Monochromatic

Definition: Monochromatic colours are all the colours of a single hue. Monochromatic colour schemes are derived from a single base hue and extended using its shades, tones and tints. Tints are achieved by adding white and shades and tones are achieved by adding a darker colour, grey or black.

In my project: monochromatic editing and taking of photographs will play a big role in my project as all of the old family images I will be using are black and white, and as I will be recreating some of Kensuke Koike’s work, my collage of 3 faces I will create will be black and white and presented on my blog alongside his work, to demonstrate how I am taking the majority of the inspiration from his work.

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Photo Montage/ Cut and Paste

Definition: Photomontage is the process and the result of making a composite photograph by cutting, gluing, rearranging and overlapping two or more photographs into a new image. Sometimes the resulting composite image is photographed so that the final image may appear as a seamless physical print.

In my project: The main reason why this will incorporated into my project is because I am very inspired by Kensuke Koike’ work. I like how multiple different images can be used to create a new piece with a new meaning, as it links to themes such as heritage, identity and family. Furthermore, it’s like creating a optical illusion but digitally (in this case in photoshop not physically) as position images to create more aesthetic than the last.

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1st Photoshoot Plan:

1) Collect resources (images and old family photographs) from my dads side of the family, as my grandfather was a coal miner as has a miners statue and other various objects relating to his old profession

2) Make sure that I know the key information on the objects, e.g. when they were purchased and who is in the old family photographs so background information can be added

3) Go to the studio and take photographs of these objects and family photos, using the copy stand for these, focusing mainly on the lighting and the level of the camera in comparison to the images

4) Input images into Lightroom ready for editing and development

Here I have placed a photo of our setup, using the copy stand which includes the camera, lights, plain white surface for a background, a trigger and the tripod that holds the camera up but facing downwards. This helped me to take many legible images of my old family photographs, especially as the handheld trigger makes sure all the wires are out of the way.

2nd Photoshoot Plan:

1) Decide who I would like to photograph in correlation to creating a new face, made from three generations of family members, this photoshoot is based on first hand images I will be taking.

2) Once I have asked the models (which will most likely be my grandad, dad and brother) if they will be apart of my project and get their photos taken, I will take images of them outside in order to use the natural lighting.

3) Ideally with a plain background I will take their portraits, directing them when to smile in pose different ways, and at different angles.

4) Input images into Lightroom, I will identify which are the most useful for my project