Statement of intent
My chosen theme is light and dark. I have decided to take pictures of bright objects against the dark/black backgrounds.Most of my pictures are going to consist of black and white so it has an effect on the viewer. I am interested in Ansel Adams because his pictures are incredible and his pictures have a lot of meaning behind them. Ansel Adams also shows the impact on the picture and what exactly is happening.
Ansel Adams has pictures that are very inspirational hence why I did light and dark, I got a lot of ideas from Ansel's work which helped me built my light and dark project.
All of my pictures will have a meaning and all have a dark background to make it very clear that I am doing light and dark. I also picked light and dark because it shows what the photographer is doing and what he is trying to do in the image.
Light and dark was my chosen theme because I felt that I could do well in it and preferred that to doing framing. After the final piece I will write a final evaluation on the project so that it is reflecting on what went well in it and what went bad. I intend to capture a variety of photo shoots to explore the theme that I am choosing.
I intend to visit places such as Salford to develop my knowledge and gallery that I previously did, however I did not take as many images as I was suppose to.
Due to my decision of choosing Light and dark I will now ensure that I have a variety of pictures so that I can edit my pictures in Photo Shop. Furthermore, Ansel Adams had very similar ideas of my own which made it easy to pick him as a photographer to get some inspiration and new amazing ideas from. Most of my photo shoot ideas come from Ansel Adams as he has similar effects to his pictures.
Ansel Adams has pictures that are very inspirational hence why I did light and dark, I got a lot of ideas from Ansel's work which helped me built my light and dark project.
All of my pictures will have a meaning and all have a dark background to make it very clear that I am doing light and dark. I also picked light and dark because it shows what the photographer is doing and what he is trying to do in the image.
Light and dark was my chosen theme because I felt that I could do well in it and preferred that to doing framing. After the final piece I will write a final evaluation on the project so that it is reflecting on what went well in it and what went bad. I intend to capture a variety of photo shoots to explore the theme that I am choosing.
I intend to visit places such as Salford to develop my knowledge and gallery that I previously did, however I did not take as many images as I was suppose to.
Due to my decision of choosing Light and dark I will now ensure that I have a variety of pictures so that I can edit my pictures in Photo Shop. Furthermore, Ansel Adams had very similar ideas of my own which made it easy to pick him as a photographer to get some inspiration and new amazing ideas from. Most of my photo shoot ideas come from Ansel Adams as he has similar effects to his pictures.
MOOD BOARD
FLOWERS
ABANDONED PLACES/BUILDINGS
composition
ContextBilly Kidd is an American self-taught photographer born in 1980. He took a series of photographs of decaying flowers. The flowers are in the natural process of dying, therefore each flower is at a different stage. I like how these photographs have a black background, and you cannot see the whole flower, you can only see a part of it. Some parts of the flowers are vibrant and bright, whereas other parts are very dark and difficult to see. These photographs relate to my theme as some people might think the dead flowers are not perfect and shouldn’t be photographed. Billy makes the flowers look delicate even though they are dead.
This image is taken in some sort of abandoned/haunted house and is focusing on the four pillars and what appears to be, the entrance/exit. This image is hard to tell if it is old or new because of the location and colour. The image has no people in it, this has an effect on the viewer because it makes you wonder why there is no one there, Is it because it is haunted?
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I have chosen this picture to analyse because it shows what the mood is like.The focus point on this image is the 4 pillars and the entrance, i think they have done this because it is trying to say that there is no escape. The photographer has focused on what it appears to be, an entrance/exit. They have taken in straight on and not done a birds eye view. This image has a really big effect on the viewer because it gives us the impression that the building is possibly haunted and completely abandoned.
ConnectionThis image links to my work because it is black and white, and that is the theme i am going to be doing. I personally think there is a message behind the story because the image shows sadness and has a creepy feeling, Also this picture has a thing which all of our eyes are drawn to. Our eyes are all drawn to the strange, mysterious door/square block.
CommentI really like this image because it is really effective and gives a spooky story behind it. I really like this image because it shows us what the mood is like, also i like this image because it is black and white which links to my theme. My theme is black and white and this is why i like this image, the one thing i dislike about this image is that there is nothing in the picture that is making us wonder why or what is going on.
