I photographed the wall with the black graffiti in the middle because on Frank Hallam Days picture he has black graffiti placed on the left side of the photo and other small writing/ graffiti around it. There is a similarity between the two photos because of the colour scheme for e.g. yellow in the background and between the gaps, black in the graffiti and shadows and then blue and white for details, these colours are really good as they compliment each other well. There is a similarity in the lighting as both look like they have been taken during late afternoon/early evening as both photos are dark but you can still see some light coming from either the street lights or sky. Another similarity is that both photos are taken from eye level instead of bird view or low angle view, however the difference is that Frank Hallam Days photo is of a phone box and mine is a photo of graffiti on the wall. Frank Hallam Days photo is more colourful and vibrant whereas mine is more dull and darker however I can change this is lightroom by bringing the saturation up.
I photographed the wall with black graffiti and edited it on photoshop to make it look like its blurred because Stephanie Jungs photo has been edited to also look like its blurred However Stephanie Jungs photo is taken of people on the streets and mine is of graffiti, Stephanie Jung photo is more dramatic as u cant really see the what she has taken a picture of and mine is more subtle and you can see what I have taken a photo of. The colours used in Stephanie’s picture are yellow, red, green, white, black, blue with hints purple, cream, silver however I only have cream and black.
I will be framing these images up together as they’re both environmental portraits and the colouring of the images are similar, that slight dullness of the colour.
Lighting Experiments
This is my favourite image from the studio lighting and experimenting with lighting. I like how both colours are reflecting on the opposite eyes. I will be framing this image up alone, I feel as though it may drown out any other image.
I like these two images as you can see the frame of the mirror and it looks as though he is coming out of the frame of the mirror.
Identity
These images come from the androgyny side of my identity project, I will be framing these together as they are from the same shoot and have a similar appearance in all of them.
These images also come from the androgyny side of the identity project, this shoot was inspired by Claude Cahun’s “Untitled”, using a mirror and photographing my reflection. In all three of these images my arms are in an elaborate position and I’m not looking at the camera, this is why I am framing them up together.
This is my Virtual gallery for my Femininity photoshoot. I did this by uploading my images onto the website art steps and then positioning them around the gallery.
This is my virtual gallery for my masculinity shoot for this I used darker frames to fit with the images better.
For my first final print I am going to print out three pictures from my studio portraits shoot, using different lighting techniques, on A5 on glossy photo paper. I am then going to use a piece of black card to make a window mount with the three images. I will take my card and measure out three cut outs, in the centre evenly, which it will cut so that I can stick my image on the back with tape so that the card will frame my images. I am going it use a tilted knife so that there will be a tiny white boarder on each of my images.
For my next final print I am also using one of my studio portrait images which uses chiaroscuro lighting. This time I am going to print it out on A4 glossy photo paper as I think it will look better bigger. With this final piece I am going to stick it onto white foam board and trim it leaving a white boarder. I am going to do this so that my image will be lifted off of the card which I am going to back my lifted image onto. The black card will my the image look finished and make it stand out more.
For my third final print I am going to used two of my environmental portraits. I am going to also print these two on A4 glossy photo paper so they the viewers can clearly see the detail and different tones. I am going to stick these two on foam board as well to lift them. However, when I trim them I am not going to leave any white boarder I am going to cut it right up to the edge of the image. Like my previous final piece, I am going to board them onto a piece of black card so that they are presented together.
For my last final print I am going to use one of the environmental portraits that I used in my third one, however, I have edited this one so that the image is in black and white apart from any red that was in the image, for example on his jacket and his bike. I am going to print this image on A3 glossy photo paper as I think that the image will look best is it is bigger and it will make it stand out more. To present this image I am going to use a window mount like my first final piece. I will take a piece of black card and cut the centre out to make it a frame. I will tape the image onto the back of it facing forwards so that the card has framed my image.
I did a photoshoot inspired by Claude Cahun’s “Untitled”, I used a mirror and, unlike Cahun, faced towards my own reflection. This, in my opinion, is my best outcome from this shoot but I have a few others that are really good.
I like this image, I feel as though because of the fact my eyes are closed, it evades my identity.
This is a different type of image inspired by Cahun’s image where the camera is pointing into the mirror instead of me and my reflection at the same time.
why I choose this photo to print the photo itself turned out well however the editing could have been better however the photo turned out alright but its not my best work. when taking this photo and editing it I tried to use of inspiration from Danny Lyons
why I choose to print this photo with this photo shoot this photo was one of the best however its a bit grainy. But I still like the photo and how it turned out.
why I choose this photo, the photo turned out really good and the camera made a mistake with the exposer however it made a really good photo.
why I choose this photo the photo itself is good and I like the photo and that’s why I printed it.
why I choose this photo it turned out good however my editing was not my best however its still a good photo. with this photo I was trying to get the feel of a Danny Lyons photos however considering the bike in the photo is a 21st century bike and not a 20th century bike it doesn’t have the same effect.
