Targets
"TARGETS
Make sure you are taking a new set of observations frequently and that each set is 20-30 images.
Compare photographers across a project or within a piece of analysis. You could also create direct comparisons called: ‘Photographer and me” where you present a photo by you and a photo by your chosen photographer next to each other and discuss how you have been influenced.
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Make sure you are taking a new set of observations frequently and that each set is 20-30 images.
Compare photographers across a project or within a piece of analysis. You could also create direct comparisons called: ‘Photographer and me” where you present a photo by you and a photo by your chosen photographer next to each other and discuss how you have been influenced.
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Fragments Holiday Homework
For this homework I focused on looking for fragments of nature in modern, abandoned buildings, however, I did also take a few pictures relating to the idea of buildings. I went around and searched for any remains and fragments of greenery left or that have grown against all odds.
Best edits
I feel that I really managed to find interesting places where nature managed to take over despite all odds. Searching abandonded buildings was a good idea and probably the best place to find such a thing without just planting it myself. I took enough angles and viewpoints to have at least one good photo of every subject.
Next time, however, I could add some variety to the kind of background in the photos
Next time, however, I could add some variety to the kind of background in the photos
I also used inspiration from my Pinterest that I gathered over the summer:
The final part of the task was going to a photography exhibition:
The exhibition was to display selected photographs from the RPS’ annual London region exhibition
The photographers were from all around the world but the images were largely taken in London.
All of the photos were taken in the past year and submitted to the RPS via the internet
I was not able to find the photos online so I resorted to taking a picture of a booklet I had taken from the exhibition.
The photos were not presented or organised in any specific way to bring forward any aspect of them. They were printed out and framed in a gallery.
The exhibition was in an open large room on a main highstreet around a highly cultural area of Split, Croatia. In this area there are a lot of ancient roman ruins, and so many art forms are brought there, such as photographers from London. There was no entry fee or anyone touring the room, however there were short explanations and documentation of each individual photo.
The techniques themselves that the photographers used ranged greatly and there was no specific theme to follow.
I chose my three favourite pictures from the exhibition:
The exhibition was to display selected photographs from the RPS’ annual London region exhibition
The photographers were from all around the world but the images were largely taken in London.
All of the photos were taken in the past year and submitted to the RPS via the internet
I was not able to find the photos online so I resorted to taking a picture of a booklet I had taken from the exhibition.
The photos were not presented or organised in any specific way to bring forward any aspect of them. They were printed out and framed in a gallery.
The exhibition was in an open large room on a main highstreet around a highly cultural area of Split, Croatia. In this area there are a lot of ancient roman ruins, and so many art forms are brought there, such as photographers from London. There was no entry fee or anyone touring the room, however there were short explanations and documentation of each individual photo.
The techniques themselves that the photographers used ranged greatly and there was no specific theme to follow.
I chose my three favourite pictures from the exhibition:
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Metropolis, by Roger Cookson - 2022 I found this one very interesting as it used heavy tone, patterns and triangles, three techniques that we have looked at a lot during our coursework. The silhouetted figure on the left of the photo stands out from an otherwise repetitive photo, this in my opinion, is a commentary of how vast buildings are compared to the small size of people. |
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Rush Hour, Liverpool Street, by John Foster - 2022 This image used a technique that attracted my attention, the whole of the bottom area of liverpool street had been edited into fragments, with different people and colours. I found this similar to my end of year piece and showed me how a photographer does something similar. |
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Tate Modern in a bottle, by Kasia Ledwidge - 2022 The obstruction of an image is also something we have focused on and this use of a natural structure to do so gives perspective to the viewer, as if they, themselves are looking into tate modern. The chimney lining up with the part going upwards of the “bottle” is a very interesting aspect and adds something to look at to an otherwise grey and boring sky. |
Building fragments
Patrick Cornillet response
Patrick Cornillet is a painter that paints a part of concrete, bland, large and often institutional buildings. This often emphasises the details within that building due to the lack of background entirely.
