Final Folio

Industrial

This was shot a fyshwick metal works, it was very hard to shot because i only had a 5 minute window during their smokeo break to shoot. The main problem with this shot is the huge glare but this was impossible to fix or control. I this was the best out of the shots with the glare but it is still a main problem. I thought maybe cropping in would help fix this but i believe i needed the hand in the shot and the composition became horrible.




Industrial

This photo was taken at Fyshwick metal works, I only had a 5 minute window to get my 2 shots done as i only had time to shot during their smokeo break. I really like the natural lighting in the workshop as it wasn't too harsh and got darker towards the back making it perfect for this shot here. I really like this shot as it really gives you a sense of the workshop as it is very big and has lots of equipment and this photo really shows that. It also has a great composition and lighting which helps alot.





Landscape - The wishing tree

This tree is at the top of Urambi hills in Kambah, I used to come up here alot in summer to get away from it all. I believe a landscape photograph needs to tell a story not just be pleasing to the eye. This photograph by itself does not tell the story but knowing that I used to come here to get away from it all gives the image more depth. The mood is set by the gradient in the sky created by the polarizing filter as it adds even more emphasizes on the tree and gives it almost a glow like it is inviting. Also the patch in the grass leading to it makes it inviting it really makes you want to go to that tree.

The tree also has a great old seat next to it that u can only just see i tried to get that in the shot but i would lose the simplicity the grass creates.





Landscape - Looming

This photograph was take about 10 seconds before getting extremly wet by the storm coming on the right. I really like the composition of the image with the darkness looming from the right with the swans swimming away very fast as emphasizes by the motion blurr it tells the story of the clam before the storm or even the darkness on one side and the beautiful glory on the other.



Environmental Portrait - Natural Light

Jorden Collins - Vert Rollerbladers

This photo was very hard to take as the light was amazingly harsh but i believe it works as vert skating can be very harsh. Also there was alot of distracting elements in the background such as light poles and people. This is why the composition is very close in with the subject. I like the
light on the vert ramp in the background it really emphasizes the ramp as it is the ramp Jorden spends his life on.



Environmental Portrait - Flash

Blair Wilson - Kayaker

This photo was extremely hard to shot with flashes as it was very rocky and hard to find a flat or solid place to put the tripods. I used two 580 flash guns using the bounce cards to soften the light. I really like the reddish light from the sunset on the subjects face, it was a little bit two harsh but i tried to fill in the light with flashes but it would take away the nice red light on his face. It would have been nice to have a bit more in the frame but it would ruin the composition because it was too crowded.




Architectural Exterior

This Building is at the top of Mt Stomlo it is the ANU - Reasch school of Astronomy and Astrophysics (AITC). The shape of the building is very usual and very much relates greatly to what happens inside the building, it looks almost like a space station.

This building has a perfect spot for taking photos of the building as it is perfectly rising to center the building the only problem is that it is a little bit to close making it very hard to fit the building in shot. Even thou i was using a 10mm lens (10-22mm) i still had to panorama the image to fit the whole building in the shot. Using the 10mm lens gave major distortions and made it very hard to fix the image in photoshop still leaving some minor distortions in the image.





Architectural Exterior

This photo i was tring to be a bit more artistic with playing with the shapes and textures. I was also tring to be technically correct, i did this by using a longer lens with almost no distortions (70-200mm). I know this has been over shot but i think i have taken a little bit different approach to by lens choice and composition.

The braille on the wall says "mate" very iconic Australian slang and i believe this fits perfectly in with the iconic genre of the building itself.