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AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, Component 1 Personal Investigation, Unit 2 Portrait

Image Selection/ Editing (Part 1)

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This Photo-shoot was inspired in terms of composure by the images of Zhao Xiaomeng. I used an ISO of 1600 in these images in order to have some grain in the images while allowing for well lit sharp images without a tripod. All images in this photo-shoot were taken using the same settings apart from the first 4 which were taken using a lower ISO than the other images in the series, as for other settings i used an F stop of 5.0 and a shutter speed of 1/125. All these images were taken using raw images in the CR2 format, this allowed for more options when it came to editing the images in light-room.

My personal favourites of this photo-shoot are photos 4584, 4590, 4592, 4593, 4596, 4598, 4601, 4606, 4608, 4610, 4614.

Below are some examples of lightly edited images

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IDENTITY AND PLACE

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WHAT IS…

IDENTITY – Identity relates to our basic values that dictate the choices we make (e.g., relationships, career). These choices reflect who we are and what we value.

CULTURAL IDENTITY – Cultural identity is the identity or feeling of belonging to a group. It is part of a person’s self-conception and self-perception and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture

SOCIAL IDENTITY – Social identity is the portion of an individual’s self-concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group.

GEOGRAPHICAL IDENTITY – 1. An individual or group’s sense of attachment to the country, region, city, or village in which they live. 2. The key characteristics with which a particular country, region, city, or village is associated.

LACK/LOSS OF IDENTITY – Loss of identity may follow all sorts of change; changes in the workplace, loss of a job or profession, loss of a role that once defined us, as a child, as a parent, as a spouse. … When we lose our identity and sense of self, we are likely to seek our sense of self-worth from others.

IDENTITY MIND MAP: 

MARCIN SACHA 

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF WORK:

VISUAL:  The image has very obviously been heavily edited, creating a spiral like warp on the image which twists and contorts the image and buildings in the backdrop. It shifts the model from a horizontal position to a vertical position. The overall image is composed of extremely dark, blue based tones. The focus of the image is mostly on the model, who is in the very foreground of the image. The clarity of the image is lost and it becomes more blurry as you move up the image and into the backdrop of the image. the buildings on either side of the street create a sort of guide for the eye, leading it down the street and making you focus on the darkness of the sky in the backdrop. The spotlight which has been incorporated onto the model, highlights her and makes her the focal point of the image. It illuminates the body and the ground which she lays upon. There is also observable light reflection in the windows of the building which draws more attention to them. The darkness of the walls accentuating this illumination. The position of the model, the dark and eerie mood of the image suggests themes of death, evil and depression. Upon a closer look, another human figure can be seen on the street in the distance, possibly suggesting that the woman in the foreground was in some way hurt by the figure.

TECHNICAL: I believe that in order to create this image, multiple images and heavy editing was used in order to achieve the final outcome. This is also extremely staged therefore models and extra equipment such as lighting was used in order to create the image. Photoshop was later used in order to warp the image and create the dream like fluidity of the image which guides the eye to the center. The model has also been staged in order to face the camera with the dead-like facial expression. The colors have also been highly saturated in order to give the dark and grungy look. The sky is extremely dark, grim and highly contrasted to the pavement, this I also believe has been edited in to give extra darkness.

CONCEPTUAL/CONTEXTUAL: “I live in Tarnow, in the south of Poland. Photography became my passion in 2005. I began with nature photography and later, landscapes. I recently became also interested in pictures on the boundary of photography and graphics. My achievements to date include nine solo exhibitions and over forty collective exhibitions in Poland and abroad, I have a title Artiste FIAP La Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique In my photo montage I often use paper, clay, bricks and ceramic forms prepared by myself. I create from them the scenery and by playing with the light I try to get an interesting abstracts, which imbue a specific mood of composition of light and shadow in the plane of the frame. My worlds even if habited by people are dominated by shapes, shadows and lights. These worlds are alien to them.”

source: https://www.behance.net/salimaf754

AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, Component 1 Personal Investigation, Unit 2 Portrait

Identity and Place Image Manipulation Example (Photo-shoot 1)

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For this image in particular I began in light-room where I most notably adjusted the exposure, contrast and cropped the image, however I did also make some changes to settings such as color temperature and vibrancy. I also made minor adjustments to sharpness and noise reduction settings, this was because although I like the grain created on this image, it looked too heavy in certain areas and in my opinion was affecting image quality.

