With this shoot I am hoping to replicate the style of photography that Lee Friedlander uses within his 'America by Car' photo series. Although I want to add in my own touch to give the photos a slightly different and more unique feel. I would like to take images from inside my car looking out onto the street, capturing certain aspects of my interior, for example side mirror, steering wheel and dashboard, whilst still showing the location surrounding the car. I am hoping to edit the shoot in black and white such as how Friedlander does with his own, this is because I feel that it would allow the viewers eye to focus on the journey instead of the various colours that change with each location. I would like to show that I can take aspects of different photographers work and apply them to my own . The overall photo should show contrast between the inside and outside of the car and clearly convey the aspect of travel.
What I actually achieved-
I was able to replicate Lee Friedlanders work quite well, by using the interior of my car and the surrounding locations. I didn't leave my own mark on the photography as much as I had hoped to which means that the photos look exactly the same as the photographers. I managed to include wing mirror, dash board and steering wheel as well as other aspects into the images. During the editing stage I used black and white as the overall colour like I had hoped to do before shooting, it does make it easier for the journey to be seen rather than other eye catching features. I feel that the overall photo does show contrast between the inside and outside of the car and I was able to capture the theme of journey within my work.
This is my favourite photo out of all of the ones that I decided to edit. The reason for this is because the contrast between the outside and inside of the car is clearly different through the lighting. The inside greys seem darker compared to the closer to white outside. I also really like how I managed to include a range of elements of the car within the photo all at once, this is what I was aiming for when planning this shoot. The angle that I have shot it in looks really appealing also and gives the image many different layers for the viewer to look at, for example the two windows create framing for the outside, the inside of the car and the shapes created there and the side mirror that allows the viewer to view the scenery behind as well as what the camera has captured in front. Therefore I am extremely happy with how this image turned out and feel that its my best piece of work from this shoot.
Out of all of the images that I edited from this shoot this is my least favourite. This is because the car is very plain and doesn't show the audience anything other than the side mirror that links it to being inside a car, I feel that it would have looked better if it had other objects to imply travel and journeys. Also I feel that the surroundings outside look closed off and very flat, there nothing that you can look past to be able to see anymore. However I do like the wing mirror and how it shows the path and parked car behind because it gives the photo a more interesting factor to it, which in my eyes makes it better. The editing stays within the theme that I used for the other photos, which is what makes it work so well within the series but on its own I don't feel that its anything to want to look at and study that clearly indicates journey.
Camera set up-
I used a Panasonic camera with an Olympus M.12-40mm F2.8 lens. I set the exposure at 1/80secs, F/9 and ISO1600.
I started off editing this image by adjusting the curves and levels, this was to brighten the photos and to create more of a noticeable difference between the lighter and darker areas once I had turned it into black and white. To coincide with Lee Friedlanders photography I then transformed the images into a black and white overall colour. I did this by going to image on the top tool bar, the adjustments and clicking the black and white option. This then transformed the photographs into the black and white setting that I wanted. The editing stage within this shoot was rather easy and didn't take me much time.
What am I going to do next-
For my next shoot I feel like progressing and trying to show journey through props such as suitcases and passports, I feel that this is a really subtly and vintage way of conveying my theme. Id like to show journey to different places through clothing and accessories that would be worn and used within different countries and weather conditions, it would show the before mass of travelling and a journey with indications on the future aspect of the trip.
I really enjoyed using Lee Friedlander as an idea for this shoot and the work that I have produced meets up standards that I set during the planning stage. I do wish that I had used more of my own ideas within the shoot to give the photos a fresher perspective however even without inputting my own ideas I am happy with the photographs produces and feel that they show journey as a unit in a clear and interesting way.
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