This document provides information about an opportunity for students to submit experimental photography to be displayed at Nunnington Hall in North Yorkshire. It defines experimental photography as using alternative or non-traditional techniques rather than straight film or digital photography. The document then discusses the history of experimental photography and provides examples of influential experimental photographers like Hannah Hoch, John Heartfield, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Man Ray, and David Hockney. It describes techniques used by these photographers like photomontage, photograms, and photomontages/joiners. The document outlines tasks for students to create a case study on experimental photographers, explore and test techniques like out of focus photography, Hockney joiners, movement, and
David Hockney created photo joiners by taking Polaroid photos and sticking them together to form portraits and landscapes. This technique allowed him creative control over the final image. He became well known for this non-traditional style. Hockney's work could be displayed in both galleries and commercial settings like advertising.
This document discusses various types of photography used in media industries. It begins by defining photography and its uses for capturing memories and conveying information. It then outlines six main types of photography used in media: landscape, fashion, portrait, macro, advertising, and photoshop. For each type, it provides examples of photographers, analyzed photos, and discussions of techniques and historical changes in the field. The document concludes with a bibliography of referenced sources.
Photography is used widely in the media industry for purposes such as fashion, landscape, portrait, advertising and photojournalism. Fashion photography has evolved from strictly selling clothing to becoming more artistic. Landscape photography now uses more color and detail compared to past black and white paintings. Portrait photography styles have changed from formal posed shots to more casual captured moments. Advertising photography is now more colorful, creative with angles and uses people compared to simple product shots of the past. Photojournalism aims to tell stories through instantly captured images of events.
Photogramme teaching and learning support bookletElaine Humpleby
Photograms are photographic images created without a camera by placing objects directly onto light-sensitive material and exposing it to light. This results in a negative shadow image of varying tones depending on the transparency of the objects. Photograms have gone through three phases of use: 1) Originally to scientifically record natural objects, 2) As an artistic expression in avant-garde movements like Dada and Surrealism, and 3) Contemporary rediscovery by artists using them creatively to produce surreal imagery. The document provides examples and instructions for creating photograms through various techniques and using scanning and editing software.
Jerry Uelsmann originated experimental photography in the 1960s using darkroom techniques like multiple enlargers and masking to combine negatives into surreal composite images. He was influenced by his professor Minor White to trust his intuition and experiment creatively. Uelsmann's work is in the permanent collections of major museums worldwide.
Christophe Dessaigne is a contemporary experimental photographer from France who teaches himself photography. He creates dreamlike photomontages using extensive post-production in Photoshop. Dessaigne's surreal images have been used commercially on book and album covers. His work uses digital techniques to distort scale and proportions, transporting viewers to a fantastical world.
Jerry Uelsmann originated experimental photography in the 1960s using darkroom techniques like multiple enlargers and masking to combine negatives into surreal composite images. He was influenced by his professor Minor White to trust his intuition and experiment creatively. Uelsmann's work is held in permanent collections of major museums worldwide.
Christophe Dessaigne is a contemporary experimental photographer from France who teaches himself photography. He creates dreamlike and surreal photomontages using extensive post-production editing in Photoshop. Dessaigne's work has an eerie and dark theme and has been used commercially on book and album covers. He considers digital editing an extraordinary way to experiment with images.
David Hockney created photo joiners by taking Polaroid photos and sticking them together to form portraits and landscapes. This technique allowed him creative control over the final image. He became well known for this non-traditional style. Hockney's work could be displayed in both galleries and commercial settings like advertising.
This document discusses various types of photography used in media industries. It begins by defining photography and its uses for capturing memories and conveying information. It then outlines six main types of photography used in media: landscape, fashion, portrait, macro, advertising, and photoshop. For each type, it provides examples of photographers, analyzed photos, and discussions of techniques and historical changes in the field. The document concludes with a bibliography of referenced sources.
Photography is used widely in the media industry for purposes such as fashion, landscape, portrait, advertising and photojournalism. Fashion photography has evolved from strictly selling clothing to becoming more artistic. Landscape photography now uses more color and detail compared to past black and white paintings. Portrait photography styles have changed from formal posed shots to more casual captured moments. Advertising photography is now more colorful, creative with angles and uses people compared to simple product shots of the past. Photojournalism aims to tell stories through instantly captured images of events.
Photogramme teaching and learning support bookletElaine Humpleby
Photograms are photographic images created without a camera by placing objects directly onto light-sensitive material and exposing it to light. This results in a negative shadow image of varying tones depending on the transparency of the objects. Photograms have gone through three phases of use: 1) Originally to scientifically record natural objects, 2) As an artistic expression in avant-garde movements like Dada and Surrealism, and 3) Contemporary rediscovery by artists using them creatively to produce surreal imagery. The document provides examples and instructions for creating photograms through various techniques and using scanning and editing software.
Jerry Uelsmann originated experimental photography in the 1960s using darkroom techniques like multiple enlargers and masking to combine negatives into surreal composite images. He was influenced by his professor Minor White to trust his intuition and experiment creatively. Uelsmann's work is in the permanent collections of major museums worldwide.
Christophe Dessaigne is a contemporary experimental photographer from France who teaches himself photography. He creates dreamlike photomontages using extensive post-production in Photoshop. Dessaigne's surreal images have been used commercially on book and album covers. His work uses digital techniques to distort scale and proportions, transporting viewers to a fantastical world.
Jerry Uelsmann originated experimental photography in the 1960s using darkroom techniques like multiple enlargers and masking to combine negatives into surreal composite images. He was influenced by his professor Minor White to trust his intuition and experiment creatively. Uelsmann's work is held in permanent collections of major museums worldwide.
Christophe Dessaigne is a contemporary experimental photographer from France who teaches himself photography. He creates dreamlike and surreal photomontages using extensive post-production editing in Photoshop. Dessaigne's work has an eerie and dark theme and has been used commercially on book and album covers. He considers digital editing an extraordinary way to experiment with images.
Jerry Uelsmann is an American photographer born in 1934 who pioneered experimental composite photography techniques in the darkroom before the advent of digital editing. He combines multiple negatives and darkroom techniques like masking, burning and dodging to create surreal composite images. Christophe Dessaigne is a French photographer born in the 1980s who teaches himself photography and creates dreamlike photomontages using extensive digital editing techniques in Photoshop. Both photographers create surreal and symbolic images that challenge conventional perceptions of reality through experimental photographic processes.
This document provides an overview for teaching a lesson on 19th century photography. It discusses key early photographers like Daguerre, Niepce and Talbot and the development of photographic processes from daguerreotypes to calotypes. It also covers how photography was used in various contexts like portraiture, documentation of history and travel, and how it influenced art movements like realism. The document provides suggestions for course content, readings, videos and images to examine different applications and impacts of early photography.
