Research and reflection into assignment 1 : Night shoot
For my night phoitographic shoot I had 2 locations in mind.
1) Ferrybridge power station
2) A Scrap yard on Canal road in Bradford.
After looking at the work of Michael Kenna for inspiration and in particular his powerstation series. It was clear that he was inspired to some extent by Bill Brandt.
I was particulary inspired by the above image as it gave a good wide angle view of this powerstation, something that I wanted to achieve also. Although Kenna works in black and White. The composition was inspiring. I intended to use a long exsposure.
Photos from the Kenna website : http://www.michaelkenna.net/gallery.php?id=7
I decided to take a photo of Ferrybridge power station as I'd attempted to shoot it many years before, but never at night. I looked at several images on flickr firstly :
I had considered taking pictures of a scrap yard in Bradford. For inspiration I looked on the Internet and found the following images - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sebastian-photography/3809741899/
I liked this image as the photographer had obviously used s long exsposure and fill in flash with different coloured gels to create the green effect in the cab.
Whether or not I would be able to recreate this I was unsure, partially due to access issues onto the scrap yard. I had in mind a far wider shot that would gives greater sense of scale
to my image.
The following link was more like the type of image I had in mind :
I decided to contact the photographer, to ask the following :
7 Feb 10, 1.18AM PST
Hello there I am photographer studying at degree level.
I am undertaking an assignment in location based night photography and was interested in using sites like scrap yards and powerstations. after researching on the internet I found your series 7 shots. Some of which are very inspiring indeed.
I was nhoping to ask you one or two questions about your series of photos ?
Firstly I wondered how you had achieved some of the effects in your photos, did you use any fill in flash and gels for any of the images in this series or was it all natural lighitng \ residual lighting ?
Secondly have you altered any of your images in photoshop or are they as shot ?
I hope you don't mind me asking you these questions and thanks again for the inspiration, keep up the great work.
Kind Regards
Michael Good
I am undertaking an assignment in location based night photography and was interested in using sites like scrap yards and powerstations. after researching on the internet I found your series 7 shots. Some of which are very inspiring indeed.
I was nhoping to ask you one or two questions about your series of photos ?
Firstly I wondered how you had achieved some of the effects in your photos, did you use any fill in flash and gels for any of the images in this series or was it all natural lighitng \ residual lighting ?
Secondly have you altered any of your images in photoshop or are they as shot ?
I hope you don't mind me asking you these questions and thanks again for the inspiration, keep up the great work.
Kind Regards
Michael Good
Hi Michael,
thanks alot for your comments and feedbacks, I'm glad you enjoy my work and find it inspiring.
My night shots use different kind of lighting techniques depending on the situation, lot of them have manual strobe flashes combined with colored gels. Sometimes, its only the ambient lighting if the light is nice and fill enough the whole composition.
As for Photoshop, I don't really use it that much, I prefer developing my work through Lightroom, with basic contrast, exposure, etc.
Hope that helps, and thanks again! :)
Sebastian
thanks alot for your comments and feedbacks, I'm glad you enjoy my work and find it inspiring.
My night shots use different kind of lighting techniques depending on the situation, lot of them have manual strobe flashes combined with colored gels. Sometimes, its only the ambient lighting if the light is nice and fill enough the whole composition.
As for Photoshop, I don't really use it that much, I prefer developing my work through Lightroom, with basic contrast, exposure, etc.
Hope that helps, and thanks again! :)
Sebastian
I also looked at some more fill in flash work at the following site, this photographer also does not use photoshop :
Another idea that I had was to photograph a scarp yard on Canal road in Bradford. The owners are called Crossely Evans
I went early one morning at a weekend when the sight was shut and had a look through the gates.
The sight had lots of tall lights and large structures like cranes. I had already previously looked at the site from the main road to gauge what it looked like at night.
One concern was if the images from Ferrybridge and the potential scrap yard shoot would tie together. Would they juxtapose or compliment each other ?
Upon visiting the scrap yard I could not find a good angle to shoot from without actually entering the yard.In the end I was disappointed as I did not manage to shoot at either site, due to poor weather and time constraints. Although this was frustrating at first it does not mean I have ruled out going back and completing the project at a later date. Instead I will put the idea on the back burner or file it for a later date.
These are some of the final images that I printed for my assignment.
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