In photo-shop I only used the selective color tool to reintroduce some of the warmer tones into the whites of the image and increase the blacks in some areas.

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AO1 Develop Ideas, Homework, Unit 1 Abstract

Gallery visit

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I found the work in the exhibition we went to amazing. The work by Clare Rae, being inspired by Claude Cahun, looks almost as if they were taken by the same person. The fact that they both focus on female empowerment and take their photos in the same sort of white, grey and black tones makes it obvious that Clare Rae was aiming to make her work similar to those by Claude Cahun. However, Rae didn’t copy her completely, she added her own twist to it by taking portraits of herself, whereas Cahun used multiple different women within her pieces.

The way the exhibition was presented helped us compare the two artists in a way which we could easily see the differences and similarities. By being placed in two rooms right next to each other, we could easily switch between the two, and the neatness of it allowed us to see the work clearly and without confusion as to which was who’s.

Clare Rae

This is one of my favourite pictures by Clare Rae. It shows Rae hiding behind a part of a cliff that’s sticking out with her legs and one of her hands in clear view. What I especially like is the tone, it’s mysterious. You only see half of her, you can’t see her face at all. You can’t see her emotions and you can’t tell what she’s thinking while taking this picture. Some also might say that it’s her way of saying that she feels like she needs to hide, possibly due to her gender as Cahun got across in her work multiple times.

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Claude Cahun

This is one of my favourite pictures by Claude Cahun. It shows a woman posing with a top which on it says “I am in training. Don’t kiss me”. This could suggest that, as with Clare Rae, that due to her gender she feels restricted with what she can and cannot do. It could also come across as she has certain expectations to live up to as a woman, and the writing on her top may refer to a woman’s role within marriage at the time this was taken, as to be considered the ‘perfect’ wife you’d have to pretty much be trained in what was considered as ‘feminine’ jobs, such as cooking, cleaning and looking after the household.

AO3 Record Ideas, Unit 2 Portrait

Possible photos For mock exam – Self Portraits

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* Denotation – What is literally in the image

In the image above I have got the girl position on a chair facing towards the camera, the person is wearing a tiara, glasses and earrings.

* Connotation – The meaning, what is implied/suggested by the photo

 

* Studium – What we know about the photograph based on our own knowledge of the context

i know that it is taken in a studio

 

* Punctum – meaning that pierces/pushes you personally – initial emotional reaction (not every photo has a punctum)

On this picture i have used a filter called oil paint where it makes the picture look like as if it has been painted on, Also it can be seen as it it is on a piece of crumbled paper. I like this as it could resemble a lack or loss of identity.

 

AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Component 1 Personal Investigation, Unit 2 Portrait

Self Identity

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From the stimuli given, I’m going to focus more on the idea of self identity. This will include self portraits and timed frames. This can aid me to explore a person’s ‘mental identity’ because i’m exploring my own. This then can enable me to convey more emotions and ideas due to the model and the photographer being the same mind – it can help convey they correct message. 

The definition of self identity is – ‘the perception or recognition of one’s characteristics as a particular individual, especially in relation to social context’

Self identity is all a collection of beliefs that can physically embody the concept of ‘Who am I?’. This in relation to the stimuli can show the reality of someones thoughts and feelings. 

 

First Ever Self-Portrait

The first ever self portrait photograph was created by Robert Cornelius. It was created in 1839 , taken only a few months after Louis Daguerre revealed his daguerreotype process in 1839. Cornelius simply ran in front of the camera after taking the cover off the lens, vastly different to today’s technique of snapping away.  

