Nick Albertson – Masking tape – 2013Harry Callahan – Chicago C. – 1950
At first glace, its difficult to distinguish the object used in Alberson’s piece, this is due to his framing techniques. In his photos, Albertson zooms and crops his photos to give them a frame, the example piece above shows strips of masking tape. The fact that it’s a unnoticeable object, makes the photo more interesting and opens up a topic of interpretation. However, at first glance as Callahan’s work, it is easily noticeable that he has photographed a group of bare trees with a snowy ground.
These two photos also differentiate in a less noticeable way. As these photos were taken 60 years apart, it is safe to assume that the development and editing processes are very different. Callahan’s process most likely consisted of developing the photo in a dark room, this is because this process was the most popular way of developing in the time era. Whereas, Albertson’s piece was most likely taken with a modernised digital camera, with editing facilities to crop and enhance the photo.
Mark Boyle was a Scottish artist how mainly photograph road paintings, rocks and walls. His work shows an array of different textures and colours. As we can see in the photos below, Boyle favored capturing close ups of multi – textured areas found in the most simple places like the end of pavements and slipways.
Holland Park Avenue Study 1967 Mark Boyle 1934-2005 Purchased 1969 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/T01145
Holland Park Avenue Study 1967 Mark Boyle 1934-2005 Purchased 1969
Photo Shoot Action Plan
For my first photo shoot, i will walk down my estate with the aim of looking for drains, road paint and pavements in close proximity. As I’m photographing objects, no model will be needed for the shoot, This is beneficial as I can do my photoshoot when the wether is ideal for working in.
Artist Reference – Julian Schulze
COLOUR
Julian Schulze on pantone canvas gallery
Julian Schulze is a German photographer with an appeal to block and bright colours that is clearly shown through his work. his work consists of minimalistic compositions and geometric structures.
Photo Shoot Action Plan
For my first photo shoot, i will walk down my estate looking at the contrast of the different colours of the houses. As I’m photographing houses, no model will be needed for the shoot, This is beneficial as I can do my photo shoot when the weather is ideal for working in.
In my contact sheet, it is shown over IMG 598 to 602 and IMG 583 to 587 are photographs on the same location, but different exposure. I achieved this by changing the 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. On the contrary, i used white balance to give different layovers on my photos. For my photo shoot, i experimented with : – Auto, – Cloudy, – Shade, – Fluorescent, – Direct Sunlight.
Final Photos
This photo was inspired by Schulze. When taking the photo I angled the camera to capture the White House over the grey house in large blocks to give the photo a more minimalistic feel. I changed the white balance to fluorescent, I did this because the blue layover would compliment the white and grey areas, this gave the photo a cooler toned made the photo more appealing.
in this photo, I aimed to capture multiple different textures. when I uploaded my photo into photoshop, I adjusted the saturation and exposure to emphasise and enhance the roughness of the road, making the texture of the road and pavement more ridged and defined.
For this photo, i started by folding the paper and standing it up at a ‘zig-zag’ pattern. I used artificial lighting from a phone torch to take control over how the shadows fall over the ridges. This photo stands out to me as the clean folds in the paper enhances the shadows that i was attempting to emphasize.
for this photo, I crumpled up a piece of paper, I used artificial lighting from the overhead lights in the class room, this made it harder to use the lighting to compliment the creases so once I put it into photo shop, I adjusted the light and dark tones to bring out the creases that were harder to determine in the original photo.
In this photo, I layered a paper plane over the same crumbled paper, I did this to make the photo more complex and interesting, I used a phone touch as a light source to help differentiate the two papers through directing it into the space between.
Renger – Patzsch was a German photographer associated with the New Objectivity. The New Objectivity arose during the 1920’s to challenge expressionism. This photography’s main focus point was to change the perspective on the objective world. Making it more ‘abstract and romantic’. His work connects to the New Objectivity through his aim of making everyday objects look beautiful.
Image Analysis
Albert Ranger-Patzch ; The World Is Beautiful Albert Ranger-Patzch ; The World Is Beautiful
Both of these pieces are from Ranger-Patzch’s collection, The World Is Beautiful, however they express very different things. In the first photo, we see a simple object found in a house which is normally overlooked. The lighting in photo one is quite low, enhancing the detail of the buttons found in the minimal shadows over the objects. The random placement of the buttons adds the the concept as it is more alike how these objects are found.
