In this shoot I tried to capture photos throughout our school day, as we go to the same school and it is there that we spend most of our time together; walking to and from school and during our frees
Edited Outcomes:
I love the colour in this image that I helped bring out through editing. I think this works well with zita as she is wearing predominantly dark clothes which contrasts with the colourful background.
Here I took this picture again using self timer, to show our day to day during breaktime, I tried not to interfere with the foreground as I wanted it to be as realistic as possible. In this image zita and I’s pinkys are link to synmbolise our bond that is still present even when spending time with others or as a group
I then futher edited this image to focus on us linking pinkys by setting the background to black and white but keeping us in colour.
Here our bond is more present and direct in this image which I also like as it still holds the candid aspect to the photo.
For this shoot I went to a place zita and I sometimes go to to hang out, near the harbour, a place that we value spending time together at.
Edited Outcomes:
I wanted an image of the location as I thought it work well in the zine side by side to the close up images of zita and I. I quite like this image and the texture shown as it brings warmth to the image and I think that the weather helped symbolise the reality of friendship as it isn’t always full of happiness; but sometimes there needs to be a “little thunder before the rainbow and sunshine comes” and times turn good again.
This image also links to the ups and downs to the friendship idea I spoke about above^
These photos were inspired by a photobook I saw by ___, I loved the up close and personal theme to the images showing the beauty within the imperfections and perfections and Ithink these images fit this idea.
i chose this last image not for it technical skill and quality but for the conceptual idea of capturing reality and the rawness I think this image can hold. This image shows us two having fun speaking to each other from a bystander’s perspective (photo taken using self timer) I think that the fact that it isn’t completely in focus or the right angle helps this as it captures a moment in our life and we still stand as the focus of the image
For the last shoot I wanted to focus on the items we value hand have collected from each other throughout the years of our friendship. Here I wanted to show our friendship through objects and memories that symbolise us and our friendship rather than our physical selves.
For this shoot I kept the editing style simple as I just focused on enhancing the colours and quality of the pictures
Many families have photo albums, scrapbooks, heirlooms, or even a memory box which helps them to remember memories and look back on loved ones which might have passed. I think It’s a great way to give younger generations insights on what life was like, it can show them the difference through buildings to clothing and hairstyles. Its also a great way to remember stories as people may forget about stories but when looking back and family albums the memories can start flooding back in.
There is something about having photos in paper format, the vulnerability of that paper makes you take good care of the images helping preserve those memories and growing a closer bond to them. The fact that many peoples only memory of an ancestor is through an image is sad but makes you wonder the power that photography has; as it keeps that person alive in our memories and teaches other people about those times.
Nowadays we take multiple pictures on our phones and newer cameras; this can often lose the meaning of the photo as with older film cameras you were limited to the images you could take so people tried to make the images worth while.
Memory Alterations – Both Photographers reinserted their older selves in childhood pictures. This to the naked eye, looks like a straightforward simple photo; however the photo is normally composed of 2 or more photos, years apart, and joined to make one realistic image.
Conor Nickerson’s Childhood (2017) and Chino Otsuka’s Imagine Finding Me have both attracted international attention, with Otsuka exhibition even been show in in 16 different countries. These projects bring old memories back to life in a very realistic way through detailed editing and patience, these photographers have both produced incredible outcomes.
Conor Nickerson
Conor Nickerson is a photographer, videographer, and musician who is based in Montreal, Canada. He is currently working on shorty films and recording videos for musicians. He also works Freelance by shooting live music and taking professional portraits as well as working on his own independent projects such as Childhood (2017). In this project he gathered clothing hats and props appropriate to the time (of the childhood pictures) and set out to produce a series of images which are truly impressive and set at a professional standard. He describes this project as “Myself hanging out with myself, c. 1997-2005,”
Chino Otsuska
Chino Otsuka describes herself as a Visual Artist, She was originally born in Tokyo she now works and lives in London, UK. She uses different filming techniques to create a link between memories, time and photography, this is a “fluid” way of her expressing her thoughts and emotions through photography.
She describes her research to be based on her “autobiographical memory ” where she reworks her memories into her photography work, she also used public and private archives such as the British Library, UK and an artist residency in Nikkei National Museum in Canada.
