Mini Major Project.

Brief-  We are required to produce a series of photographs based on a topic/theme.
This will be presented both as a mounted set of A4 Photographic Prints, as well within
a booklet (minimum 8 pages)

My Chosen Topic/Theme/Idea- So for my chosen topic i decided to go with the topic
of portraiture shots which is to capture 5-10 sets of images of different social groups for
example- Bikers,Mods,Indie,Football Players,Waiters,Dinner Ladies,Bingo Players And
generally alternative people. So i am Going to select 3 groups of alternative people the
selections i have chose are…

MODS.

BAND MEMBERS

Skateboarder Portraits.

Location Photography.

Location Photography.

Research On Location Photographers.

David Hobby also known as Strobist has been a photojournalist for over 20 years and is well know for his location photography now owner of strobist.com over 350,000 photographers visit his site a year to view his work and gain tips from the site's helpful sections.

I paritcularily like David's Work where he captures action shot's when he used set lighting and flashgun's his work is somewhat unique and also he has a similar technique as using highlights and shadows. Below This is One of my favourite pictures he has created as it captures the moment in action as well as highlighting the scene.

Tom&Tony's Telling Tales.

Task One.

So for our first task we were given a set song called Jilted John and set out to take photo's of a particular song lyric line in the song. So i chose the lyric "i was so upset i cried all the way to the chip shop"

Here below is my photo i took of the lyric line.
















Overall i am impressed with the photo but when we all had a group criticism in class i realised there is quite a few things that could be altered such as… the photo isn't straight,people also asked why the photo is in black an white because it may look better in colour maybe the facial expressions could be better an etc.

So i took everyones thoughts into account when taking the next photos in our 2nd task.


Task Two.

Research of Photographers.

Hannah Star key

Hannah is a irish photographer who captures Tableu photographer which means constructed as all the elements of her images are constructed.

Her photos are often seen as being very alternative but somewhat unique i particularly like this photo below.

This photo is great because it shows a typical scene within a video store but the lighting gives it a really eerie feeling and the silhouettes of people makes you question why they're like that an then the woman exiting the shop why is she dressed in all white?

Also i really like the lights up above on the picture as it makes the store look never ending.




Gregory Crewdson

Greg is know as been and elaboarte staged photographer who photographs photo's of scene's of american homes mainly.

Crewdson's photos are usually set in small towns within america and are usually very cinematic and Dramatic.

This is my favourtite photo of his work as it is rather mysterious and perplexing theres is many questions to be asked such as why is the girl in her bra? Why is she outside? Has the woman dropped the bag in shock?

I really like this photo mainly due to the lighting of the piece an it uses highlights and shadows an i like the silhouette of the car shown on the drive as also the headlights highlight the woman stood in her bra.


Jeff Wall.




sarah jones



For this task we were given a specific task as we were given a poem called Mondeo Man- Luke  Wright. The poem goes…

Last week I walked through Maidenhead suburbs,
the houses huddled together in twos
like anoraked couples perched on a bench
on some Autumn day at the end of a pier.

Past kids levitra indien playing scrappy 20 a side;
lads leaned on Bangra-blaring Golf GTIs;
Toyota Corollas with rear-view signs
on suckers: Dad’s Taxi, Baby on Board

That is just a short passage within the poem but i used the first three lines to capture my images from overall i am impressed with my photos i have captured.

Here they are shown below

The Houses Huddled Together in Two's

I chose this photo out of the many i took because it was in a rather rough area and i like how when i edited the moss onto the brickwork it looks rather dark and also the left hand house's entrance has a gate off and all the litter on the floor which could show the property has been abandoned and near a suburban area.
















Task Three.

So we have been set out to do our own task so i chose not to do a poem but a song an i Chose The Smiths Song Heaven Knows I'm Miserable now.

I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die ?
Two lovers entwined pass me by
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
And heaven knows I'm miserable now
In my life
Oh, why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die ?
What she asked of me at the end of the day
Caligula would have blushed
"You've been in the house too long" she said
And I (naturally) fled
In my life
Why do I smile
At people who I'd much rather kick in the eye ?
I was happy in the haze of a drunken hour
But heaven knows I'm miserable now
"You've been in the house too long" she said
And I (naturally) fled
In my life
Why do I give valuable time
To people who don't care if I live or die ?

Howard Photo Studio Assignment.

Studio Photographer's Research.


Annie Leibovitz - Annie Shown to the right is an american portrait photographer and however is also known for photographing some of the greatest bands of all time such as The Rolling Stones and also John Lennon  some of her work is highly inspirational and people use similar styles to her work to this day.













I particularly like this photo of this woman she has captured
as it portrays the real beauty of the lady and also the black
and white coloring really shows the highlights of her skin.

