Strom Thorgerson Research

Storm Thorgerson was an English Graphic Designer. He is best known for his multiple work with rock artists including Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, as he also directed music videos and designed their album covers.

I very much like his work because of the abstract and sometimes slightly surreal aspects. This gives his picture interesting and unique features that make his work recognisable and memorable. Whilst his pictures have surreal elements, I like his use of vibrant and saturated colours to contrast this theme. A common theme in a lot of his pictures is the bright blue sky, as his pictures, especially his personal works, are mainly located outside, on a wide spread of empty space, with a clear and bright blue sky. Then he inserts various types of foreground images in a 4th plinth style. I like how he uses shadows and works very well and cleverly with lighting, to make the images he inserts, very life like looking, like they belong there.

Location/Landscape Work Diary

Description of Shoot:
In this shoot, we went on a class trip to Trafalgar Square to take pictures. I focused on taking location and landscape pictures.

Best Images: 

 I liked this picture because of how it is quite rustic and quite abandoned looking, like it's not taken good care of. As well as being an amazing city filled with very famous landmarks, there are also some places in London that are not so looked after, places that represent the real London. I have edited this picture to put a cooling filter on it, and to make the tones stand out more.





F/4.2    ISO 400    SS 1/30





I like this one because it shows the typical London that we all know; the London we all expect it to be.
I like the way some buildings are in the background, as a silhouette, like Big Ben Tower. I think this adds depth to the picture, as we see how the street goes really far back. In addition I really like all of the lights that create a real atmosphere of city night life. I also think this adds a lot of business to the picture, there is a lot going on. I also like the taxi in the picture and how I managed to get it in the picture when it was moving, this must have been a result of the shutter speed allowing the movement to be captured while still recognising it is a car, rather than just a blur.







F/5.6    ISO 1400    SS 1/15





Progression:

This shows a location portrait that I tried however I don't like how it turned out because of the flash, it made the model stand out too much because of the way it illuminated her but the background remains dark. I also don't really like the position she is in.

To improve this shoot I could have taken more location portraits but with no flash and I could have her look at the camera instead of looking away.

Location/Landscape Straight Images