Wilmslow photography students capture shots of flowers in ice

With flair and determination, they also created special effects dropping ink into a fish tank full of water.

Year 12 photography students at Wilmslow High School were challenged to develop their own set of unique pictures as part of an A Level portfolio.

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Art and photography teacher Hannah Klimczak said: “For their still life project, students were briefed to create a series of images and to carefully consider elements of their work and what message, if any, they wanted to convey.

Photography students, from left, Harrison Trickett and Carlos Lopez Ortiz (Image: Wilmslow High School)

“I believe the students’ outcomes reflect their creative ability and showcase their developing talent.

“I am incredibly proud of their work. They have produced some really great images.”

Students started the 10-week project in April and spent time carrying out their own research.

The 16 and 17-year-olds looked at what contemporary images were trending and explored work by established photographes.

Using their own cameras, mostly Canon single-lens reflex models, they had access to a professional lighting studio at school or they were free to set up shots at home.

Ashlee Wilbraham explained how she achieved her stunning images.

The budding photographer, who hopes to work in advertising, said: “I used a white background and natural lighting for my shoot.

Photographer Ashlee Wilbraham captured stunning images of flowers cocooned in balls of ice (Image: Ashlee Wilbraham)

“I positioned my frozen flowers on a white bench which was positioned against a white wall.

“I then placed my camera on a tripod to get my camera straight and make sure it wasn’t moving.

Ashlee Wilbraham used a white background and natural lighting for this imaginative shot (Image: Ashlee Wilbraham)

“I used a range of flowers and ice shapes.

“The work of Bruce Boyd inspired me and how he dramatizes flowers.”

Budding film photographer Gabrielle Van Den Berg, who captured frozen flowers in a glass ball, inspired by photographer Paul Reiffer, said: “The concept behind my work was to create something so lively, frozen to keep its beauty.

Gabrielle Van Den Berg created this imaginative glass ball (Image: Gabrielle Van Den Berg)

“I wanted to look at the world from a different perspective.”

Freya Weatherhead, who created a stunning image of a bottle encircled with colours, said: “I used a fish tank filled with water set up in front of a tripod with my camera on top under a studio light.

“I set my camera to a very fast shutter speed to capture all the dimensions and details in folds of the ink.

Freya Weatherhead dropped different colours of ink into a fish tank full of water to create this stunning image (Image: Freya Weatherhead)

“I dropped two different colours of ink in at the same time into the water and took the photo.”

The teen, who hopes to work in media and advertising was inspired by an Italian graphic artist.

She said: “Alberto Seveso uses the same set up as I did to capture explosions of colour dancing around in the water.”

Harrison Trickett, who hopes to develop a career in design, explained how he created his shot of frozen cherries.

Harrison Trickett made this image of frozen cherries come to life with the use of light (Image: Harrison Trtickett)

He said: “I used my phone torch to create a bright light behind the ice to shine light through the ice and on to the fruit.

“This made the image more alive.”

Carlos Lopez Ortiz was also inspired by Alberto Seveso and spread ink in a fish tank to create some ‘colourful clouds’.