The pose also created the impression that this woman could be somewhat hiding or brushing hair backwards.














Angus Mcbean- Now i find Angus's work extremely interesting due to simply how surreal it is and that her work is somewhat unique. Similar to the work of Salvador Dali Angus created studio portraits then also put the portrait onto a surreal setting suchasthe one shownbelow this is also a early stage of photomontage creation.








This is one of my favorite Angus photo's Here shown to the
right is Audrey Hepburn here she is in a very surreal background i
really like this because its a beautiful portrait of her then a freaky
background which also brings out the highlights of her skin.













Studio Essentials.

Within the studio you need a few essentials to get quality shots the main 3 is Light's, Sekonic exposure meter and also flash triggers. The sekonic exposure meter is probably the most important because you could be using the wrong aperture number an your photos will not come out correct and could either be too light or too dark.

So when using the Sekonic meter you need to make sure both the lights are on and to the same brightness level then another person needs to flash the light or lights then it reads the shutter speed that your camera needs to be set to and also the aperture number too as show below here's a demonstration on how to use the Sekonic Exposure Meter Step By Step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR5frW5-onE



Lights

When Setting up the lights you can set the settings on the lights to determine whether or not you would like soft lighting or hard lighting to get soft lighting you can use both lights angled towards the model however turn the brightness to very dull an the lighting will appear soft against the complexion.

Then for hard lighting used in the studio for the model you simply do the opposite and turn the light bringhtness up so it is very bright an creates hard looking shots.

Triggers

To use the triggers you attach one to the studio light then one to the top of your camera then set both of the triggers onto the same channel so if your camera trigger is on 4 then the one connected to the light also needs to be on 4 once done turn on and take a photo then the trigger,triggers of the flash of the light creating shots.


Studio Photography Interest.

My studio photography interest is portraits of people mainly on a black backdrop with soft lighting highlighting small sections of the models face.



Development of studio photographs.

Here below are some of the shots i got during development i wasn't the most happy with some of these so i thought these would be good to look at criticise and then learn from my mistakes such as some below are too overexposed.

 Here is one of the very first images i took which had extremely hard light which was not the option i wanted so from this photo i took the option of turning down the light and creating softer light plus i angled the model away from the light so it highlighted the other side of her face. Plus i changed the shutter speed and aperture  too the correct numbers the sekonic meter told me too as this photo was highly over exposed.

This photo  i was not fond on using  simply due to the highlight of the skin tone on the left hand of the side of the face. Plus the lighting has created a dark shadow an then made the backdrop colour look like it has a purple tint.

This photo as well could be highly improved but because it has soft lighting i think that the background looks too grey and if i came closer to the model maybe the highlight on her face would have created a greater composition.












Proposal For my Ten final Images


So for my final ten images 6- Portrait 4-Product shots i am going to create soft lighted photo's on a black backdrop and then im going to export them into photoshop and put them in black an white as i think the composition will look miles better and my product shots will be colour to show the finest details.





Ten Finals Image.

Evaluation.


Overall I have Really enjoyed this product as it has developed my studio photography skills as well as taught me how to use different types of equipment when in the studio. I found it hard in some particular areas to get the right lighting within the studio when i have been creating photo's so i used the Sekonic light meter to get the right settings i needed for the camera such as the shutter speed and aperture number.

Spider Diagram

Why do we need art?                                                                             Does Art Have Any Meaning?

                                                                                                                                Of course it can show emotion

                                                                                                                                And moods depending what it is

To show creative skills an

For art to be sold.

What Is Art?

Art can be shown

As a drawing photograph sculpture painting

An many more to show creation and imagination.

How does a piece of art communicate?

It can tell a story an also if not certain moods

Within the picture.

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Gallery Visit- Royal Armouries Mark Wilson Exhibition.

Today we visited Mark Wilson's exhibiton The Last Stand where most of the pictures showed the aftermaths of war.

This is the photo i have chosen to talk about i really liked this photo from all of the others as it made me step back and think why is there a random what seems to look like a old war bomb bunker or something similar to that an how the its in the sea in the middle of nowhere is very odd.

However it still very spooky but somewhat intriguing and the tree on the left side gives it a eerie feeling also.














Photographer Research Task 3.

Reece Leung.

 Taken in July 2012 by Freelance skateboarding photographer Reece Leung.

 I like the composition of this image due to it looking very raw. however in some what it is rather mundane but i like that as it sort of stands out in another fashion.

Attiba Jefferson

Captured in November 2007 Atlanta george

By Attiba Jefferson.

Attiba is a brilliant skateboarding photographer who has been around since the 1980's his work is widely known all over the world.