Saturday 21 January 2012

Assignment 4: A Sense of Place

North Stradbroke Island, QLD

I have chosen to photograph an island which is very close to Brisbane. This assignment is to photograph for an intelligent, thoughtful travel publication, so I did some research looking at magazines such as those in the national newspaper, The Australian, and also the Qantas in-flight magazine. The images in those travel sections were bright, complementary colours and carefully chosen depending on the story at hand. Thus for my assignment I had to think carefully about what story I was try to show in my photographs, and not just shoot randomly. This made the project quite challenging and meant a number of ideas had to be discarded due to a lack of a cohesive story. I have chosen to document a relaxed weekend at Stradbroke, consisting of time on the beach and also time walking in the beautiful national park areas. This is the sort of holiday we enjoy, and I also decided to capture some slightly personal images of my family as I thought the article which might go with my photo essay would emphasise activities for a young family at North Stradbroke Island for a weekend.


Photo 1. Brown Lake
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/11, 24mm, 1/90sec, ISO 200, natural light, dodge at low opacity over people.


Photo 2. Main Beach
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/16, 46mm, 1/250sec, ISO 200, natural light, minor contrast enhancement via curves tool.


Photo 3. Blue Cat Red Cat
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/16, 24mm, 1/90sec, ISO 200, natural light minor contrast enhancement via curves tool.


Photo 4. Domain Resort
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/6.7, 24mm, 1/250sec, ISO 200, natural light, minor contrast enhancement via curves tool.


Photo 5. Spiderweb on bark
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/11, 34mm, 1/60sec, ISO 400, natural light, minor contrast enhancement via curves tool.


Photo 6. Abstract water droplets
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/2.8, 70mm, 1/350sec, ISO 400, natural light.


Photo 7. Beach reflections
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/11, 48mm, 1/1000sec, ISO 200, natural light, minor contrast enhancement via curves tool.


Photo 8. Beach abstract
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/11, 17mm, 1/90sec, ISO 400, graduated neutral density filter, natural light, very minor contrast enhancement via curves tool.


Photo 9. Greenery near Blue Lake
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/11, 30mm, 1/60sec, ISO 400, natural light, very minor contrast enhancement via curves tool.


Photo 10. Kite Flying
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/11, 24mm, 1/750sec, ISO 200, natural light, free transform rotate and crop.


Photo 11. Surf Patrol
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/16, 24mm, 1/250sec, ISO 100, natural light.


Photo 12. Ice Cream and Gelati
24-70mm f/2.8 lens, Canon 30D, f/4, 24mm, 1/350sec, ISO 100, natural light.

It's a relief to finally finish this last assignment and to be happy with the results. I am now in the process of preparing for assessment, finishing off my logbook and one final project before I have completed this subject. It's been challenging and rewarding,  particularly given how busy I've been personally over the last two years as well!

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