This document discusses technology-based art and computer-generated images. It provides examples of early computer-generated art from the 1960s and discusses how computer art has evolved. It also discusses different types of digital art including 3D art, mobile phone art, and digitally manipulated photographs. It lists various computer programs and applications that can be used to create and modify digital images. Finally, it discusses digital photography and basic photography styles including landscape, portrait, and documentary photography.
The photographer proposes to create a fine art photography project focused on the themes of discovery and technology. They will take simple photographs and heavily edit and distort them. Subjects will include people's facial expressions, natural and man-made objects found on the street. Techniques will include using the zoom to capture close-up details from afar, adjusting color settings, taking photos of images on a computer screen to distort them, and editing HTML to further break up images. The work could be displayed in art galleries or books to express feelings and provoke reactions in viewers.
The document provides an overview of various types of photography applications including advertising and promotional photography, fashion photography, photojournalism, portraiture, high street studio photography, architectural photography, illustration, medical photography, fine art photography, and documentary photography. For each type, it describes the purpose, techniques, equipment, styles, and post-production processes commonly used.
David Hockney used a technique called photomerge where he would take multiple close-up photographs of a subject and collage them together to create a single large composite image. Frank Luna used scanography, a non-traditional technique that involves scanning images on a scanner to achieve interesting effects due to the scanner's low depth of field. Jerry Uelsmann is known for his double exposures, a traditional technique where two different images are combined into one, usually contrasting each other.
VDIS10021 Working in Digital Design - Lecture 2 - DIGITAL vs TRADITIONAL PHOT...Virtu Institute
This document discusses the early history and evolution of photography in the 19th century. It describes some of the key figures who contributed discoveries, including: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, who created the first permanent photograph in 1826; Louis Daguerre, who invented the daguerreotype process which produced the first widely used photographic process in the late 1830s; and William Henry Fox Talbot, who invented the calotype process of photographic printing on paper. The document outlines some of the important chemical discoveries and technical developments that led to the invention of practical photographic processes.
A2 Photography Exam 2016: Truth, Fantasy and FictionMelanie Powell
Olivia Parker's still life photographs emphasize the complexity of natural forms like shells and feathers. Photographs can document reality objectively, but they may also explore truth, fantasy, or fiction. John Hilliard's work shows how cropping a single photograph in different ways can tell different stories and provide unreliable evidence. Nick Knight uses composite imagery to create surreal visuals that are closer to paintings than photographs, questioning photography's role in telling the truth.
Richard Dawson is a London-based scanography photographer known for scanning unusual objects like food and plants. To create scanography, objects are placed on a flatbed scanner and scanned while being moved or layered with other objects. This produces low depth, high quality images in a non-traditional photographic process. Dawson's scanography works have been displayed in art shows and used on record covers.
David Hockney is a painter, printmaker, and photographer known for his photomontages. He creates these by taking multiple close-up photos that are assembled into a single collage-like image. While collage is historically used, Hockney's digital process makes it contemporary. His photomontages have
Early photography developed from the camera obscura and Joseph Nicéphore Niépce's 1826 photograph View from the Window at Gras, the earliest surviving camera photograph. Louis Daguerre later invented the daguerreotype process of developing photographs on silver-plated copper sheets in 1839. Timothy O'Sullivan photographed the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 with his camera. Photographs influenced artists by creating a new way of seeing the world that was different from human eyesight, and helped develop the idea that painting was more than just recording visual reality. Eadweard Muybridge's sequential photographs in the late 1870s helped reveal how motion appears to the eye.
Cmp induction project 2021 pro forma copyLilyAjaib
Andy Warhol was a successful magazine illustrator who became famous for his pop art in the 1960s. Some key points:
- He began his career doing commercial art and illustrations for magazines.
- His 1962 pop art piece featuring Campbell's soup cans was the work that brought him recognition in the art world.
- Warhol's screen prints of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and everyday objects like soup cans came to define pop art and its commentary on consumer culture.
- Pop art emerged in the 1950s in both America and Britain, drawing inspiration from popular and commercial visual culture.
This document provides an overview of the history of fashion photography from its origins in the 1850s to modern digital photography. It discusses early pioneers like Virginia Oldoini, the first fashion model, and Adolf de Meyer who began staging shots. The document also profiles 5 famous contemporary fashion photographers like Annie Leibovitz, known for her iconic photo of John Lennon, and Juergen Teller who shot portraits of Nirvana before they became popular.
This document provides a history of photography from its earliest beginnings to modern developments. It describes how Nicéphore Niépce created the first permanent photograph in 1826 by using "Heliography" to capture an image on light-sensitive paper. The document then discusses the key contributions of Louis Daguerre, who invented the daguerreotype process which produced the first clear photo of a person in 1839. Finally, it outlines several modern photography movements including surrealism, pop art, abstract, minimalism, and urban decay photography.
Photography DB3 - Shooting The Truth / Week 3Dyllin Aleluia
Photography DB3
Dyllin Aleluia, Michael Bastin,
Matthew Brackett, Rhys Davis
When something is reproduced for so many times is that art? What's the importance of the mechanical reproducibility of the art? What was the impact on mechanical reproducibility on the society?
Is photography art, or contribution to the art? Is it just a tool used by artists?
How and why Henry Pitch Robinson created Feading Away? What was the reason?
Photography has impacted the world of art and influenced some changes in the area of accessibility to art. If mechanical reproduction created revolution, what is happening now with the digitalization?
The document discusses David Hockney's technique of photographing subjects from multiple angles and perspectives and then arranging the photos into photomontages. Hockney would take between 5-150 small Polaroid or photolab prints of a single subject from different positions and slightly different times and collage them together to form a composite image with cubist qualities. Students are then assigned to select one subject to photograph from different angles and perspectives in order to create their own Hockney-inspired photomontage artwork.
Photography is also called the result of a photographic process - an image , electronic or obtained on a certain material, mostly on thick paper. Photo collections are called photo albums . To play an electronic image, you need equipment such as a computer with a monitor or projector .
This document provides information and guidance for an A2 art exam on the theme of "Truth, Fantasy or Fiction". It outlines the structure of the exam including a 10 week preparatory study period and 12 hour timed exam. It provides tips for each of the four assessment objectives and suggests sub-categories to help with research and brainstorming ideas. Examples of artists are also given to illustrate different interpretations of the theme through their work.
Man Ray was a leading figure in the Dada movement in New York who experimented with photography techniques. He accidentally created "Rayographs" by placing objects on photosensitive paper in his dark room, pioneering a cameraless photography technique. Man Ray also had success as a fashion photographer, shooting images for Vogue magazine, while continuing to create innovative photograms through dark room experimentation and solarization without using a camera.
