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Homework Assignment 5 – Color

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Julian Schulze

Julian Schulze is a Berlin based photographer which has an abstract and minimalist approach to photography.  He is mainly focusing on the Abstract & Surreal genre of photography and it appears that he loves bold colors as well as color combinations and compositions. “I like the simple things in everyday life”. One of the most important things seen in Schulze approach is to identify freedom.

Analysis Of Photo

This image clearly shows a supposedly isolated man in what looks like an urban area between some interesting and abstract architecture. This image is aesthetically pleasing to view as it has a clear use of the rule of thirds. The image is split into three sections, the patio making up the bottom sector, the first part of the wall creating the second and the different part of the wall creating the third. Located within the bottom right box there is a fence which is used as a natural line to focus and lead us to the main subject of the man. Also the end of the fence is positioned of one of the focus points within the rule of thirds which helps to further guide the viewer deeper down the picture. This image has used natural lighting and appears that the lighting and colors have not been changed too much in the editing process leading to a extremely ‘real’ picture. I believe this image gives a sense of isolation and intimidation. This is due to the man being all alone and surrounded by buildings which appear to look down upon him creating an almost threatening approach. All this image contains is man made structures, no sights of the natural elements in our earth. I believe this shot is an indication of the rapid urbanization around the world and this is leading to humans destroying nature, plants and vegetation. It appears that the man is walking into the light and moving away from the darker place behind him. This is a clear relation to the contrast between good and bad as lightness relates and good and darkness relates to bad/evil. Perhaps this is suggesting the man has changed around his life and is moving on for the better or he is just heading into a much happier place compared to where he was before. It could also be seen that he has a ‘bright future’ as this is literally portrayed in this photo. However, on the floor we can see how the lighting has created different shaded shadows on the floor along where the man is walking. In the picture, he is walking on the darkest part of the shadow which could imply, he is not currently on the path for success but is heading in the right direction.

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Edits ( Minimalistic ) In the style of Julian Schulze

I believe these images strongly relate to Julian Schulz’s work in the sense that they capture a true response to minimalism with a strong demonstration of contrast. Also they have clearly got a sense of color which was the main focus of this shoot. I think what went well with these images is the composition I was able to achieve to allow a much more aesthetically pleasing image and the simply, yet interesting lines which separate color creating a natural, strong contrast. However I believe i could have improved the surrealism within the images to better portray the abstract theme and create an even more interesting photograph.

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Minimalism

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Minimalism

Minimalism is a style used by many 20th century artists and photographers. It focuses on having a minimum amount of concepts in an image for example texture, shape and color. In the 20th century the style became popular within art and photography and it is still considered a modern style. Frank Stella and Piet Mondrian are two of the first artists that made minimalist art where both used color blocking in their work. Keld Helmer Peterson and  Mirko Nahmijas were two influential photographers who took minimalist photographs in the 20th century, they both focused on architecture as their subject.

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Textures and Surfaces homework 4

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Frank Hallam Day

Washington, D.C. based photographer Frank Hallam Day’s work explores the impact of humanity’s footprint on the natural world. Day, who was trained as a painter, says his photographs owe more to the history of painting than photography. Day prefers digital photography to film because it allows him to adjust the image, both on the spot and on the computer. He is a self taught fine art photographer and his interest and methods revolve around culture and history. I am very intrigued by his work as he creates real and moving stories which i believe can impact people upon viewing the images. Not only can he do this threw the use of people and how they are living their lives, which are different to ours in the first world countries, but threw the use of both wide and close up shots of the pure destruction that we are creating to the world. I believe there is a strong contrast within Day’s photos from the portrait pictures in Africa to the landscapes of urban areas in cities which have been destroyed. I believe that this contrast is purposely showing us that despite we have all these luxuries and strongly built buildings we take it for granted and therefore do not look after them, allowing graffiti and tear to occur. I also like the work of Day’s due to the highly saturated and vibrant colours used, bringing a dull telephone box to life for example. Also, the use of great composition and natural lines within his photographs allows him to take a boring boat and turn it into something which makes us appreciate and intake the whole photograph.

