A contact sheet is a series of images put together so show the changes and it can help with the selection process as you can see the images which does work, the ones you need to crop or the favorite ones.
the first contact sheet was used in the late 1900s by several photography for example:
Philippe Halsman: Dali Atomicus, 1948, he was well known and captures something of the surrealist spirit of his work.
Leonard Freed: Police work, 1978, he worked for Sunday Times on a story on violence in New York. Freed’s initial shoot took a wide swipe at the theme, but London got in touch and told him to find, “more blood and gore”. So he went out and photographed more than 50 murders.
This is my contact sheet of the the paper challenge we needed to do.
Red X: This means that I do not want to use this image at all.
Red F: This means that there is a focus issue in the image
Red Shading: The shaded area is the area that I wish to crop out of the image.
Green L: This means that there is a lighting issue in the image, but I wish to edit the image and fix the problem.
Green Circle: This means that I am happy with the image and wish to begin editing and manipulating the image.
Red L and Red F with Box: The red L means that there is a lighting issue and I do not wish to use the image. The Red F with a box shows that there is a focus issue with the image and the box highlights specifically where there is an issue.
This blog post includes my most satisfactory edits from the shoots I did which were inspired by Martin Creed. In most of the photos I decreased the lighting to create a cooler tone, to emphasis the whiteness of the paper in comparison to the dark black paper or dark green grass. The focal point of each photo was the paper as I wanted to centralize it just like Creed.I felt that the black background really helped with my focal point whereas the pictures with a white background didn’t but on the other hand the shadows created by the light worked nicely with the white and lighter background as it added layers to the photo. For the later photos on the grass I had to think about positioning due to the use of the sun as my natural lighting, I had to ensure I didn’t create a shadow myself as they would have covered the paper balls shadow which I was trying to make by moving it into different angles.
DarkenedBlack and WhiteEnhanced Papercooler toneHalvesDark GreenNaturalBlack and WhiteCreasedSet Of ThreeOppositestracing paper
The individual cover sheet for my Pre AS task and the red photos weren’t good enough, the blue boxes need to be cropped and the yellow boxes with f’s are “final”
I really like my image, this is because I think it fits really well into the work of Paul Strand, although his work is predominantly in black and white mine is black and white with added colour just so it stands out much more than it would, if it had been in all black and white. This image is one of my favorites as although you immediately look at the boldness and the more focused plants in the foreground, your eyes can’t help but get dragged to the blobs of colour in the background. This image makes you think about the picture and instantly makes yourself asks itself questions such as, where was the photo taken, and what is the photo about. As I said this photo leaves it in your imagination. To some people they will instantly know where this moment was captured, to others you will be left questioning yourself. Although I really like my final edited version with the black and white and dark colours with the colours drawing your attention, I did this to follow the work of Strand, but I like my original version even more, this is because I feel like it didn’t need to be edited to show its true beauty of the scenery.I really like my photo, because it reminds me of when I was taking it as I was enjoying some family time which is sacred to me. It also reminds me on what I used to do when I was a young child down at this location, so personally this photo has a meaningful background to me.
existing in thought or as an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence.
“abstract concepts such as love or beauty”
relating to or denoting art that does not attempt to represent external reality, but rather seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, colours, and textures.
Abstract photography, sometimes called non-objective, experimental, conceptual or concrete photography, is a means of depicting a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world and that has been created through the use of photographic equipment, processes or materials.