Presentation on Hockney's photomontagesKeara Creed
David Hockney began creating photocollages in the early 1980s by arranging multiple Polaroid photos or prints into a composite image to depict a single subject. Inspired by Cubist artists like Braque, students were tasked with making their own photocollage self-portraits or of an object by taking photos, printing them, and arranging them together to explore linear perspective and composition.
Chuck Close is an American painter known for his photorealistic portraits. He creates life-sized portraits of faces by enlarging photographs using a grid system. Close began using photography in his work and believed photographic images were more real to people than actual objects. After becoming paralyzed in 1988, Close continued painting large scale works with assistance and adapted equipment. His portraits focus on surface details rather than emotional qualities.
The document discusses three different articles or documents:
1. A newspaper article about opinions on closing a bridge in York. It provides a brief overview of the issue and includes opinions from various people both for and against the closure.
2. A news article about a court case involving Nigella Lawson and her husband. It reports that drug use allegations against Lawson would not impact the ongoing investigation.
3. An informational leaflet about puppy farming. It clearly outlines what puppy farming is and provides tips on how to help stop the practice. The leaflet takes a stance against puppy farming.
Jess Britton conducted two font tests to select a suitable font for a new product line. In the first test, Jess evaluated five fonts for resemblance to the original brand font and ease of reading at small sizes, ultimately selecting the last font. The other four fonts were ruled out for difficulty to read when small or lack of brand resemblance. In the second test, Jess used a simple font over different colored backgrounds and found brighter colors too distracting, with dark colors like greens, reds and blacks best highlighting the text. Jess concluded that emphasizing the brand over brightness would make the products more useful.
Jerry Uelsmann is an American photographer born in 1934 who pioneered experimental composite photography techniques in the darkroom before the advent of digital editing. He combines multiple negatives and darkroom techniques like masking, burning and dodging to create surreal composite images. Christophe Dessaigne is a French photographer born in the 1980s who teaches himself photography and creates dreamlike photomontages using extensive digital editing techniques in Photoshop. Both photographers create surreal and symbolic images that challenge conventional perceptions of reality through experimental photographic processes.
This document provides an overview for teaching a lesson on 19th century photography. It discusses key early photographers like Daguerre, Niepce and Talbot and the development of photographic processes from daguerreotypes to calotypes. It also covers how photography was used in various contexts like portraiture, documentation of history and travel, and how it influenced art movements like realism. The document provides suggestions for course content, readings, videos and images to examine different applications and impacts of early photography.
This document discusses technology-based art and computer-generated images. It provides examples of early computer-generated art from the 1960s and discusses how computer art has evolved. It also discusses different types of digital art including 3D art, mobile phone art, and digitally manipulated photographs. It lists various computer programs and applications that can be used to create and modify digital images. Finally, it discusses digital photography and basic photography styles including landscape, portrait, and documentary photography.
The photographer proposes to create a fine art photography project focused on the themes of discovery and technology. They will take simple photographs and heavily edit and distort them. Subjects will include people's facial expressions, natural and man-made objects found on the street. Techniques will include using the zoom to capture close-up details from afar, adjusting color settings, taking photos of images on a computer screen to distort them, and editing HTML to further break up images. The work could be displayed in art galleries or books to express feelings and provoke reactions in viewers.
The document provides an overview of various types of photography applications including advertising and promotional photography, fashion photography, photojournalism, portraiture, high street studio photography, architectural photography, illustration, medical photography, fine art photography, and documentary photography. For each type, it describes the purpose, techniques, equipment, styles, and post-production processes commonly used.
David Hockney used a technique called photomerge where he would take multiple close-up photographs of a subject and collage them together to create a single large composite image. Frank Luna used scanography, a non-traditional technique that involves scanning images on a scanner to achieve interesting effects due to the scanner's low depth of field. Jerry Uelsmann is known for his double exposures, a traditional technique where two different images are combined into one, usually contrasting each other.
VDIS10021 Working in Digital Design - Lecture 2 - DIGITAL vs TRADITIONAL PHOT...Virtu Institute
This document discusses the early history and evolution of photography in the 19th century. It describes some of the key figures who contributed discoveries, including: Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, who created the first permanent photograph in 1826; Louis Daguerre, who invented the daguerreotype process which produced the first widely used photographic process in the late 1830s; and William Henry Fox Talbot, who invented the calotype process of photographic printing on paper. The document outlines some of the important chemical discoveries and technical developments that led to the invention of practical photographic processes.
A2 Photography Exam 2016: Truth, Fantasy and FictionMelanie Powell
Olivia Parker's still life photographs emphasize the complexity of natural forms like shells and feathers. Photographs can document reality objectively, but they may also explore truth, fantasy, or fiction. John Hilliard's work shows how cropping a single photograph in different ways can tell different stories and provide unreliable evidence. Nick Knight uses composite imagery to create surreal visuals that are closer to paintings than photographs, questioning photography's role in telling the truth.
Richard Dawson is a London-based scanography photographer known for scanning unusual objects like food and plants. To create scanography, objects are placed on a flatbed scanner and scanned while being moved or layered with other objects. This produces low depth, high quality images in a non-traditional photographic process. Dawson's scanography works have been displayed in art shows and used on record covers.
David Hockney is a painter, printmaker, and photographer known for his photomontages. He creates these by taking multiple close-up photos that are assembled into a single collage-like image. While collage is historically used, Hockney's digital process makes it contemporary. His photomontages have
Early photography developed from the camera obscura and Joseph Nicéphore Niépce's 1826 photograph View from the Window at Gras, the earliest surviving camera photograph. Louis Daguerre later invented the daguerreotype process of developing photographs on silver-plated copper sheets in 1839. Timothy O'Sullivan photographed the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 with his camera. Photographs influenced artists by creating a new way of seeing the world that was different from human eyesight, and helped develop the idea that painting was more than just recording visual reality. Eadweard Muybridge's sequential photographs in the late 1870s helped reveal how motion appears to the eye.
Cmp induction project 2021 pro forma copyLilyAjaib
Andy Warhol was a successful magazine illustrator who became famous for his pop art in the 1960s. Some key points:
- He began his career doing commercial art and illustrations for magazines.
- His 1962 pop art piece featuring Campbell's soup cans was the work that brought him recognition in the art world.
- Warhol's screen prints of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and everyday objects like soup cans came to define pop art and its commentary on consumer culture.
- Pop art emerged in the 1950s in both America and Britain, drawing inspiration from popular and commercial visual culture.
This document provides an overview of the history of fashion photography from its origins in the 1850s to modern digital photography. It discusses early pioneers like Virginia Oldoini, the first fashion model, and Adolf de Meyer who began staging shots. The document also profiles 5 famous contemporary fashion photographers like Annie Leibovitz, known for her iconic photo of John Lennon, and Juergen Teller who shot portraits of Nirvana before they became popular.
