To create these images we were walking on the cliff paths and noticed an area of flowers and long grass. The image taken is staged to try and look as close to Kurland’s images. The image represents femininity and what it is to feminine, or the stereotype associated with it. The light in the image creates a soft image. The colours give of a happy and joyful emotions from the models laughing and looks like they are having fun.

This image is similar to the first image, by using different angles it starts to create a story of what is happening in the pictures. It also represents girls doing girly things such as platting hair with daisy’s. The lighting in the image is natural lighting from the sun onto the models back. By the model being at this height it creates a shadow onto the other model creating some contrast in the image. The main colour in the image is green so the models wearing white and blue means that it doesn’t take away from the natural colours in the background.

The lighting in this image changed from the images above, this adds an effect on the fact they are on an adventure. Walking on the cliff paths in the north coast we came across a fort with a bridge. The model sitting on the bridge while the other is standing creates levels in the image.

BEST SHOTS

EDITING

FINAL EDITS

Clare Rae Inspiration:

I decided to go to St. Ouen’s with my camera and take photos of me wearing a leather jacket. I think they turned out really good. These photos are inspired by Clare Rae’s work.

Black+White Versions:

Documentary photography is where a camera is used to document an event or memory and isn’t staged in order to try and tell a story through the image.

A narrative image is a preconceived image which is shot to tell a specific story.

Examples:

The image on the left is an example of a documentary style image

The image on the left is an example of a narrative image

Tableau + Staged Reality

Tableau photography – Tableau is used to describe a photograph in which characters are arranged for picturesque or dramatic effect and appear absorbed and completely unaware of the existence of the viewer.

Staged reality – Rather than capturing the moment, artists make specific choices when staging their images. By consciously placing elements and arranging compositions, they create the events, environments or emotions.

Examples:

The image on the left is an example of a Tableau style image

The image on the right is an example of a Staged image

You can see the similarities in this image as the model is sitting in a tree and is posing similar to the model in Justine Kurland’s image.

This image relates to Kurland’s image because the model is sitting in a man made hut that we found. It link back to the ‘Girl book’ images as it labels the model as a ‘run away’

To recreate these images I got the model to throw up the flowers. I really like how the bright yellow flowers contrast with the fog in background.

Direct comparison:

These images were both taken digitally, the mise-en-scene presents a girl sitting in a tree. Justine Kurland’s image was taken at a straight on angle, whereas I took mine from a lower down angle. Both the images were taken with a small aperture as everything is in focus. There is definitely a strong correlation between the two images as they have many similarities.

feminity/ identity shoot- final images

I plan to display my final images in this way, with the two big images as A3, the top black and white image and the far left image as A4 and the two right images as A5. I also plan to try do a window mount with another final image.

studio portrait shoot- final images

I plan to board up these images from my studio portrait shoot as well. I have printed them as A4 and I plan to display them on a horizontal black board next to each other.

Justine Kurland inspired photoshoot

My selected images:

I chose this image as one of my final images as I like the composition of it. This image wasn’t staged but we are positioned well, in line, naturally.

These images were staged, we thought the tree would work well as the centre of interest in this image, which it does, the tree is the first thing the viewer would see when looking at this image, fitting with our nature, countryside theme. I’m happy with this image as the outcome came out exactly what we planned and aimed for, using Justine Kurland as inspiration.

I edited these images to appear brighter and exaggerated the colours by changing the highlights, increasing the saturation and decreasing the exposure. I also tempered with the texture of the images by using the sharpening tool (shown below).

I increased the haze, decreased the highlights and made it slightly over exposed, to give the effect that it was taken on a film camera. I like this effect, i think it reflects the theme of stereotypical femininity.

I decided to make this image black and white as if feel it makes the image stronger. There’s a lot of clutter and distractions in the image like the plants, tree and footpath; the black and white calms down the image and emphasises the focal point of the three girls. Also, the highlights of the image become more obvious ( for example, the white t-shirts) with the contrast of the shadows in the background of the image.

These images were half staged. I have chosen them as part of my final images as I really like the layout of them. The brick wall creates a strong background, it also demonstrates humanity taking over nature and the nature reclaiming its home. The green vines across the wall juxtapose the idea of us three girls in the foreground of the images. I like the perspective of these images, and how the fence of the bridge lead into the corners of the image.

During the process of taking these photos, we had Sian Daveys photoshoot of “Martha” in mind. Our photoshoot, these images in particular, reflect Daveys’ work as she photographs her daughter doing everyday things, especially in country side settings, our photoshoot is like this.

These images work well with the bridge being the centre of interest, I like the contrast of the different shades of green in the background against the beige coloured bridge. Me and anna are the focal point.

This book shows Justine Kurland’s take on the classic American tale of the runaway and takes us on a wild ride of freedom, memorializing the moments of adolescence and the fearlessness that accompanied it. Kurland published pictures of girls in a series called “Girl Pictures.” The staged photos are set in urban and wilderness locations, the images depict the girls as being hopeful and independent.

inspired shoot:

Edited images:

These inspired images were taken on multiple occasions because I wanted to capture the ‘natural’ and ‘candid’ look of the images which I knew would be best achieved by taking pictures of my friends when we met up. This allowed me to capture the feeling of friendship and youth without the images looking staged.