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Focal point and Depth of field photoshoot

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The aim of this photo shoot was to use manual focus to try and use the different levels of focal views. In a few of these the back of the photo is focused on more than the front, but in most of them it is the front that is more focused.

You will notice I have added a new key, with half yellow and half green. I have done this because I really like the photos, but as a final step I will edit them. Have shown this with the photo below.

After shortening my list of photos using my colour scheme, I picked my final one to edit. In the photo I have changed the background to black and white and using Photoshop I removed the top layer to bring out the colour underneath.

Because I did use an old metal railing the final product has only a minor and subtle change, but I feel that it changes the photo just enough, and it stands out from the background.

The first photo shows the original photo, it is not edited and focuses down the hole within the railing, blurring everything else out.

The next shows the edited and final version, as you can see it is very subtle but you a drawn to the bland and near invisible colours at the bottom center of the photo.

AO1 Develop Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Unit 1 Abstract

photo shoot week 4

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Here I have some of my contact sheets of all the pictures I took  and the different types of photos but also how the focus was different in every picture.

Final Edited Photo 2

 

here I have messed around playing with the inverted adjustment on the picture. I like it as there is a mixture of light and shadows and also it compares the original to the picture. I also messed around with the contrast making it brighter and darker so the tones of the metal becomes lighter and the background becomes darker so that you will only focus on the metal pole. I like this picture as it focus on the focus on the pole which I wanted. The light in the picture brings out the pole from the dark so it doesn’t get mixed up.

Edited Photo 1

For this picture I messed around with several adjustments for example: I tried out changing the brightness and contrast however I didn’t like how that turned out so I went back to the original photo and started again this time I adjusted  the colour levels within the picture and the saturation. This time I like the outcome as it has a variant of colours including bright pinks, blues, greens, browns, blacks, whites and red. It is also a good comparison to the original as I found that the original was blurry and it lacked detail however when I started editing the detail started to become better and it didn’t get more blurry. My favourite bit of the picture is the bright pink on the wood as it makes you focus on the pink and not on the background. This is the attention I wanted, I am really pleased with the outcome.

AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, Unit 1 Abstract

Albert Renger-Patzsch

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Contact Sheet

Red Line – do not use

Red Dot – possible candidate for editing

Red Square with Arrow – Crop

Blue Outline – Select for Editing

 

Contact sheet for my first attempt at New Objectivity Photography.

Albert Renger-Patzsch

Albert Renger-Patzsch was a German photographer in the 1920s that was key in pioneering the New Objectivity movement. He worked as a press photographer in the early 1920s, then became a freelancer and published his first book (The choir stalls of Cappenberg) in 1925. His first museum exhibition was in 1927. His more well-known book (The World Is Beautiful) was released in 1928.

 

Patzsch was known for taking pictures that faithfully recorded his view on the world. This was especially relevant in Germany (where he was working) at the time, as they had just lost the war. He wrote “There must be an increase in the joy one takes in an object, and the photographer should be fully conscious of the splendid fidelity of reproduction made possible by his technique”

 

In his early work, Patzsch took pictures of wildlife, mechanical equipment and landscapes as well as architecture. His 2nd Book, The World Is Beautiful, was a collection of 100 of his photographs that focused on man-made and natural beauty, ranging from trees and animals to houses and machines. This embodied a new and modern way of looking at the world, and it is because of this distinctly unique style, that he has sculpted modern Photography, and is known for being one of the most influential photographers of the 20th Century.

 

My Final Photos

Beams on the neck of a crane
Image of a shipping container from a low angle
Picture of the top of a crane
Picture of overlapping beams of 2 cranes
Picture of a Boat Engine

For my final photos, i wanted to recreate Patzsch’s industrial photos of machines and other metal objects. To achieve this, i decided to go down to the Victoria Pier area to take photos of the cranes and machinery. i wanted to successfully show a similar viewpoint to Patzsch and i feel as though i have achieved this with work similar to his machine photos.

