I think these two images were most successful. The flower captures the details distinctively and I like the centred composition of the flowers as it had a busy background I cropped the original image. This is so that it appeared close-up similar to Sonya Noskowiak's photograph. My initial idea was to capture parts of the body or scars/moles we may have and the photograph on right satisfied my initial aims. You can clearly see the subject matter of the ear alongside the small detailing of the mole and scar on the face. I like the highly contrasted effect on the subject too as it is a small part of a face, I am able to concentrate and appreciate the details.
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Here I chose a photograph I had taken at the Design Museum. The reason why I chose this was because of the vibrant colours from the objects within the image and thought it would work well when I increase the saturation.
I attempted to use Caulfield's style of work with the thick black lines around the subject matter. Using Adobe Illustrator I used the pen tool with no fill and a black stroke to simplify the complex objects, this is to reduce its realism. After drawing around the objects within the image, I increased the stroke to around 3-5 pt size which made me satisfied with the outcome. Lastly, I used Adobe Photoshop for final touches to adjust the image by brightening and increasing the saturation; the image appears very vibrant and it almost appears surreal because the increased saturation made the colours appear flat. |
I decided to use a similar subject matter to Caulfield's paintings of furniture. I attempted to use a different style of editing by using only Adobe Illustrator for this edit. I used my own photograph as reference and outlined the subjects I wanted to include. I found it slightly difficult with the chairs and table as the pen tool had squared edges, when it overlapped lines it would cross over it and appear as one smooth chair; I resolved this by changing the edge to a rounded one. Moreover, I think that the photograph I used was unsuitable for this because the background was quite busy so I could not outline the details so I ended up leaving it blank. However, I think this outcome was unsuccessful due to the plain excess background because I like the wooden fence colours I picked against the furniture. Next time, I could attempt to learn how to use Adobe Photoshop to add shadow around the subject matter.
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John Hilliard born in 1945 is an English conceptual artist. He gained an interest in photography when he was an art student in the 1960s; he first used the camera simply to capture images of his site-specific art installations he created. I was intrigued by John Hilliard's cause of Death - he photographs the same subject four times with different perspectives and narrates it with a word each. He provides us minimal information which makes the viewer narrate the photograph themselves to understand the photographers intention.
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I have decided to experiment with a black and white disposable camera to challenge myself and create images more images attempting to disrupt the lens. The viewfinder is not directly connected to the camera lens therefore, I can not see the composition of the object I use to disrupt the frame accurately, this may mean my fingers may be included in the image. My goal is to predominantly photograph landscapes that may contain interesting sharp lines and allow the paper to disrupt it.
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This is my favourite edited photo out of the selection. I thought that this photograph had an interesting distorted background caused by the plastic material and the sunlight bouncing off of it. The form appears similar to a part of a question mark from afar. Furthermore, the blur creates a misty/foggy atmosphere within the photograph which makes it appear dull and peaceful.
I will continue to increase the contrast within my photographs as I find that it sharpens the sections I specifically photographed vividly. |
I would select the entire image ('cmd' + 'a') of the building and copy. Then go back to the floral image and paste the building on top. It would create a new layer called 'Layer 1', I would then shift the new layer below the original 'Layer 0'. This is so I could place the area in focus of the building inside the floral background.
I have to ensure I was using the move tool to shift the building picture in place carefully, trying my best to line up the blur hoop around the focussed subject. |