This document provides a history of photography from its earliest beginnings to modern developments. It describes how Nicéphore Niépce created the first permanent photograph in 1826 by using "Heliography" to capture an image on light-sensitive paper. The document then discusses the key contributions of Louis Daguerre, who invented the daguerreotype process which produced the first clear photo of a person in 1839. Finally, it outlines several modern photography movements including surrealism, pop art, abstract, minimalism, and urban decay photography.
Photography DB3 - Shooting The Truth / Week 3Dyllin Aleluia
Photography DB3
Dyllin Aleluia, Michael Bastin,
Matthew Brackett, Rhys Davis
When something is reproduced for so many times is that art? What's the importance of the mechanical reproducibility of the art? What was the impact on mechanical reproducibility on the society?
Is photography art, or contribution to the art? Is it just a tool used by artists?
How and why Henry Pitch Robinson created Feading Away? What was the reason?
Photography has impacted the world of art and influenced some changes in the area of accessibility to art. If mechanical reproduction created revolution, what is happening now with the digitalization?
The document discusses David Hockney's technique of photographing subjects from multiple angles and perspectives and then arranging the photos into photomontages. Hockney would take between 5-150 small Polaroid or photolab prints of a single subject from different positions and slightly different times and collage them together to form a composite image with cubist qualities. Students are then assigned to select one subject to photograph from different angles and perspectives in order to create their own Hockney-inspired photomontage artwork.
Photography is also called the result of a photographic process - an image , electronic or obtained on a certain material, mostly on thick paper. Photo collections are called photo albums . To play an electronic image, you need equipment such as a computer with a monitor or projector .
This document provides information and guidance for an A2 art exam on the theme of "Truth, Fantasy or Fiction". It outlines the structure of the exam including a 10 week preparatory study period and 12 hour timed exam. It provides tips for each of the four assessment objectives and suggests sub-categories to help with research and brainstorming ideas. Examples of artists are also given to illustrate different interpretations of the theme through their work.
Man Ray was a leading figure in the Dada movement in New York who experimented with photography techniques. He accidentally created "Rayographs" by placing objects on photosensitive paper in his dark room, pioneering a cameraless photography technique. Man Ray also had success as a fashion photographer, shooting images for Vogue magazine, while continuing to create innovative photograms through dark room experimentation and solarization without using a camera.
Presentation on Hockney's photomontagesKeara Creed
David Hockney began creating photocollages in the early 1980s by arranging multiple Polaroid photos or prints into a composite image to depict a single subject. Inspired by Cubist artists like Braque, students were tasked with making their own photocollage self-portraits or of an object by taking photos, printing them, and arranging them together to explore linear perspective and composition.
Chuck Close is an American painter known for his photorealistic portraits. He creates life-sized portraits of faces by enlarging photographs using a grid system. Close began using photography in his work and believed photographic images were more real to people than actual objects. After becoming paralyzed in 1988, Close continued painting large scale works with assistance and adapted equipment. His portraits focus on surface details rather than emotional qualities.
The document discusses three different articles or documents:
1. A newspaper article about opinions on closing a bridge in York. It provides a brief overview of the issue and includes opinions from various people both for and against the closure.
2. A news article about a court case involving Nigella Lawson and her husband. It reports that drug use allegations against Lawson would not impact the ongoing investigation.
3. An informational leaflet about puppy farming. It clearly outlines what puppy farming is and provides tips on how to help stop the practice. The leaflet takes a stance against puppy farming.
Jess Britton conducted two font tests to select a suitable font for a new product line. In the first test, Jess evaluated five fonts for resemblance to the original brand font and ease of reading at small sizes, ultimately selecting the last font. The other four fonts were ruled out for difficulty to read when small or lack of brand resemblance. In the second test, Jess used a simple font over different colored backgrounds and found brighter colors too distracting, with dark colors like greens, reds and blacks best highlighting the text. Jess concluded that emphasizing the brand over brightness would make the products more useful.
The document outlines an experimental photography project involving double exposure, zoom burst, and post-production techniques. The student plans to create double exposures by merging two contrasting images, and zoom burst photos exploring different camera settings. They will require a DSLR camera and locations in York and Leeds. A schedule is provided detailing planned shoots on specific dates with intended subjects and equipment. Contact sheets are included showing initial results.
The document discusses different experimental photography techniques including capturing movement, reflections, out of focus images, and photomontages. For movement photos, a slower shutter speed is recommended to capture motion rather than freezing it. Reflection shots can capture unique perspectives by finding reflective surfaces like windows or puddles. Creating out of focus images requires switching to manual focus and using a wider aperture. Photomontages involve taking many close-up photos of a scene and combining them, either manually or using Photoshop, to form a larger image. Post-production techniques like filters, blurring, and color adjustments can further enhance the experimental aspects of these images.
This document provides information on experimental image making techniques used by various artists. It includes examples of pinhole photographs by Ruth Thorne-Thomsen from 1979, solarized prints by Man Ray and Carla Williams, photograms/rayograms by Laurent Millet from 1998, and manipulated photographs by Jerry Uelsmann from the 1960s-1980s and Joel-Peter Witkin from 1999 that incorporate collage or compositing elements. The works showcase a range of analog photographic processes and manual manipulations to create surreal or symbolic images.
This document outlines the requirements for an experimental photography project due on January 31st, 2014. It includes 6 tasks: 1) include examples of experimental photography styles and techniques; 2) demonstrate Photoshop and tactile experimentation techniques; 3) planning ideas and new shoots for a final theme; 4) compare experimental images to those of a main photographer; 5) analyze 2 images by the chosen photographer in 500 words connecting to techniques; and 6) present final mounted prints with an artist statement and evaluation of the project.
Experimental Photography Artist ResearchJaskirt Boora
The document discusses various experimental photography techniques including double exposure, layering images, foodscape photography, minimalistic abstract images, and manipulated photographs. It also covers photographers and artists who utilize techniques like photographic sculpture, tilt shift, slow shutter speed experimentation, light painting, reflections, HDR images, manipulated scale and perspective, and layered 3D images. The document provides examples of photographers and their projects that employ experimental techniques like John Stezaker, Bela Borsodi, Sohei Nishino, Laurie Simmons, Ger Van Elk, Noemie Goudal, Szymon Roginski, Julia Curtin, Perran Costi, Marlo Pascual, Valerie Green, Edward Steichen
The document discusses the process of creating a glitch photography image using techniques like the shear tool to separate elements and guide the eye, with the final image conveying an 80s aesthetic through manipulations like shearing and adding text. While some clarity was lost shrinking the subject, the final image would work well as a background or poster due to retaining clarity compared to other edited images.
David Hockney is a British artist born in 1937 who was an important contributor to pop art. He is known for his experimentation with photomontages in the 1970s and 1980s, creating collages from multiple photographs. The document discusses Hockney's technique of taking many close-up photos of a subject and arranging them to form a composite image. It also explains how modern photographers can create photomontages digitally using Photoshop.
