Brendan barry's work is very crisp and clean, this is because he uses a lense when he takes his pinhole images to give it a clearer photo. In the image to the left I like the way he has used chemigrams and pinholes together, even if I don't entirely understand how he did the box over the head. My theory is that he used a card of come sort to cover his face and not develop it in that square, allowing him to put resistant over the space.
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There are many applications that Adobe has, currently I have only used a few, Adobe Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Photoshop. Most of my edits have been done on Lightroom Classic as you can see on my blog post Photo studio and Lightroom . Most of my images have been rotated and/or cropped in Photoshop. I am looking to advance my skills further and to get a better understanding of the Adobe systems, to be able to become more creative with my editing without worrying about ruining the images I am tampering with.
The film studio is broken down into two main elements, the recording studio and the gallery. (Currently I have not done much work in the gallery as such I will not be able to comment on it at this time.) The cameras we are currently learning how to use is blackmagic due to the price and functionality, as it still has a cinematic effect. We also have lighting, tripods, mics and reflectors for us to use if/when necessary. Three Point lightingThree point lighting is a techence you can use to change the mood or setting of any shot simply by changing the lighting. It consists of three parts; a backlight, a fill light and a key light . The key light is used for almost all shots as its the main light for any scene but that doesn't mean you can't move the key light to different spots on the set to get different effects. The fill light doesn't actually have to be a light, it can be a reflector, as this is just to help fill the set with light into places the key light may not be able to reach. The backlight can be used for full lighting effect with the key light and the fill light, however the backlight can also be used on its own to build suspense or a silhouette for a person that would like to remain anonymous.
When it comes to doing my documentary, I'm going to try and take advantage of the three point lighting, to help keep some of the people I interview anonymous. My tutor has told me different methods on how to effectively do this, the one I liked best is just lighting the background behind the person and/or the back of their heads. As i feel like you wont lose much of the personality of the person when you do this. The other option they suggested was just only putting the interviewer in the frame however I feel like you depend on the person's voice a lot for there personality if you do this. Depending on how well I can effectively achieve the silhouette, determines on whether I will end up using the second method; just to make it easier for myself.
For My first cyanotype, I was attempting to make a junk draw of sorts. I used a bunch of keys, a padlock and a few large paper clips to get this effect. The keys turned out really well, the padlock however, did not show the latch causing it to just be a square on the page. When I went to do my second cyanotype, I took the shapes of the objects into consideration and had an experiment for transparent objects. For this I used empty keyrings and a heart photo frame. I really liked the way the keyrings came out and the heart looks really dramatice, in my opinion which I feel like is a bit of an overkill, I still like the effect nonetheless.
Originally cyanotypes were also known as the blueprint process. John Herschel (1792-1871) was an astronomer who was struggling with his notes, when he first invented cyanotypes. Using hyposulphite of soda they were able to produce fixed images. The paper was coated in iron salts to be used for contact printing and then washed to reveal the fixed white and blue image. The first book of photographic illustrations was realised by Anna Atkins (1799-1871), over a series of ten years. The book has 424 cyanotypes (which were also known as at he time to be shadowgraphs). She named the book 'British Algae: Cyanotype impressions'. Anna Atkins Poppy The image to the left is one of Anna Atkins photographs. For this she placed a poppy onto the paper to get this image, the petals appear to have been more transparent than the stem, as they have a more translucent look to them, compared to the opacity of the stem and leaves. Personally, I believe this to make the flower look more delicate and fragile, then if it was all just a solid while outline.
For my photographs they weren't exposed for longer than 4 seconds - the images below came out a bit lighter as I used a different enlarger. For my first attempt, my aim was to do something forest like, to be honest it didn't turn out the way I'd hope but I still like it nonetheless. What I was hoping for is more of an abstract tree and the result I got was more of a forest floor. For the following three I tried to use transparent objects to find out how the light and the paper would interpreted it. I learnt very fast that I like the look of transparent objects when they are photographed.