Technical: In image 1 (left) the photographer seems to be using artificial light as it is indoors and the lights seems to be strongly coming from 1 direction. Whereas with image 2 (right) The lighting seems to be using natural/daylight lighting as the the lighting isn’t as strong. In both images the focal point are on the people in the image as they are the sharpest point of the image. 1 seems to have a medium to high sensitivity as the image although clear isn’t extremely sharp; whereas 2 has a low sensitivity as everything is sharper and looks more enhanced. In image two the colours definitely on the warmer side; as the red and brown tones really stand out; in image one the picture is also leaning towards the warmer tones with the colour of the guitar and the green jackets being my focal points of colour. Image 1 has a soft contrast which almost romanticizes the image as it feels like more of an old memory. In image 2, it has more of a harsher contrast which I think brings the colours to life however the image looks more recent due to the amount of detail.
Visual: In image 1 tone seems to be quite light and airy which I think works and most the colours are muted down but it makes the blue, red, orange and greens objects really pop which I quite like. In image two the tone is darker as the and quite the opposite to the first one, as mentioned before the red, black and brown tones play a big part in the image and change the whole contrast of the image although I think that the colours of the background take away from the photographer as one would argue that the colours with the harsh contrast can be a bit overwhelming as I think if there was more whites in the image then it would be better balanced. Texture in image 1 is shown through the clothing of the photographer and the walls, In image two texture is shown through the brick wall and the wooden door with a detailed design. In 1, Repetition is shown through the musical instruments and equipment and also in the photographers clothes both younger and older self. In image 2 repetition is shown through the bread and the semantic field of the colour red and brown. In both images the eye is lead straight to the photographers and then round the background.
Contextual & Conceptual: In image 1, the photographer is bringing back a musical memory, I think he might have chosen this image due to his passion for music, I think this image works well due to the background blending into the musical theme of the image. The fact that the photographer is wearing the same or very similar clothing to his younger self I think works well as it makes them look like siblings or like a father son act. In image 2 the image was taken in Paris France in 1982 and 2005. Here I think there is a happy memory in place as she chose to use this image. Especially as it wasn’t where she was born or is currently living in so it could potentially be the first time she tried a baguette when she was younger and in 20005 she decided to buy a new pastry that she hadn’t tried before and linked the two memories together.
What: I will be trying to create different forms and shapes using white paper for this particular shoot exploring light and tone.
Where: I will be conducting the photoshoot at home. Using natural and or artificial lighting when required.
When: I will be conducting my photo shoots throughout the lock down period.
How: I will be using my Lumix camera for this shoot using different angles and perspectives.
Why: I want to create striking images with the simplicity of white paper and folding, here with the addition of artificial lighting and editing I think I will be able to achieve high contrasting images.
Formalism is a study in photography of form which is the way it it made and what it looks like. The photographer can sometimes become a visual designer when when deciding what will stay in the frame and not.
Its has also been descibed as “Soley by sensory or physical properties-” by a British Photographer
Formalism helps to enphasise compositional elements such as line, shape and texture and colour. However it does not contains aspects such as meaning or social and historic context. This strips the contextual and conceptual side of the image and allows the photographer to focus on the texture and fine detailing of the object being photographed.
Abstraction or Abstract photography is a way of creating a visual image that doesnt not create an immediate association with the object “world”. This can be done through means of photographic lighting or equipment, materials or processes. It can also be known as non-objective, experimental, conceptual or even concrete photography
This definition can sometimes be very confusing and hard to understand, Here I found a helpful explination of this matter:
“For instance, get a sheet of paper and a pen, put your hand with fingers slightly separated, and draw an outline of your hand.
You now have just the outline information, the shape of your hand, by eliminating the skin texture, color, depth, form, etc. It has no fingerprints! This is how abstraction in general works, we leave some information behind and keep the parts we want to include in the /photograph.”https://petapixel.com/2017/03/20/introduction-abstract-photography
A form of Abstraction is done through Isolation or elimination where a photographer takes a natural scene and removes a part or fragement from it; giving context to the audience. This is often done on purpose to create seemingly unrealistic images, this is done through the use of color, light, shadow, texture, shape and/or form to convey a feeling, sensation or impression.