Photography and photographic practice week 1 1Robyn Collinson
The document discusses various applications of photography, including advertising, fashion, photojournalism, portraiture, studio photography, and documentary photography. For each application, it describes common purposes, techniques, equipment, styles, contexts, and examples. It also defines basic photography terminology and discusses digital workflows and post-production techniques. The document provides a comprehensive overview of different types of photography for educational purposes.
Photography can be used for advertising, landscape, fashion, and macro purposes. Advertising photography aims to make products look desirable through camera angles and lighting. We see ads in magazines, TV, and online. Landscape photography captures nature and settings. It is seen in nature books and magazines. Fashion photography displays clothing in ads and magazines like Vogue. Past fashion photographers included Richard Avedon and present ones include Mario Testino. Macro photography captures small subjects and is seen in magazines, books, and social media. It requires specialized lenses or equipment. Past macro photographers included Edward Weston and present ones include Heather Angel. For each genre, the summary discusses example photographers, where the photos are seen, and tips for taking
The document discusses contextual research for an FMP in fine art photography. It summarizes the work of several photographers as examples, including Jeremy Blincoe who creates mysterious landscapes exploring the mind, Oleg Dou who manipulates faces between beautiful and repulsive, and Vee Speers who produces dramatic surreal portraits. It also outlines books on HDR photography, fine art portraits, and how Photoshop is used to manipulate photographs in various artistic styles. The research will help inform the selection of techniques for the FMP fine art photography portfolio.
The document provides examples of how photomedia is used in various industries such as advertising, journalism, and fine arts. It also presents two case studies of photomedia artists - Erik Johansson and Arno Raffael Minkkinen. Johansson creates composited landscape images for commercial clients, while Minkkinen takes nude self-portraits in nature. The document encourages the reader to explore photomedia ideas and create their own production blog to develop a project.
Commercial photography is a powerful marketing tool that helps businesses sell products and generate sales. It allows potential customers to view a wide range of products instantly and makes them want items they don't need. Professional photography helps businesses stand out from competitors by capturing customers' attention. It has become even more important as digital advertising and online shopping increase. Current commercial photographers, like Julia Kennedy and Alex Styles, use techniques like lighting, color palettes, and selective focus to effectively showcase fashion and products.
This document provides instructions and challenges for a student to complete as part of their progress in a course on photomedia. It asks the student to present possible uses of photomedia in their workplace, summarize case studies of photomedia projects by other artists, create a production blog, take photos exploring design elements, edit existing photos using software, create a composite image, and refine their ideas by posting blog entries for feedback. The student is asked to upload their work and discuss it with other students upon completing each challenge.
Photomedia in Creative Practice (MANIPULATE IMAGES)Virtu Institute
This document provides information on exploring and developing creativity through photo manipulation. It discusses taking photos with different cameras and formats, and manipulating images in Photoshop using tools like layers, filters, and color correction. It encourages experimenting freely without limitations to spark creativity. Examples are given of creative works by Annie Liebovitz and Jerry Uelsman using photo composites. Free software alternatives to Photoshop like GIMP and Scribus are also listed for image editing and page layout.
The document provides guidance for photographers to challenge traditional perceptions of landscapes by experimenting with different points of view, compositions, lighting, and techniques to present familiar settings in unconventional ways and encourage new ways of seeing in order to develop understanding. Photographers are encouraged to document their own experiences of environments through innovative framing and arrangements of images. Basic photographic elements like line, shape, texture and contrast are emphasized as ways to transform the ordinary into something extraordinary.
Different styles and types of photography for recordwifeysarg
The document discusses different styles, techniques, and uses of photography over time. It explains that portrait photography was originally used to capture a person's likeness based on social status, whereas now photography is used more for emotions, events, and feelings. The document also outlines different photography techniques like high speed, infrared, and HDR photography. It discusses styles of photography like commercial, artistic, technical, and genres like wildlife, nature, fashion, and advertising photography.
The document provides an overview of modern art techniques and trends discussed in Grade 10 Arts, including photography, film, print media, and digital media. It discusses photography in detail, describing its origins from the Greek words for "light" and "writing" and how it evolved from a technical process to an artistic medium. The document also examines the collaborative nature of filmmaking, noting that it involves entire teams working under a director to bring their vision to life through cinematography, acting, editing, production design, and other roles. It highlights some notable Filipino photographers like George Tappan and John K. Chua and their achievements.
Fashion photography emphasizes mood and lifestyle over just accessories. Dramatic lighting and styling are used to make images bold. Fashion photographers may use 10 or more lights to achieve complex looks. Portrait photography focuses on a subject's expression and personality. Landscape photography captures wide natural scenes with little human presence. Photojournalism tells visual stories of current events through impactful images for media publications.
This document provides an overview of modern art techniques and trends, focusing on photography, film, print media, and digital/product design. It discusses photography in detail, including its origins and evolution into an art form. Notable Philippine photographers like George Tappan and John Chua are profiled. Filmmaking is explored as a collaborative art, outlining the roles of the director, actors, cinematographers, editors, and production designers. Major Philippine film directors like Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Maryo de los Reyes are introduced along with some of their landmark films. The document aims to educate students on modern visual art forms and influential Philippine artists working in these mediums.
This document provides an overview of modern art techniques and trends, focusing on photography, film, print media, and digital/industrial design. It discusses photography in depth, defining it as the science and art of creating images using light or electromagnetic radiation. Notable Philippine photographers like George Tappan and John K. Chua are profiled. Filmmaking is described as a collaborative art involving directors, actors, cinematographers, editors, and other roles. Key film genres and influential Philippine filmmakers like Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Maryo J. de los Reyes are also summarized.
This document provides context for Olivia Waller's final major project (FMP) in fine art photography. Originally, she planned to do landscape photography but became interested in fine art after researching other portfolios. She has decided to create a fine art photography portfolio to showcase her edited photos. She feels confident in this choice because she has successfully completed similar projects like a fanzine in the past. The document also discusses several artists - Jeremy Blincoe, Oleg Dou, Vee Speers, Lucia Emanuela Curzi, and Silke Bachman - that inspire Olivia's style and techniques. It analyzes books on portrait photography and using Photoshop to manipulate images. Finally, it considers the theories
This assignment brief outlines tasks for a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production unit on photography. Learners must: understand applications of photography; use equipment and techniques; plan and produce images for specified purposes; and reflect on their work. The tasks include: evaluating uses of photography through a blog; explaining techniques in a PowerPoint; completing test shoots; two photo shoots for landscape/portrait projects; and evaluating the planning and results. The deadline is December 18th and the assessor is Iain Goodyear.
