This image has a shallow depth of field as it is very 2D as in the background there is not much going on and it is plain. The image creates a sense of layering as the objects’ shadow is blurry, due to the large aperture, this makes it clear that it is separate to the rest. The white balance in this image has created cool tones as the photo appears very white and grey.
Jaromir Funke
In this image Funke has used a small aperture to create a slight vignette around the outer portions of the picture making the centre lighter. This creates a deep depth of field because it creates a ‘tunnel effect’ which makes the image look like it goes on further away and makes the centre of the image the viewpoint. The image is also sharp as the shadows are clear shapes. The white balance in this image has created warm tones as the white areas of the photo appear more cream with warmer tones.
Jaromir Funke-1929
Similarities
Both images have natural lighting coming from behind the camera intensively creating contrast between light and dark areas in the images. They are both black and white which creates a large tonal range as the light has made these with the different shadows. Both photographers have placed objects in front of the light to create a range of harsh and soft shadows with different abstract shapes. Both images show a slow shutter speed was used as the photo seems slightly underexposed.
Firstly I selected the image (by pressing Ctrl A) and copied it. Then going onto the image tab I increased the canvas size width by doubling the measurement. After I pasted the copied image and then transformed the image and flipped it horizontally. I then copied the new image and doubled the canvas height then flipped the new image vertically. Repeated this a few times to get the final outcome.
Keld Helmer-Petersen was a Danish photographer who was recognised in the 1940s and 1950s for his abstract colour photographs. In his book (Black light) he considered the space around us and the world we live in through abstract an contrasting images.
Images made up of prints, drawings, objects, bits and pieces. The third in a series of three books
I used Photoshop to create bold and contrasting images inspired by Helmer-Petersens’ work from Black Light. To accomplish this I used the threshold tool and changed the lighting and shadowing of the images below.
Albert Renger-Patzsch was a German photographer associated with the New Objectivity.
After military service in the First World War he studied chemistry at Dresden Technical College. In the early 1920s he worked as a press photographer for the Chicago Tribune before becoming a freelance in 1925 he published a book, The choir stalls of Cappenberg.
A second book followed in 1928, Die Welt ist schön (The World is Beautiful). It is a collection of one hundred of his images in the theme of natural forms, industrial buildings and objects.
Renger-Patzsch used a variety of formal elements in his work. examples being; repetition, line, light and rhythm. He used film media to achieve these as it was before digital cameras were made. This is why they are also in black and white.
He believed that the value of photography was in its ability to reproduce the texture of reality, and to represent the essence of an object.
The trees are earthy and organic in the sense they are part of nature and are grown from the earth. In this image there is also depth as past the first main trees it goes further and further into the forest creating depth. Also in this photo the light is focused towards the background and the front is darker with shadowing. The image is cropped normally in the sense the trees are not too close but are still the subject of the image, however the photo has been framed in a way that the picture still continues outside of the frame.
Picture of the shovels:
The irons are a man made object which sticks to the industrial theme in Renger-Patzschs’ photos. There is not much depth in this image as it seems very 2D, however the light reflecting off the irons creates some depth as it continues the photograph further. The image is cropped quite close to the center of the subject (the irons) but is framed in a way where the image does not continue and stops at the edges.
Similarities of both:
The repeated pattern of vertical lines in both images creates a sense of rhythm as it is repeated throughout the image and makes it interesting and satisfying to view. Both photos are photographed with natural light rather than studio light. Both images have a triangular shape at the bottom of the photo, this points your eyes into the picture.
My Response:
Final Outcomes:
This selection of photos were taken using a phone. I edited them into black and white and made sure the contrast between light and dark was high and that the images included sharp edges. When taking the photos I looked for things that were structural and included rhythm throughout them. i used natural lighting in them because they were taken outside and they are architectural man made objects/buildings.
The lighting in these images is artificial and harsh as the light is directly projecting out of artificial lighting from a phone torch. There is a large contrast between the light and dark areas due to the lighting.The creases in the paper give the image a sense of structure. They create straight lines which together gives the photo energy and movement as they are going in different directions and portray a sense of drama like a stormy sea. This drama is also portrayed in the repetition of straight lines that create rhythm in the image as they angle into each other. The lines are very geometric as they are very straight edged and contrast with each other. The depth in this photo is shallow as the image is quite flat and 2-D as the paper does not have much depth. Although the creases do add some depth in with the shadowing coming from them. The sharp creases of the paper create texture in the photo because they are sharp and there are loads of them. This creates a rough looking texture. In this image there is a large range of tones as the light is coming from both directions. This has created loads of shadows which contrast with the bright spots. Overall the tones are quite balance but the image is slightly darker altogether. This makes the image have more impact as it seems quite dramatic and this creates a dark sinister mood. There is no not much composition as the lines are everywhere in the photo and there is no clear singular geometric shape which the viewer is guided to.
