Jaromir Funke
This imagine, by Jaromir Funke, is breaking the rules of photography. There is a sharp, thin line going through the middle, drawing the attention of the photo to that. It goes up at a 90 degree angle which gets thicker as they kind of outline the shapes. There is a oval shape that is repeated several times in this photograph that I noticed and it looks like some sort of pattern. The dim lighting makes the shapes look soft and smooth at the top of the photograph but at the bottom they look sharper and more defined. The darkest part of the imagine is the corners as they are not filled with shapes, but you don't really notice as the focus of the photo is the middle.
Photos inspired by Jaromir Funke
These are my photos that are based off Jaromir Funke's photography. I used shadows, crops and reflected light to create these photos. The different patterns in the background gives a cool effect on the infinite curve which makes it so you can't see the edges. The various reflections from the lightbulb are from different angles and lighting is what makes the reflections. The focus of the photos are the small glass vase and lightbulb, they are placed to the side for some and right in the centre as the foreground.
Edited versions
These are my finished versions of my photos inspired by Jaromir Funke.
REVIEW
WWW: I got some good photos that were in the same sort of style as Jaromir Funke's and analysed them a bit.
EBI: Practice analysing photos so I can give more detail.
REVIEW
WWW: I got some good photos that were in the same sort of style as Jaromir Funke's and analysed them a bit.
EBI: Practice analysing photos so I can give more detail.
Ralph Eugene Meatyard (zen twigs)
These photos are by Ralph Eugene Meatyard. As the aperture size changes, it alters the overall amount of light that gets in the camera, and therefore the brightness of your image. In Meatyard's photos he has used as large aperture (could be around F1-4), which has made the background blurry and a focus on the twigs. The large aperture results in a large amount foreground and background blur, giving it a shallow depth of field. However, if you had a small aperture you would get a small amount of foreground and background blur, having a wide depth of field.
My aperture photos
Edited versions
WWW: I liked how my pictures turned out, and and how the foreground was focussed and the background was blurred through changing the aperture on my camera. I also liked how my final edits look similar to Maetyards, which is what inspired these photos in the first place.
EBI: I could have included more close details of twigs which is exactly what Maetyard has done.
EBI: I could have included more close details of twigs which is exactly what Maetyard has done.
Saul Leiter
Saul Leiter is a street photographer based in New York, and moved there to pursue painting at age 23. His friendship with Pousette- Dart and W. Eugene Smith, expanded his interest in photography. By the 1950's, he began to work in colour as well. He continued to work as a fashion photographer through the 1970's, contributing to magazines like, Elle, British Vogue, Queen and Nova. Leiter is now held to be pioneer of early colour photography, and is as one of the most outstanding figures in post-war photography. Here are some examples of his most recent work, there is negative space, which is areas around the focus that you cant really work out what it is. He also uses vibrant complimentary colours that catch your eye, and he uses mirror/reflections
Painting one of Leiter's photos
This is my attempt at digitally painting one of Leiter's photos with the paint app. Painting a photo makes you look at the photo in full detail and really analyse the little bits of it.
My photos inspired by Leiter
Edited versions
WWW: I think I captured some good photos that are inspired by Leiter with the reflections from windows. I also think I edited them well so they can have different tones of colour.
EBI:
EBI:
Shutter speed
Shutter speed is how long is takes for the picture to be taken, a short shutter speed is where the lens opens for a short amount of time (sometimes 1/250th of a second) and a slow shutter speed is where the lens is open for a long amount of time. Photographers use fast shutter speed in their photos to capture fast motions like sports, dance etc. They use slow shutter speed to create blur or to capture long periods of time.
Practice photos
WWW: I managed to get some good practice photos at school of throwing the netball and using the light on our phones to create drawings. This was with slow shutter speed and the netball was with the fast shutter speed.
EBI: I could've done some better fast shutter speed photos as I could not do any at home.
EBI: I could've done some better fast shutter speed photos as I could not do any at home.
My shoot
These are my photos from my slow shutter speed shoot. There was about a 2-3 second time period to draw shapes using a sparkler. These photos are inspired by Alexy Titarenko who works with slow shutter speed and can sit somewhere for up to 10 minutes even to capture scenes that make people look like silhouettes and ghosts as people move through the city. Here is an example of her work:
This photograph is part of the city of shadows series. It is by Alexy Titarenko and it was created in 1992. It is an example of slow shutter speed photography. It shows the hands of people using the railing and all you can see of peoples bodies is a blurred outline, which gives it the shadow effect as Titarenko calls it. The focal point is probably the railing with the shadows behind it as the shadows are what draws your attention and stand out the most and it is all happening right in the centre of the photo. The texture of the photo looks almost soft as the shadows behind are all blurred together to create one big shadow; however, the atmosphere is sort of creepy and mysterious as you do not know where all these people are going and if they are in a hurry or not.
Final review
WWW: I think I have taken some good photos inspired by Titarenko with slow shutter speed. I haev used my Nikon D40 camera and used shutter speeds of 2-3 seconds.
EBI: Some photos didn't turn out exactly how I wanted them and unfortunately because I have had to self isolate i was inable to complete a fast shutter speed shoot.
