Materials

I have used the following materials:

E6 Film and Developing

E6 is a colour positive film, which comes out blue. I've used this film because the photographs turn out really bold and contrasty, and have a feel to them different to digital photographs.

C41 Film and Developing

C41 is a colour negative film, which comes out brown. I've used this film purely experimentally, because I thought the natural brownness would fit well with the theme of landscapes, especially when photographing trees.

Canon 1100D DSLR

A DSLR is a camera with changeable lenses, often of a higher quality than a compact camera, or one on a mobile phone. I've used my Canon digital single lens reflex camera for most of my work, because it's the easiest and quickest way of producing and reproducing photographs.

Minolta Film Camera

My Minolta film camera is a fully automatic camera with a built in lens with around 10mm focal length. I've used this to experiment with different films and materials to create a wider range of work.

50mm Lens

My 50mm lens has a maximum 1.8 aperture, which is good for photographing shallow depths of field, which can be seen a lot in my photographs. This is good to use because I can use lower ISOs, making less grainy and higher quality photographs.

18-55mm Lens

My 18-55mm lens has a maximum aperture of 5.6, meaning higher ISOs need to be used to produce correctly exposed photographs. Although it has the downfall of aperture, having an adjustable focal length allows me to create both wide angle and close up photographs, which is useful for producing a wider body of work.

75-300mm Lens

My 75-300mm lens also has a maximum aperture of 5.6, meaning higher ISOs need to be used to produce correctly exposed photographs. Using this lens makes it difficult to photograph close up, because it's so zoomed in, you need to be stood quite far away to be able to focus.