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Landscape Unit | Schedule | Jan / Feb 2018

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AS PHOTOGRAPHY MOCK EXAM

THEME : LANDSCAPE 

DATES…

MONDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 12 A PERIODS 1-5 IN PHOTOGRAPHY ROOM

TUESDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 12 B PERIODS 1-5 IN PHOTOGRAPHY ROOM

WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 12 C PERIODS 1-5 IN PHOTOGRAPHY ROOM

THURSDAY 1 MARCH 12 D PERIODS 1-5 IN PHOTOGRAPHY ROOM

PRINT DEADLINES

FEBRUARY 20TH for ALL GROUPS

(You can add abstract, formalist, portrait and landscape final images to this print run too)

You may have other opportunities to explore architecture, and make links to what you studied in ABSTRACT AND FORMALIST photography…

 

Formal & Contextual Analysis

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Double Exposure

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What is double exposure?

Double exposure is the method of superimposing two exposures in a single frame, most commonly known as double exposure, and to the day is one of photography's most impressive techniques. Using this method of overlaying images on top of each other, you are able to shape an image of nature into the silhouette of a person, to create dream like portraits.
It is easily one of the most creative techniques in photography as the possibilities are endless due to digital photography.

Here are some examples of double exposure:

I found that the use of nature was particularly effective when it came to the images, as the trees could be used for a variety of different things such as fades etc. Through this I found it great how trees could be used to define a certain aspect of the image itself, and so allowed for the silhouettes of the creatures they wished to be highlight.

I decided to make a response to these ideas by mainly focusing around the human body and nature combined. These were the results:
To create these I used the opacity tool, this increased the transparency of the top image, allowing for the lower image to be seen more clearly, creating the desired effect. I then used the paint tool to rub out the excess parts of the image to match the shape of the subjects face, making it seem more realistic.

 

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Studio Shoot #2

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For this shoot I decided to experiment with a broader variety of lighting types and techniques from my previous shoots within the studio. I wanted to use a variety of filters like red and yellow to allow for more dramatic effects on the subjects.
I also wanted to switch between monochrome and the portrait settings when taking photos to allow for a greater contrast between the lights and darkness of an image. This would allow for a more sinister look when produced due to the emotionless expressions of the subject.
Before the shoot I wanted to create a mind map of the ideas towards this, so that I would have an idea of what and how to take the photos of both subjects.
From there I decided to carry out the shoot, these were my results:
From here I selected the top ten image from the entire shoot, this would make it easier for me to narrow it down to the final image that I deemed best from the shoot. These were the images I selected:
I chose these image because of the composition, lighting and color. I particularly liked the effect created by the shadows behind the subjects, allowing for an emphasis on certain features. What I then wanted to do was narrow the selection down once again to pin point the top five images out of the batch. These were the images I selected:
I chose this image due to how I liked the obviously contrasting shadows from the subjects face, which highlighted particular features. I also found that the huge shadow on the left of the image balanced the photo as the composition of the subject was equally divided onto the other side of the image itself.

What I liked about this image was once again the contrast between the light and dark of either side of the subjects face. Whilst the darkness of the hair added depth into the image, allowing it to be more visually pleasing. The right eye of the person is centered in the top right of the rule of thirds, this allows the viewers gaze to drift almost immediately to the eyes.
I chose this image because of the composition of the subject compared to the rest of the picture. The fact that the person's head lined up once again with the rule of thirds, helped make it aesthetically pleasing.
What I loved about this image was the obvious difference between the light and dark on either side of the face. This to me compared with the light backdrop allowed for a clear definition to the face, drawing out certain feature above others.
Finally I chose this image due to how I liked the link back to the theme of identity in previous shoot, based around idea of blinded by identity. From this I found the darkness provided on one side of the face allowed emphasis towards this, creating a more mysterious tone.
Finally I brought the pictures down to a one photo that I viewed as the most effective out of the selection. This was the image I chose as my final picture:
This was my favourite image because of the composition, lighting and shadowing. I found that the clear contrast between the light and dark of the face and backdrop, allowed for the image to be perfectly balanced, with the dark left side of the face adding definition to the overall piece.
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My Edits | Constructed Portraits

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To make this image, I cut out a landscape image from a magazine and covered my subjects face, like John Stezaker’s work.