EBI: Some photos didn't turn out exactly how I wanted them and unfortunately because I have had to self isolate i was inable to complete a fast shutter speed shoot.
Typology in isolation
A photographic typology is a single photograph that has a high level of consistency. For example a photographer could go around their city and take a photo of all the door bells they saw and capture them at the same angle and add them to a typology. It could be a 4 by 4 of door bells and they would all be different colours and patterns but they are all door bells.
Typology photographers
These are photos by Walker Evans and these are his typology work.
Facts: his style is social realism, he was inspired by August Sander, started photography in 1928,
I liked that his photos are all in black and white because it makes them feel more similar even though he probably could only have a black and white photo.
Facts: his style is social realism, he was inspired by August Sander, started photography in 1928,
I liked that his photos are all in black and white because it makes them feel more similar even though he probably could only have a black and white photo.
These photos are by Karl Blossfeld, he is interested in typology of plants and shot his plants in front of natural backgrounds.
Facts: he created new objectivity work, he had no technique he often used home made cameras, he made his work as a teaching aid for architects and he never formally trained in photography.
Facts: he created new objectivity work, he had no technique he often used home made cameras, he made his work as a teaching aid for architects and he never formally trained in photography.
My first shoot
WWW: I think my photos came out well as I only just took them on my phone quickly. I like how they are the same category of item but they all are different coloured and have different textures.
EBI: To have a clearer background
EBI: To have a clearer background
Typophotos
My typophotos
These are my typophotos of jenga blocks that I placed as letters to create the alphabet. I took each photo individually and added them all to a gallery. Some letters are missing as they were replaced by photos from other shoots by a glitch.
Patterns and Repetition
Repetition can be used to create a pattern, giving an image a sense of rhythm. This can either be obvious or more subtle. A pattern is a element or set of elements that is repeated in a piece of work or an associated set of works. The common use of repetition in photography is to capture the interruption of the flow of a pattern. Broken repetition might include adding a contrasting object (colour, shape, texture) or removing one of the repeating objects.
Nick Albertson
Alfred Stieglitz
Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was an instrumental over his fifty year career in making photography an accepted art form. Stieglitz gained a reputation for his photography and magazine articles about how photography is an art form.
My photos
Puzzled em'
Puzzled em' is a game where players inspect cards, each of which are photographed at an unusual angle. If you identify the most objects at the end you win. Here are some examples of the game's photos:
My photos
1) bottle of squash
2) candle lid 3) book 4) bottom of a can 5) hair spray 6) string 7) highlighter 8) cracker 9) candle holder |
I showed my family my pictures so they could try and guess what they thought they were. My mum got 8/9, my dad got 9/9, my brother got 6/9 and my sister got 8/9. Next time I can try to take them from different angles not just from the top so it will be more challenging.
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As a result I could've taken my photos at more difficult angles as it would be harder to guess and hopefully make the game more fun.
Texture
Photography is sensitive to the surface of things, the way light, captured frozen in time. reveals the texture of reality. As photographers began to probe beneath or behind the outer layer of visible reality, so others exploited the extraordinary ability of the camera to capture the surfaces of things in all their beauty and specificity. It shows beauty is all around us.
"The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance of quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh." - Edward Weston, 1924. Here are some of his texture photos:
"The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance of quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh." - Edward Weston, 1924. Here are some of his texture photos:
My own texture photos
Composition
Rule of Thirds
Divide the image into thirds - if the main visual components (things in the image) lie on or near the lines then the image often tends to look 'right'. Sometimes an image does not follow the rule of thirds exactly but the main visual components in the image are close to the 1/3rd bisectors.
The rule of odd and even
An even number of things in an image can sometimes create a feeling of tension or slightly un-natural look. An odd number of objects in an image often has a more natural, symmetrical or balanced feel that an even number.
Rules of triangles
Triangles have three sides and tend to form stable, solid looking compositions.
Divide the image into thirds - if the main visual components (things in the image) lie on or near the lines then the image often tends to look 'right'. Sometimes an image does not follow the rule of thirds exactly but the main visual components in the image are close to the 1/3rd bisectors.
The rule of odd and even
An even number of things in an image can sometimes create a feeling of tension or slightly un-natural look. An odd number of objects in an image often has a more natural, symmetrical or balanced feel that an even number.
Rules of triangles
Triangles have three sides and tend to form stable, solid looking compositions.
Symmetry
Unlike in maths where perfect symmetry can be found, in art symmetry is often an approximation. Symmetry in photography composition is achieved when two halves of an image hold the same weight. This is known as formal balance, or symmetrical balance. However, this symmetry doesn't have to be literal in the sense of one half of an image exactly mirroring the other.
Juxtaposition
The definition of juxtaposition is placing two things together to show contrast or similarities. In photography, we use composition, forced perspectives or props to convey the contrasts in the picture.
Unlike in maths where perfect symmetry can be found, in art symmetry is often an approximation. Symmetry in photography composition is achieved when two halves of an image hold the same weight. This is known as formal balance, or symmetrical balance. However, this symmetry doesn't have to be literal in the sense of one half of an image exactly mirroring the other.
