Seth Anderson:

Seth Anderson is a photographer who focuses his work on architecture and city life. He is part of a wider company called B12 Partners, a computer services and marketing consulting company. His photography seems to be the more creative outlet of the company but also used within their marketing. 

I have chosen to take inspiration from Anderson's work as I believe that it is a unique way of showing the sun and I like that his work focuses on a very different style of photography to my other two photographers. 

The composition within this photograph is effective as the structure of the building creates leading lines towards the doorway in the back of the photograph, this is emphasised by the shadows which is interesting as the and horizontal in the photograph and it would therefore be expected that they would block the leading lines. However I think they enhance them creating the sense of a train track.

The sun is prominent in this image through its ability to change the mood of setting - the place photographed looks out of use however the captured sun makes it come alive. The composition is also effective as the posts are symmetrical. 

I like the subtlety of the sun in this photograph but how it still makes an impact. The composition is also effective at creating leading lines into the sunlight.

My Response:

In my response, I chose to focus of Anderson's use of repeated shadow and light within architecture photography, I found that the sun created defined shapes that broke through the shadow. I focused my response on showing the pattern created by the sunlight which I felt was one of the main aspects of Anderson's work.

This composition is effective as the angle in which it was taken creates a sense of ambiguity as there is no context of the surroundings. This therefore draws the viewer's focus onto the lines created by the sun light. 

I believe that this is my best response to Anderson's work as it not only shows the repeated pattern within the sun but the angle in which I took the photo creates symmetry in the architecture. It also, similarly to Anderson's work, draws the viewer's eye towards the central back of the photograph. 

If I were to improve my response to Anderson's work again, I would revisit the location at a different time to see if the type of shadows created by the sun changed dependent on the time. This may have created a completely different set of photographs to the ones I produced.