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Abstract Assessment – Post 1.a (Photoshoots)
Double exposures
Edits and Ideas For Final Prints
Final Edits- Prints A5
These are my other final 3 images suit the topic of abstract photography. I was inspired to look at rock works and the way they form and overlap one another. This also links to texture and surface which in these images although all the detail is there the image tone and colour is quite neutral and the lighting is quite dim despite being on a medium brightness setting. I’m using these as my A5 images and I’m having them set like a story board as a set of 3.
I decided to change the setting on my images to make them black and white. I also edited the image by changing the brightness, exposure, black point, highlights, brilliance and the amount of shadow that is coming through the image.
Double Exposure
Double exposure
The repeated exposure of a photographic plate or film to light, often producing ghost image.
Here are some examples of my first attempts with just some random images I had found on my phone. For this image as I was at home and my laptop makes me pay for Photoshop I downloaded this app called PicShop. on this app all the settings were similar to those of photoshop so having tried it in the lesson and failed miserably I decided to try working on double exposure again as I wish to use this editing technique for my portrait edits when we move to that project.
These images I thought worked well over layered because theres quite a high contrast of darkness from the background and then a light just peaking through immediately drawing all attention to it.
There are many artists that use or have used double exposure when developing their images as sometimes they use it to create a story or an idea behind it that some people might not understand. over layering like this can also be called double exposure which some artist take an form an image with a double meaning.
I have decided to chose an artist and try out different examples of their work but with my images.
Here we have some examples of Luke Gram’s Abstract photography work.
these are just a few out of hundreds of images that Grams has taken. These are the ones that I thought suited abstract photography more as here we can tell he has mixed abstract photography with portrait to create doubling meanings of humans being connected to nature through elements of water, fire,sun and wind. These images stood out to me as I interpret these as images he has focused on creating a story when a person is looking at them closely. He has not only bought in different patterns and texture he has managed to fade objects around the image but still being able to visualise the woman face. I think this is significant because without the portrait side of it the images may have began to look a bit disorientated as there would have been to much going on around those images.
Luke Gram Bio-He is not only a abstract photographer but he photographs people aswell. His images are taken according to him to capture the “serenity and power of life. He does this by placing humans in natural habits like i.e. the forest in the image above. His over lays are also natural places like the ocean, beaches and tree’s .He was about 18 years old when began taking photography seriously. He earned degrees in psychology and history from the University of British Columbia. He previously worked in the Canadian Oil Sands
I was inspired by Luke grams work but decided to only have two layers of the same image overlapping one another. However instead of me creating both images to be very visable I made them both quite dark and heavy on shading which then allows the small circles to show elements of the image from underneath.
I tried also at doing another attempt using the images I’ve chosen as my final prints.
For the image above I used the same app called PicShop which allowed me to use my final image of the rocks and one of my landscape works that I used for art and used one of the effects called Hue on number 59 to be able to get the colors as bright as I wanted.
Having worked on these images, I have gained a wider understanding on different ways and ideas on developing my images to make them stand out and not just sit with my basic black and white edits which I chose to do for my abstract final images. Additionally I think that all these ideas and images have been successful at presenting the theme of abstraction. Each image I have created has different shapes which order out in a unique way, in which I have used to reveal certain aspects of the image. By doing this it has allowed the public to look at certain parts of the image which they may not have originally noticed because the image would have been on such a larger scale. It also allows the main focus point of each edit to be more visible and easier to identify.
Due to the edits being the way they are there’s a bit of negative space that I could have cropped out, however I like the negative space because it gives a sense of space and doesn’t make the image look all cramped together. I am very happy with the way these edits have come out as they clearly show development of my understanding of abstraction.
Final Images Extra Editing
Unit 1 – Abstract Final Images
Unit 1 – Abstract Final Images
Approaching the end of the Abstract Unit, we are choosing our final images to sent off and printed professionally so that we can mount and display them ourselves. To choose my images I went through my most successful photos and selected the best. After this I edited them if they needed to be edited and also dividing/putting the images together. I also changed the image sizes and resolution so that my images would look the best they could. High Resolution JPEG files (4000 pixels on height).
1 x A3 print + 1 x A4 print + 1 x A5 print
A3
For my A3 print I wanted to do use an abstract photo of an orchid which I took as part of the aperture task. I edited the image in Photoshop to make it black and white and also zoomed in. I decided that just the image on its own was not enough so I divided it into 3 equal vertical sections.
This is my A3 Final Image.
A4
For the A4 image I wanted to use a photo from my summer task because I thought they were good. I used a zoomed in picture of a spill of coins with water droplets over them. I cropped the image and zoomed in a little bit more. I thought the image on its own was enough so I decided not to split it into sections or add more than one image.
This is my final A4 image.
A5
My A5 print is of a picture from the colour and texture homework. I wanted to include some colour in my final images so i used this one because the colours are very vibrant. Also I think the contrast between the ripped cardboard and the smooth paint is interesting as they juxtapose each other.
This is my final A5 Image.
Final Images A4
Final Prints – Abstract Photography
Set (1) of 3 Images
These images were inspired by the works of Aaron siskind’s work although I have kept some elements and ideas from his work I have tried to adapt and create a set of 3 images to all resemble the similar sort of idea to Aarons street photography. For example I liked the fact that Siskind used black and white to enhance features that may not have been captured through colour photography. for editing these images the first one to me contrasts the most as its an image with a bit of empty space which to me was quite necessary as it captures the depth of the image. Whilst I photographed this image I stood on the edge by the rocks to capture an element of fall which by changing my setting to black and white is focused on how the shade on the rocks and the water fall seem quite far away yet was taken quite closely. The second image I also changed the settings as it was originally photographed in colour. I did this through adobe photoshop and simply using an app on my phone called VSCO to change tones and the exposure and shadow settings. Additionally I repeated this process for image 3 although after having looked at it for long enough the image itself looks busy as theres so many lines and patterns and quite rough surfaces lots of different elements of texture but for me the image fits in perfectly with the theme of Abstract photography.
I am using these images as my set of A4 images as I can see they all fit into the element of abstract and all have the same theme throughout each image with extreme elements of sharpness yet some elements of blurriness. For my final presentation I will add these images to a big sheet of black paper and have them present as a line of three almost like a story but with images that are just exploring different ideas within the same theme through different editing and cropping.
Photography Mind Map
Abstract Final Pieces
I have decided to use this as one of my final pieces on its own, and not separate the better images away from it. This will allow me to show a lot more generally nice images rather than picking one or two of these images and trying to edit them to make them a lot better.
I have decided to use this image because of the use of the overlapping images creating a darker and more saturated look within the main image, while still keeping the others visible.
White Balance
What is White Balance?
‘White balance (WB) is the process of removing unrealistic color casts, so that objects which appear white in person are rendered white in your photo. Proper camera white balance has to take into account the “color temperature” of a light source, which refers to the relative warmth or coolness of white light. Our eyes are very good at judging what is white under different light sources, but digital cameras often have great difficulty with auto white balance (AWB) — and can create unsightly blue, orange, or even green color casts. Understanding digital white balance can help you avoid these color casts, thereby improving your photos under a wider range of lighting conditions.’
Definition from: https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/white-balance.htm
Video Explaining White Balance:
Experimentation: 
When I took this photos, I changed the white balance on the camera settings. The first 7 photos are indoors and the following 7 are outside. The different types of white balance I used were: Auto, Tungsten, Florescent, Daylight, Cloudy, Flash and Custom. The change in white balance is clearer outside than it was inside, as the natural light outside was a lot stronger than the indoor artificial light.