The pins in the orignal copy (which I took a photo of) added depth so I chose that version of the image over the scanned version. I knew that when presenting this image I could then add actual pins to further the effect.

Like Stezaker’s work, I took two of my images and aligned them with eachother to present the differences and similarities in the two facial structures.

For the above two images, I looked at Hannah Hoch’s photomontage work and took images from online media and magazines of feminine and masculine looking things. I combined these with my own images which I had printed and cut out to collage.

For this image, I used any leftover cut outs that I did not use. I cut out my portrait image and placed the cutouts underneith so as to imply what is going on inside his head.

To make my glitch images like Heitor Magno’s, I converted my image files into audio files. Once I had done this, I added effects to the audio file such as amplitude. After doing this, I converted the audio file back to an image and I came out with the outcomes above.

http://datamoshing.com/2016/06/15/how-to-glitch-images-using-audio-editing-software/

I took my already glitched images, and created another layer of the same image over it. I moved the top layer slightly and changed the channel to red to give the whole image a 3D looking effect. Next, I used the smudge tool over the head to drag out the colours in the glitch.

For the above image, I did not add the 3D effect as I thought it made the image hard to look at. However, I did create two layers of the image, where I made the top layer black and white and rubbed out the bits where there was colour. This gave my image an outcome that was more similar to Heitor Magno’s.

  

To recreate Adam Goldberg’s work, I took two similar images but with slightly different perspectives and placed one over the other, adjusting the opacity so that I could see both parts of the image. I converted the overall image to black and white and increased contrast to make the double exposure effect more dramatic.

I added multiple photos but adjusted the opacity’s so that the person in the middle was the main focus. I liked this idea as it left it up to the viewer to figure out the story behind the image.

Again like Stezaker’s work, I took two images and cut them up on photoshop where I then positioned them on top of eachother so that the eyebrow, nose and hairline where in line. I converted one image to black and white to give it an older feel like Stezaker’s work

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Project Final Outcomes

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FINAL OUTCOMES

My favourite chosen outcomes from the project are also those that I have used for my final print compositions, here is a link to the post that went over my final prints…

https://hautlieucreative.co.uk/photo19al/2017/12/18/print-compositions-framing/

Outcome 1

The first of my final pieces is a composition of 2 studio portraits that I believe simply work together rather well and effectively, to create 1 piece.

Outcome 1

The images needed slightly enhancing in order to balance the light, contrast, saturation and shadows of the 2 photographs, and cropping in order to make sure that the background of the images look clean and fully white so that the subjects stand out nicely.

This composition of 2 images is one that I believe shows my raw camera skills. I believe that the 2 images compliment each other perfectly due to the colours, composition and patterns within the images.

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The thing other than the balanced colours/shades pink, black and white that stands out to me between the two images is the balance between pattern through the 3 Adidas stripes in both images. These 3 stripes are something that you will see just about everywhere in which people are wearing casual attire. The stripes are the trademark the adidas sport and casual wear brand, causing Adidas to be known as the “The three stripe company” after being called this by its founder Adolf Dassler. In my 2 photographs the dark on light stripes create a good contrast with the light on dark stripes.

Outcome 2

The second of my final pieces is a composition of 9 images (Street photography and Environmental portraiture) in a story board style which explore how the surroundings of a subject visually effects the subject, and how the subject effects its surroundings.

Outcome 2

I have composed the images in this fashion as each image that is opposite to another length-wise or height-wise is related to and balanced with each other.

Here are the 9 original photographs that I have used in this piece…

The environmental portraits were inspired by August Sander who had a mission of photographing every worker in the whole of Germany, here are some examples of his work…

 

The street photographs were inspired by Genaro Bardy who photographs the streets of metropolitan cities and small towns. Here are some examples of his work…

Genaro Bardy

Outcome 3

The third of my final pieces is a composition of 4 creative portraits exploring a theme of socially perceived identity.

