Below are a selection of images taken at Great Linford Manor and the surrounding grounds. This area is in close proximity to the Fortna office space, giving it particular importance. All images taken on this day were experimental and mostly for the benefit of making us think about different ways we could shoot our eventual subjects around Milton Keynes.
The top two images here show one of my defining photographic traits - using foreground subjects to create interest and dynamism in my work. Because of the colour pallet in this area and on this day it is quite a subtle effect.
I love the view through the daffodils in this shot. Overall the image is well balanced and framed, however there are distracting branches in the upper part. The longer I look at this image, the more the symmetry makes it boring.
This is the type of shot you would expect to see from Great Linford Manor. I like this picture, however the fact that the path and the centre of the house aren't parallel is very distracting to me. Perhaps even more distracting is the overbearing trees and branches. If I had lens that had a greater field of view I might have been able to get a cleaner shot of the front of the Manor.
This images shows off an arguably iconic style of street lamp found in Milton Keynes. I don't think it is relevant enough for this project though. Additionally the lean in the post could be seen as a negative connotation
There are nice colours present in this image, but it doesn't really give any context in terms of the location etc.
I love this framing, especially the split between light and dark on the out of focus wall framing the bench. This picture could have been vastly improved if someone had been sitting on the bench, otherwise it is a little bland.
This image gives good potential to apply symbolic meaning to the brick and lock and chain. This was not my intention when taking the picture, but you could denote that the brick represents the building of a new city... Does the fact that it's broken give the sense that all is not perfect etc.?
Probably the cleanest image taken on this day. Perfectly unobstructed view of the house, and nice framing make this image easy to look at. The browns and greens match very well. There is, however, some colour fringing present around the thin lines of the bare tree branches. I find this unattractive in an image.
These two screen shots show some of the editing techniques i have used to gain this particular look for the images. Mostly it consists of tone curve adjustments, split toning and playing with the HSL levels. Applying the same changes through a pre-set to the other images from the day gives me the opportunity to produce a collection of work with a consistent look and feel.
Contact Sheets
These contacts sheets show the overall collection of images taken on the day. In addition it gives detail on the aperture and shutter speed used for every image.