Computer Experiment Five

This is a joiner that I created, I think that it actually worked quite well and is probably my best joiner of the three I created, I don't think that this is a effect that I would use often as it is quite time consuming, however if done right, it can look really good.

To do this photograph, I had to take photographs of Fern from lots of different angles, this took quite a while because I didn't want them to have much shadowing on them because it would've looked really bad. 

Once I had the photographs, I had to create a new photo with nothing on it and drag photographs on after, I only used five photos to make this but I think that it looks quite good.

Computer Experiment Four

This is my fourth plinth photograph, I think that it isn't my best computer experiment, however I do like it because it looks almost like the Rubik Cube is 3D and coming out of the screen, I like this photograph a lot, even if I don't think it's my best one.

To make the photo like this I had to take photos of the Rubik Cube in the Studio, this didn't take very long but we had to set up the lights to do this. 

I then cut out the shape on photoshop and dragged it onto the urban landscape photograph. I think that it had this effect because of the different lighting on each photograph.

Computer Experiment Three

This photograph originally had a red top, however I changed the colour because I thought that purple would look nicer, this sort of technique would be good if someone was wearing a colour that clashed with the background, for example red and orange or blue and green. It would make the photo more aesthetically appealing.

To make this effect I used this  to choose the whole top and nothing else, it was easy to use and I had a lot of control over it which was good.

Once I had chosen the whole t-shirt, I then used colour balance to change the colour of the t-shirt. 

Computer Experiment Two

I used the Vignette filter for this photograph, I really like the effect that tho has because it makes the face (or wherever you choose) a lot brighter than the rest of the photograph, which can create an affect similar to focusing on one part of a photo.

To do this photograph, I used curves to make it a lot darker.

I then used gradient to create this effect. This was how I used gradient, it created the effect that you see on the top photograph.

Computer Experiment One

For this photograph I used the filter tilt-shift, I think that this creates a really nice effect that I would be able to use in other portraits, I would possibly be able to use this in a landscape if there is a particular bit of the photograph I want to focus on. The focused bit of the photograph drags your eyes towards it, whereas the rest of the photograph is blurrier and you aren't very dragged to it.

To do this photograph, I had to go to filter at the top of the screen.

I then had to go to Blur Gallery and then Tilt-Shift, this made the photograph have a focused area in the middle that I could move around, whilst the rest of the photo went blurry, it faded out which looks a lot more natural than some other filters which makes it a lot more usable.

Work Diary - London Trip

Work Diary - London Trip

We travelled to London to see the Alec Soth exhibition at the science museum, I really enjoyed this trip as it gave me a chance to take more urban landscapes which I really enjoy, it also gave me the chance to take motion photographs. During the day whilst it was still light, I took photographs of some of the buildings around Trafalgar Square. As it got darker, taking photographs got harder because the shutter speed got slower, and I didn't bring a tripod which meant that my photos would end up out of focus because I wasn't able to keep the camera still. However I was able to get some motion photographs when it was dark, even though I couldn't keep the camera steady and the background was slightly shaky. I really like the photos that I got that evening because they show motion fantastically.

Progression:

Next time I will aim to bring a tripod so that I can get better night photographs that aren't shaky and even better day photographs that I can use a slower shutter speed on to create a different effect, using a tripod would give me more opportunities to play around with the settings on the camera.

This is probably my best photograph because it shows a lot of motion, I think that the colours from the car lights are also quite warm, which contrasts to the cold looking blue that surrounds the lights. For this photograph I used a f stop of 16, a shutter speed of 1.3 seconds, and an iso 400

This is probably my worst photograph because it isn't in focus and I think that it looks messy because of this, although there is a difference in how focused the background and foreground is, I don't think this looks as good as any of my others.

Connecting Essay

This is my photograph that I took for portraiture, I did this photograph in the style of Thomas Ruff, who does photographs that are in a deadpan style. I really like this style because it shows us that even when you see a photograph of someone, that doesn't mean you have any idea what they are thinking. I think it makes us think about how presumptuous we can be with thinking we know how someone might react to something or how someone might feel about something.

I think that Thomas Ruff's photo is incredible and I think that it shows us a lot about the subject whilst also showing us absolutely nothing, the photographs have a lot of detail in them which makes you feel as though you know them, however they are absolutely dead-pan so we have no idea what they are thinking