In photo 2, we can see another man made object, but more of a structure. The 2 main differences between the two photos that stand out to me the most is the symmetrical layout shown though the use of the camera angle compared to the random placing of the buttons, these show a wide variety in the movement that anything you see can be beautiful. Another is the natural light vs. artificial light and how Ranger – Patzch manipulated and used the lighting given to create shadows and depth.
Contact Sheet
A contact sheet is very useful to a photographer as this tool allows them to view the shoot on one sheet, making easier to differentiate the positives and negatives as they are put altogether.
for this project, i went around my house, finding objects that are dull to the eye in attempt to create a different and more creative perspective on the objects. similar to how Renger – Patzsch photographed glasses, forks and buttons.
favorite photos (Edited)
final photo
This is my favorite photo as it shows that an object as simple as a peg can be portrayed as a beautiful and interesting. Once I put the photo into photo shop, i played around with the color tones within the black and white adjustment to give more texture to the pegs, emphasizing the faint grains to give them more life. The lighting used in this photo was natural, the weather at the time made the light less intense, allowing me to used the positioning of the pegs to create depth and shadows without being over exposed to the sun.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard was an American photographer, born in 1925, known for his experimental use of exposure in his photographs. Working as an optician, Meatyard was able to see how others perceptions of the world were varied, which is clearly portrayed in his work, we see this connection the most in his series ‘Out of Focus’. This selection of abstract photos showcased black and white images of undistinguishable shapes, breaking down the conventional rules of photography. In addition, in his series ‘Zen Twigs’, Meatyard created images that displayed a blurred photograph containing one thin twig in focus which sliced through the image, foregrounding Meatyard’s precision when it comes to aperture.
all photos by Ralph Eugene Meatyard
Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter was an American photographer and painter, born in 1923, known for being a contributor to early colour photography, whilst he documented the streets, architecture and people of New York, usually in dreary weather. Leiter used long lenses to compress space, taking pictures from unique perspectives, using negative space and large out of focus areas.
Saul Leiter’s photos play with focus and aperture much like Meatyard’s do but in a different way. I like that you can see movement in his images, like time has stopped for a brief moment just for him to take the photo. His photos show of a tonal contrast which gives them more depth. Leiter’s photos aren’t very simplistic , they have a focus like they’re telling story. The first photo above has a lowered shutter speed which is what gives the blurred affect. I has a big range of tone from almost white to black and there aren’t many mid-tones. The second photo plays with focus as it focuses on the women in the background rather than the people in the foreground. The last photo once again plays with the focus by focusing on the girl in the background and not the large object across the image
all photos taken by Saul leister
Image Analysis
This is a piece from Ralph Eugene Meatyard’s collection from ‘Zen Twig’. This photo displays a singular twig in the centre of the photo. The lack of objects in this piece leaves a lot of empty space around the twig, this draws the viewers attention into the twig. While taking this photo, Meatyard used a high aperture to blur out the background and keep focus on the solo twig we see in the foreground. As we can guess from the tree like shapes in the background, this photo used natural lighting, creating a soft and appealing photo as there aren’t any harsh direct lighting on the twig.
Contact Sheet
Final photo
When taking this photo, i lowered the shutter speed to add a blur effect to reflect on Meatyard’s style of photography. This makes the photo more interesting as the blur effect makes it harder to differentiate the objects at first glace, drawing in the viewer.
The composition of this photo follows the rule of 3. This is a form of composition splits the photo into three section, either vertical or horizontal. In my piece, the photo is split up vertically. In the left hand side of the photo, we see a very busy section of leaves that gradually decrease through the photo. In the center third, a large bare twig is located, taking over the majority of the third. Finally in the right hand third, we can see a lot of empty space with very few leaves.
After converting the photo to black and white, I noticed that there was a lot of dark areas in the photo, the contrast between the lighter wall in the background and dark leaves and twigs creates a dramatic atmosphere in the photo, especially since there is a greater amount of darker shades.
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