Walk1 - Work Diary

Evaluation:

Today we did something we haven't done before in photography which was go out on a walk to take images of the world around the campus. In our group, we had gone to the town centre and the park before but they did not really fit our topics. However, on this walk, we were given different topics to choose from while we went on our walk. We had to base our photos around the following, Journey, Back of Head Portraiture and Autumn. Therefore, we always had something to work with and could take a range of photos in all different locations. However, I also took images in the reflection topic when we came across the pond, which I can add to my straight images to other topics. One of my favourite images from the shoot was this one:

I like this image as I like the composition of it in the photograph. It shows the Journey topic as it is directing people to the location and also is different from other images I have taken. I like the graffiti on the sign as well as I feel like it gives the sign character. It is hard for me to say an image I didn't like as they all fall into different topics but another one of my images I liked in the reflection topic was this one: 

Once I have edited this image I hope for it to look better when it is cropped and zoomed in more to make the birds look clearer. I also will enhance the colours and try and get some contrast between the white and the green around it. I will do this by changing the brightness and making the green bolder. 

Progression:

When we go onto our second walk, I am going to improve on the feedback I receive and take a range of different images of the same object to give myself more variety when I choose the photographs. I would like to take some landscape images which look like following below. 

Contrast - Definitions

Definition:

the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.

Describing Contrast:

different, opposite, large, colour, toned, juxtaposing, associating.

Variety of Contrast: 

The image is contrasting tone and busyness. The image is split into exactly two halves which I find clever and intriguing as it allows the audience to see an exact interpretation. On the left, we see contrast between the black man on the white background. It is distinctive as he is the only object on the ice. On the right side, we see the dark sea contrasting the ice but also there is much more things going on with a range of different tones. 

This image contrasts in type and colour as the green sweet is among the coffee beans. The green is a colour contrast to the brown beans while also the objects are opposites. We are taking something savoury and disrupting it with something sweet. 

This image is tonal as it only contrasts the black with the white. The use of the Zebra is key in the image as it shows purpose and an exact contrast of black and white. 

The above image is one of my favourite from the Contrast topic as it is extremely conceptual. Recreating the iconic image with the feminine ballets is a great contrast. The different character types in the image contrast as the woman at the back is wearing all black.

Personal Definition: 

being close to something else, but juxtaposing in different ways.

Contrast - Image Bank

The first image in this image bank shows contrasting colours as the selected colour is the red roses. The contrast in this image enhances the roses among the white dress and also allows the viewer to see the focal point which is also composed in the centre of the image. I like this image with the selective colour as it shows a visual contrast clearly. I also like the composition, as the roses take up the majority of the image with the wedding dress in the background still being visible. 

The image below shows contrast in numerous ways. The first image is tone, where it displays black and white. Similarly, in the second image we see contrasting tone but we also see the conceptual contrast where we can establish still and movement. As the bike is moving along while the other lights are all still. This can also be seen in the third image where the person is jumping between the rocks. 

The contrast in the next two images comes from the differing objects in the blog. The first image shows the comb among the rocks and the second shows the red pepper among the completely different green fruit. It can also be seen conceptual in the first image as it is natural and manmade. The second image is fruit and a vegetable, which contrasts from each other. This is mainly shown through the use of colour, with the red pepper standing out from the green background. 

The contrast in the final image of the bank comes from contrasting objects and textures. The leave among the different green backdrop show how they are different types while the texture which are highlighted through different shadows and colours. I like the composition of this image as the base leaf takes up all of the image, where the leaf on top stands out from it as it doesn't compare in the size of scale. 

Studio Contrast - Straight Images

Studio Contrast - Work Diary

Evaluation:

Before we went out to photograph Studio Contrast, we made a mind map of all we believed could contrast in the world. Our topics ranged from visual contrast, like black and white and conceptual contrast which is something the viewer has to think about to recognise. After this, while waiting to go into the studio. We played around on photoshop in order to recreate some images in contrast. These can be found in the post below of edits. This was good, as it gave me direction and I knew what I wanted to do when I went into the studio. After getting in our groups and using the ideas of our mind map, we took it in turns to take photographs of different contrasts. One of my favourite photographs from the shoot was the one below as it shows the contrast in the different shoes. 

One of the photos I wish was chosen was this one as I though it displayed contextual contrast in a different way. In the future, I aim to take different photographs in this style of being different and interesting.

Progression:

In the future, I hope for my studio contrast images to look like this by using a range of different techniques in the studio. I will also edit my images like I did the first time I looked at contrast in order for it to look like the below wine glasses. I also like the conceptual contrast of these images. 

Contrast - Edits

Contrast - Mindmap

Mind Map created by georgering with ExamTime