Week 7 high key

In this image we used 1 key light on the right and had Nat stand directly in front of the light . The use of 1 key light created a vinegtte 

1/125 f/8.0 ISO100

In these 2 images we used 2 high key lights one on each side , the light bounced around the whites in the room so there are barely any shadows in the frame , besides the rimming . 

1/200 F/8.0 ISO100

1/200 F/8.0 ISO100

                                                                    1/125 f/8.0 ISO100

Week 7 low key lighting

Low-key lighting is a style of lightingfor photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting, three-point lighting uses a key light, a fill light, and a back light for illumination. Low-key lighting often uses only one key light, optionally controlled with a fill light or a simple reflector.

1/125 f/8 ISO100 

This was shot in the studio , we used 1 key light on the right and when shot because only one light was used it created a large shadow on the left side of her face and body . Becaise the lighting was low key the background of the image darkened tho originally white 

 We changed tactics in this image getting Nat to sit under the lighting changing my vantage point and also her gaze , we also used the honey comb in this image ,  the shadow is softer than the first image and the light is subtle .  It has still created a beautiful shadow on her face and behind her . 

This image has a bit of the 2 first images in it , the dramatic harsh lighting and shadows of the first Image but the gaze and innocence of the second image , we had Nat directly facing the key light and composed her in the center of the frame ,

Texture and positive negative space research

Photograph five or more different textures.  Fill the frame with these textures. 

1/60 f/3.5 ISO2000

I used my cameras built in flash for this image because the room was quite dark. this is a close up of fire wood in my uncles house , you can see the texture of the branches its self aswell as the texture as a whole.

1/60 f/4.0 ISO100

in this image The texture is the bark as well as miscellaneous things in the ground 

1/60 f/9.0 ISO100

this image has texture in the wall as well as line and pattern 

1/60 f/3.5 ISO400

Texture of all the books 

 1/60 f/22.0 ISO125

The texture of the yellow circles which also displays line and pattern .

Take three wider shots with a clearly defined subject incorporating texture.

1/800 f/f.6 ISO100 

i took this image at mission bay of the paddle boarder and realised the water has texture in it, and the complementary blues in the image aswell and the textured water is also negative space.

1/640 F/16.0 ISO100

I took this image of my friend at black sand beach sitting in a little creek , the texture is the water running through, i also put her in the middle of rule of thirds and had the horizon in the middle. 

If it is not sunny do this exercise during self directed time

Using evaluative metering mode take a low angle portrait with the sun behind your subject. 

1/60 F/3.5 ISO2000

 this wide shot photo of the fire wood again 

Take some low angle photographs using the sky as negative space to frame your subject. 

Take a 3 different portraits of two or more people.  Think about where to place your subjects in the frame and pay attention to the negative space around these two (or more) figures.

Create a still life of 2-4 objects.  Think about their placement in relation to each other and also in relation the negative space around them.  Think about your vantage point when taking this photo.  Now add another object being aware of placement in relation to negative space.  Photograph this scene again.

Self directed work:

Take some images incorporating texture and experimenting with positive/negative space.  These can be the same as the exercises above, or you may choose to create your own ideas for images

week 5 Self directed Digital Tech

In the basic panel i used the exposure slider to brighten the image a bit i also upped the contrast and shadows to bring more light and colour into the image, i also used the clarity slider and the vibrance slider. Using targeted adjustment i brought the yellows to 100% which gave it a commercial feel. i also used spot healing to remove blu tack and the lock from the door because they got on my nerves.

I used the basic panel to up the exposure and contrast just a little i brought the highlight slider down aswell as the shadow slider , these are just minor adjustments i also took the clarity slider up just to define the framed picture. using the greyscale panel i used convert to greyscale and brought the red all the way down . i also cropped the picture and used the ruler tool to straighten. 