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CommentI really like the bright orange drink because it stands out right at the front, also the photographer has cleverly made the light stand out on the food and the orange juice which makes it look even brighter.They have also put the objects close together so that you can see everything on the table.One thing that i do not like about the picture is the scattered raisins, this makes the picture look untidy and looks as if it has been left to rot
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ContentThis image is still life, the photographer has not used shutter speed. This image will link to my work because it is clearly in a studio and this is what im thinking of doing. In my opinion i think they have balanced out the image because half the amount of vegetables and drinks on either side. This image i obviously with color and is not black and white, also i think they have made it colorful to make it look better.
ConnectionThe theme i have chosen is light and dark because i think when a picture is in black and white it has a huge effect on the viewer. The image can link to my work because the image has a black background so that all of our attention is drawn to the food on the table. In my opinion there is no message behind this image. i think they needed to put color in this image because you wouldn't be able to see the main
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Context
This image was taken by Raquel Carmona and she is a photographer in which she takes pictures of food. Raquel Carmona was born in Cordoba, Spain on May 25, 1972. She has been married and has children. She grew up in Brazil. Raquel Carmona's age 46 years old. Raquel's birth sign is Gemini & birthday May 25.
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CompositionThe first thing that our eyes are drawn to is the bright orange juice on the table. The photographer has deliberately made the light shine on the orange juice for it to have a reflection, Also the photographer has focused the light on the fruit so that the food is he only thing we are looking and paying attention to.
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200 word evaluation of your final photographers.
The project I enjoyed the most was light and dark because it was highly entertaining and we always had something exciting to do. EG: Our shoots. The reason why I picked light and dark was because I believe it is very interesting and like I said, entertaining. I mostly found the project entertaining because in the project we always got told on which shoot we are we going to do next. All together i have done 4 shoots and im hoping to do 5 or 6. For my firth and sixth image i am hoping to do it at home or somewhere other than school to make it more creative.
I would like to develop my ideas in Photoshop mainly because I want to improve my editing skills in the app. Photo Shop is really important in photography because every-time we do a shoot we usually have to edit our pictures to get them to complete perfection, if they are not to complete perfection this has a much affect on the other images we have taken too because then the image looks a bit more boring and natural.
I searched in "Ansel Adams" because he did light and dark and my chosen theme was light and dark so he was perfect for my project. The only problem i had during this project was when I did a studio setup. This is hard with light and dark because you sometimes have to get a lamp and place it on the object, However this can have an impact on the image because it sometimes makes the whole image either blurry or too light or too dark. When this happens i normally change the ISO and the white balance so that it isn't too dark or too light.
I personally believe the most successful part of the whole project was taking the pictures. I loved taking the pictures because I found it challenging and we always had something important to do. I also enjoyed editing and writing on my Weebly page because I found it productive and I liked how we could comment and analyse out own images and also peer assess other peoples work inside of out class. Furthermore, I also enjoyed how we increased our ideas and skills on the cameras because we figured out how to do other key points on the cameras that we didn't know before we started this project, This shows how much we have all improved since we started the whole project.
The best camera setting was Shutter speed in my opinion because I used shutter speed a lot in my images. one time when I had to take a picture of water falling out of the jug and I used shutter speed for that image and when it was taken the image didn't blur or go out of focus. The image was really good. I also used shutter speed for a moving car and some of the images were very blurred and out of focus. This is a good example on why you need to make sure you take a series of pictures to make sure you have that one perfect image that you are going to keep and place it on your Weebly page.
I would like to develop my ideas in Photoshop mainly because I want to improve my editing skills in the app. Photo Shop is really important in photography because every-time we do a shoot we usually have to edit our pictures to get them to complete perfection, if they are not to complete perfection this has a much affect on the other images we have taken too because then the image looks a bit more boring and natural.
I searched in "Ansel Adams" because he did light and dark and my chosen theme was light and dark so he was perfect for my project. The only problem i had during this project was when I did a studio setup. This is hard with light and dark because you sometimes have to get a lamp and place it on the object, However this can have an impact on the image because it sometimes makes the whole image either blurry or too light or too dark. When this happens i normally change the ISO and the white balance so that it isn't too dark or too light.
I personally believe the most successful part of the whole project was taking the pictures. I loved taking the pictures because I found it challenging and we always had something important to do. I also enjoyed editing and writing on my Weebly page because I found it productive and I liked how we could comment and analyse out own images and also peer assess other peoples work inside of out class. Furthermore, I also enjoyed how we increased our ideas and skills on the cameras because we figured out how to do other key points on the cameras that we didn't know before we started this project, This shows how much we have all improved since we started the whole project.
