The document is a student's reflection on experimental photography projects exploring the rotation technique. In the first project, the student used rotation to transform an architectural photo into abstract patterns and shapes. They felt this achieved their goal of expressing architecture in a new, exciting way. Later projects experimented with adjusting hue and saturation during rotation. While bright colors made patterns stand out, they moved away from the brief's urban theme. The student's favorite was the original black and white rotation for its abstract shapes and urban feel. Overall, the student felt rotation was an effective experimental technique but that some color adjustments did not fully fulfill the theme of expressing urban culture through abstract photography.

1. Experimental Photography 3
Melissa Storey
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2. Rotation

3. I like the shapes this picture makes from just
rotating the same picture. I used a picture that
just showed part of the building, but I feel this
shows a huge part of the architecture.
The black and
white contrasts
well together and
brings out the
shapes and edges
depending of the
shadows.
You don’t realize what the object
actually is, it looks sort of like a
collider scope image. It brings out
the shapes in the architecture.

4. Development of Rotation

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Evaluate: ideas eg analysis, results;
How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results
have you got?
I really like the results I achieved with just rotating the original picture. I am very impressed with
the style and the shapes the rotation technique gives. It produces a new and exciting way to
express architecture photography which is what I wanted it achieve. Overall I am very impressed
with this technique and the outcome.
Qualities:
Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it look? What do you like
about it? What are the strongest and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of
view?
I particularly like how the whole picture looks totally different from what it originally looked like.
The patterns made by rotating the picture and placing it back together creates an odd looking
architecture building but it is very effective and the way you do not know what the photograph is
showing create mystery in a less scary, more fun sort of way. I love the shapes and patterns which
are made from choosing photographs that are full in detail. Making the whole photograph black
and white fits the urban into the image, this makes the picture slightly darker in terms of theme,
but it also brings out the shadows and highlights that the bricks give that also give create more
patterns within the photograph.

6. How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with
additional work? What would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake
further experiments? If so, what would they be?
I could improve and develop my work by creating more of these rotation images with some more
buildings. I mainly used churches, I would like to see what the effect would be on newer buildings,
to see if the shapes are similar.
Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were
set. Do they match the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using
specific examples.
I am very impressed with the outcome of my images and it did fulfil my brief. I would like to
develop and carry on this technique in the future, I feel it gives an immense feel to an object that
wouldn’t be that exciting or interesting. I found this technique by just experimenting in Photoshop
and then I researched the technique I found it was a brilliant technique to express an experimental
way to show power and it is an easy way to create a whole new meaning to a photograph. For
example originally it was just an image of the top of a church, but when rotated and placed
together it creates a whole new look, like a mirrored image but of a new building.
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7. Hue and Saturation Rotation

8. Choosing bright and contrasting colours bring
out the architecture shapes and although it is
in pink it brings out different textures and
shapes through the shadows and tones.
I like how there is nothing around
the architecture of the building
making the pattern stand out more.
The windows
have changed
colour to
connect to
the sky, I
really like this
as it doesn’t
make the
building just
one whole
colour and
give another
feature to be
interested
on.

9. Development of Hue and Saturation
Rotation

10. Evaluate: ideas eg analysis, results;
How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results
have you got?
I wanted to develop the last rotation idea, by this I wanted to add more colour and by
experimenting with the Hue and Saturation tool I found a way of introducing new and exciting
colours into a photograph full of experimental patterns. The colours connect to the unusual
patterns in the photograph, not making the photograph too weird, but abstract.
Qualities:
Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it look? What do you like
about it? What are the strongest and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of
view?
I like the unusual abstract look, to do with the content and the unusual colours. I did this by using
the Hue and Saturation tool, this changes the colours to brighter and more vibrant colours. I do like
how this effect has used different shades of pink to create more patterns in the photograph
instead of just a block colour. A weakness could be that it might not
appeal to a large audience and the bright colours makes it less towards
an urban environment.
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11. How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with
additional work? What would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake
further experiments? If so, what would they be?
I could improve me work by making it look more towards an urban theme, like the brief said. This
colour be by using darker colours such as dark blues, purples to contrast with a grey colour
scheme. Although I do like the bright colour scheme, it does not fit with the brief set for me.
Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were
set. Do they match the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using
specific examples.
The bright colours have stepped away from the urban theme but they are experimental and do
develop from what I have previously done. By just toning them down slightly they colour look more
urban like. I feel they are experimental because I found this look by experimenting with the Hue
and Saturation tool, seeing what that would do to the plane colours in the original image.
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12. Hue and Saturation Rotation Change

13. Each section is like its own piece in the picture,
but all in all it is one. I really like this because it
gives you something different to look at every
time you move your eye.
I chose
consisting
colours to
run
through
the whole
image to
keep it
connected
to each
other. I
then
reversed
the colours
to create
an exciting
effect.
I like how the bright colours
connect to each other and make
the photograph stand out.

14. Development of Hue and Saturation
Rotation Change

15. Evaluate: ideas eg analysis, results;
How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results
have you got?
My intentions of this photograph was to carry on developing from the first rotation and still bring
in the Hue and Saturation techniques to see if it can still be developed on from. I am pleased with
the results as it has developed from my first looks into Hue and
Saturation and developed to create a new feel.
Qualities:
Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it
look? What do you like about it? What are the strongest
and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of view?
I still used the Hue and Saturation tool to create the abstract colour
and the patterns have still been used by rotation. I changed the feel
of the image by changing each part of the photograph to have a
different colour scheme to it. This splits off the picture into different part, rather than it being one
whole picture. I’m not sure if I like this or not, although it gives the audience something to look at
it blocks off the picture a bit.
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16. How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with
additional work? What would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake
further experiments? If so, what would they be?
I would develop my work, again by making it more urban themed. Personally I prefer the first set of
rotation images (the black and white abstract ones) as they produce a new and abstract pattern
and the black and white effect still makes it urban and mysterious. Although this is a good effect to
keep people looking at your photograph and keep them interested, it does not quite fit into my
theme.
Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were
set. Do they match the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using
specific examples.
Like I said above and in the previous development, I don’t feel like the Hue and Saturation effect
has added to the Urban culture theme I have chosen. The colours are too bright and too out there,
although this create interest to the photograph it does not fit with my theme or brief. It is an
experimental design, with having four images that make up one but each image is in its own bright
colour I feel this is a very experimental design. Although personally out of the three development
ideas here and out of them all in my designs I do prefer the black and white rotation because of
the unusual shapes and patterns it creates and it still had an urban theme running though it.
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17. Simple Object Rotation
Even using simple object like a grave stone and a door you can still create these illusion images that
are inspirational and experimental.