Niki Feijen Experiment
I decided to experiment with Feijen's theme of abandonment as I really like his work.
For this shoot, I came up with the ideas of capturing abandoned buildings (and/or objects) being taken over by nature, with the evidence focus being the evidence of the human presence in nature.
For this shoot, I came up with the ideas of capturing abandoned buildings (and/or objects) being taken over by nature, with the evidence focus being the evidence of the human presence in nature.
The left and top right photo have been taken with very small depths of fields to create blurred foregrounds and blurred backgrounds. I like using this effect, even though its not Feijen's style, as it draws your attention to one main feature of the photo. In the top right photo of the wall graffiti, the brick in the foreground creates a sharp line against the blurred background. I find that the textured of the brick stand out particularly well in this photo, especially in the photoshopped image (below), as the highlights and shadows are more distinct. Both the left and top right photos are well exposed, however in the bottom right photo, the sky is white, which means that that area of the photo is too over exposed. Although this is a fault, I like this as it makes the leaves at the top of the photos more defined and looks as if the building is almost glowing. I could get rid of this over exposure by using the HDR technique that Feijen uses in his work - although this can sometimes make photos look too surreal.
I feel that these photos do not reflect Feijen's work particulary well due to the different techniques I used (odd angles, narrow depth of fields), but I'm happy with the results. The sense of abandonment, I feel, comes through though, due to the greenery on and around the old broken buildings. As well as taking photographs of the whole buildings, I took close ups of the buildings to capture both the bigger picture and the finer details.
I will develop this shoot further as I like Feijen's style, and I like the idea of abandonment.
I feel that these photos do not reflect Feijen's work particulary well due to the different techniques I used (odd angles, narrow depth of fields), but I'm happy with the results. The sense of abandonment, I feel, comes through though, due to the greenery on and around the old broken buildings. As well as taking photographs of the whole buildings, I took close ups of the buildings to capture both the bigger picture and the finer details.
I will develop this shoot further as I like Feijen's style, and I like the idea of abandonment.
I photoshopped the image of the graffiti on the stone because I thought I could enhance the quality of it the most out of the three photos above - I began by adjusting the levels, then the brightness and contrast, and then the exposure. It didn't take me long to photoshop this image - I kept adjusting things until I felt that the photo looked better than the original.
I like this photo more than the original as the colours are brighter, and the lines are sharper and more distinct. There is also a greater contrast in the dark areas ad the light areas in the photo. |