My first mounting idea was to mount all the images on foam board to add some level and raise them from board. I would then position the images in an appealing way, either creating a sort of mood board combining the three projects or separating them.
combination
Separate
My other mounting idea was to create a slim boarder around each image, so the images don’t just blend into one big image
With the bellow photoshoot it was quite tricky to achieve the effect I wanted to. but how i made it work, for the photographs to turn out exactly how i imagined them, was to get the persons taking them to pose in front of the camera in the area I would want to pose, then showing the basic framing skills and said to not move the camera. I envisioned how the photograph would look with me in it and once it was all set up for me to be in the image I simply posed how I wished to, while the framing stayed the same. this took us a while as i had to regularly see how the images actually looked like. this is why bellow some images are not of me as i had to show different types of framing, and had to communicate all the way through.
Sub-Selection
as many images looked quite similar and there were many fails or photographs not of me , i had to narrow it down. even when i narrowed down my options i still found that would be too much, so had to repeat the sub-selection process once again. i was looking for images that presented femininity the best and were gentle and quiet.
Editing
the main thing i was looking to create out of the selected images, were to increase the warth of them, so they have more of a conforting feel, i ocasionally decresed clarity to make them smoother and dream-like. warth colours are usually accosiated as feminine colours so i tried to increase the picks/reds in the images or yealloe tones.
i did a contrast edit of the same image above, this is to show the importance of those soft, warm tones on the image. as cooler ones don’t achieve the effect i was looking for, however they still make the photograph feel more mysterious.
with the bellow images i liked the original version, therefore not too many adjustments were made.
Looking at the pose and situation of the photograph, where i look it looks like I’m dreaming, i tried editing the photograph to mach that scenario, increasing picks to make it feel feminine and dreamy.
What i wanted to try is well is layering different filters on photographs, especially at the photographs taken against the sun. this i thought would increase the blurriness of them, add a tint, and effects.
what i did is saved many filter like effects and opened them in Photoshop, as well as the photographs i wanted to layer them on top. then i have pasted the colourful filter onto the image, turned the background to layer, which was on the right of the screen. then reduced the opacity of the added filter. on some images the opacity differs. I had flatten the final image and saved it.
These are the different effects i have used.
Those were the final effects after adding the filters. Not all photographs turned out good, but the ones that did , i decided to use in my final piece.
Final Images
The first images i decided to keep a similar effect on them as then i can display them as a group of 3 images. then others are images that i think are not only good quality but respond well to what i wanted to achieve.
to respond to topic of femininity, i have done research, looking into femininity to understand stereotypical values in women, as well as how women are usually portrayed in art and in photographs. having done this research, as well as gaining knowledge from my personal experience, creating a mood board etc. i have came to a conclusion i would like to portray this stereotypical view on women that society has. meaning the effect i would like to achieve is almost an exaggerated look onto femininity. as i came across the fact women are very closely linked to nature, i would preferably chose an outdoor location.
I have looked at photographs of women in nature, but once i was researching different locations the most popular locations that came up were the sea, flower fields and forest. looking into each specific location i have came across an article of the significance of the forest and it’s deeper meaning in books, history and art. what i found interesting is how forests are often mentioned as a ferry-like locations, where even in novels or children’s books they are a representation of magic and wonder. in many plays and other forms of arts, forests or woods are a sense of mystery and secret, however also a symbol of romance. this idea of romance in forests interested me, as women tend to be taken as more romantic then men, more in touch with their emotions, and ore sensitive, therefore this idea of a magical, romantic location relates to femininity so well. once i decided i would like for the location of my photoshoot to be in the woods, i circled above different woods in jersey that i am most likely to pick. these are: St Catherine’s Woods, St peters Woods, and woods in Noirmont.
Above i have created a mood board showering example effects i would like to achieve from this photoshoot. these pictures mainly inspire me because of how well they link with representing the place through the definition i have said before, the magical,romantic secretive place. i wish to portray that too with my final outcomes. what i like is how when the camera is positioned against the light , it creates this dream like feel, almost like a ferry-tale. the photographs, place and women in these photographs are all linked together in harmony and work well together to show femininity thorough the location.
Who- As forests and nature are very personal to me, i will photograph myself, through a different person, this is so i can link femininity with myself, show it’s meaning through me , and make the photographs more personal to me. i would like to represent femininity, and my take on it through me as no one else could project my vison on not only femininity but identity and importance of both of these, that are my own personal opinion.
What- I will include nature and use the environment to my full advantage, not only focusing of capturing portraits, but also close ups of leafs, flowers, sticks, and environment.
