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This is strongly linked to the idea of urban decay. The image depicts an abandoned train sitting at an abandoned station. It was shot in black and white, therefore it consists mainly of shades of grey, which create connotations of civilisation fading away.

This image has been focused on a very specific point of the image; the background. The background shows a very brutalist urban structure which looks as if it is abandoned or has at least not been developed for a long while. The foreground around it is a hole in a building from which the photo was taken. The use of the torn hole in the building suggests that the area is underdeveloped and has decayed, which creates a desolate mood.

This is another image with urban decay as a key theme. This appears to have been taken at an abandoned hospital, where three beds can be seen and there is something smashed and strewn all over the floor. The presence of the abandoned hospital beds could create links to cuts in public spending in the UK, resulting in hospitals being shut down. A hospital is also a symbol of hope and seeing it destroyed could be a symbol that hope is lost.

This is very different to some of the previous images, in that it has been taken in a very modern urban environment rather than an old or decayed one. This image was taken at a very wide angle, therefore there is a large amount of lens distortion. The image captures large buildings, which create connotations of power.

This appears to have been taken at a ruined theatre. It has a very muted colour pallete, consisting of muted browns and grey, which suggest that the place was once extravagant but has since faded after being abandoned for a long time. There are some light tones in the background from the light that is pouring in to the building through the holes in the roof, which create a sense of hope.

The image above contained a wide range of colours. It depicts abandoned train cars that have heavy graffiti on them. The graffiti creates a lot of bright saturated colours in the mid ground of the image, which is contrasted by the ground in the foreground, which is grey. 

 

This is colour but has be desaturated a large amount. The result is a pallet of muted colours, creating a gritty atmosphere. There is also a large tonal range presented, with some darker tones towards the left of the image, while the mid ground displays lighter tones. The man on the escalator with his hood up represents the anonymity that you get while in an urban environment

 

The Three images above link to the theme of urban architecture. They have all being shot in black and white, therefore paint urban structures in a cynical manner. The structures shown in the images are very square, with few rounded edges and lots of repeated simple patterns shown through the buildings windows, which could represent both the repetition and the lack of individuality that is present within urban areas and the lifestyle involved in them.

 

 

 

This series of images focuses on the presence of travel and motion within urban environments, and how the people use transport to get around. The images depict popular methods of transport in urban environments, such as trains, cars and walking. Some of the images have made use of motion blur to capture the fast pace of travel which is common in cities, partly due to people often having busy work schedules.

 

 

  

 

 

This series of images portrays the people within urban environments in a documentary manner. All of the images are in black and white, giving them a wide tonal range and high contrast. The images, as a series, show the contrast between those who live "regular" lives, purchasing consumer products and working contracted jobs, and those who have rebel from this system, turning to subcultures and acts of rebellion such as graffiti.

 

 

Above is another series focussing on urban structures and architecture, however, some of these images make use of colour, creating a more positive outlook on the repetitive, pattern based designs that are often used in these areas. Leading lines are used to point the viewer to the sheer scale that urban environments have amounted to in the present day, as well as pointing towards some large high rise structures in the background of the images.

The three images above focus on the theme of urban decay. They make heavy use of texture in portraying this theme, displaying course and corroded textures throughout. Muted colours have also been used to create a sense of dread and an eerie atmosphere throughout the images, linking to the sense of waste that urban decay brings.

High Key Lighting - Image Bank

This was taken with the camera in landscape position, which is uncommon for a high key studio shoot. The background was likely overexposed by one stop, as it is fully whited out. The subject has some very light highlights on their skin and has little hard shadows coming from their body.

This is different to the previous image, in that it has been shot in colour. This means there are more shadows shown than in the other image; this may have incorporated a fill light to fill in some of the shadows.

 The image above is an example of extremely high key lighting. The lighting has removed a lot of details on her coat, as well as softening the features of her face. Since her coat is white, a lot of it has blurred together with the white background.

This is another example of a high key black and white image. Despite being black and white, you can still see the high key lighting has softened her features and create a very tonally light image.

This has made use of more than one light, as you can see soft light hitting the sides of her face, which , unlike some high key portraits, doesn't white out all of her features. There is also a lack of shadows altogether, as light has been applied evenly to the front and sides of her face. 

Low Key Fashion - Image Bank

This was taken using one spotlight with a blue gel. It was likely that the photographer chose the blue gel as it matched the model's blue lipstick, therefore creating a theme of the picture. The light was positioned to her right and shined so that a hard shadow is cast under her chin.

This is similar to the previous image in that the photographer has kept to a colour scheme; that being bright Red. This is shown through the red lipstick and the red gel on the spotlight. Again, the light has been directed to the right side of her face, this time casting a square shadow.

This was from the same image series as the first image, as it features the same model and the colour scheme of blue. The light has been positioned differently however, this time with the light covering the top half of her face, which casts a hard shadow under her chin.

This has made use of two different spotlights, which are facing either side of her body. There is a blue gel on the light facing her right side, and a pink gel on the one facing her right, creating a two tone effect. Because her face is side on to the camera, it has cast a split colour effect vertically down her face.

This image is lit in a much more low key way than the others. There is only one gel spotlight, a blue one pointing to the right side of his head. It has been lightly lit from the front too, most likely using a soft light.

Sequence - Image Bank

This sequence photo appears to have been very difficult to capture. As this has been taken at sea, keeping the camera perfectly in the same place would have been difficult. It was likely that this was shot with the photographer on a helicopter, as this would have been able to hover perfectly still, unlike a boat, which would have shook with the sea.

This photo sequence has been made up of a large amount of frames; it is likely that the photographer put their camera in a very fast continuous shoot mode when shooting this sequence. The result is there are lots of close together frames that make up the final image, and many of them overlap, which is uncommon for a photo sequence.

 Unlike the previous image, this has been made up of very few images; it appears to be four, and although this is the case, it was likely still shot on a continual shoot mode with a very fast shutter speed, as the car would have been moving very fast. There is also a large gap between each frame, as each image of the car has a large distance from the last one.

 This has clearly been made up of four different photographs; you can see that the first image is the one in which the boy jumps off of the rock and that the last one is when he's just hit the water. This was likely taken using a shutter speed of 1/250 or faster, judging by the fact each shot has had a freeze-frame effect, and the subject was moving quite quickly.

Judging by the pace of a motocross rider taking off of a ramp and flying through the air, these images were taken using a very fast shutter speed; my guess would be 1/1000 or over. It was also shot using a very fast continuous shooting mode, as the space between the frames is surprisingly small considering the speed the subject was moving at.

Multiple Exposure - Image Bank