A2 Photography Component 1 : Shoot Twelve

Thursday 5 January 2017

Shoot Twelve - Straight Images

All of the images below are of a cabbage, which I photographed in the studio with a low key lighting technique in order to expose the shadowing of the veins, which are on the leaf of the lettuce. By converting my images into black and white in photoshop I believe this captured their shadowing better, meanwhile making the images slightly ambiguous as to what the object is. Additionally, the black and white effect of the image allowed me to make it seem as though the leaf was dry, and sparse subsequently implying that they're struggling to survive as it's common knowledge that nature needs water to thrive. The veins on the leaves appear as though there roots of trees, this symbolises that the foundations for nature to thrive is evident- however, the right conditions are not present (water) for any trees to grow on this surface. The texture which I explored within these images differed from some of my previous macro shoots as I focused on cave-like structures before, however within this shoot I focused on the outside of the cabbage, and its texture fundamentally.