This document provides an overview of modern art techniques and trends, including photography, film, print media, and digital media. It discusses the origins and evolution of photography from a technical process to an artistic medium. Notable Filipino photographers like George Tappan and John K. Chua are profiled. Film is discussed as a technology-driven collaborative art form involving directors, actors, cinematographers, editors, and other roles. The development of cinema from early devices like the Kinetoscope to the rise of film genres is summarized. Philippine filmmakers such as Lino Brocka, Marilou Diaz-Abaya, and Maryo J. de los Reyes are introduced along with some of their notable works.
ig4 assignment landscapes and portraits 2014 to 2015justin96
This assignment brief outlines tasks for a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Creative Media Production unit on photography. Learners must: understand applications of photography; use equipment and techniques; plan and produce images for specified purposes; and reflect on their work. The tasks include: evaluating uses of photography through a blog; explaining techniques in a PowerPoint; completing test shoots; two photo shoots for landscape/portrait projects; and evaluating the planning and results. The deadline is December 18th and the assessor is Iain Goodyear.
This document provides an overview of Grade 10 Arts for Quarters 3 and 4. It introduces various modern art techniques and trends, including photography, film, print media, digital media, and product/industrial design. For photography, it discusses its origins from Greek words meaning "light writing" and how it has evolved from a technical process to an artistic medium. Notable Filipino photographers like George Tappan and John K. Chua are profiled. For film, it describes how technology drove it as an art form and the collaborative nature of filmmaking, involving directors, actors, cinematographers, editors, and more. Activities are outlined for a group photography project and culminating exhibit.
IG4 assignment landscapes and portraits 2014 to 2015ChloeKyri
This assignment brief outlines tasks for a Level 3 qualification in Creative Media Production. Learners must complete 4 tasks involving photography over 12 weeks:
1) Research and blog about uses of photography, citing examples of photographers and their styles. [Independent enquirers, reflective learners, team workers]
2) Create a presentation and experimental photos exploring techniques like depth of field and night photography. [Creative thinkers, reflective learners]
3) Plan and complete photo shoots for landscapes/urban areas and portraits, producing 100 images to select final 10. [Team workers, self-managers]
4) Evaluate strengths/weaknesses of planning, selection process, and gather peer feedback to improve final
This document discusses the author's process for creating a tabloid newspaper front page layout. They experimented with different fonts, color schemes, and balances of images and text. For the initial draft, they placed the main title in a colored box for emphasis and included small pictures to leave room for explanatory text. They also added some advertisements and basic identifying information. Overall, they felt their second attempt had a more polished, professional look with a better balance of elements that would draw the reader in without being overwhelming.
The document discusses various design elements that can be used in publications including headlines, strap lines, pull quotes, baselines, reverses, margins, crossheads, page numbers, datelines, spreads, borders, columns, drop capitals, portraits, white space, cutouts, and grids. It mentions how these elements can be arranged on the page in different orientations, with negative space, blobs and stars, and in spreads.
The document discusses the typography, layout, and design elements used in an NHS informational leaflet. It notes that a sans serif font is used to indicate clear reading and that only two fonts are used throughout in variations of blue, which works well with the NHS color palette and conveys calmingness. Reasonably sized fonts are used on front and inner pages with bold headings to help the reader navigate. Pictures and text are evenly spaced and don't distract from the purpose of providing information. References to other sources of information are also included to guide readers.
This document provides an evaluation of Jess Hedley's photography project focused on the theme of "Discovery". It includes summaries of several photos taken as part of the project and discusses techniques used such as color balancing and reflection. Key points:
1) Several photos show close-up shots of water droplets on leaves and flowers, with color balancing used to enhance colors and details.
2) Reflection was experimented with through duplicating layers and flipping them to create symmetrical reflections of objects in water.
3) Later photos explored portraiture with reflective techniques to depict discovering different sides of oneself.
4) Throughout, the document discusses strengths, weaknesses and ways future photos could further explore the theme of "Discovery
The document discusses various techniques for mood board photography including macro shots, natural lighting, aperture, shutter speed, black and white, reflection, and aerial views. It notes that macro photography works well to show intense detail and textures, and fast shutter speeds can create interesting shapes from splashing water. Wide apertures allow misty effects from waterfalls while slow shutter speeds are recommended for aerial night views to create patterns from lighting.
Christopher Martin is a landscape photographer from Alberta, Canada who focuses on motion blur, wide angles, and long exposures. He has worked for magazines and his photos can be licensed for print and online publications. One of his images shows cars at night with light trails from their headlights due to a long 5-second exposure.
Multiple exposure photography involves merging two or more separate images into one picture. Historically, this was done manually in a darkroom by overlaying light-sensitive paper with multiple images. Now it can be achieved digitally using layering and opacity controls in Photoshop. The Harris Shutter method is a unique type of multiple exposure that uses three color filters to capture red, green, and blue layers within a single shot, originally invented to create color photographs. Modern apps allow simulating this effect more easily with a single photo.
The document summarizes several experimental photography techniques explored by the author, including:
1. Out of focus photography, where the author explored blurring images to merge colors and create abstract effects.
2. Movement photography, where the author used slow shutter speeds to capture movement, such as two figures in one shot.
3. Montage photography, where the author was inspired by David Hockney's collage work and created their own montages by combining multiple close-up images.
4. Reflection photography, where the author experimented with capturing reflections in surfaces like mirrors and windows.
The document outlines the aims and considerations for research to create marketing materials for the charity SASH. It discusses looking at 3-5 existing marketing artifacts like leaflets and posters from other campaigns. Primary research would involve interviewing 10-20 people aged 16-24 using open-ended questions to understand perceptions of homelessness without causing offense. Research would be successful if it provides experiences and opinions to inform appropriate and positive representation of SASH's work in the local community. Sensitivity is needed to avoid challenging beliefs or discomfort, and focus groups may be better than individual interviews. Finished pieces could be distributed in youth centers and on the street to spark conversation about the charity. SASH faces potential funding issues if public donations decrease, limiting events
This advert focuses on the value of the product rather than its quality, using simple colors and minimal imagery. It emphasizes the price by displaying it prominently and breaks down how the product provides value through the amounts it contains. The target market is busy families who want food staples to last longer between shops. Numbers are used to illustrate the product's value in feeding a family across multiple meals. The informal language aims to make consumers comfortable with the value proposition.
This document outlines a S.W.O.T. analysis of Spotify that identifies its main strengths as providing easy, global access to millions of songs for free through its membership; weaknesses as requiring an internet connection and potentially struggling to compete with established brands; opportunities as having a chance to undercut competitors on price and attract users through social networking; and threats as facing competition from other music streaming services and the ability of most mobile devices to stream music online.
Flyball is an east coast punk band from California seeking to promote their new EP "Guide to Ourselves" through small UK and European tours. Their target audience is 14-26 year olds who enjoy bands like Blink-182 and New Found Glory. The band aims to increase their social media followers and sell 500 copies of the EP through online sales and merch bundles. Success would mean building a fanbase, contacts with other bands, and income from multiple revenue streams like merchandising.
