As part of one of our assignment we had to think of a photo story going by the details of 'Tales of Gloucestershire'. Using this as a guide line a came up with a couple of ideas on what I could shoot around Cheltenham and Gloucestershire. As Cheltenham is a very beautiful place, firstly I thought I could photograph the area and the people in the area. My halls are very close to Pitville Park and the Pump Rooms so I thought using landscapes as inspiration I would research into some photographers that use the style I might use.
Simon Roberts was the photographer that I looked into, he did lots of project photographing landscapes and belonging around the UK and the world. He shot in large format so all his images have perfect detail and are very precisely taken and presented. When he was shooting his images he would try to get to and elevated position from the subject because it gave the effect that the subject/models are separate from the landscape. One of the projects he shot was called National Property which is a series of images shot around the UK using different National Trust places. Below are a few of the images that I thought were the most like Cheltenham and the surrounding areas, even though its not National Trust property.
The above image is actual in Gloucestershire. The National Arboretum in Westonbirt and was shot in 2013. I really like how the orange leaves stand out over the green and the overcast yet still bright sky.
I thought this image was much like Pitville Pumps Rooms as in the big building and then all the grass and the people walking around. Nymans Estate, Handcross in West Sussex shot in 2014.
At the bottem of Pitville Park there is a boat hire and I thought this image was much like that too. The families in the boats, walking across the bridge, the trees. River Stour at Flatford, East Bergholt in Suffolk shot in 2014.
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