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Image analysis

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Clearly this photo shows the inside of a telephone box. What usually would have and should’ve been quite a boring image is actually, in my opinion, a very interesting and eye catching photograph. I believe this photograph would have been taken with a relatively slow shutter speed in order to capture the high light which is seen in the photo, possibly a shutter speed of approximately 1/10 of a second. an ISO of about 400/800 seems to of been used due to the brightness yet sharpness of the photo. The rule of thirds has most definitely been used within this photograph, with the telephone itself being placed on the top left focal point and on the left hand vertical line. The use of this draws the human eye to this point and makes the viewer aware that it is the main subject of the photo. Furthermore, this image uses leading lines to draw us into the subject. The metal panels are natural lines which makes us instantly view the phone. This photo is highly saturated using vibrant colours to intrigue the viewer. The use of strong and bright lighting is contrasted with the shadows on the left of the picture and the outside area on the right. This creates a sinister and scary feeling as it gives an impression of isolation as it is only inside the phone box that is overly bright. The use of reflection on the glass of the phone box creates a feeling of confusion, creating a real mood and story to the photograph. At the top of the phone box we can see how it has been destroyed by graffiti which relates to the photographers intentions of capturing human footprints.

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Formal Analysis

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Trolley—New Orleans by Robert Frank

The genres for this photo are street photography, journalism, documentary photography and portrait.

Technical

The photo had a long exposure time and therefore this created a high contrast image. The lighting at the scene is predominately natural daylight. The shutter speed must have been fast in order to capture the moving trolley full of people- however, it’s possible that the trolley stopped for a period of time and therefore the shutter speed could have been longer. The image is black and white with a vast tonal range (Ansel Adams zone system) which supports both the darkest black [000000] and the whitest white [ffffff]. Finally, the image uses the rule of thirds and as a result of this, the eye is drawn into the centre most part of the image.

Visual

The image is naturally split into three sections due to the rule of thirds; the top, middle and the bottom third. The image is also naturally framed due to the background and white stripes. Although the image is tilted slightly it doesn’t lack the aspect of symmetry. The texture of the trolley is successfully portrayed in this image along with various patterns such as the bolts in the lower half of the image. Furthermore, the contrast between white and black in both the photo and the social situation is extremely vivid.

Contextual

This photograph explores the divide between black and white people in America at the time. It also shows the difference in classes and ages; the older woman looks as if she’s turning her nose up at the photographer whereas the kids look very interested, this could be due to the fact that they’ve never seen a photographer before and are fascinated by the equipment and concept of taking a photo. The photo was taken in 1955, the year of the African-American Civil Rights Movement (a movement that sought to challenge the views of society on people of colour and rebrand America as the land of equality).

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Minimalism

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what is minimalism?

 Minimalism is a modern idea within the 20th century,it is about specific components such as color,shape,line and texture.It is highly subjective as artwork itself. leaving interpretation and meaning up to the viewers perception of the work.Some photographers use this in order to tell a story of a act of photojournalism but in a easily presented manner to the audience. 

the best aspects are surrounding  the openness and embracing the freedom of interpretation.There is no real direction to minimalism but photographers can still focus on issues or a specific subject matter. Some other photographers would argue it is about simplicity and the audience creating their own feel or interpretation of the image itself. Some techniques are consistently used to employ and enhance the impact of the work.There should be  a consistent notion that is wanting to be captured.

It can be seen within this piece in order to direct attention to a specific point of view,possibly because this kids the most detail or it is aimed to promote a certain aim of development within the image itself. The images are developed through a certain line within the mage,a certain single aspect of the image,or a texture.

My experiment within minimalism:

within these photos I simply wanted to capture the lines and highlights within the piece itself. I then decided to further edit these images to create more of a colour impact to the piece itself.

here you can see the final  edited image that I have lowered the saturation for and also developed the thickness and how dark the lines are to give a greater focus on the minimalist dimensions of the piece itself.

 

 

 

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Texture- Homework 4

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These photos take inspiration from Aaron Siskind focusing on texture, line and visual rhymes.

