SECOND SHOOT PRESENTATION Edinburgh Castle
EDINBURGH CASTLE, EDINBURGH I plan on visiting Edinburgh Castle soon in order to express one of the oldest styles of architecture in my project. Edinburgh Castle sits proudly upon an extinct volcano and I aim to express how the details of brickwork and pipework help reflect the time period in which this castle lived in. I will use techniques such as close compositions, low angles, leading lines and rule of thirds to emphasise the history of this castle and the work that went into it. I hope to achieve shots which capture the essence of Edinburgh Castle; the visible pipework, the barred windows and the immense amount of brickwork on display. I believe these aspects truly reflect the time zone Edinburgh Castle holds within its walls and I aim to immerse the viewer within this. I also hope to concentrate on the history of the castle, the cannons which lay guard and the network of pipes that climb the walls of the castle create a certain atmosphere that I aim to hold within my pictures.
TOP 5 IMAGES, PICTURE 1 Aperture: f/11 Shutter Speed: 1/30 ISO: 100 The pipes lead the eye upwards throughout the image. This engages the viewer as it takes their eye from the foreground to the background which creates a sense of depth. A wide aperture alongside a fast shutter speed creates a well exposed image as an adequate amount of light is allowed through to the lens.
TOP 5 IMAGES, PICTURE 2 Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/60 ISO: 100 The direction of the sun entering the image adds highlights to the pipework which climbs the building. This creates tonal jumps on the pipework as the bright and dark sides clash thus creating a contrast. An aperture of f/14 allowed me to keep the whole side of the building in focus. This ensures the whole network of pipes clinging onto the side of the building is in focus.
TOP 5 IMAGES, PICTURE 3 Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/50 ISO: 100 I believe this photo captures a unique contrast between modern and traditional architecture. The barred windows clearly emphasise an older medieval style of the period whereas on the other side of this window, a mass amount of modernised buildings stand free. This photo captures this essence that the world is progressing whilst monuments such as Edinburgh Castle are frozen in time. The dynamic range in this interior shot has worked, the window is not over exposed, It was a bright day and the light level outside was roughly twenty/thirty times brighter than the room I was in.
TOP 5 IMAGES, PICTURE 4 Aperture: f/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/30 ISO: 100 Positioning myself up close to the lamp and leaving the doorway further in the background creates dominance as the perspective exaggerates the size of the lamp. An aperture of f/5.6 allowed me to create a focal concentration on the old fashioned lamp light. This was achieved as the narrow aperture meant I could increase the depth of field in this close up shot.
TOP 5 IMAGES, PICTURE 5 Aperture: 13 Shutter Speed: 1/100 ISO: 100 The repetition of the horizontal lines curving upwards helps bring the eye upwards as they progress further up the building. This leads the eye from the bottom of the image to the top thus creating a sense of scale and movement. Before taking the shot I had to visualize the photograph in black and white I only paying attention to convex lines, shadows, and shapes of the architecture in order to capture the detailed brickwork effectively.
FINAL 2 IMAGES – PICTURE 1 The pipes on the right hand side of the image travel upwards and carry the eye along with it. These leading lines effectively create a sense of movement and reflect the older style of architecture existing within Edinburgh Castle. When composing this black and white photograph I found it is best to set up an area of the image which has a bright white area and an area of the image near to black. This helped exaggerate contrast and adds interest to the scene. Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/60 ISO: 100
FINAL 2 IMAGES – PICTURE 2 I positioned myself so that the window was placed in the middle of the image. This creates symmetry which makes the image peaceful. This window was in a dark corridor so the only light in the area was from the window. This meant that when I pointed my camera towards the light, the surroundings became darkened as the camera focused on what is beyond the bars . Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/50 ISO: 100
POST PRODUCTION Original Edit
Aperture: f/14 Shutter Speed: 1/50 ISO: 100 FINAL IMAGE – FROZEN IN TIME The contrast between the white light coming through the barred window and the darkness that surrounds it draws the eye towards the middle of the image. This forces my viewer to look through the window and see the buildings beyond the bars. The fact that you can see waves of buildings until it meets the horizon line gives the viewer a sense of an endless stream of buildings. This engages the viewer and makes them think about what is over the horizon. A small aperture of f/14 ensured that I managed to keep the buildings in the middle and background in focus. This means that the viewer can see the wave of buildings flowing through the image. The monochrome filter applied by the camera creates an intense and enclosed atmosphere as the pure black tone surrounds the only light source in the photo. This forces the viewer to look through the window to see the sea of buildings beyond.
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