The best camera setting was Shutter speed in my opinion because I used shutter speed a lot in my images. one time when I had to take a picture of water falling out of the jug and I used shutter speed for that image and when it was taken the image didn't blur or go out of focus. The image was really good. I also used shutter speed for a moving car and some of the images were very blurred and out of focus. This is a good example on why you need to make sure you take a series of pictures to make sure you have that one perfect image that you are going to keep and place it on your Weebly page.
5'cs- Analyzing an image
Context
This image is very difficult to tell if it is new or old because it is in black and white. I like this image because it is structured really well. I like the structure of the image because the image is almost as if it is telling us where to look. This image is hard to tell where it is from which is very suspicious, Another reason why i like this image because it is hard to tell where the image was taken. Finally, I also like this image because its interesting
Connection
This image is very difficult to tell if it is new or old because it is in black and white. I like this image because it is structured really well. I like the structure of the image because the image is almost as if it is telling us where to look. This image is hard to tell where it is from which is very suspicious, Another reason why i like this image because it is hard to tell where the image was taken. Finally, i also like this image because its interesting
Content
In this image all you can see is woods and forests. I like the way the photographer did this because he deliberately did this so that us as a viewer wants to know more about whats happening. This image has no buildings which tells us that the place where it was taken is isolated and abandoned. There are no people which also suggests that the place has clearly been left maybe because of a serious crime.
Composition
As you can clearly tell, the image is taken in black and white and had no color in it whatsoever . The view for us is the tree trunk and the fence. It is also taken so that you can see the clouds aswell. The lighting is very medium because when you're taking an image as light and dark then you need it to be evenly spread out. In this image there is a middle ground, so it is taken at a medium perspective. As soon as you see this image your eye is drawn to the dark,gloomy clouds and the tree trunk covering the top part of the image.
Connection
In my opinion, this image is taken cleverly because it makes us wonder what is going on and where about this location is. This image also tells us that death might of occurred, you get this creepy and spooky kind of feeling because it makes us wonder if everyone is ok. The trees shadowing around the top end of the picture also gives us an impression that it is telling us where to actually is.
PLAN
My first shoot
Best image
This is my best image in my opinion because think the aperture is near enough spot on, also the composition is good as well because you can clearly see the forks. We positioned the forks really well which made the picture look good, also all of the forks were the same height and width. Next time me and my partner could've had more forks so that there is more to it and had more time to take more pictures and change the setting continuously so we can see the improvements or our fails. |
shoot 2
Best ImageI believed this is my best image because it has focused on the domino and blurred everything in the background completely out. Another reason why i like this image is because of the lighting, i set the white balance to Daylight to get that yellow colour. I did this so that i knew it would automatically go to the correct setting, which it did, i figured out that the composition and the exposure was perfect for this image. Another reason why i like this image is because of the camera angle too. I deliberately took the image at that angle so that you can see what number the domino is on.
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Worst Image
I chosen this image to be my worse image because the composition was awful. I didn't set the White Balance to the correct setting hence why the image has turned into a yellow colour. When i was taking the image i set the white balance to daylight and when you're inside and you set it as daylight it will always turn into a really bright and blurry yellow colour. Another reason why i believe this is my worst image is because of the angle the camera is at whilst taking this image. When taking this image i tried to take it at a birds eyed view and that went really bad because i was far too close to the lamp which made the whole image terrible.
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First Attempt (Photoshop steps)
Photoshop final outcome
Abandoned buildings Homework
Best Image
- i believe this is my best image out of the top 12 took in total. This is my best image because it shows what kind of mood the picture is going to be once we enter the room which is clearly going to be a bit haunting and very creepy. Another reason why i believe this is my best image is because of the exposure and composition. The composition was perfect because if it was a tiny bit lighter or a tiny bit darker this image wouldn't of worked. I also like this image because you can see the broken and ripped corners of the door which tells us that this place has been left to rot and been completely isolated. In my opinion this image also gives the viewer a very daring temptation top enter the building, As you can see in this image, the door use to have a wall of wood covering it but as you can see it has been ripped and left.