Where- In forests i have listed above, i think i will pick Noirmont woods, as transport to there is easier for me, however i also know there is a bit more open areas where sun can shine through the trees, meaning i will be able to get more light in.
When- Preferably when the sun is slightly angled, as then i can create a blurred, overexposed images. Regarding the time of year, this should be between hours of 3pm-6pm, this means this could be done after school, but i need to keep in mind the weather forecast and plan my photoshoot to a specific day where the sun will be out for most of the day.
How- As i will not be the one taking the photographs because i would need to model in them, it may be tricky to get the desired photographs. i could use a tripod, but because what i want to achieve will require different angles and approaches i will have to ask someone else to work with the camera. but i need to ensure the photographs are turning out how i imagined them to look like, meaning i will have to carry out regular checks with the person taking photographs.
Why- This photoshoot will be to demonstrate the meaning of femininity and its personal meaning it has to me. to show my identity through femininity and importance of it in my life. this is also to produce a set of images that represent a typical view on femininity and my thoughts on it. i would like from this to gain a deeper understanding of the importance in me exploring femininity, and what effect too much or too little of it would have on me.
Michael Wolf is known for capturing the hyper-density of cities, such as Hong Kong, Tokyo and Chicago in his large-scale photographs of high-rise architecture and intimate studies of the lives of city dwellers. However he has also created a set of portraits which I am interested in, called Tokyo Compression, Michael Wolf’s work on life in cities was always driven by a profound concern for the people living in these environments and for the consequences of massive urbanization on contemporary civilization.
Tokyo Compression 9, 2009.
In the series Tokyo Compression, Michael Wolf centred on the subsurface crush of the Tokyo subway, in which thousands of commuters make their daily journeys between work and home. Wolf’s images of individuals pressed against the windows of the crowded trains during the morning rush hour are a disquieting metaphor for the conditions of city-dwellers in today’s dense urban centres.
The images for Tokyo Compression were photographed at Shimo-Kitazawa station in Tokyo over a four-year period. Over time, Wolf engaged with the evocative potential of abstraction, cropping and reframing his images to focus more closely on his subjects. With skin pressed against the windows, the faces of the commuters are often partially obscured, blurred from view by condensation on the glass, or shielded intentionally from others by surgical masks. On occasion, Wolf’s subjects met his gaze, as in the example of Tokyo Compression #18 where one closed eye creates the mirror-image of the artist, training his vision through the viewfinder. On March 25, 2013, the Odakyu subway line was relocated, thus bringing this series to a conclusion.
What I like most about portraits from Tokyo Compression is the abstractness of them, and the creativity and initiative behind them, I love how he was able to create interesting images out of an ordinary landscape that everyone sees everyday. By doing this he encourages people to appreciate their surrounding more as it isn’t the surrounding, or a specific person that makes the photograph good, it is how the photographer engages with both the environment, person and meaning behind the images to put their vison out so another person can see it.
Photographs from Tokyo Compression not only are excellent photographs because of the good quality and editing behind them, but also how people in the photographs relate to what Michael Wolf is interested in. Although it is mainly shown in landscape form, he manages to show overpopulation, and society through a different take on these photographs, by moving from landscape to portraiture. Even in portraiture you can see the strong relationship that he has with the landscape, as he always includes it, even capturing close up portraits he manages to show this environment, in this case by a window on a train/metro.
What I like about the images is this separation the window, especially the droplets on it, create between the photographer and the person. It shows how calm the other side of the train is compared to the other. Not only it shows a crowded space, and an overpopulated area, but how that is compressed and gathered to a tiny area. this might be an extended metaphor to overpopulation everywhere. how no matter how many people the will be alive, we will always be limited to a specialised area, no matter if it is a bus, plane, house or even the world. we are limited, and most of his photographs show that.
Response Plan
What I loved the most about Michael Wolf’s work is that separation between the photographer and the subject, in this case this was shown by a window in the train. I want to respond to this in the same way by using a window or a glass of some sort, so that it is transparent. to show it’s transparency i may do a similar thing shown in his photographs, the raindrops.
what i decide to do is instead of the train or a metro, is to use a shower as this separation between the person being photographed and me. this is a artist response photoshoot , therefore I’m not planing on producing many different outcomes, but just to explore the artists project.
I found out the better looking photographs were ones where the person is closer to the glass, in further away ones, we had to clear the droplets off the glass so that it was more see through and less blurred.
I have picked my favourite photographs, which i also think are very similar to Michael’s ones, when it comes to the frame, and posing.
When it came to editing the photographs i wanted to be as close to the effect achieved by Michel, as possible. I’ve noticed he uses a lot of cool tones, therefore what i mainly focused on changing were the tones and increasing contrast to make the images darker.