Juxtaposition
The definition of juxtaposition is placing two things together to show contrast or similarities. In photography, we use composition, forced perspectives or props to convey the contrasts in the picture.
Sub - Theme
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My sub theme - Abstract life
My first three shoots will be looking at the work of influential photographers: Bill Wadman, Harry Callahan and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
These photographers have different focuses but I will be looking at abstract life.
These photographers have different focuses but I will be looking at abstract life.
Bill Wadman
This photo is taken by Bill Wadman and it is an example of abstract movement with a slow shutter speed. The composition shows the front of the mans face blurred into the side of his face. The focal point of the image is the mans face because the black background is empty so he is the most eye catching part of the photo. The techniques used here were slow shutter speed which may have been a couple seconds. Enough time for the man to turn his head from facing camera, to the side. The lines in the image are from his lips, nose, eyebrows and chin. These lines are causes by the head moving to the side and the slow shutter speed. The image makes me feel uncomfortable because he looks frightened/anxious almost like he doesn't know what's going on. He is also in the dark and the darkness kind of represents mystery or fear, so that feeling reflects to the person looking at the photo almost.
My photos
These are my attempted photos for movement however they didn't really turn out exactly how I wanted them to because it was rushed. Next time I will try to take more time into creating my photos
Harry Callahan
This photograph was taken by Harry Callahan and it is an example of abstract nature. The composition shows a mysterious man standing next to a singular tree in the snow. The focal point of the image I think is the man because we have no idea why he is standing there on his own in the middle of no where. He is placed in the centre of the photo with the tree to the left of him. The colours in the image are black and white so it must have been edited which gives it a more creepy affect. The lines in the image is the landscape behind the man where the land means the sky, which goes horizontally. The tree is also a line, but it is vertical. The textures in this photo seem quite gentle as the sky is clear which looks sort of soft, however, the ground looks rough. This image makes me feel confused because I don't know why the man is standing there on his own in the middle of nowhere.
My photos
Edited versions
I edited these photos in the style of Harry Callahan's and I tried to include the rule of thirds in my photos too. I think they turned out well and are similar to his work.
Hiroshi Sugimoto
The title of this piece is Ringling Baraboo and was taken by Hiroshi Sugimoto in 1996. It is an example of abstract life photography. The composition shows a bright white screen in a old fashioned theatre with rows of seats facing the stage. The focal point of the photo is the screen and the colours in the photo are black and white. The patterns in this image are the lines up the walls and towards screen and the circles on the ceiling. The texture in this looks soft and inviting replicating the feel of the 1990s. The image makes me feel nostalgic because it reminds me of how society has evolved and how the cinema has changed.
My photos
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Edited versions
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Shoot Review
For this shoot I used my Iphone SE and I took my photos in my local area. As I used a phone, there were no specific shutter speeds or apertures. I based this shoot on Hiroshi Sugimoto, and I tried to replicate his style of photography. I considered what was in my picture and how it was framed. my target was to mimic his style but put my spin on it.
For this shoot I used my Iphone SE and I took my photos in my local area. As I used a phone, there were no specific shutter speeds or apertures. I based this shoot on Hiroshi Sugimoto, and I tried to replicate his style of photography. I considered what was in my picture and how it was framed. my target was to mimic his style but put my spin on it.
Review of my project
The topic of my abstraction project is life and I have developed my ideas over the shoots of a broad aspect of abstract life photography. I now have a better idea of what my final idea will look like after several shoots and getting more ideas from photographers. I might use shutter speed and aperture into my final ideas and edit them in a certain way to make them look more abstract.
Experimental shoot 1
Edited photos
Experimental shoot 2
These are the photos I took for my final piece with my Nikon camera in my local area. I am happy with how these turned out and think they look abstract for my final piece.
Edited photos for final piece
These are my edited photos for my final piece and I will be laying them out 3 by 3 on a black mount board.
Project analysis
I began this project by studying three photographers to build up to my final project who were: Bill Wadman, Harry Callahan and Hiroshi Sugimoto and explored the themes of shutter speed, nature and architecture. I particularly responded to the work of Sugimoto. His images are imaginative and skilful and I was keen to explore more oh his work by taking my photos and editing them similar to his. I took blurry photos alike to his but to keep refining them I changed them to be more in focus and abstract for my work. For my shoots I had to think about the different aperture and shutter speeds. In my experimental shoot, techniques I used were just moving the camera slightly as I took the photo to create the blurry affect and used a small aperture with a wide depth of field. Getting from my experimental shoot to my final piece I was inspired by the photos of Sharon Elphick which was a bunch of shapes and textures on building all put together to create a pattern. My final out come of this project was done with an eye for different lines, shapes and textures in my photos to make them more abstract. I think that I have successfully explored the theme of abstract architecture and I am pleased with how they came out; however, I could've done more experimental shoots to fully refine my photos for them to be the best I of my abilities. The decisions I made to display my photos like this was originally the work of Elphick's but I changed my mind to present them on a black piece of mount board. I chose to display them in this way as I think they look neat and simple.