We looked at his work and tried to take pictures at angles similar to what he illustrates in his paintings, and then edited all but the core element that we wanted to keep from the photo
We looked at his work and tried to take pictures at angles similar to what he illustrates in his paintings, and then edited all but the core element that we wanted to keep from the photo
Targets for taking next set of photographs:
Do best to focus photograph when using a digital camera
Capture only what I want in the photograph
Do best to focus photograph when using a digital camera
Capture only what I want in the photograph
Best edits
WWW & EBI: I captured many photos which had enough detail and were interesting enough to make edits out of, I also managed to chose the right settings whilst editing and considered many aspects during this process. However, with my first best edit I edited the background as well as the subject accidentally, plus, I struggled with greenery blocking many interesting buildings that I wanted to capture.
Mauren Brodbeck response
Mauren Brodbeck takes pictures of bleak, decrepit buildings and replaces the whole building with a bright, block colour. She does this to demonstrate that we do not pay attention to most buildings around us, as we can't remember what was there before it was replaced.
Whilst I was taking the photos, I considered taking pictures of something uninteresting and unmemorable, whilst also capturing the subject in it's entirety in the photo
Best Edits
WWW & EBI: I found a good amount of scenes that I could edit a section out of, at the beginning the exposure was too high, but I managed to adjust it for the rest of my pictures and have well-balanced images. I chose which colours I edited the buildings into by considering the background and trying to make it look stand out a lot but still somewhat fit with the picture. I feel that I need to make an effort to ensure that next time there is nothing between me and the subject as I found that to be an issue throughout.
Anastasia Savinova
Savinova is a photographer that likes to takes many pictures of similar buildings and edits them into one big, odd looking one. She frequentely adds a background that doesn't fit, or loosely fits to the building itself, giving it a futuristic, or even dystopian feel.
We explored this ourselves by taking pictures of our neighbourhood and editing them into one big house.
We explored this ourselves by taking pictures of our neighbourhood and editing them into one big house.
Edits
I didn't really like this task and didn't feel that I did it as well as I could have, even so, I think I managed to select certain parts of buildings and place them together in such a way as to make something not insanely far off realistic.
Next time I should try to get the angles a bit better and spend more time editing the pictures seperately before bringing them all together so as to not make such massive contrast in colours as is in the picture above.
Next time I should try to get the angles a bit better and spend more time editing the pictures seperately before bringing them all together so as to not make such massive contrast in colours as is in the picture above.
Chris Killip Photographer's gallery trip
Chris Killip documented what was happening in the North of England (mainly the isle of man) during the economic changes of the 1970s and 80s. Against a background of shipbuilding and coal mining, he witnessed the togetherness of communities and the industries that sustained them and stayed long enough to see their loss.
The photos appeared to be sorted in a specific way, carefully sorting them into different rooms and areas. For example, there would be one room full of just portraits, or one room just of high-rise buildings. This made the exhibition interesting and gave each room a different feel and kept it fresh.
Because all the pictures were in black and white, there was a lot of tone expressed, which was just accentuated when printed out and framed. Also, Killip liked to show all of the different aspects of the people's life and how they changed, for example, showing a neighbourhood full of snow and life, and then another picture showing the same scene 2 years after completely demolished, demonstrating the radical change the north was going through.
The photos appeared to be sorted in a specific way, carefully sorting them into different rooms and areas. For example, there would be one room full of just portraits, or one room just of high-rise buildings. This made the exhibition interesting and gave each room a different feel and kept it fresh.
Because all the pictures were in black and white, there was a lot of tone expressed, which was just accentuated when printed out and framed. Also, Killip liked to show all of the different aspects of the people's life and how they changed, for example, showing a neighbourhood full of snow and life, and then another picture showing the same scene 2 years after completely demolished, demonstrating the radical change the north was going through.
Independant development
Daniel Crooks
Daniel crooks is a sculptor and a photographer who focuses predominantly on time-based work. He will frequently take multiple pictures of a setting or area and edit them together or edit parts of them warped into one another.
I found his work very interesting and decided to take a shot at replicating one of his works. I hope to create something alike to his creation by taking a picture of central London (preferably with a lot of people) from the same angle and then editing it. |
My attempts
above are all the pictures I used for the following attempts.
My edits:
The first try was succesful in that I managed to capture his style and managed to morph the scene into something very off but still recognisable. For this I didn't have a tripod so I took multiple different pictures and combined them.
