Message from Tanja: Prep for workshop Tue 11 July

Make a  folder named: Photo collage workshop (you may already have done this.

You should already have completed 1 – 3 previously

‘1. MY IMAGES’ (it should contain 5 images from previous work on Landsape)

‘2. ARCHIVE IMAGES’ (it should contain 5 images from research at Photographic Archive Societe Jersiaise)

‘3. ARTISTS REFERENCES’ (it should contain 5 images from research of Tanja work and her inspirations/ influences)

‘4. RAW PHOTOS’ (15 SUCCESSFUL PHOTOGRAPHS made from our walk at Gronez to L’Etacq on Tue 20 June)

‘5. NEW WORK’ (2 DIGITAL PHOTO COLLAGES IN PS FORMAT, made from the above  images)

When I see the students on our group sessions I would like them to show me the content of these folders in Adobe Bridge.

Wish you all a good rest of the week and looking forward to seeing you on the 11th July where we will be working on photo collages.

Best regards,

Tanja

 

Following on from Tanja’s workshop on photo-collage we want you to complete the following before the summer holiday. If you want to make something unique you should plan a new shoot where you make a set of images for a photo-collage. Only relying on images from the school trip to Gronez-L’Etacq is not enough.

1. Produce a blog post with  at least 3 -5 digital sketches where you annotate the process and techniques used to construct the photo-collage
2. Produce at least one final photo-collage that is close to completion and write an evaluation. (In the next academic year there will be time for you to refine or modify photo-collages and you may consider to explore this further in October and November when you develop your project, Personal Investigation in an individual manner)
3. Prepare a presentation of your photo-collage work for Thurs 20 and Fri 21 July. (Tanja will be back in Sept to give feedback on your work in progress)

HELP & GUIDANCE: When constructing your photo-collage remember to consider the following:

Notes from Tanja’ workshop 11th July

In camera: When shooting new images for photo-collage

Camera settings: Use the same camera settings such as aperture f/stops, exposure and focal length on your lens. It is impossible to combine, in a photo-realistic way, images which are shot with both wide-angle and telephoto lens

Lighting: Choose to shoot images needed in the same lighting conditions, e.g. use overcast weather. Avoid making a collage using images shot outside in natural light and images made inside using artificial lighting or studio lighting. It won’t work!

Perspective: Maintain close to same perspective when shooting i.e. if you photograph from eye-level maintain that throughout. If perspective is not correct, it pays to go back and re-shoot an image rather than trying to’ fit it’ in Photoshop

In post production: Use Bridge to organise images and folders. Photoshop to construct photo-collage.

Blank canvas: Create a new document size A1 = 594mm x 841mm at resolution 300 pixels per inch. Total size of new document should be: 199,4 Mb. Then begin to import images or selections of images into new document and build up your collage.

File management: Organise layers by renaming them and collate in group folders in the layer box

Image adjustments: Use meta layers for colour adjustment/ B&W/ brightness & contrast to sit on top of all the other image layers. It’s easier to adjust individual layers as you go along.