Review

My review of component one:

I feel I have developed my skills greatly in Photoshop by using techniques like burning and dodging and manipulation of levels and curves tools to bring out the tonal range in my images. My images have been good when photographing aspect of photography such as landscape tone and line, however when assessing my images for colour and documentary they lack focus and the compositions are significantly weaker. this means for the component 2 I will work on improving the elements behind colour and documentary photography, if applicable to my exam brief as well as change my photographic mind set and not only think about denotations but how to incorporate connotations into my work.

Documentary Portfolio

Portfolio 2 Landsape

Composite Images

Compostite Images

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

 (AO:1.  You must ensure that several of the visual ideas/inspirations within the image bank are pursued. )

Image bank:

Digital composites: Is the process of digitally assembling multiple images to make a final image for print.

Research: 

Jerry Uelsmann

The image below denotes a rock with a doorway in, Uelsmann has made this a composite by imposing the image of a doorway with stairs from a different photographic medium and has then pasted that on a rock which doesn't have the depth to hold a staircase. the tail of rocks lead you to the main feature stone of this black and white photo print.

The image connote the idea that even places or situation that may not see to have a way out such as the end of a rock even that has a doorway.

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

Editing the image 1:
When editing the first image I began by using the ruler setting to divide the canvas 4 equal quarters. My intentions of this edit was to create a mirrored image along with a an ambiguous  centre. The mirror effect was achieved by cutting and pasting the same photo in each quadrant with a mirror the at each quadrant. this effect creates an illusion of a never ending hole much like the point of no return where humanity has lost its control and affection for nature and how it will ultimately disappear.
the editing process for this image was fairly simple however the overall effect is exaggerated because of the black abyss in the centre of the image. Layer mask where created so that if any mishaps occurred the original images could be salvaged and retouched again if necessary.   








  

Independent Shoot Images

Independent Shoot 2 Formal elements

Portraiture

Portraiture

Portraiture is the artistic representation if a person and to display emotions and feelings . The main focus of a portrait is to portray a person in a specific way with hints to their characteristics, mood and likeness.

This image i believe fits the term portrait as it captures a sense of frustration and maybe anger that this young tribal child may have with intense detail and focus

This portrait of Sir Winston Churchill was taken by Yousuf Karsh in a mid war effort to boost the countries moral and drive to help increase the war effort.

this portrait give the sense of an ominous strong force who is at the head of our country.  his posture is upright indicating strong stability with his cane adding to that stature.

Man Ray (1890-1976) was an American visual artist who spent most of his career in France. He was a significant contributor to the dada and surrealist movements, although his ties to each were informal. He produced major works in a variety of media but considered himself a painter above all. He was best known for his photography, and he was a renowned fashion and portrait photographer. Man Ray is also noted for his work with photograms, which he called "rayographs" in reference to himself. His work is the ideal standard for the combination of both creativity and technicality in distortion and surrealism photography. Because of this, I will aim to create a similar standard of creativity and professionalism in my work.

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

Contact sheet:

Best images 

Series: "Who am I"

Series: "A cup full"

Series: "The same mood"

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.
Camera settings

the camera for "Who am I" and "A cup full" 

AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

Ideas and interpretations:

Series: "Who am I"

 My own interpretation of this series was that you don't know the true identity of the person behind the image. The use of glassware in terms of the distortion of identity as a result of brands ideologies and modern fashion communities.  The denotation of a distorted faces leads to the connotation tat when people use these aftershaves and branded objects, it hides their true identity and distorts persons true personality.  In each image there is one or more things changes by using the position of the aftershave bottle to manipulate the shapes and angles present within the image. This leads to how brands change our identities to feeling like we are perfect with our imperfections like the modes we see endorsing them.


Series: "A cup full" 

This series was inspired by the glass images that Man Ray had taken. I have used a glass to again distorted the image but this time with the glass in full view with the action of light and how that changes the perspective of the focus and technicality of the image.  With this series i deiced to use the science of photography and incorporate that into a portrait series.  instead of having interpretive connotations this series was purely about the technical applications of reflects on bodily distortion.

Series: "The same mood"
Personal comment:
 this image was created based on the work of Thomas Ruff and how he use expressionless faces to create a cold and mundane impression to the viewing audience

AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes connections between visual and other elements.

These are my best images.