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Tableau Vivant

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A tableau vivant, French for ‘living picture’, is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed, with props and/or scenery, and may be theatrically lit. It thus combines aspects of theatre and the visual arts; a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history.

Paul M Smith, uses MULTIPLE EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE

Tableau In Class

The two paintings which the class recreated were “Deposition / The Entombment of Christ” by Caravaggio, and “Liberty Leading the People” by Eugène Delacroix.

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The Entombment of Christ – Caravaggio

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Liberty Leading the People – Eugène Delacroix

Class Responses

Editing Of Class Response

Own Tableaux Response

Using Paul M Smith’s work as inspiration

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Images by Paul M. Smith, from the collection: “Make My Night”     http://www.paulmsmith.co.uk/

For my Tableaux Vivant and Paul M. Smith response, I would like to merge together and edit three separate images of the same subject; wearing different outfits, in different poses, and the in the same frame.

I will be responding to the renaissance work “Supper At Emmaus” – by Caravaggio; featured below.

Images

Image 1; used as base image for the final edit.

Edit

I have edited this image by using a base image as an anchor-point to synchronize the other images and the props, to do this I have also set the opacity of the other images to 50%.

 

After wards I cut out and set new layers for the crucial parts of the layering images e.g: Shadows, subjects. And then used the eraser tool with low hardness to ensure a smooth transition between the anchor image and the layer images.

Final Edited Image

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Tableau and staged reality – Planning

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For my tableau and staged reality photography, I’ve decided to center my theme around gender stereotypes, specifically with women. I will be looking at what women were portrayed as in the 1950’s, with the photographer I will be getting my inspiration from being Cindy Sherman.

I will be basing my work off of her images, and may throw in a few ideas of my own. I will be using other people to replicate these images and show the gender stereotypes. Items for both images I will be taking should be objects such as aprons, old-styled dresses and kitchen appliances. The places where they will take place will be simple, either in a kitchen or by a door, like in the original images done by Sherman.

Images by Cindy Sherman which I plan to replicate:

Untitled film #35 (1979)

 

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Cindy Sherman Untitled film still #56 1980

Sherman 1977

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WEEK 5- PRACTICING TABLEAUX VIVANTS (GROUPS PROJECT)

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What is Tableaux Vivants?

‘Tableaux vivant’ is French for ‘ living picture’ and is a static scene containing one or more actors or models. They are stationary and silent, usually in costume, carefully posed with props and scenery. The scenery may also be theatrically lit.

Experimenting in a group 

In order to gain more understanding of what Tableaux vivants is, me and my classmates took part in a shared image where we recreated a chosen image. My role in this group project was as director. I placed everyone in the correct position so that they were identical as can be to the image. Ensured the right facial expressions were used, and that the overall set was correct.

Image we were creating 

When recreating this image we used a two point lighting technique. A soft box was used on the right hand side of the models which created the main light, and then a spot light was also used to the left hand side of the models. This spot light was used to create a shadowing on the two models on the right hand side of the image below. We also used a plain black background to help the models stand out and relate more to the original image. ( Process images seen above) 

Final image 

I think that this image technically turned out very well due to the correct lighting be used which helped to show contrast in the models and the plain black background which was what we wanted to create when planning this image.

The image is also visually correct as we can see the clear resemblance to the original image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What is street photography?

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What is Street Photography?

Street photography also known as candid photography, is images conducted and taken ‘by accident’ . to get the best of street photography you can’t be timid, the most common tactic is to take yourself and your camera on the streets and start taking photos, get up close and persona  with the public. However street photography does not necessarily have to be in the presence of a street or even the urban environment. A lot of photographers look at the idea of street photography and focus on people and their behaviors in public. The expressions on someones face or the emotion portrays in their body language is what makes a photograph have meaning; it is what creates the relationship that makes a photo speak to you. To capture feelings in a photograph that cause the same emotional reactions in its viewer is the goal of any photographer. Street photography is said to be one of the best ways to express and capture the natural emotions people are feeling at the time, as photographers are taking pictures of people of guard, unaware and has an element of surprise.

Mood board:

Ideas:

  • What might you want to achieve with this street photography photo shoot
  • Where would be a good place
  • Specific locations or walking around
  • Will the whether effect the mood of people in you photos
  • How close are you going to photograph people- close up / faraway
  • Who will you be photographing?
  • What type of people?
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Best over all portraits using different lighting

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Now that I have experimented with using lots of different types of lighting and lighting effects, I will present my best outcomes from my photo shoots.  During these photo shoots I learnt how all the technical camera settings should be set in order to  make the images look good.