These two photos are my favourite from the shoot as they display texture of the surface, using the Ansel Adams zone system. The stones in these photographs both contain a lot of detail like the moss and weathering, making the photos more interesting. Both images contain contrasts between light and dark, the first image has contrasts from the higher level of rock and the shadows which they create below them, and the second image contains shadows through the gaps in the stones creating varied tones in the photo. Editing the photos in the contact sheet black and white makes them more similar to Aaron Siskind’s style.

These photos show similarities to Aaron Siskind’s ‘Martha’s Vineyard’ photograph:

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For this photoshoot I looked for objects that had been in the sea or near it so i could focus on the weathering and rusting, like Frank Hallam-Day did in his ship hull photos.

Final 5 Images from Shoot:

The photo which i think shows the most similarities to Frank Hallam-Days photography is image 5 as it focuses on the weathering and gradual deterioration of a man made object. It has horizontal lines, creating sections with the photo of different texture. To improve this   photo i would have photographed the entire ship hull so it showed more similarities to Frank Hallam-Days work.

I edited the original picture and altered the hue to create different colours of ship hulls and a more varied range of photos. I tried to capture the way Frank portrays the effect of time on works of man, emphasising the rusting and weathering.

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editing with threshold: keld helmer petersen

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within this image it is edited to show black light within high saturated edits,then also turned into squares for an even overall finish.I was inspired by the artists Keld Helmer Petersen who  wanted to achieve an international collection of experimentation shapes inspired by ranger patsch. He also developed poetic realism  within his work and modernism within photography.

He eventually adapted and developed the intellectual structuralism to art and photography,he liked  to capture leafs and  trees against grey light and patterns created within nature.He started to become more abstract within the enlarging of his images focusing on the microcosm of nature.

I chose these images due to their defined lines and shape within the pieces. I thought the compositions of the pieces where also quite interesting as there are many dimensions and angles to the piece themselves.

 

this is a clear  example of his work and how he different from using more simplistic images to more complex lines but overall still achieved the same tonal range and detailed effect of the image.

 

 

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Threshold Editing

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Keld Helmer Petersen

Keld Helmer Petersen was a Danish modernist photographer. Keld was internationally acclaimed for his images of structures, patterns and details found in industrial areas, city scapes and nature.

These are examples of his work

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These are my attempt at editing photos in the style of Keld Helmer Petersen.

The first image was the original image without any edits or manipulations. The second image was my attempt to create a photo in the style of Keld’s.

How I created a photo in the style of Keld Helmer Petersen

Firstly, I cropped the image to make it square and to make this chosen image follow the rule of thirds.

Once I was happy with how I cropped the image I clicked on the image tool at the top of the screen where there were multiple options for me to use where I could edit my image. I then went to the adjustment option where it gave me another drop down option which I then scrolled down and clicked on the threshold option. Once I had clicked the threshold option it changed the contrast of the picture massively as well as changing the image to black and white. I played around with the threshold option until i was really happy with it. This was my Final image.

 

 

 

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Rule of thirds

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what is rule of thirds?

rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section.This is on order to create a successful and visually pleasing formatted composition. It can allow a direct view of a subject or the type of depth you would like to capture. It can also exaggerate editing within blurring and also subjects such as ISO.

Using the rule of thirds

The rule of thirds is applied by aligning a subject with the guide lines and their intersection points, placing the horizon on the top or bottom line, or allowing linear features in the image to flow from section to section.It can be used by using a visual of tow lines formatted at each angle on the screen or possibly within dots for slight dissidence as to where to place the main subject of the image.

The rule of thirds was written by John Thomas Smith,this was written back in 1797 in order to find the perfect way in how to capture rural scenery,

You can clearly see the horizon and how it sits equally in the middle throughout the lines.,this divides the image into thirds of the lower two sections. The tower is the point of interest directly in the middle of the second line.The sky also develops with color over the horizon.

within this image you can see the rule of thirds of how the rock is alined within the first line with the rest entering back to become equal with the second horizontal line.There is also a tree centre and this achieves an even overall effect.