Jim Pearson Research // Making Tracks

I have researched Jim Pearson, who specialises in rail roading photography as well as wild life photography. He's from Kentucky, America where you get massive rail road trains.

Photo's have been taken off his website

The image above shows two freight trains close to each other. The image has been taken from the side of the train tracks, with the trains being quite head on to the camera, with the freight locomotives able to be seen behind the train. The colours of the image stand out clearly, with this and the composition making it a very powerful image. The composition is made up of the lines of the tracks, the trains being the main point of focus within the image, and the rule of thirds being used with different parts of the train being in each third.

The image is above is striking as it consists of foreground, the subject, and the background. This has been done by the photograph being taken from a distance, therefore being able to capture the subject as it has been. The train has been taken from an angle so its not side on or straight on to the camera, so you can see the front of the train and the side of the train at the same time. The colours in all aspects of the image stand out, with the reds, blues, greens, and yellows. 

The image above has been taken on a very grey day, and through the headlight of the train you can see the weather condition of rain through the image. With the sky in the image being very grey, it makes the colours much bleaker. The train is the point of focus within the image, with the colours of the front of it standing out compared to the rest of the image.



These images by Jim Pearson, I used for inspiration for taking photographs of trains within my project due to how he's set up the shot and how the images have come out.