 

AO2 Explore Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Component 1 Personal Investigation

Camera skills

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Definitions of camera skills:

  • Focus Control– Focus is the one area that lenses out perform the human eye. Lenses come in a wide variety of focal lengths, allowing them to “see” objects that are very large and very far away, like galaxies and stars, or objects that are very small and very nearby, like bacteria and DNA.

  • Depth of Field- the distance between the nearest and the furthest objects giving a focused image.

  • Focal length– the distance between the centre of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.

  • White Balance– the colour balance of the image

  • ISO– measures the sensitivity of the image sensor

  • Aperture– a space through which light passes in an optical or photographic instrument, especially the variable opening by which light enters a camera.

AO1 Develop Ideas, AO2 Explore Ideas, AO3 Record Ideas, AO4 Present Ideas, Uncategorized, Unit 1 Abstract
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Albert Renger -Patzsch

 

ALBERT RENGER- PATZCH WAS A GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHER OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE TOPIC OF ABSTRACT PHOTOGRAPHY. HE WAS BORN ON JUNE 22ND 1897 IN WURZBURG. ALBERT BEGAN PHOTOGRAPHING BY THE AGE OF TWELVE. THE ERA HIS PHOTOS WAS BASED AROUND WAS WORLD WAR ONE TO WHICH HE SERVED IN THE MILITARY FOR THEN WENT ON TO STUDYING CHEMISTRY AT DRESDEN TECHNICAL COLLAGE.

Alberts interest in photography led him to creating his best well known book called ‘The world is beautiful’

Albert does not stick to one area of photography. His work consists of elements of wildlife,images of traditional craftsman,landscapes and architecture.

All of his work really captures his love for nature and how he sees the world as a beautiful place, Albert uses photography to show to the public his love for the camera.

In 1928 his book ‘the world is beautiful’ he collected over 100 images with patterns of beauty and order but he does this by photographing through nature but only man- made patterns. Meaning that he did not alter anything to form something that was not there before.

 

Renger-Patzsch work interested me because of the level of detail that he had included. Another reason i like his work is how lined up everything is. I can tell that Renger patzsch takes time to reflect on the setting before trying to capture the moment.

AO1 Develop Ideas, Component 1 Personal Investigation, Unit 1 Abstract

CCA Gallery Exhibition Visit & Analysis

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“Entre Nous brings together the photographic works of Claude Cahun (1894-1954) and Clare Rae, presenting a conversation between two performative practices some 70 years apart.” – Entre Nous: Claude Cahun and Clare Rae Exhibition booklet.

The “Entre Nous” exhibition, presented by Clare Rae, featured two photographers and their similar works. Claude Cahun was a surrealist photographer who was based in Paris, France and moved to Jersey during the 1920’s and 40’s. She often depicted identity, challenged stereotypical gender roles, and featured mythology and legends in her works.

Clare Rae is a photographer and former “artist in residence” in Jersey who is from Australia. She is very well-known in her home country, however, with this exhibition, she has started to become  internationally well-known. Clare Rae’s series of work which has been presented exclusively for this exhibition has been heavily influenced and inspired by Claude Cahun’s work.

Claude Cahun “Je tends les bras” & “I am in training don’t kiss me”, respectively.

 

Clare Rae “Bunker near Petit Plemont”

Clare Rae “Le Pinacle”

Clare Rae’s work features many of the same themes which Cahun covers. However, the most obvious theme is the ”Myths & Legends” where rocks would be portrayed as having human body parts. Other obvious similarities include both sets of images being in black and white as well. However, although both in black and white, Rae’s images are sharper and more detailed, this is due to the majority of Cahun’s images being taken in the 1920’s and 30’s, where cameras weren’t as developed.

My favourite image from Rae’s set of images is “Le Pinacle” due to the image being focused on Rae, as shown by her being centred in the image, although most of her body is being obstructed by the rock which is jutting out.

My favourite image from Cahun’s set of images is the image in which she is in her garden. What I like about this image is the splicing of the two images where Cahun is standing, and where she is sitting.