Bottle implemented a PR campaign for musicMagpie with the objectives of raising brand awareness, promoting key messages to target audiences, and increasing website visits and launches of new platforms. The campaign focused on parents, especially mothers, by emphasizing how selling unwanted items to musicMagpie could earn extra money. It partnered with a football charity to provide free kits in exchange for donations, leveraging the UK's passion for football. The relentless campaign achieved over 400 media placements reaching over 500 million people. It secured prominent coverage in newspapers and on radio stations, helping raise awareness of musicMagpie's performance and charity partnerships.
Jess Hedley evaluated their work for an IRN-BRU 32 can design and poster campaign. For the can design, they went with a horror theme involving creepy imagery and fonts. They incorporated a splat shape behind the "32" to break up negative space. For the posters, they initially tried a zombie approach but then moved to an alien theme by warping photos to look alien-like. They used tools in Photoshop like Liquify and Healing Brush. Overall, they aimed to appeal to their target demographic of 16-24 year olds and build on IRN-BRU's increasing popularity by taking a unique approach to the rebranding.
Jessica Hedley has created several draft magazine advertisements for an IRN BRU 32 campaign. Her initial drafts used portraits of Marilyn Monroe and Kurt Cobain with filters to give a "crazy", "hypnotic" theme. Her second draft transformed Daniel Radcliffe's portrait to have alien-like features to show hypothetical product effects. Her third draft took a more humorous approach using school themes and imagery of Scottish culture, though it included some offensive language. She created additional web banners using her alien photo edits in a fading GIF format.
This document provides three draft packaging designs for IRN BRU 32. The first design uses a horror theme with silhouettes and a Bates Shower font. The second design uses a dripping font stretched across the can with zombie hands and a hazard sign. The third design departs from the horror theme and takes a traditional Scottish approach using tartan fabric and a Mixed Stitch font. For each design, the document discusses elements that work well and could be improved, such as making the font or numbering more prominent. Overall, the designs progress from the initial horror idea to a Scottish-themed final concept.
This document summarizes Jessica Hedley's tests of fonts and color schemes for a horror-themed marketing campaign. It discusses her selection of the "Bates Shower" font due to its rough, uneven lettering and spiral-shaped O character, which will complement the spiral eyes in her imagery. Color tests showed white text had best readability against impactful orange and blue backgrounds over alternative color combinations. The document evaluates different fonts and colors before concluding on designs best suited to her themes of horror and driving consumers crazy.
This document contains three ideas for IRN-BRU advertisements:
1. The first idea involves using spiral eyes and an eccentric smile in blue and orange imagery to entice viewers and represent how IRN-BRU "makes you crazy".
2. The second idea is to use army photography edited to have IRN-BRU's blue and orange colors to represent taking over the world, with a "witty comment" about world domination.
3. The third idea is to change the phrase "My 1st Christmas" to "My 1st IRN-BRU" alongside imagery of a child opening a gift to find an IRN-BRU can, using Christmas fonts in the brand
Boudoir photography, a genre that captures intimate and sensual images of individuals, has experienced significant transformation over the years, particularly in New York City (NYC). Known for its diversity and vibrant arts scene, NYC has been a hub for the evolution of various art forms, including boudoir photography. This article delves into the historical background, cultural significance, technological advancements, and the contemporary landscape of boudoir photography in NYC.
Hadj Ounis's most notable work is his sculpture titled "Metamorphosis." This piece showcases Ounis's mastery of form and texture, as he seamlessly combines metal and wood to create a dynamic and visually striking composition. The juxtaposition of the two materials creates a sense of tension and harmony, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between nature and industry.
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Fashionista Chic Couture Maze & Coloring Adventures is a coloring and activity book filled with many maze games and coloring activities designed to delight and engage young fashion enthusiasts. Each page offers a unique blend of fashion-themed mazes and stylish illustrations to color, inspiring creativity and problem-solving skills in children.
This document announces the winners of the 2024 Youth Poster Contest organized by MATFORCE. It lists the grand prize and age category winners for grades K-6, 7-12, and individual age groups from 5 years old to 18 years old.
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Nunnington Hall is a Manor house on the river Rye in North Yorkshire.
They regularly hold art, fashion and photography exhibitions.
They have worked with York College in the past and are keen to have
students produce work for display around the house over the summer.
They have asked for submissions of experimental photography on the
theme of discovery.
Students are to submit a maximum of 3 final images. Final selections will
be made and images will be displayed in the house.
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Experimental photography is a phrase that includes alternative process
techniques, and broadly refers to any photographic process or product
falling outside the realm of straight film or digital photography.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_photography
Experimental Photography is where photography takes on new techniques
or technologies. It often re-employs existing techniques in new ways.
We can simply divide up the world of experimental photography in to 4
distinction categories with 2 distinction purposes.
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4. Title
Historical:
Older photography work
which uses traditional
methods.
Contemporary:
More modern photography
which may use non-traditional
or traditional methods.
Traditional:
This method of working uses
older methods such as film
photography, cyanotypes,
dark room techniques and
paper collage.
Non-traditional:
This method of working uses
more modern techniques, in
particular digital production, to
achieve it’s aims. Traditional
methods of working can still
be employed but use digital
methods of production.
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Fine art:
Fine art images are created
as a piece in themselves.
"Photography that is done as
a fine art -- that is, done to
express the artist's
perceptions and emotions and
to share them with others“
Gloria McDarrah
"A picture that is produced for
sale or display rather than
one that is produced in
response to a commercial
commission" Terry Hope
This work usually appears in
galleries, exhibitions and fine
art books and magazines.
Commercial:
Commercial work is often
produced in response to a
brief and then used for
another purpose, rather than
just being a piece of art in
itself. It could be used for a
wide variety of reasons
including advertising and
promotion.
This sort of work appears in a
wide variety of contexts. It can
appear on adverts in a range
of different media and also be
used to promote bands and
events.
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6. History of experimental photography
The late Victorian era saw the birth of experimental photography although
it was not considered a fully fledged art form until after World War 1.
In 1918 German artists Hannah Hoch and John Heartfield introduced the
term ‘photomontage’ which represents images that have been ‘engineered
rather than created’
They used photographs, illustration and a variety of media to construct
their images.
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7. Hannah Hoch
Hannah Hoch was a pioneer of the photomontage technique. Her work
plays with the idea of beauty and fashion at a time when mass media was
starting to create very clear representations of women and beauty
8. John Heartfield
John Heartfield is best known for his political montages that were
constructed in the 1930’s and 1940’s which aimed to expose Hitler’s Nazi
regime.
