Own Photograph - Alley Way

This photograph focuses on capturing the decay within the scene whilst capturing the vanishing point of the photograph by considering the composition. The photograph has been taken more to the left in order to capture the vanishing point which shows a sense of direction. The photograph uses a limited colour palette as the majority of the colours found are repeated throughout. The red located on the left side on the buildings contrasts the dark colours allowing this feature to clearly stand out amongst the photograph. The photograph captures weather, from the ground titles you can clearly see that it has been raining due to the different highlighted areas. Due to the light source this has enable the photograph to contain shadows and create highlights throughout the different elements, especially the buildings on the left side where shadows can be seen underneath the balconies.The building also show their current conditions, especially the first one in the foreground on the left side. This building shows that it is slightly worn down which is probably due to the weather conditions which have affected the building.

After capturing the photograph in colour I decided to change this to black and white as I felt that this would work well due to the subject matter. I think that the photograph works well in black and white as the this restricts the colour and focuses on using the different tonal values created by the black and white effect.  The photograph still allows the viewer to identify the decay found within the photograph, however this is more difficult to identify due to no colour being used. Due to the light source within the photograph it appears to almost give the photograph an overexposed appearance due to the tops of the buildings disappearing on the right side.