Andy Hughes

I like the sharp focus on the very front of the milk bottle, the lighting coming from the side and the contrasting colourful pebbles and the plain, dull whiteness of the milk bottle. Together I think that these factors as well as obvious factors creates a very exciting and different photograph. my intention with this picture was to make the view understand and realise that what we are doing is what we are making. What I mean is that when we litter, or in this case, leave a milk bottle on the beach. If you don't pick it up you've changed the beach and changed the world we share and live in. So this is very focused on my title "What we leave behind is what we will become".

This is one of my favourite images because of the colourful foreground and the dynamic background. I love the way the ropes are sticking out of the beach. This makes the litter stand out very well in the picture and meant that I could shoot at a angle to get the background of the headline in which I wanted. I also like the out of focus peddles at the bottom because I think it really gives a better sense of perspective and draws the viewers eyes up towards the ropes. I took this picture because I wanted to really show off the our world but still have the focus on the litter in Andy Hughes' style. The idea that litter is being left in the most beautiful places on the plant and that this reminder of the evidence of our past activities is left here shouldn't happen.

I like the bright spot light on the coffee cup and the contrasting darkness of the background. It highlights the coffee cup forcefully and automatically brings the viewer's straight to the words "Happy Animals". I also like the fact that there's a wave breaking at that exact moment which gives the picture a bit of movement and character. My mean motive with this image was to show the horrible ironic "Happy Animals" phrase on the coffee cup, I think it is ironic because it really isn't making the animals happy to have coffee cups littering their home, and the fact that if one of the animals got hold of this coffee cup the animal could possibly die, not such a happy animal. The cup also resembles a moment in the past on the beach but unless the evidence isn't dangering it shouldn't be here.

What I like about this is the lovely glowing colour and the reflecting light off the sea which is blurred. I also like the zigzag of the beach and land and intense focus on the scrap piece of maths grid paper. My aim was to express to the viewer that society came after the earth and I think that the piece of maths paper represents and is evidence of society coming through the peddles out in the open world. It will hopefully make the viewer think that someone was working on the beach and the piece of maths paper is evidence of that and how sometimes you need to look around to realise what you are really doing and where you are really going.

I love the vivd colour of this photograph, the bright and strong yellow on the coffee cup and the bold blue which works well with the blueness of the sea in the background. I also like the down lighting on the cup and how it highlights the coffee cup greatly. My intention is to make the viewer realise that "What we leave behind is what we will become", the idea that the evidence left after the activities we do, is what we are going to come back too for the next activity so we create what we become as a world and society. When I say "leave" I mean both physically like the coffee cup and mentally.

Although Andy Hughes doesn't take his photographs in complete darkness, I wanted to experiment and see what the come out would be like. I think that this shot has it's own unique style which does have a nice vivid blast of colour from the beer can but I think that shooting in the golden hour is more effective to create a bold and exciting image. How ever there is a lot about this picture that i do like: I like the way the background slowly fades into darkness, I like the contrast between the black background and the bright colourful beer can. I also like the waviness of the pebbles, because the lighting is angled away from the camera the pebbles create some great shadows.

I really like the way the rubbish is still wet from the sea, and I have managed to get the right focal length to capture it. I also like the sea in the background and that there is a wave breaking at that very moment. I also like the spot light on the rubbish which I angled directly above the rubbish so that the sea and background sand was out of light and focus. I took this photograph because I wanted to express the idea that whatever we do in our lives and that there's away a trace of evidence that that moment has pasted, and we should be more cautious of what we leave behind because "What we leave behind is what we will become".

This photograph appeals to me because of it's narrow portrait orientation which gives it the chance to get a lot of pebbles in in the foreground, rubbish centred and the rocks at the top in the background. I like the way the three rocks at the bottom are white/grey whereas the very top the rocks are red, this is how they looked when I took it, it is natural and I like the variety of colour. I think that the coke can connect beautifully, the white/grey rocks are similar in colour to the silver on the coke can and the red is similar to the red on the coke can. I also like the nice warm light on the pebbles and especially the shell next to the coke can. my aim in this photograph is to make the viewer feel that our beautiful world doesn't need our rubbish and that we must be aware of the evidence of our past activities.

This picture is one of my favourite for a variety of reasons, one the extremely bright yellow draws the viewers eye so well, and how it stands out in front of the dark blue background. I also like that the pebbles are wet. This is shown but the reflections of light in the pebbles, there is a small white shine on all the pebbles which I really like because it gives the shot a bit more character and mood. The intention for this picture was to make the viewer feel disgusted in the rubbish that has been left on the beach and to realise that we must look after our world and try and remember to take any damaging evidence of our activities away.

I like the bright, strong colour of the green bottle, the seaweed that has naturally fallen on top of the bottle and the variety of blues in the background. I think that these factors have brought together a image with a strong meaning. The strong meaning being life is forever moving on and me must not "forget to drink the dreams. And don't forget to live the dreams you dream. And don't forget to drink the wonderful things to add to life." - will.i.am.

This is another one of my favourite photographs that I have taken. I really like the cropped wide screen look to bring all attention on the rubbish balanced on the tip of the rock. I like the tropical look of the sea in the background and the colour of it. I want this picture to tell the viewer that rubbish and earth should not mix, they are evidence of our past activities which should be remembered but we need to realise that "What we leave behind is what we will become" and what I mean is that that rubbish left there has changed the look of our world and we are the one changing it, our evidence of our past activities is what is shaping our future. So I want the viewer to be ready to make the future of our world as beautiful as it is now, or better.

I like the subtly use of rubbish and evidence of past moments, although it is very obvious it isn't centred or colourful to draw the viewers eye. The colours are lovely in this picture and the up close and personally colourful pebbles and the distant blue sea work brilliantly together. I like the sharpness of the breaking wave, the white water gives the picture that extra freshness and really feels like a frozen moment. My intention with this photograph was to express my idea that we are forever moving on and that "What we leave behind is what we will become" and hopefully the viewer will know what they want to become as a society and a world and forever move on in the development of peace and happiness in our world.

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