Camera use Final Print

This is my final print , i took this image in a second hand book store , i saw this little buddha behind some books and had to shoot it. i had to use a higher ISO because the lighting in the shop was quite dark. i focused on the buddhas face and used a shallow depth of field so the mid ground is in focus and the foreground and background is out of focus. i used a medium shutter of 1/60 and i used my cameras built i flash. i composed this so that the buddha is behind books and partially hidden. I like the colours, The colours in this image are complementary the yellows and the reds. This image displays pattern within the book stack and also texture of the buddha .

f/2.5 shutter speed1/60 ISO1000

Digital technology 1 Final

This image was taken using Low key lighting in the studio, we had nat stand directly in the light facing towards it and looking just beyond so she wasn't blinded. in camera raw i used the exposure slider to brighten a few shadows in the image but it exposed to much of the jumper so i used targeted adjustment and coloured in bits of the jumper  wanted darker again and used the exposure slider again to darken. i used the contrast slider to ad a bit of intensity to the image and brought down the shadow slider a bit. I used the spot healing brush to fix a few blemishes on her skin and remove some hair from in front of her face .

Week 6 Flash research

Rineke Dijkstra

Beach Series

In this image Dijkstra used a flash straight forward and a reflector to fill in light from the bottom, the source of light is coming from the front because the shadow of the subject is behind her. the image is also taken on a low angle with patterns in her swim suit and texture in the sand .

 In this image it looks like Dijkstra used a flash and a reflector to bounce the light and fill in the shadows on the right of the subject, you can tell because the shadows are on the left of the subject. there is also pattern in her pants and texture in the water and sand.

Juegen Teller

in This image i think teller used a flash straight on and the light is bouncing off the white walls to fill in the shadows and give a washed out look , which he probably wanted because the subject is quite goth looking. the subject is off the middle of the frame and her eyes are leading somewhere else.

I think he used the same technique in this shot to because it looks washed out the white walls act as a reflector he may also be using a reflector to strengthen the bounce of the flash , the image is not straght and the colours in this image are complementary.  

Line and pattern Research

Max Dupain

(1911-1992) is regarded as one of Australia's greatest photographers. He stressed simplicity and directness in his work, creating images of sharp focus, boldness and graphic composition. He was one of the earliest and most outstanding champions of modernism in Australia.

Sydney Opera House 

In this image Dupain took of the opera house he has chose his compisition very smartly, he has used a low vantage point and placed the subject in the middle of the frame. The way he composed this image allowed the 3 points of each roof top to become a pattern and also a leading line , there is also pattern in the structure of the building which dupain has captured beautifully.

Stairwell, ANZ Regional Proof Centre, Lidcombe, August 1975

In another architectual image by Dupain he has chosen a high vantage point looking down a staircase the rail is a leading line that leads you around the image and the stair case steps are pattern aswell as the texture patterns on the wall.

Robert Doisneau

Robert Doisneau 14 April 1912 – 1 April 1994) was a French photographer. In the 1930s he used a Leica on the streets of Paris. He was a champion ofhumanist photography and with Henri Cartier-Bresson a pioneer of photojournalism.

This image displays pattern with the two boys hand standing and the pavement, also line of the buildings in the back, the lines are tilted but i think thats because its a hill. Also pattern in the window. the two boys are placed in in the middle of the frame slightly slanted and there seems to be a slight vignette,

In this image the pattern is the stairs as well as leading lines the staircase is on the right of the rule of thirds, there is also pattern in the fence on the left and the walls. 

http://www.australia.gov.au/about-australia/australian-story/max-dupain

http://thesnapassembly.tumblr.com/post/65086128493/architecture-sydney-opera-house-at-40-by-nick

Digital Tech 1 week 6 photomerge

Photo merge is a Photoshop command that combines several photographs / scans into one continuous image.I took five shots of the images below.

Below are the following steps in photoshop to merge the images

Have your Layers palette open.

Open the Photo merge command: File –> Automate –> Photo merge

In the Photo merge window there should be an option to choose different types of Layout choose auto

Click on the Browse button and select the scans you would like to have merged together.

Then press OK.

Magically, the multiple scans now look like one image, but they are actually multiple layers. Check the image on your screen and if it all looks good merge the layers.