I wasn't sure about wether I should have long full strips (right) or only to the tree level, similar to what Crooks does (left).
I wasn't sure about wether I should have long full strips (right) or only to the tree level, similar to what Crooks does (left).
For the second attempt, instead of making them solid strips across the whole picture, I used sections from similar pictures and turned down the opacity, layering them several times and creating the illusion of movement on the left with the woman and on the right with the man in black and denim.
This turned out better than I thought it would, and gives an unusual feel when looked at, I believe I managed the amount of strips well, leaving out spaces where I thought it wouldn't make sense to have other things layered on top.
The shade and light is slightly different in some of the pictures but I don't think it's an issue, in fact I think it adds to the strange nature of the edit.
This turned out better than I thought it would, and gives an unusual feel when looked at, I believe I managed the amount of strips well, leaving out spaces where I thought it wouldn't make sense to have other things layered on top.
The shade and light is slightly different in some of the pictures but I don't think it's an issue, in fact I think it adds to the strange nature of the edit.
Fong Qi Wei
Fong Qi Wei is a Singapore based photographer who takes a lot of photos of a landscape over hours, during a sunset/sunrise and then compiles them into one photo displaying all stages of the day (as seen below)
My goal for this project is to create an image that displays the whole cycle of a sunset/sunrise in one picture. Ideally, I hope to find an interesting subject so that it is a pleasing photo to look at.
My edits:
For the below image I went to Alexandra Palace with a tripod and took pictures every 3 minutes until the colour of the sky stopped changing. I used a different set of images as I found the ones above where not very pleasing when edited.
For this image I complied a select set of images into one picture, matched them all up as best as I could and then decided how much of each picture should be shown. I then cut them up and again matched them up into the image above.
WWW & EBI: One thing I am very happy with from this project was that I managed to balance the shutter speed and aperture with a proper camera over a long range of different lighting. This means, in my opinion, that I have a good understanding of how a DSLR camera works and how to control it. However, an issue that I struggled with is that even with a tripod, I struggled to keep the framing exactly the same each time and that made the final product slightly off (as seen above with the slight variations in each part).
Liminal images and William Eckersley
I saw Eckersley's work and thought that it linked to the idea of fragments because without people, a lot of urban areas (such as tube stations) are fragments of what they are designed for, almost as if a piece of the scene itself is missing by not having people.
In this section I hope to find areas lacking people which you would expect to be somewhat full and create an eerie but still very realistic photo through it.
This project lasted a few weeks and I decided to make this my final one because I liked the idea and I thought that I had quite a few things I could try out.
In this section I hope to find areas lacking people which you would expect to be somewhat full and create an eerie but still very realistic photo through it.
This project lasted a few weeks and I decided to make this my final one because I liked the idea and I thought that I had quite a few things I could try out.
The above are all the pictures that I used for the edits.
My Edits
Outside
Set 2
For these edits I went into central London on a wednesday at about 6 in the morning. By doing this I avoided almost all of the traffic during the day and maanged to capture quite a few interesting moments that look uncanny with the abscense of people, especially with the long corridors that are usually bustling during the day.
Best Edits
Inside (FINAL)
After editing this photo I noticed that the image was very uneven, which I managed to change through mirroring the image (as seen on the two below). This gave me a much better result and a much more pleasing photo all around.
For the editing process, it is more or less the same other than the mirroring through the transform tool and erasing some of the duplicated spots around the mirror.
For the editing process, it is more or less the same other than the mirroring through the transform tool and erasing some of the duplicated spots around the mirror.
WWW & EBI: Because I was using my phone camera for these, I didn't have to worry much about focus or exposure, but the actual content I captured within a photo was good and I managed to not get any people in my image which was the main goal of the project. If I were to do it again however, I would make more effort to make the photos already somewhat symmetrical so that editing out half the photo is not needed so much.
The editing process in my opinion went quite well and the speed at which I can make an edit has shortened a lot from the beginning of this course, I found many ways to achieve the results that I want.
The editing process in my opinion went quite well and the speed at which I can make an edit has shortened a lot from the beginning of this course, I found many ways to achieve the results that I want.