Spot light

Chiaroscuro 

soft lighting

Natural lighting

Flash

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Studio Experimentation #1

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Studio Experimentation #1

For this shoot we as a class experimented with different lighting, clothing and backgrounds to create a story centered around the London Underground and with a stereotypical ‘thug’ like model. The model is wearing a hooded puffer jacket, has minimal makeup and is in a slouched position in order to create this atmosphere.

This is a gallery of the photos I took; you can see each adaptation of the lighting, position and facial expressions throughout.

I began the shoot with using a key light quite brightly in front of the model and I think this looked good and illuminated it in a way that resembled the underground but I wanted the temperature to be warmer and darker so it looked more like a ‘grotty’ atmosphere. I also experimented with angles and closeness, e.g for most photo I was a good distance away and her hood was up so I didn’t get a lot of the model’s features in the photos, it was concentrated more on the background and her clothing. After this she took her hood down and I positioned myself closer up to capture more detail. Some of these photos also have more hard lighting to show the shadows and relate it to the location. For the last part I stood further away but got still a more portrait type photo which included the background.

Best outcomes for each stage of the shoot:

In my opinion the photo above looks the most realistic due to the harsh above lighting which only shows some facial aspects so the gender of the model isn’t necessarily clear. I also like the shadow which has been created by the light and how the background looks like it could be genuinely taken in the underground.

 

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Studio – Experimenting with Chiarascuro and Rembrandt Lighting

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Experimenting in the studio with different lighting techniques.

Chiaroscuro and Rembrandt Lighting

Chiaroscuro is an Italian term which translates as light-dark, and refers to the balance and pattern of light and shade in a painting or drawing, it creates the illusion of light from a specific source shining on the figures and objects in the painting. The word chiaroscuro is Italian for light and shadow. Classic artists such as Leonardo DiVinci and Caravagio have also used this technique. It creates a high high contrast light/dark style used in Renaissance painting and later in cinema.

Joseph Wright of Derby, An Iron Forge 1772, Tate

 Rembrandt lighting is a lighting technique that is used in studio portrait photography. It can be achieved using one light and a reflector, or two lights, and is popular because it is capable of producing images which appear both natural and compelling with a minimum of equipment.

My examples of Chiaroscuro and Rembrandt Lighting:

I also experimented with different white balances as you can tell some photos are warm due to using tungsten light, and others are more cooler toned due to using the white fluorescent light setting and some are in between. The model is centered in the center of the frame and the only light is one just one side to create the shadow effect on his/her face.

 

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Tableaux Vivants – Collaborative Responses

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Collaborative Responses

 As a class we decided to re-create some famous tableaux vivants photographs and paintings.  We chose to use the three below to re-create: Eugene Delacroix ‘Leading the People’, Carravagio ‘Deposition’ and David La Chapelle ‘The Last Supper’.

Eugene Delacroix ‘Leading the People’

Carravagio ‘Deposition’

David La Chapelle ‘The Last Supper’

Our Responses:

These are our responses to the photos. In each different shoot we had a cameraman, director and a lighting person to organize each aspect and make sure it all went smoothly; as well as models, we also switched up the roles for each shoot.

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portraits- Using flash

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Flash

You can use flash in portraiture in a range of dark and light places. It is stereo typically used in places where it is dark, but you can also create interesting effects in light ares using it. There are many types of flashes and techniques that can be used:

  • Bounce flash

This is when you point the flash in a different direction, rather than directly at your subject, in order for the light to soften before it hits your subject.  It’s typically bounced at an angle, at something like a wall or a ceiling.

Below is a diagram that explains how the ‘bounce flash’ technique is used compared to direct flash:

  • fill-in flash

This is a technique that’s used to brighten up shadowed areas. This is usually used when the background is a lot brighter that the actual subject, and using this will make your subject appear well lit and not underexposed compared to the background.

To use fill flash, the aperture and the shutter speed should be correctly adjusted to expose the background, and the flash is then fired to lighten the foreground (usually the subject)

Below is an example of how using fill flash can make your images look good. The image on the left has the background perfectly exposed, and the image on the right is how the image looked when you took it with flash. As you can see, the image on the right is very successful as you can see the sky in the background, and the subject is also perfectly exposed due to the use of the flash.

Not my images.

Below is also a video that shows a range of techniques and tips on how to use fill flash:

  • Speedlight flash 

This is also known as a hot shoe flash. This is a flash that is inserted onto the top part of the camera and is triggered then the cameras shutter takes an image

Contact sheets

For this photo shoot I pictured my model while she was wearing makeup on her face. This demonstrated how, by using a flash, many details can be noticed in the dark.

Best outcome