock, contrasting with the contemporary style of Museum of Liverpool and its history displays. Exhibitions tracing the lives of the "Fab Four" bring global pop fans to The Beatles Story.
Initial images from the internet
Research of other photographers: Julia Anna
Multiple award-winning internationally acclaimed photographer, accomplished architect, author and highly sought-after educator, teaching workshops and lecturing around the world, Julia was passionate about art from a young age, striving to express herself artistically through a variety of mediums: architecture, drawing, and photography. IPA International Photography Awards Professional Architecture Photographer of the Year, World Photography Awards & Hasselblad Masters Finalist, winner of more than 80 prestigious international awards and distinctions, Julia is considered a leader of the contemporary Black and White Fine Art Photography.
Research of other photographers : McCoy Wynee
McCoy Wynne is a commercial photography partnership with a strong reputation for supplying high quality, professional and creative photography to clients in the UK and internationally. Established in 1997 by photographers Stephanie Wynne and Stephen McCoy, the company has built up a wide client base, including advertising and design agencies, direct clients, government departments and multinational companies. Their work has also been exhibited and published widely. Primarily location photographers, McCoy Wynne have many years experience in:
I have chosen to research McCoy and Wynee because they have photographed architecture and they have photographed liverpool and its waterfront so ill be able to get inspiration and ideas from their images.
Research of another photographer Ben Heine
Ben Heine is a Belgian multidisciplinary visual artist and music producer. In 2010 media described his "Pencil Vs Camera" art. He is an accomplished illustrator and photographer, He is also the creator of other original art series such as "Digital Circlism" and "Flesh and Acrylic".
I have chosen to research Ben Heine because his images give a fun edge to photography, being able to have half an image a sketch and the other part the actual image can give some very nice effects especially when the sketch is in black and white and is next to a vibrant picture making the image have a high amount of contrast in colours and feelings.
My initial photographs without photoshop
While I was taking these images I made sure that I focused on the main parts of the waterfront that make is so popular with tourists. I focused on the museum as that is very busy most of the time. I had to pay attention to composition during the shoot as if the images had bad composition they wouldn't be appealing to the eyes. Another thing I focused on are the reflections I could use to blend the old architecture with the new architecture, this is seen in the 4th to 6th pictures. I am showing these images as they show the old architecture and the new architecture but they do it in a weird way as I took the images in the windows and pathways of the museum to get the reflections to stand out.
These Images that have been edited in photoshop
In these image I used photoshop cs5 to enhance the detain and the vibrance of the waterfront to make it look more appealing to the eyes and to make the images pop out. For the mosy part the edits worked very well with the image and in some cases not so much. One of the images this technique works very well that picture is the 8th one and it works as it makes the ripples in the water stand out and gives more contrast in textures in the photograph.
Reflections in photography
Poster designs using my photographs:
When I first started to edit this image I made sure that the image I was using wasn't just gonna disappear with the lettering on top of it. I done this by making the building brighter and more vibrant. I also turned the sky a darker grey so the lettering and the building would pop out of the back ground.
While I was making this poster I made the sky brighter than it was so it attracts the eye of the viewer and pulls their attention through the image as I want them to. I made sure that the composition of the image was decent and it had a clear vocal point but was also interesting on a second glance.
When i created this image i was editing others that had the buildings as the main vocal point so with this one i inverted this and made the lettering the main vocal point of the image, and i think this works for this image as the buildings are well known so adding bold text on top make them more interesting that what they are.
While I was editing these images i made sure that the images i used were relevant (using buildings that are important to liverpool or that are land marks e.g liver building). I also made sure that the images aren't motioned blurred so when the lettering and the "sponsors" were not covering any of the important part of the buildings e.g the liver birds. Also when i was making the posers i tried to use photos that were of different buildings or a different view of one. i also made sure that the lettering wasn't the same in every poster as that quality of each poster would go down.
Experimenting with photoshop
While I was making these overlapping images i made sure that the two images I chose had nothing todo with each other e.g a black glass building and a bunch of flowers, I done this because it makes the viewer ask questions about the images and look at it longer and in other I make it clear what it is e.g the tree with chunks missing out of it.
My photographs edited in the style of Ben Heine
While I was making these images i made sure that the ben heine inspired parts were no by making bold borders ir having the entire image be the drawing photograph. I used photoshop (cs5) to create these images, when i convert the images