Photography- The streets of Chesterfield...

What I really liked about Chesterfield and our little trip out was that there seemed to be quite a lot of elderly people around town and especially the market place. The posture, facial expression and clothes all seem to appeal to me rather than that of the clothes worn by the younger generation. I took this photograph blind and considering that I think the angles created from the buildings and the main focus of the piece being the elderly couple works well.

Throughout my journey to town I found myself walking around and searching for what I felt were good images to be taken however, with the image it seemed to simply present itself to me whilst sitting on a bench, whilst I was focusing on another possible photograph.

Again this photograph was taken blindly and from just a quick glimpse what attracted me to the image was the angle of the buildings and the way in which they seem to                   surround and almost point towards the woman in the center of the photograph.

The actual content of this photograph is what I found most interesting, the idea of people searching through a skip I just liked it. 

Photography- William Eggleston, Martin Parr and Joel Meyerowitz...

Out of William Eggleston's collection of photographs this is the one I decided to focus my attention on. One feature that I find stands out about the photograph is the colours included in the image and how the strong red from the drink contrasts the light, subtle colours of the aeroplane's interior. I also think that as the photograph is taken from the inside of an aeroplane that that in itself also contributes to the photographs uniqueness. The shadow created from the glass I also think gives a slightly simpler image when compared to the realism of the overall photograph. With the photograph also avoiding mainly sharp and strong lines the image's theme appears, to me at least to be soft and tranquil. I can't help but also feel that where as I normally associate flight journeys as horrible, cramped events, this picture seems to show the opposite to that idea and whether it just being the hand position but this flight seems enjoyable. 

One thing I have noticed about Martin Parr's work is that although it may just be random, a lot of his pieces seem to focus on a pleasant environment such as a beach or landscape and then the images tend to include a tourist like individual as the main focus, not necessarily effecting the photographs quality but giving it a unique style. The photograph I also feel has a slight comical feel to it and is also of an image that is recognizable to most tourists/Brits.

In this photograph one of the features I really liked was how the artist has managed to capture an image where the colours such as the red and yellow on the street signs and the black of the buildings seem to be faded and almost dull. This appears to continue even throughout the peoples clothes; the only exception being the sky in my opinion that is. Again I really like the business of the photograph and the movement of the image as the people walk past. I also like how below the skyline the image appears to be quite dark due to the shadow and business of the piece and in contrast to the empty, lighter sky it creates an amusing picture.