Worst image
In my opinion this is my worst image because first of all is the lack of meaning behind the image. This picture has absolutely no meaning behind the image which makes the viewer lose focus in the image and makes them not really care about it. Another reason why this image is bad is because of the focus, As you can see i clearly rushed this image and rushing an image is the worst thing you can possibly do in photography. In this image the focus is really bad, the image is not focused on everything and also the lighting. The lighting was far too bright and was too dark in the background so it is impossible for the viewer to see what is going on in the background of this image. One more thing that i think is bad about the image is the camera angle, i should've taken it more as if the camera was looking up to the desks for a better affect on the viewer.
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Photoshop
Final outcomes
Flowers
Shoot 3
Photoshop
Picking a Different Image From My Homework
Here, i went onto Photoshop and changed the filter so that it had an lighting effect in the image. The first idea was to make sure that the light was shining onto the fire extinguisher so that it stood out and the background was hard to see. When i went onto Photo Shop i went on filter,render, Then lighting effects. I wanted to do the lighting effects because it has a very big effect on the viewer because your eyes are instantly attracted to the fire extinguisher straight away. Maybe next time i should wait until the picture is in full focus and make sure i had a better background to have a better effect. The one on the right in my opinion is much better than the one on the left.
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Context
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This image is very difficult to tell if it is new or old because it is in black and white. I like this image because it is structured really well. I like the structure of the image because the image is almost as if it is telling us where to look. This image is hard to tell where it is from which is very suspicious, Another reason why i like this image because it is hard to tell where the image was taken. Finally, i also like this image because its interesting
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Connection
This image connects to my work because it is black and white and the theme i chosen at the start of this was light and dark. I personally believe there is a message behind this image because it is trying ti tell us something the way it was structured. I believe that this image has death behind it because of the way the camera is positioned and of the spooky environment. I think that this image was taken in black and white because it makes the viewer held in suspense.
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Content
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In this image all you can see is woods and forests. I like the way the photographer did this because he deliberately did this so that us as a viewer wants to know more about whats happening. This image has no buildings which tells us that the place where it was taken is isolated and abandoned. There are no people which also suggests that the place has clearly been left maybe because of a serious crime.
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Composition
As you can clearly tell, the image is taken in black and white and had no color in it whatsoever . The view for us is the tree trunk and the fence. It is also taken so that you can see the clouds aswell. The lighting is very medium because when you're taking an image as light and dark then you need it to be evenly spread out. In this image there is a middle ground, so it is taken at a medium perspective. As soon as you see this image your eye is drawn to the dark,gloomy clouds and the tree trunk covering the top part of the image.
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Comment
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In my opinion, this image is taken cleverly because it makes us wonder what is going on and where abouts this location is. This image also tells us that death might of occurred, you get this creepy and spooky kind of feeling because it makes us wonder if everyone is ok. The trees shadowing around the top end of the picture also gives us an impression that it is telling us where to actually is.
Shoot 4 |
Best Image |
I believed this was my best image out of the twelve i took because i thought that the focus was good and i placed the lamp at an angle so that you can see all of the chest pieces perfectly. Another reason why i thought that this was my best image is because i took the picture from the right. I did this because i thought that the positioning was good and the lighting was shining on every single chest piece. When taking this picture, i put one black chest piece in the middle so that it isn't all of the same colour. I also put some of the bigger pieces in the middle so that it can easily stand out.
Photo Shop (editing the picture in Photoshop)
In Photoshop i decided that the picture would look more better and focused if i had it in black and white so i edited it to be black and white for my theme i have chosen.
Final Outcome
Photo Shop Final Outcome
In this picture I decided to make it light and dark because i thought it would look good. As you can see it is light at the front part of the image and dark at the back. The blackness at the back of the image is really good because it focuses the our attention on the light part of the image. I like this image because you can also see the detail on the dominoes, In this image it only focuses on the front seven dominoes which is really effective because it drags the viewers attention on to the 7 dominoes. Finally, I decided to make it light and dark (no color) so that you can clearly see what number is on the dominoes.
Final Gallery
Best image |
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This is my best image because my actual intentions were to make it look too light and having the back part of the image blacked out. Due to top the fact that I didn't have that many hood pictures to choose from, I was forced to pick this as my best because it was one of the only images to have the whole instrument in it without it being blocked out like the rest of the ones were.
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This is my worst image because the whole instrument was unable to make it in the image as I stupidly rushed it. Next time, when taking a picture I will ensure that I am taking my time so that everything that I want in the image is in it instead of being out side of the image. Furthermore, another reason why i chosen this as my worst image is because of the lack of focus and lighting on the bottle and instrument its self.
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