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Final 3 images

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Photo 1

I first experimented with colours and changed the hue of the photos in photoshop and decreased the brightness so the colours weren’t too vibrant. I chose this photo as I think it represents abstract photography well through the solid bold colours and geometrical shapes I created by layering and cutting coloured pieces of paper. I tried to focused on creating contrasts between light and dark pieces of card to emphasise there colour. I personally like the red and pink coloured photos as I think they are the most bold and striking images.

I chose my two favourite photos that I think are the most aesthetically pleasing and experimented by flipping them horizontally and vertically trying to find the best composition and found that I preferred my original composition out of them all.

I also experimented by using circular frames which focused more on the middle section of the images, giving them a different appearance

Photo 2

This photo was one of my favourites from my typologies exploration in London, when taking inspiration from Hilla and Bernd Becher. I found that it worked better as a single image, rather than together with others as it contained so much detail. I like the geometrical aspects it has and the repetition and pattern it shows, as well as the tonal variations.

I experimented with the original image, seeing if the photo looked more aesthetically pleasing in colour or in black and white and thought that both worked well as an overall image but decided that black and white was more powerful.

Photo 3

I chose this photo as one of my final images as I think it is a good interpretation of Tamara Lorenz’s work. I like the arrangement of the coloured paper and how I layered them to create distinct shapes with bold colours.

I experimented with the photo, adjusting the hue and I found my 3 favourite edits. The colours I found complemented each other the most were in my original image where the cooler colours (light green, navy and blues) contrasted with the warm colour red, giving a bold outline, which is the point where your eyes are drawn to in the photo.

I experimented with one photo by flipping it to create different layouts and creating symmetrical arrangements. I found that my favourite composition was the photo in landscape:

I like this composition as it contains horizontal lines as well as diagonal lines, with different sized shapes which are emphasised when the picture is landscape.

 

I also used circular frames to see if the images look more effective and found i preferred my images in a rectangular frame, following the geometrical design of the photo as the contrast of straight edges to circular edges is not aesthetically pleasing.

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Ernst Haas Inspired Photoshoot

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Within this shoot I focused on the aspect of movement, to create an abstract effect within my images, to do this I allowed a slow shutter speed of about 1.3 seconds to 13. This allowed me to make an abstract effect to everyday things, like cars and lights at the time of dusk. 

An artist I was inspired by was Ernst Haas. Ernst Haas was a photojournalist and a pioneering color photographer. During his 40-year career, the Austrian-born artist bridged the gap between photojournalism, and the use of photography as a medium for expression and creativity. I found many of the images he had taken in his years (Like the horse image below), as inspiration towards the somehow dramatic affect created by an almost simplistic technique.
Related imageTo really create the effect I desired, I drove round jersey to and from destinations, taking pictures of lights that interested me as a photographer, as I thought they would capture the eye of the viewer. Some of the techniques I would incorporate into the images were motion blur and low shutter speed zooming, I specifically made sure not to use a tripod, as I wanted to create a disrupted effect to most of the pictures taken. 

I decided to make a mind map of the objects and ideas behind them, that I could take in the shoot to help me along. From there I would be able to section off individual images from each segment, and choose the best image from each. This is what it looked like:
From here I went ahead with the photo shoot, and these were my results from this experiment below:
From these images taken, I chose the top ten images that I believed to be the best out of the contact sheet for various reasons, this is my selection:

From this selection of my top ten images, I decided to single them down even more to a top five, to really distinguish the good pictures from the rest. These are my top five:

Once again I decided to single out one image out of these five as my favorite. This is my final image:


I chose this image as I loved the triangular effect created by the outskirts of the blue lights at night when driving by, with a long shutter speed (1.8 seconds). I also thought that the contrast between the blue, really stood out from the rest of the image, making it very visually pleasing to the viewer, as seen by all the underlying shades of blue present within. What I really liked, was the fact that the image was an unbroken pattern, creating symmetry throughout the piece allowing for a greater effect.
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Colour- Homework 5

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Taking inspiration from Tamara Lorenz, I tried to re-create her abstract photography using sheets of coloured paper and arranging them in different ways. I selected colours that complemented each other and cut pieces of paper to create traingles and other shapes to make the photos more interesting.

I especially like this photo and the colours I used to create the pattern. The red sheet of paper with the blue layered on top creates a bold outline and is the point where your eyes are drawn to. Like Tamara, the addition of strong planes of colour provide another source of contrast in addition to those of line, shape, tone and texture. The cold colours paired with the warm colour creates a contrast between the sheets. The paper layered behind is arranged to create distinct geometrical shapes, emphasising the straight lines. I experimented with different angles to place the paper and tried to find the most aesthetically pleasing arrangement. I experimented with flash and natural light and decided that natural was better. This work also shows similarities to Franco Fontana’s work using bold, vivid blocks of colour to link into abstract photography.

To further develop these photos I could arrange them in a different shapes, e.g. a circular shape, to frame the photos even more.

 

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experimenting with layout:

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This was my image originally,I  chose this image because it has a lines of symmetry throughout the middle and due to the colour being vibrant. I also thought that all the lines of detail would compliment the composition of the piece when experimenting with the layout .

For my first edited I simply repeated these images in lines exactly the same as before,with the the lines throughout it is more obvious and appealing to see and it also portrays the highlights throughout very well.

next I flipped these images to all be different,this creates a more abstract feel and a less fuller sense as to what the leaf really is and also shows the tones in different interesting experimental methods.

I then proceeded to put my images into a squared again continued these are different angles within th images and again have flipped images within the squares.

The next image is interesting because I wanted to shows a somewhat continuation of the lines through the second image which is also at a different angle so creates a center point and allows the image to become more dynamic and interesting.

For This image I was again inspired by my previous experiment of the layout of the piece itself is making it so every center point is facing out of the middle. I still have point  from the two opposite leaves.

within this last image I want to form a mirror limes and. a sense os symmetry to the pieces also added a boarder so aswell as forming the piece it also breaks the form into specific piece of the text.This piece is also divided into darks and lights within the division.

For these next images I wanted to focus more on the actual development of colour, this  was in order to again experiment with form and how I can develop the different angles of the paper too.

These images are both slightly different angles of the colour itself. but I want to further this image to more of circular and line patterns .

Here I wanted to show a repeated pattern of the lines within the image  but still showing the fragments of colour at the same time. I also exaggerated the colour in order to further exaggerate the vibrancy if the piece.

Within the two outside images are facing out in order to show a clear cohesion  within the piece and symmetry  too.But the middle image is the direct line as it is different to all the other images.

Here I also furthered the image  into a squares and again  flipped the image itself around too.

And lastly within this range you can see my lines of symmetry but a continuation of the line too.