For my shoot i used different set ups and different light to create different atmosphere. I edited the image to be more dramatic.
The finished outcome was more eye catching and a sharper finish looked nicer so you can really see the detail of the image. I then adjusted the exposure and contrast to how i like it.
My best images are marked in yellow, singling out the other images leaving me with 8 best edits
For most of these images i edited the tint so it gives an affect of under the sea, some of my images were a bit blurry so the sharpening and detail made them clearer.
Still life, as a particular genre, began with Netherlandish painting of the 16th and 17th centuries, and the English term still life derives from the Dutch word still even. Early still-life paintings, particularly before 1700, often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted.
Still life has captured the imagination of photographers from the early 19th century to the present day. It is a tradition full of lavish, exotic and sometimes dark arrangements, rich with symbolic depth and meaning. One of the main preoccupations among those living in the 16th and 17th centuries was the brevity of life and its fragility. Still life paintings of this period are more commonly referred to as ‘vanitas’.
Still life has captured the imagination of photographers from the early 19th century to the present day. It is a tradition full of lavish, exotic and sometimes dark arrangements, rich with symbolic depth and meaning.
History
Still life has captured the imagination of photographers from the early 19th century to the present day. It is a tradition full of lavish, the first still life work was by the Italian painter Jacopo de’Barbari painted in 1504.
Still life, as a particular genre, began with Netherlandish painting of the 16th and 17th centuries, and the English term still life derives from the Dutch word still even. Early still-life paintings, particularly before 1700, often contained religious and allegorical symbolism relating to the objects depicted. In the early days of photography long exposures were required to take a picture. Still life made an ideal subject because the inanimate objects did not move during the process.
Analysis
The vocal point for this image is the skull leaning on the piano notes, the image then leads towards the left leading your eyes around the painting analysing the small aspects and details. You can depict this painting with the historical background, the 15th century being a very controversial century with many historical artefacts.
Still life is viewed as a historic art form in the world of contemporary painting, has been kept very much alive in historic and contemporary.
To upload to the blog i changed the pixels so that the image would be able to fit, and i edited it for there to be a clearer resolution so the image is sharper.
This is how i merged all of the separate photos together to create the joiner.
I rated my images ranging from 2-5 stars based on how good the image is, after i edited my images i then changed my ratings to the photos i will use for my best images so it is easier and clearer for me to see which ones i will use.
Here is just a couple of examples of adjusting the images to look more presentable and how i edited the majority of my images by adjusting the exposure, contrast and sharpening the image for a cleaner outcome. Some images i made black and white because if the image has a darker contrast i feel black and white enhances the photo better and makes it more dramatic.
I made these images clearer by sharpening them to look more eyecatching
My best images
I selected my best images highlighting them in green making it easier for me to select them
‘The aim of the centre is to introduce the Aspiring Geopark project and encourage people to explore Jersey and discover its stories along the way. The Island has been shaped by tide and time over millions of years. Jersey’s exceptional geology and important cultural heritage form the outstanding surroundings we enjoy every day.’
Millie Butel
Millie Butel is Jersey Heritage’s Landscape Engagement & Geopark Development Curator and she explained that Geoparks celebrate the links between people and the Earth. The Visitor Centre shows people why Jersey’s outstanding landscapes and seascapes could make the Island a candidate for future designation. She mentioned ‘Jersey is more than just the rock it is made of – our Island is an incredible combination of natural, built and intangible heritage. A Geopark can tell the whole story and, if Jersey is successful in achieving a designation, it will be a statement of commitment to protect the Island we all love and to promote the landscapes, seascapes and heritage that are important to Islanders.
Geologist Société Jersiaise Lecturer, Teacher, Secretary for the Geology, Archaeology and Jèrriais Sections of Société Jersiaise.Written by Ralph Nicholls and Samantha Blampied
Sites of special interest-
South Hill – Green Island – Anne Port – La Solitude – La Tête des Hougues – L’Islet – Les Hurets – Les Rouaux – Giffard Bay – Sorel Point – L’Île Agois – Le Pinacle – Le Petit Étacquerel – Le Grand Étacquerel – Le Pulec – Mont Huelin Quarry – St Ouen’s Peat beds – Portelet Bay – Belcroute Bay
Emily Allchurch is a British artist born 1974 in Jersey Channel Islands who is known for using digital photography and lightbox art to create new works based on masterpieces of world art.
Her images above relate to ‘My rock’ as they are similar to jerseys landscape, which makes my images more meaningful and in depth. ‘My rock’ links in with her images because for my images i will follow her editing for some of my outcomes.
Styles of work
She uses photography and digital collage to reconstruct Old Master paintings and prints to create contemporary narratives. She starts off point with an intensive encounter with a city or place, absorbing impression. Hundreds of photographs are selected and meticulously spliced together to create a seamless new ‘fictional’ space. Each piece of her artwork re-presents this journey, fitted into a single scene. The resulting photographic collages include history and culture, and deal with the passage of time and the changes to a landscape.
Analysis
This image is a representation of a 2D photograph but her use of editing the light, shadowing and contrast has perceived it to be 3D, it has been edited to bring more attention to the eyes. She has added texture in her final image for a more professional look adding to the scale of colours and contrast and tone.
She has sharpened up the image for a more stern representation to viewers, and made the main focus of the photo clearer then in the background slightly unfocusing it so it puts more attention onto the larger building at front.
He took photographs by taking numerous Polaroid or 35mm photographs of a scene from a variety of perspectives, he would then arrange the collection of images into a cohesive body, creating an almost Cubist rendering of visual reality. He called these collages and photo montages joiners.
Cubism dispensed with that idea by depicting space as supported by the flatness of the canvas. A cubist work depicts the subject as viewed from several vantage points simultaneously. This is usually represented by the subject being composed of several different planes. He used painting, print working and photography as his 3 media pieces.
ideas for my type of shoot
Hockney created photographs that were unique and called these collages and photo montages the joiners. This distinctive approach to image making was a reflection of Hockney’s dislike for photographs executed with a wide-angle lens. By creating his joiners, Hockney sought to reflect the process of seeing, creating a narrative based around visual experience.
Tobias Kruse was born in 1979 in Mecklenburg, Northeast Germany. He studied photography at “Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie”. Tobias Kruses work has been published in numerous magazines. Also , publishing his photographs in books by Steidl and Hatje Cantz. His first monograph was published by Kerber in 2019. He works and lives in Berlin.
His first monograph was published by Kerber in 2019. He works and lives in Berlin. In these quietly disturbing black-and-white photographs, Tobias Kruse confronts the unsettling first decade of East Germany after the fall of the Wall, including its Nazi past and present.
Examples of his work
Sara Cuce
Sara Cucè is a London-based photographer and Fine Art printing specialist. Her work explores questions of identity, representation, perception, memory, and the environment; it unravels identity and subjectivity as something that is never complete. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions throughout UK and Italy.
Her work explores questions of identity, representation, perception, memory, and the environment; it unravels identity and subjectivity as something that is never complete, but always in process, and invariably formed from within.
Examples of her work
Comparison
Both artists use black and white for their final outcomes of photographs, however Kruse uses portrait more often than not and Cuce uses landscape for a wider effect of photo.
Cuce mainly captures up close shots of landscapes whereas Kruse focuses on distanced shots.
