Thursday, 15 January 2015
Monday, 19th January
On Monday, I am going to look at a variety of colour and lines images. Also images from the formal elements to try inspiration. I am going to explore with new techniques at home.
Thursday, 15th January
Today I will be shooting in the studio, I am going to be shooting multiple imagery by using different facial expressions. I will also be going back to my photographers and research logs to fill them up with more information should they need.
Monday, 12 January 2015
Monday, 12th January
Today I am going to reshoot colour and shape. I am also going to finish my progression topic for mapplethorpe and try and incorporate some of the images from yesterdays war shoot, by putting them on contact sheets and then onto my blog.
Thursday, 8 January 2015
Thursday, 8th January
Today I need to complete the progression section of each of my work diaries. I need to work on most of them and update the amount of work I wrote for each post, however, I do not need to include anymore pictures into each of these progressions as I already have the images inserted. I am also going to try and do a studio shoot.
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Final Evaluation
When we started photography, we started looking at the ten formal elements to help us gain an understanding of the different ways to take photographs while highlighting different points. This included, line, colour, pattern, depth, texture, reflection, form, tone, shape and movement. Throughout these formal elements, before each shoot we would create a definition post and an image bank to help us define what each one meant. I looked at different varieties of ways to capture this image in the formal element. I think some of the topics were challenging but it helped me gain an outlook on what to expect in photography and expand my knowledge on the basis of the world around me. After each of the shoots, we created our contact sheets to choose our straight images and then create a work diary to look at how to improve in the future.
Starting with the different formal elements in photography was good as I had not previously done any photography work and it was very different than what I expected to photograph during this unit. These first lessons allowed me to gain a lot of experience looking at different compositions and different techniques to use during shooting. This development meant that in later lessons further on in the unit, I was able to apply knowledge I already had and adapt it to suit the different topics. One of my favourite topics in the formal elements was lines, colour and reflection. Line was great for me as it was the first topic we did in photography and it was the first choice for me to have a look at the world in a different perspective. Lines make up nearly every object and therefore there was a lot to photograph. Even now, two of the images that make up my final 20 pieces are from the lines topic as I think they are some of my best work in photography. One of the reasons I think this is because there was so much for me to photograph and because it was the first topic I had more ideas.
Colour and Reflection were both my other favourite formal elements in this part of photography as it was different from the others we have taken. Colour on its own was fun as I enjoyed looking at the different aspects, there is a lot of inspiration on the internet and in general it was more exciting. I also like the contrasts and explanations I could right about this. Reflection similarly was one of my favourite as there was so many different reflections that I could photograph on that day and in other shoots alike when I went out. I like Reflection as it was different from the other topics like movement, however, I did not like movement as much as I found it too boring and I did not like the images that came out from the shoot. I also struggled with knowing what images to take and when.
One of the things I said I wanted to improve on in the pre completion evaluation was maintaining the high amount of effort I put into the project and carrying it on at home to ensure that I can excel what is asked for and push boundaries. I feel like I have excelled my aspirations as I have kept it up and done more work. Another thing I wanted to improve upon was the composition of my work, so that the whole frame was valued and there was not much wasted space. By looking at the work of Mapplethorpe, I was able to see how he composed his work and I was able to take similar images. Looking at his work helped me a lot and I therefore enjoyed looking at his. I also like his work and the different lighting in the studio. As we spent a lot of time looking at portraiture, I enjoyed that topic in this project and it made me look at my photographs differently.
The next part in photography was one of my favourite part in photography as it was looking at different photographers and looking at aspiration from other work and carrying out similar styles in the studio and on different locations. I enjoyed this as I was able to look at professionals, and apply their work into different locations. Shooting in the studio is my favourite part of photography as there is no limits to what can be done. You can also change the lighting, different backgrounds and it is open any time so not dependent on the weather. When we apply this work to different locations, in the future I would like to take risks and use different locations as many of the images I have taken on location is in the same style of background. Overall, so far I feel like this unit has gone very well in photography as I have improved so many in my photographs and I have always been on time completing my work to the best of my ability. I am looking forward to next unit.
Starting with the different formal elements in photography was good as I had not previously done any photography work and it was very different than what I expected to photograph during this unit. These first lessons allowed me to gain a lot of experience looking at different compositions and different techniques to use during shooting. This development meant that in later lessons further on in the unit, I was able to apply knowledge I already had and adapt it to suit the different topics. One of my favourite topics in the formal elements was lines, colour and reflection. Line was great for me as it was the first topic we did in photography and it was the first choice for me to have a look at the world in a different perspective. Lines make up nearly every object and therefore there was a lot to photograph. Even now, two of the images that make up my final 20 pieces are from the lines topic as I think they are some of my best work in photography. One of the reasons I think this is because there was so much for me to photograph and because it was the first topic I had more ideas.
Colour and Reflection were both my other favourite formal elements in this part of photography as it was different from the others we have taken. Colour on its own was fun as I enjoyed looking at the different aspects, there is a lot of inspiration on the internet and in general it was more exciting. I also like the contrasts and explanations I could right about this. Reflection similarly was one of my favourite as there was so many different reflections that I could photograph on that day and in other shoots alike when I went out. I like Reflection as it was different from the other topics like movement, however, I did not like movement as much as I found it too boring and I did not like the images that came out from the shoot. I also struggled with knowing what images to take and when.
One of the things I said I wanted to improve on in the pre completion evaluation was maintaining the high amount of effort I put into the project and carrying it on at home to ensure that I can excel what is asked for and push boundaries. I feel like I have excelled my aspirations as I have kept it up and done more work. Another thing I wanted to improve upon was the composition of my work, so that the whole frame was valued and there was not much wasted space. By looking at the work of Mapplethorpe, I was able to see how he composed his work and I was able to take similar images. Looking at his work helped me a lot and I therefore enjoyed looking at his. I also like his work and the different lighting in the studio. As we spent a lot of time looking at portraiture, I enjoyed that topic in this project and it made me look at my photographs differently.
The next part in photography was one of my favourite part in photography as it was looking at different photographers and looking at aspiration from other work and carrying out similar styles in the studio and on different locations. I enjoyed this as I was able to look at professionals, and apply their work into different locations. Shooting in the studio is my favourite part of photography as there is no limits to what can be done. You can also change the lighting, different backgrounds and it is open any time so not dependent on the weather. When we apply this work to different locations, in the future I would like to take risks and use different locations as many of the images I have taken on location is in the same style of background. Overall, so far I feel like this unit has gone very well in photography as I have improved so many in my photographs and I have always been on time completing my work to the best of my ability. I am looking forward to next unit.
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