Showing posts with label Print techniques. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Print techniques. Show all posts
Friday, 24 May 2013
Multiple Imagery - Lips
Looking back over my Unit 1 work, I wasn't 100% happy with my final prints, so I decided to create an all new piece involving multiple imagery techniques. My favourite shoot of the Unit was my 'Sweets' shoot, so I decided to create the piece using a variety of images of lips.
Friday, 25 January 2013
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Experimental Placement....
Now that I have finished my owl, I want to give it a home. I have and will continue to experiment with different backgrounds and finishing techniques to create an interesting image. With this photo, I have duplicated the owl three times and changed the hue and saturation slightly to give them all individual characteristics, then placed them on an image of a tree which I have previously used as part of my photo joiner shoot. I also used a lens flare filter to create the magical look of fireflies around the three owls. I personally feel that this look doesn't look as professional as I want it to so I will continue to experiment with different backgrounds.
Finished Textured Owl
This is the final image of my 'textured' owl. Since my last post, I have individually edited each layer to adds shadows to add more depth to the leaves/feathers. I also added an overlay to change the colours slightly of each layer slightly so that they worked well together.
Friday, 11 January 2013
Exploring Movement Further....
I used my time in lesson today to develop my 'movement' photography skills, as I felt that my movement photos in my final portfolio were my strongest. I combined a variety of similar shots from today to create this repetition piece:
Comic Book Effect - Experimental
Today I experimented with another Photoshop Tutorial as I wanted to experiment with different filters and text effects. I used a previous photo from my Form shoot to create the desired look:
Sunday, 9 December 2012
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Monday, 19 November 2012
Developmental Shoot 4 Research - CANCELLED
For one of my future developmental shoots I want to use the studio to photograph a model, rather than myself this time, dressed as a dark fairy/angel. In this shoot I want to particularly look at different parts of the human body, colour and form.
When I was researching about similar styles of photography, I came across the British photographer John 'Rankin' Waddell. After looking at Rankin's portfolio, I was really inspired by some of his work and the styles he uses.
The main inspiration behind this developmental shoot was from a music video; Ed Sheeran's 'Give Me Love'. The video features 'cupid', and you see the different emotions she feels when she makes various people fall in love, but she can't make someone fall in love with her. I really want to use this idea of looking at different emotions through someone dressing up as a a similar sort of character.
After I had developed the main theme for this shoot, I decided to do some more research into 'fairy photography' which I then found out about the Cottingley fairies. The Cottingley fairies appeared in a series of 5 photographs taken by young girls Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths who lived in Cottingley near Bradford, England in 1917. At the time the photographs were taken, the girls were adamant that the photographs were genuine and sparked a lot of interest in similar psychic phenomenas. The girls then admitted in 1980 that the photographs were faked using cardboard cut-outs, but the fifth and final photograph was genuine. Even today, these famous photographs are one of the biggest influences of photography with the supernatural, and even influenced the photographer Rankin, which is what led me to do more research on him. Looking at the Cottingley photographs myself, even though I know that they are fake, there is still that element of realism in them, making them look beautiful and elegant, which I would like to work with in my own developmental shoot.
With this research in mind, I have also found some good online tutorials for Photoshop which will allow me to develop my images afterwards:
When I was researching about similar styles of photography, I came across the British photographer John 'Rankin' Waddell. After looking at Rankin's portfolio, I was really inspired by some of his work and the styles he uses.
The main inspiration behind this developmental shoot was from a music video; Ed Sheeran's 'Give Me Love'. The video features 'cupid', and you see the different emotions she feels when she makes various people fall in love, but she can't make someone fall in love with her. I really want to use this idea of looking at different emotions through someone dressing up as a a similar sort of character.
After I had developed the main theme for this shoot, I decided to do some more research into 'fairy photography' which I then found out about the Cottingley fairies. The Cottingley fairies appeared in a series of 5 photographs taken by young girls Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths who lived in Cottingley near Bradford, England in 1917. At the time the photographs were taken, the girls were adamant that the photographs were genuine and sparked a lot of interest in similar psychic phenomenas. The girls then admitted in 1980 that the photographs were faked using cardboard cut-outs, but the fifth and final photograph was genuine. Even today, these famous photographs are one of the biggest influences of photography with the supernatural, and even influenced the photographer Rankin, which is what led me to do more research on him. Looking at the Cottingley photographs myself, even though I know that they are fake, there is still that element of realism in them, making them look beautiful and elegant, which I would like to work with in my own developmental shoot.
With this research in mind, I have also found some good online tutorials for Photoshop which will allow me to develop my images afterwards:
Friday, 26 October 2012
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