I came across Ben Phillips in a Google search. I was trying to find photographers personal work that they have based on landscapes they have taken for their own pleasure but more for the memory. I haven't worked out the reason behind his landscape images but in a way that doesn't matter to me in a personal way because it's nice for me to imagine why he's gone to these places, but I would like to know the reason behind the images.
He has been taking pictures for a long as he can remember but made the decision to become a professional photographer after a trip to Sierra Leone, which after that he graduated with a postgraduate degree in photojournalism. His training and studying put him in the right mindset of how to tell a story through a camera and how to meet deadlines with tight time deadlines. He does commercial work mainly but on the side does his personal work, where he seems to carry on his love of photojournalism. His landscapes are what I liked the most on his website because some of the places he's visited are places close to where I live and places that I will be shooting at because they hold special memories to me.
These images above are the images that I was really attracted to from his personal work not only because they're places I'm going to visit but just because of how simplistic the images look yet very moody and detailed.
Top left image:
Taken at Padstow, Cornwall. I love that the clouds have definition yet look very dark and gloomy but the rest of the image looks as if the sun is out. The boats really make the image as I don't think if the boats weren't there then the image would have made it into his gallery on his website. The colours all work really well together.
Top right image:
Taken at Porthcurno, Cornwall. The black and white filter effect on this image really works because it was obviously a choppy day at sea and the clouds and sky were dark anyway so by adding the black and white filter to the image brings out more of the detail in the image.
Bottom left image:
Taken at Millennium Bridge and St Paul, London. I have already shot in London and was around this area. I got a couple of images that came out really dark because I couldn't quite get the right settings on my camera. After seeing this image it has made me think that I should try my images from London in black and white to see whether that would make a difference. The contrast of the city compared to the sea is a nice change.
Bottom right image:
Taken at Zennor, Cornwall. I love everything in this image. The horizon and the land are about half and half in the image which I think really makes this type of image. With the sun piercing through the clouds creating the effect on the clouds is beautiful along with the steady sea splashing up against the rocks. Everything goes so well together in this image.
https://bphillips.co.uk/personal-landscape#gallery/cd53a3935bad85749a2c674acf11446e/511
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