This module will develop your understanding of contemporary photography which will benefit your skill set, industry awareness, and employability by offering workshops and masterclasses in differing approaches to photography and associated workflows.

In this module, we will look at how professional photographers diversify their income by selling prints though their own websites or online presence or through established gallery and patron networks. The module will look at different workflows to do this and introduce a basic element of analogue practice as well as more familiar digital routes. We will work with one of London’s most prominent laboratories to offer a basic introduction to analogue practice in both black and white and colour so that should you wish, you could shoot in this way for the final module submission. Please note that this approach would have to be funded by yourself as the university does not support analogue photography practice outside of flat-bed scanning.

This module will conclude with a group exhibition across all three years of the course showing your work at The Photobook Cafe, in the hear of East London. 

My initial ideas for my prints were: Nature- Flowers, Leaves, Landscapes, or a short aperture with blurred background. 

After some deliberation I have chosen Landscape photography.

Landscape photography is the art of capturing pictures of outdoors and nature in a way that will bring the viewer into the scene. From grand landscapes to intimate details, the best photos are demonstrated by the photographer’s connection to nature and their ability to capture the essence of the world around them. 

I have chosen Landscape photography because I have found that a great landscape photograph can convey some lovely emotions and help the viewer immerse themselves into the some of the beautiful scenery. 

He was a well-known landscape photographer with his work influencing the future generations of photographers.

He isn not just the most well-known. He is also considered the father of landscape photography. He is regarded as the best landscape photographer of all time.

He practised what is called pure or straight photography. It refers to a strict technical method. The subject should be in sharp focus, and the photog should have the entire tonal range. 

It is the zone system that allowed Ansell Adams to make breathtaking landscape images. He published a trilogy three different books covering the entire process from the negative to the print.

He uses traditional techniques to create an exceptional print that is a unique artwork.

This approach is why he's regarded as one of the best landscape photographers in all of the US.

He is an award-winning landscape photographer. He’s mostly dedicated to editorial photography. He hosts countless photography workshops and has judged many landscape competitions. 

She is a famous landscape photographer, but Viktoria Haack is also very versatile. She photographs weddings, lifestyle portraits, and other events and portrait genres.

This is quite unusual among landscape photographers. However, Haack manages to do it without losing her style and focus. This is because all her photographs feature a stunning landscape as a backdrop.

He is one of my favourite landscape photographers. He specialises in the Arctic Borders. This is where he offers his workshops, but he does also travel to Greenland or The Dolomites, in Italy. 

Firstly, I imported my image into Photoshop and duplicated the image so that the original and unedited image can be saved with layers, incase there is any storage problems when saving. 

After I have duplicated the image, I then changed the image to black and white then made adjustments for the image to be lightened in certain parts and areas of the face, such as the skin tone, the shadows within the neck line, and the shoulders. 

With the image that I transformed into B&W, I added curves adjustment which will make changes in the shadows, mid-tones and the highlights. After that was done, I added another curves mask which will adjust the mid-tones without having to adjust the shadows and highlights. This will make the image brighter. 

When finishing with the adjustments, I will make a mask tool by getting the brush and making it soft (hardness to 0%) - all 100%, go over the whole head so that when we do further editing, it will no effect the previous editing settings. 

Next, you would want to go back to your layers, and then select the duplicated layer, and create a layer mask then select the white page next to it. This will allow you too to do further editing to the face onwards. 

Within the new layer mask that was created, you press option and right click to select the area that you would want to look like therefore it will repeat itself onto the area you have just selected. Keep on repeating the step until you are satisfied. Save the final image as a image - JPEG - and save the Photoshop - PSD -  with layers on incase you would want to do further editing of your work.

We had the opportunity to shoot with two different models from two different agencies - Eloise from NevsModelsAgency and Mimi from AntiAgency. 

The Peak District is an upland area in England. It is mostly in Derbyshire, but it extends into Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire. 

The Peak District was also the first of the national parks of England and Wales in 1951. 

Winnats Pass looks to be one of the most photogenic parts of the Peak District. It has such a unique feel to it, and the craggy rocks and the vast valley below would make for some very dramatic shots.

The expansive moors with the reservoirs in the distance would make for some amazing photos. It would give an amazing and unique focal point for my landscape photography.

The Great Ridge has some stunning views, and depending on how early I am, the chance of catching some of the atmospheric morning mist. But I have also read that if I get up really early, then there’s a chance that I'll get to see a cloud inversion.

This is the part of the Peak District with loads of photography potential. There’s Ladybower’s plughole, and the masses of woodland surrounding the many reservoirs.

Higger Tor is a gritstone outcrop. It's easily recognisable and would definitely add great depth to my photographs. Combine with that there's also a few discarded Millstones across the landscape. 

I will be travelling up to Derbyshire via St Pancras Station on Friday the 10th of November. I will spend most of my Saturday exploring the Peak District, and I intend to take a minimum of 40 to 50 photographs. 

On the 17th of November we all went to Rapid Eye in Leonard Street, Shoreditch. It is a darkroom facility that is designed to emulate the services that is offered by Art Colleges to their students. It is basically a do it yourself darkroom which offers professional film processing and printing. 

We learnt how to use a colour enlarger as well as a black and white enlarger. We were taught how to correctly focus the image on a piece of photographic paper, using a microscope we had to make sure we could see the grain within the image. We then proceeded to expose the photographic paper to light, we used a technique called dodging and burning which allowed us to control the exposure of light in certain areas. We then developed a piece of photographic paper using a developer, stop and fix for their recommended times. We finished by washing off the chemicals from the paper using a water bath.