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Bokeh Photography

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in photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens.Bokeh has been defined as “the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light”. Differences in lens aberrations and aperture shape cause some lens designs to blur the image in a way that is pleasing to the eye, while others produce blurring that is unpleasant or distracting “good” and “bad” bokeh, respectively. Bokeh occurs for parts of the scene that lie outside the depth of field. Photographers sometimes deliberately use a shallow focus technique to create images with prominent out-of-focus regions.

Bokeh is often most visible around small background highlights, such as specular reflections and light sources, which is why it is often associated with such areas. However, bokeh is not limited to highlights; blur occurs in all out-of-focus regions of the image.

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Analysis:

I had an Immediate emotional response to this image as the colours are very calming and the the image is soft are not hard to look at. I think the colour complement each other and make you look at different focal point of the image as there are many specific dots. I think that the fact you are still able to see the building in the back ground it is just out of focus is very effective and shows more about the setting and landscape this image is being captured in. The photographer will of had to have the focus on the manual setting and a low ISO and relatively fast shutter speed. Also by looking at the image i would say that a tri pod has been used so that the light blobs do not shift across the image. The image has an interesting perspective as the building in the foreground are a lot closer and the vanishing point where the building disappear creating a good depth of field as well as creating leading lines which take your eye through the image. The photographer has also considered the rule of thirds whilst capturing this image, as the vanishing point is in the let axis of the image.

How to:

To do this photography you need to have your focus on manual focus. You then angle the camera at an area with lighting and put your camera compleatly out of focus. You should now get the effect of there being light bubbles creating an abstract night photography

 

Best Images:

I think that my Bokeh inspired night photoshoot went relatively well. My favourite thing about my images here are the colour range that i have managed to capture showing the different lighting in a specific area. I think that these images would have been better if i had focused on something in the foreground and kept it in focus and then had the bokeh lighting as the background to create a greater depth of field.

 

 

 

Experimentation

Geometric Abstraction +Responses

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Victoria Siemer

Is a photographer focusing on photo manipulation using Photoshop.  Her inspirations come from various other artists since she had no formal photography training, she paid attention to others styles, for example street photographer Dave Krugman.  Her works often include a dramatic  environment with strong levels of symmetry, proving a contrast to the wild and abstract locations she is shooting in.  This part of her work is called “Geometric Reflection”.  Here include some examples of her work:

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My own responses

I chose to experiment with this as it linked in with the theme of abstract photography and the fact I felt inspired by Victoria Siemer.   The definition for Geometric Abstraction is “Geometric abstraction is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space and combined into non-objective (non-representational) compositions. ” .  For my ideas I simply copied the layer of my photograph by pressing ctrl+J.  I then selected an area of a shape using a marquee tool and rotated it to my desired angle.  After this, I used the rubber tool to remove areas I didn’t want to capture a sense of reflection whereas in others I didn’t and simply left them rotated.

I believe this fits well into my theme of abstract and surrealism in photography because these pieces of work emphasis the abstract with the interesting shapes that look quite abnormal.   I believe I have done this successfully because they almost appear quite surreal that the abstraction within the photograph looks as if it is part of the photograph.  Here I have particularity focused on textures as they enhance many of the abstract shapes within the photograph and in some, color too because this exaggerates the abstraction so far that it appears surreal.  I personally enjoy observing the beauty of fine, particular details within a setting and by doing this, I feel inspired to isolate various parts and make them appear surreal.  This therefore poses the idea to you of how a very normal looking viewpoint in day to day life, I use for surprising and strange elements that shouldn’t fit in but do, to express how to others how I can see the world through interesting shapes, colors and textures.

Analysis, Research

Panoramic Photographers

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Brad Templeton

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I like this photograph because of it’s light blue hues from the water and encircling it is the dark Forrest area around the side going off into the distance.  This is interesting to me because it appears like a sort of container to the beauty of the lake in which it is holding.  This is significant as the blue water is portrayed as almost quite precious as the photographer appears to have enhanced the vibrance, contrast and brightness.  The fact the hills in the background go far in the distance is also significant as it shows how the importance it is of preserving the lake.  I believe this is successful because it adds strength to the current wooded area that we can see close up.  I also like this photograph because of how the photograph is so calming due to it’s open space and brightened sky and land colors.

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This photograph fascinates as the large depth of field caused by the high aperture adds to a strong city line.  I also like how the photographer has strengthened this by enhancing the contrast again to strongly separate between the sky and Earth.  With these strong dark tones of the city, contrasting with the brightened blue hue of the sky, it almost appears as if the city is a dirty place and the sky i somewhat pure and clean.  This is therefore sending the message to me that we can’t let the dangers of the city’s pollution affect our natural environment.  This is emphasized by the fact the photograph is slightly overexposed adding to the theme of a harsh environment.

Will Pearson

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I love this photograph because of it’s romanticized composition that create a panorama that to me, is very beautiful.  For example, the sunset, overlooking the sky, lighting up everywhere is beautiful, especially with the orange glow radiating off to the surrounding sky and reflected by the buildings.  To enhance this, a warming filter can be added to the photograph on Photoshop to exaggerate the mood further.  I also like the angle of which the photograph has been taken from.  For example: the fact we are high up, looking face on at the sun in the distance, with the city below  literally heightens the specialty of of the photograph in the sense that we and only a few other buildings are high up to enjoy the view with most of the city unable to.

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Finally, this photograph to me is interesting because of the fact its taken on a slow shutter speed, giving the colors subtlety and in this sense puts together a photograph of beautiful elegance.  This stands out to me because often a city is known to be very rushed and busy.  Interestingly, this photograph shows to me that if we stand back and admire the city and stop rushing around, there is lots of beauty within it.  However what I also like is how the photograph has still captured the light of the city showing that it is still alive and still breathing, not taking anything away from it.  It has done this by taking a photograph with little light but an extremely slow shutter speed and high aperture to still have that sense of busyness of a city.

Experimentation, Recording

Photo Safari – Abstract Shapes

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I went on a Photo-Safari around focusing particularly on shapes and patterns that I could photograph.  I chose to go on a day with quite harsh sun light to enhance the shadows and give warmth to the photograph.  I took this shoot to explore the the abstraction within objects that we pass by, see and use with with from a day to day basis.  I was heavily inspired by these patterns below:

Recording

Abstract and Formalism Photographs

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Here I visited a range of locations at deferring times of the day.  I was heavily inspired by my earlier blog posts regarding Abstract and Formalism photography.  I also tried with various new ideas in creating photographs paying a particular attention to detail when it came to textures especially.  I believe these photo shoots were successful in capturing a sense of abstract and Formalism in photography.