Outcome 3

I believe that these creative portraits present my creative skills through the use of Photoshop and Typography. The theme of socially perceived is about how people portray themselves within society and how other people portray them, not specifically to the subjects of the images but in general as a society how people seem to see themselves as individuals. The words used in these images explore different social boundaries that some people may come face to face with in society.

This style of work which I have used in this piece of work is inspired by various photographers and graphic artists including: David Carson, Lester Beall, Neville Brody, Paula Scher, and Shepard Fairey (the creator of the OBEY brand.) Here is some of their work…

Shepard Fairey
Shepard Fairey
Paula Scher
David Carson
Lester Beall
Neville Brody

The work also was influenced by Russian graphic propaganda. This was a way of representing the topic of  social identity as a battle within my work.

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Creative Portraits Shoot and Editing

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For hidden Identity I wanted to use the images I had taken and cover my models face to hide her identity , this was because each person has a unique face which helps us identify them and tell them apart from other people.  On the news when they don’t have permission or need to hide a persons face they pixelate it, I took this idea for my own photos and using Photoshop I selected certain areas of her face such as her eyes which are often known and the window to the soul. I then experimented with the colours and saturation of the pixels so it stood out more however i think this takes away from the neutral colours in the original image.

I chose this image for my A5 print because I like how simple it is,  it has a very neutral colour scheme. compared to the rest of the edits I did in this style I think this looks the best because it doesn’t look her edited. I also like it because it clearly shows the idea of hidden identity . It links to my artist reference because of how I have covered parts of the image in which my model has insecurities.

 For my A4 edit I used the distort and wave setting, I wanted to imitate the look of the water in Laurence Demaison’s work.

For my A3 final print I chose this set of images showing rascal identity. I used the colours from each models skin and made a square in the same colour. I did this to show how 

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Creative Portraiture Case Study – John French

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Visual Influence – Projector Portraits

Below are some images that I found interesting and wish to work in the style of.

Projection photography has become increasingly more popular over the years as photographers and artists have discovered this fantastically adaptable resource to produce art and photography.

Most famously, photographer John French used projection art photography in the 1960s – he photographed models with floral patterns projected onto their bodies instead of clothes.

John French

Born in Edmonton (London) John French originally trained and worked as a commercial artist, becoming a photographic director in an advertising studio just before World War II.

He worked for many editorial magazines and newspapers(like the Daily Express). He worked on a new form of fashion photography (which included bouncing light from reflector boards to create aesthetically pleasing, low-contract images that would reproduce well on newsprint).French is known for his clear, stylish, uncluttered black and white photographs taken against clean backgrounds.  He preferred to work closely with his models, devoting much attention to their posing and his sets.

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 This was my first and, by far, favourite image. I like the immense focus and the chilling stare of the subject. Adobe Photoshop helped me position the model in the center of the image with a large amount of black filling the frame. I aimed for this effect with all of my images, I wanted the dark to almost swallow my models – I think that this gave my images a more sinister feel and created a more mysterious atmosphere that surrounded my images. Due to this, the photographs also have a more minimalistic feel about them, thanks to the projection aspect the photographs are much more complex and interesting to look at. If I were to do this whole photo shoot again I think I’d try to take some photos with multiple models- with each of them having different projections and experiment with the different effects. I would also try to mix some images together via overlay and such.

This is my second final image for this subunit, unlike in the other two photographs, this image fully obscures the model’s face and features, This is because she’s looking away from the light source and into the shadow. It follows the general theme and what I was going for, the projection of the stars is very sharp and crisp in this image which makes it more pleasing to look at. This is the last image, for this image I chose to use an image of a tree with stars behind it. This way I was able to achieve different colours and play around with the placement of the trees in regards to the subject’s posture and such.