Crop the image to clean it up 

Vantage research

 Alexander Rodchenko 
was a Russian artsist, sculptor, graphic artist and photographer between the two World Wars and was one of the founders of the Russian Constructivist movement. His goal through his photography was to “transform reality through mass communication.” He called his photography “factography” due to the truth he thought it conveyed. In his photography he recorded the cultural and technical revolutions occurring during the Soviet Union. He was interested in odd camera angles, radical foreshortening, close-ups, in shadows and odd vantage points.
https://corinnedenn.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/alexander-rodchenko/

Pioneer

This photo is shot from a low angle vantage point right under the boys chin, the photo is looking up at the subject giving the image a powerful look.  he has positioned the subject in the middle of the screen and has used his face to fill the frame. i think the angle he took this photo on makes the photo seem happier as apposed to if he had taken it on a higher more vunrable angle also the low vantage point allows more shadows on the subjects bottm half of his face and more light on the top.

Fire escape

I love this photo, its shot at a low angle under a ladder with the subject standing above but the placement of this photo is amazing , it has leading lines with the ladder and the arcitechture in the background, and the vantange point shows the direction in which the man may be headed. Because the vantage point is low and the sky is behind the subject he becomes almost silloetted.

Herbert List 

(7 October 1903 – 4 April 1975) was a German photographer, who worked for magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Life, and was associated withMagnum Photos. His austere, classically posed black-and-white compositions, particularly of male nudes, taken in Italy and Greece have been highly formative for modern photography, with contemporary fashion photographers like Herb Ritts being clearly influenced by List's style. He is also noted for his erotic street photography.

                                                                       Herbert List, Arab Boy with Desert Candles, 1935

In this image List has used a lower vantagre point i think to level with the subjects bottom and have the plants in frame to compliment the subjects figure and all through the subject is naaaked the lower angle allows the plants to cover the subject more than if he had used a different angle.

This list image was shot at a low vantage point looking up towards the dog and his human , who both are hanging toes over the beach bed. there is shadow on the right of the image and negative space the low angle makes the dog look bigger and and protective of his human.

Refrences-
http://weimarart.blogspot.co.nz/2010/08/herbert-list.html

http://www.theartstory.org/artist-rodchenko-alexander.htm

http://41.media.tumblr.com/b5df62b08370c5b724dc22f188011c59/tumblr_n9fxrdAMas1qdk7sso1_1280.jpg

Richard Averdon diptych exercise

Actions

In camera Raw i used the HSL scale and converted the image to black and white and cropped to the size i required. i created a new A3 canvas in photoshop, i opened my 2 images in photo shop and using the move tool , moved them on to the canvas. I used the transformation tool to resize each of my images to fit nicely on to the canvas.

Then i changed the background to black by going edit - fill - contents - black

i flattened the image and saved as a TIFF 

I then repeated it with a photo of my own.

Week 2 Shutter research

Josef koudelka

Koudelka was born in 1938 in Boskovice, Moravia. He began photographing his family and the surroundings with a 6 x 6 Bakelite camera. He studied at the Czech Technical University in Prague (ČVUT) between 1956 and 1961, receiving a Degree in Engineering in 1961. He staged his first photographic exhibition the same year. Later he worked as an aeronautical engineer in Prague and Bratislava.
Koudlka is known for his documentation of the Prague invasion.

http://news.getty.edu/images/9036/gm_348159EX1.jpg

In this image Koudelka took of the invasion of Prague , The Motion of everything in the street is frozen , The man on the tank and th tank its self is at a stand still, the crowed are clear and still and the smoke in the background is also still and frozen , there is no motion blur whic leds me to believe that the Shutter speed of this image is a fast speed to capture a clear still image.

http://www.amazon.com/Koudelka-Gypsies-Will-Guy/dp/1597111775

This image also seems to be shot with a fast shutter speed, there is no blur to indicate any movement , and although the subjects seemed to be posed the sharpness of the image as a whole is that of an image shot with a fast shutter. i really like this image the gaze straight through the camera is somewhat mesmerising 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Koudelka

Duane Michals

Michals's work makes innovative use of photo-sequences, often incorporating text to examine emotion and philosophy.

Duane Michals is known for using slower shutter speeds, he deals with ideas and emotion.

In the photograph the motion is blurred indicating the use of a slow shutter speed , The motion is captured and give a ghostly look to the photo.

In this photo it lookslike the shutter was left open for a longer period of time and the man only moved slightly so capture half a solid silohette and half missing. This is a slow shutter speed