Ordinally the photogram was needed by sciences to help keep accurate records of natural objects. Printmaker and inventor Henry fox Talbot, used this discovery to trace botanical specimens exposing chemically treated paper to sunlight, 'photogenic drawings' he called them. Man Ray (1890-1976) was a trained architectural draftsman and engineer, and he did make a living by doing graphic design. After almost single handedly popularising photograms he began calling them rayograms. He used everyday objects as he spoke about his early experimentation as follows, 'taking whatever objects came to hand; my hotel-room key, a handkerchief, some pencils, a brush, a candle, a piece of twine'. As I feel as if this is demonstrated in the image to the left. The way you an see all the lines on the image and how crisp they are I think is a perfect way to demonstrate how it worked so well for the scientists in the 1830s. Meaning it was not only a useful tool at the time but also a very unique creative outlet, as Man ray expresses in many of his different works. https://www.alternativephotography.com/photograms-cameraless-photography/ https://smartartbox.com/blogs/smart-art-blog/the-modernist-lens-man-ray-and-the-photogram Lino printing is a technique which allows you to use a pattern more than once and in more than one way. Because you are able to was off the previous ink from the Lino to try another paper, another colour and possibly overlap the image of your prints. It does this quite easily, as you have a piece of Lino and you carve out your desired pattern to use as a, well, print. Health and Safety There are quite a few risks involved with the actual carving of the Lino as you are using sharp tools to get your desired image, as such there are precautions you should take. Make sure to carry the cutters with care and pointing towards the floor, to avoid any accidental injury to yourself or/and others. Work away from yourself when you are cutting and never put your hand in front of the blade when cutting - this does feel a bit odd to begin with but you do get used to it after a while- no matter how much you feel like you are in control of the cutter, as it is always possible to accidently slip and cause injury to yourself. I highly recommend using either a cutting board or a bench hook when cutting, to prevent any damage to the table. (You can also use the edges of the bench hook to stop the Lino from moving too much. )
The photo studio is a big room with four different set ups for photography - two small set ups and two large set ups. The two large set ups have backdrops, which can be changed to different colours depending on the image you are trying to capture. The two small set ups, are more idea for small scale images such as bottles and jewelry. Below I have used the larger set ups as I have taken images of a person. We used the bownies lights and there are a range of different light modifiers in the studio that we have the option to choose, the ones that were used in the images below were A softbox for the high key photos and for the low key photos a beauty dish with a grid on it was used. Depending on the shape and size of the modifier determinants how it affects the light. The grid that we used created a softer direct stream on the subject and the softbox helps diffuse the light and the silver inside the box helps reflect the light. We used the bownies lights
Mr Chemigram - AKA Pierre Cordier - first started experimenting with resistance when he was making something for his partner at the time; Erica. He had this idea to write happy birthday in nail varnish on light sensitive paper, then added developer and fixer to create something new. Chemigrams. Pierre Cordier sees himself and his work not quite et a photography or as paintings but a bit of both. I honestly think this is a great example of how creative you can be with this form of art. As of now many different types of resistance can be used in may different ways by lots of different people. Mariah Robertson likes to push the boundaries of photo paper using chemicals and light; she does all this without a lens. The way she uses the light to her advantage then decorates the page with chemical mixtures by splattering and dripping, has a new take on the art form while also showing through something from previous masters (Jackson Pollock and Helen Frankenthaler) Pierre Cordier's images are so unique and different to what anyone else has done and is doing, to the point of no one but him fully understands how he can get these amazing images. He hasn't shared the technique to get similar results either, making them is own personal designs which can be recognised as his own work. As such I don't know what type of resisted he used. However we do know that he did this on gelatin-silver photographic paper. Personally, I believe this can be interpreted in very different ways, from being seen as something that is imitating something that is man made, or something that occurs in nature. For instance, when I first look at this image, I think more of a computer hard drive more than anything else, however one of my classmates suggested it looks quite like a honeycomb or the giant's causeway in ireland. After taking there suggestions in mind, I went back and looked at it again and it gave me more extraterrestrial vibes. http://www.metaphorimages.com/wordpress/?p=1599 https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1226475/chemigram-20392-from-la-suma-photograph-pierre-cordier/ |