9. History of experimental photography
In an attempt to escape the idea that photography had to provide images
of the real world and could not be abstract like art, Alvin Langdon Coburn
used a series of mirrors and reflections to create his Vortagraph images
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Man Ray (American, 1890-1976) produced photograms by placing objects
and other materials on photosensitive paper before exposing it to light.
Man Ray dubbed the results of his efforts “Rayographs”— a play on his
name, but also a twist on the Latin roots of the word “photograph,”
meaning “light-writing.
This allowed him to make images without the use of a camera.
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David Hockney, (born 9 July 1937) is an English painter, draughtsman,
printmaker, stage designer and photographer. He is based in Bridlington,
Yorkshire, and Kensington, London.
An important contributor to the Pop art movement of the 1960s, he is
considered one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth
century. In the early 1980s, Hockney produced Photomontages as well as
photo collages, which he called joiners.
He first used Polaroid prints and later 35mm commercially processed
colour prints.
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Since experimental photography’s birth it has been used and developed
by many artists and photographers.
Experimental photography has and is used to cause intrigue, awe and
shock.
In art it is used to provoke thought in the viewer.
Over the course of time it has been brought into the modern era with the
use of Photoshop.
It has also been used for more commercial purposes rather than just fine
art and appears in advertising and as part as promotional items.
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19. Task
Task 1:
You are to write a case study on different experimental photographers and
photographs.
You need to include a minimum of three experimental images produced
using photographs.
You should note down the artist.
You should explain the techniques that they used and categorise them as
traditional or non-traditional and also as historical or contemporary.
You should also explain where their work might be displayed, such as a
billboard, a book or a gallery.
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20. Exploring techniques
Be able to explore and
test techniques,
materials, processes and
media
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21. Exploring techniques
Today we are going to look at 4 basic techniques that break the traditional
rules of photography.
These techniques will give you a starting point for your own experiments
although you can choose whatever techniques you want to use later on in
the project.
The key to this task and your own project later on is to be methodical in
your work. Each one will produce very different results and you can use
them in a variety of ways.
To get a distinction you need to effectively and coherently explore and test
techniques, materials and processes before independently and
imaginatively review evaluate and develop innovative outcomes.
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22. Exploring techniques
Out of focus: Focus is a key element of photography and most of the
time you will try to get at least the important elements in focus. With this
technique, the idea is to break the rules and try to purposely take out of
focus images. The results can be quite stunning.
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23. Exploring techniques
Technique:
Switch the camera from
AF(auto focus) to MF
(manual focus).
Use the focus ring to adjust
the level of focus.
Wider apertures (f4) tend to
give more blur than smaller
ones (f18) but it is worth
testing out a range of
settings.
Different focal lengths will
also affect the image and
are worth experimenting
with.
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24. Exploring techniques
Hockney Photomontages/Joiners:
This involves take lots of close up images of a scene and then arranging
them so that the bigger picture can be seen. There are several ways of
doing it. Photoshop allows you to create a photomontage as an automatic
process.
You can also do it manually by layering up lots of images on a blank
document. You can also create them with printed images, as Hockney did.
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25. Exploring techniques
Technique:
When taking your images, get
close to your subject.
Take lots of images but be
methodical to ensure you cover
everything. Going from left to right
for each row is a sure fire
technique.
Use file > automate > Photomerge
in Photoshop to put it together
automatically.
Don’t worry about being too
perfect or you will lose the charm.
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27. Exploring techniques
Movement:
Capturing movement can result in very interesting and surreal images.
Two main techniques involve either photographing an object in motion or
moving the camera during exposure. Each has its own aesthetic and can
be used in different ways.
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28. Technique:
To do this you need to have long exposure to capture movement. Using
TV (shutter priority) mode can help you control the time the shutter is
open.
To capture movement of objects, keep the camera still during the
exposure. This will allow stationary objects to remain in focus and give a
counterbalance to the moving elements.
To introduce your own movement, hand hold the camera and move it
during exposure.
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29. Exploring techniques
Reflections:
Reflections can give us a unique and interesting perspective on a subject
that we might not have considered before. They can provide distortion,
transforming the mundane in to the exciting. They can provide frames
which capture small parts of the bigger picture.
Technique:
No special techniques are required for this kind of shoot, just a good eye.
You can even leave your camera on automatic. Try to exclude your own
reflection from the image unless you have a particular reasons to add it.
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31. Task
Task 2:
Produce images using reflections, Hockney joiners and photomontages,
out of focus photography and movement in your images.
You should demonstrate that you can use the techniques effectively. Use
a variety of subjects and compositions to add interest to your images and
test out the technique.
Once you have your images, you should use the experiments pro-forma to
display your images and record your thoughts on the outcomes.
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32. Additional techniques
Further techiques:
Experimental photography encompasses many different techniques. This
project will allow you to select one of more of these and develop a series
of images.
As with the Irn-Bru project, we want to see lots of development and
evaluation of your work. The process of taking images, testing methods,
reviewing results and then refining methods will help you get to a
distinction.
The next few slides show just some of the possibilities.
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44. Further techniques
Task 3:
Investigate at least 2 different experimental photography methods. Gather
a range of sample images and find out how to achieve each effect.
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45. Example
3D Photography:
3D photography involves using photoshop to process an image which can
then be viewed with 3D glasses. It is created by using two layers in
photoshop. One layer is altered to gives it a red colour overall. A second
layer has the colour channels adjusted to cyan. The red layer is moved a
few pixels to the right and the cyan layer is moved to the left. Using
appropriate glasses, you can see a 3D image. It offers a lot of potential for
experimentation.
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46. Planning
Intentions:
Theme:
The theme for your own work is discovery. This is quite an open brief and
allows for your own personal interpretation of the theme. You should
explore your thoughts on this theme and consider the techniques that you
might use to investigate the theme.
Task 4: Create an initial mind map on the theme of discovery before
producing a mood board of inspiring images to help with your ideas. This
will help you complete your proposal which should outline the subjects you
will use and the techniques you will test.
Task 5:
Complete the planning pro-forma to list the time, date, location and
equipment required to produce your images. You should also include
details of what you will be doing during the shoot. Remember that
methodical, controlled experimentation will help you get better results.
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Task 6:
You are to produce a minimum of three complete experimental photographs.
You need to evaluate each photograph to show how you have refined your images.
There is a pro-forma to help structure your responses with this. You should
consider technical and aesthetic qualities. You should consider formal elements of
your work such as line, shape and texture as well as colour, tone and contrast. You
should also consider the composition of your work.
You need to use contact sheets to view and show your progress.
You should include your workings out and progression of the development of your
photography. Re-working or retaking of your images would be beneficial to get the
most out of your processes and to help you develop it to near professional
standards.
To gain a distinction you need to effectively analyse developmental work to
implement purposeful outcomes and independently and imaginatively review
evaluate and develop innovative outcomes.
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