Homework, Unit 2 Portrait

Homework-Portraits

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Portrait photography or portraiture in photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. A portrait picture might be artistic, or it might be clinical, as part of a medical study. Frequently, portraits are commissioned for special occasions, such as weddings or school events.Portraits can serve many purposes, from usage on a personal Web site to display in the lobby of a business.

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History

The relatively low cost of the daguerreotype in the middle of the 19th century and the reduced sitting time for the subject, though still much longer than now, led to a general rise in the popularity of portrait photography over painted portraiture.  The style of these early works reflected the technical challenges associated with long exposure times and the painterly aesthetic of the time. Hidden mother photography, in which portrait photographs featured young children’s mothers hidden in the frame to calm them and keep them still, arose from this difficulty. Subjects were generally seated against plain backgrounds and lit with the soft light of an overhead window and whatever else could be reflected with mirrors. Advances in photographic equipment and techniques developed, and gave photographers the ability to capture images with shorter exposure times and the making of portraits outside the studio.

Experimenting with portraits:

I experimented to take portrait photographs at school so i grabbed a camera from my class and went to the schools studio and my photography teacher was happy to help by being my model and this is what i came up with:

As you can see i crossed some pictures that are not worthy, the ones crossed with  blue color were too dark, the red ones were wrong timing and the green ones were out of focus.

Final outcomes:

This is my favorite one because the face expression of the model gave a lot of meaning to the photograph. in this photograph it was taken inside the schools studio using a trigger flash, in which a Bluetooth device is connected on the camera and as soon as the photograph is taken it triggers the flash light its connected to.  And as you can see only the front of his face is lighten meanwhile his sides are dark and that’s because the studio room was dark and the only light was the one pointed on his face.

 

This is also a good photograph with a good face expression and as you can see unlike the other photo only one side of his face is dark here and that’s because an extra studio light was added pointed to the side of his face.

 

 

 

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Identity + Place

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Mock January – Identity and Place

Identity –

The fact of being who or what a person or thing is.

Identity can be based on multiple factors. The person someone is today might not be what that person is tomorrow, we adapt and portray ourselves as how we want to be seen and it usually demonstrates aspects of who we are. For examples Identity can reflect on your upbringing, being religious, non religious, being foreign to being born within Europe, culture, family, hobbies, friends and life style choices, even your own appearance can reflect or be used to make you stick out from a crowd weather this being someones features or not its still there.  Regarding to the other theme of place. this can be seen as, what makes this place relatable to you as a person. The environment and colors also come into consideration, the questions asked when having a scenario places within the lines of identity means it has to voice what the model cannot speak in a photograph.

The model I have chosen is my brother, it links well with identity as its someone who I am close with and interact with on day to day basis. After having thought of quite a few different places to set my images out on I presumed that doing something related to sports would be quite a good idea. This to me struck like a good idea as part of his identity i.e. personality is the fact he is good at sports so I have based some of my experiments on places where you’d usually find an activity being performed .

Different types of Identity:

  • Social identity – The portion of an individual’s self concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group.
  • Cultural identity-  The feeling of belonging to a group, and culture is all the aspects that represents this individual for who they are and their background.
  • Geographical Identity – an individual’s sense of attachment to a region/country which they live in that also presents part of their personality and nationality
  • lack/Loss Identity- personal psychological conflict that involves confusion about ones role in society or the sense of loss in community.
  • Gender Identity-  a person’s perception of their own or other people’s roles based on their gender

Mood Board –

Action Plan:
  • who? Leandro
  • Where? Sports field
  • When? During the day- after schools- weekends
  • How?  Get pictures of my brother whilst he’s a at training or get him to go and kick a ball in a filed and get the images then

My idea is that ill capture my images, before, during and after the game and in general capture home life and how he dreams and thinks about football all the time .This being said i want the images to be presented as a story of the day in the life of someone who plays football.  However my images aren’t just going to be portrait based, i will include images like the football, the equipment, water bottle. For this idea i have chosen to look at a sports photography which also links into environmental portraits.