Research - SDA - Coasteering

This image was shot by Extreme Coasteering, a coasteering company based in Newquay, Cornwall. I really like this image because it clearly shows the main attraction to the sport, being jumping off cliffs. It shows a large jump with very few distractions which really draws the attention of the viewer in. Also, the image is shot from below the subject to make it look even more exiting and extreme.

When shooting, I found it very difficult to take images of people jumping without having cliffs in the background. This meant that they blended into the cliff making the image less informative. This image is an example of what I wanted. The man is completely against the sky so stands out really well over everything else and can not be mistaken as the main subject of the photograph.





This image is taken from Red Bull Cliff diving of, Dean Treml and he jumps off a 27m platform.

One of the main aspects of this image I really like is the symmetry used by the photographer of the structure with Dean Treml framed perfectly in the centre of the image. I think that this, coupled with the back lit sort of effect making a silhouette of Dean Treml and the structure makes for a very aesthetic image. Often a very aesthetic photograph can lack information, but I think in this case all the information that needs to be there is. We can see exactly what is going on and see the crowd showing that it is an event.

I have looked at all of the cliff diving photograph on the Red Bull Cliff Diving website and taken a lot of inspiration form them. They are all extremely aesthetic and informative which is what I try and show in all of my own photographs.









This is another image from the Red Bull Cliff Diving series of Blake Aldridge from the UK walking back up to the platform looking very focused.

This image is along the same lines as mine (shown here) where two 'jumpers' are shown to be very focused making their way back to the jumping spot.

They are a contrast to one another due to Blake being a professional and the other man from Elemental not but both I and the Red Bull photographer have shown their focus which I think is very engaging in both instances.

I really like the composition in the image. Showing the whole way down the wall in the left of the frame and slowly dropping it out of focus. The fairly shallow depth of field, coupled with neutral colour of the wall helps to draw the focus to the main subject and add aesthetic interest making the photograph very strong.