 

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Photoshoot 2 // Loss Of Identity

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Rosanna Jones

Rosanna Jones is a 19 year old photographer and mixed media artist  who distorts and tampers with her photographs to create unique mixed-media pieces that are both beautiful and disturbing at the same time.  She is based in London and recently graduated in Fashion Photography from Falmouth University. Rosanna explores how body image – whether positive or negative – can unconsciously effect identity. Through Rosanna’s work, she questions and challenges the ideas of beauty in regards to how a person feels internally compared to how a person is perceived by the outside world.

I believe there is a strong link between Rosanna’s work and the theme of loss of identity. This is seen through the use of camera settings which she intentionally uses to capture a sense of lack of identity. For example using slow shutter speeds to create a motion blur on peoples faces or using aperture to focus to foreground and blur the background, thus being the models. She also makes the most of the natural things, like smoke which she seems to have used in many of her projects. She uses this smokey effect to help hide certain features of a persons body and reveal some too.

Examples Of His Work

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Analysis

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This image happens to be effective purely due to the simplicity yet effectiveness that it has. Although the image appears to be rather simple, it can be interpreted in a variety of ways, having many connotations. I believe this photo was taken through some glass or a window with the tape stuck onto the window. The photographer would have used a low aperture setting to allow a shallow depth of field, ensuring only the tape is in focus. The eyes are the key symbolization of a persons identity which I believe Rosanna covered to give this sense of a loss of identity. The tape, which is vibrant, help to attract the viewer and influence them to intake the messages associated with the picture. One message may being that you shouldn’t judge a person on their identity as we are all equal. I believe the messy positioned tape could reflect the harsh stereotypes that people make based on appearance. The  untidy tape acts as a leading line to help guide us around the face of the model. The eyes have seemed to been tampered, by the way in which they have purposely been covered. This may relate to how the person has been effected with what they have seen wrong in our society or how their personality has been tampered with. Overall this image is influential and a very captivating that helps to reflect a loss of identity through the use of a strong contrast and symbols that represent this.

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Final Image

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I chose this as my final images as I think it is a good interpretation of Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson photos from their series ‘The Identity Project’. In this series  they apply cut outs of facial features from  magazines onto their subjects faces to create a new form of facial expression, like they appear to have cosmetic surgery. This provides a juxtaposition between everyday humans and the images seen in advertisements e.c.t

The image has the contrast between cold and warm colours. The blue tints on the cut out face is balanced out with the blue shirt the model is wearing which is contrasted with the warm colours on face similar to the hair, makes it complementary. The image has a background which is created from taking the photos in a studio. Unlike Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson’s photos where they sometimes incorporate a background of a bedroom or something personal, I decided to keep the background black as it keeps the focus and emphasises the model and creates contrast between the bright white cut out and the dark background. In Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson’s photos they physically stuck the cut out on to the models face whereas I had the model hold the cut out in front of her face creating mask like effect. The cutout is mostly centered  creating a division between the paper and face down the middle of the image. Although the cutout is not the same size as the models face and does not meet to look like a real face, Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson also did this to make it obvious that the cutout are not edited on after the original photo was taken. I made it so the cutout is bigger than the models head to emphasise the seriousness and harshness on the models face (as well as the cold colours) which is contrasted with the warm colours on the models face to show power. The lighting used when taking the photo was harsh to highlight the models features and to brighten the face on the cutout making it stand out more than the actually models face. It is also portrayed harshly to create a harsh division.

The concept of the image I found when exploring Brno Del Zou and John Stezaker photography when they manipulated faces to create a different appearance for them. The concept for Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson series is beauty, identity and fashion. The idea came from challenging brainwashing ideas of beauty as it is expressed in culture and especially in the illusion of beauty as represented in fashion magazines.  The series is to picture an individual’s face as a collage of collective images: models, standards, norms of beauty, to question the construct of personal identity. It focuses on Photoshop creations, and the impact that this beauty has on people. Bruno Metra and Laurence Jeanson covered eyes and lips of models from fashion magazines on real humans and the result is a mixture between reality and glamour.

Throughout the project i developed my ideas and overall I think this photo sums up my portrait project and my final ideas well.