Week Seven. Abstraction, Light & Scale.
68.
Technique
DSLR Photography
Process
Camera: Nixon Coolpix P500
ISO: 160
Aperture: f/5
Shutter Speed: 1/60
To create this image, I positioned myself close to the subjects angling the lens slightly upwards, enhancing the scale further. I then imported the image into VSCO Cam applying filter NC decreasing the intensity to 8.2, this filter best suited the context as it enhanced the colours seen throughout the “rocks” and background greenery.
Reasoning
I positioned both the cars as seen, as I wanted to create a scene as though they were parked on the edge of a cliff, as you could see the base structure “rubble” to the corner of the image, the context also suited the style of car’s that were sued as they were race and dirt racing cars. The greenery in blurred in the background portrays the contextual environment also, as it is disorganised and oversized, best suiting the scale of the subjects.
Reflection
This was my first time playing with macro scale, and it was an enjoyable process although searching for objects and a scene to situate the shoot within was difficult, it was worth the immense effort taken. It was an enjoyable process that can be explored in various contextual environments.
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L.O.S.T
Technique
DSLR Photography
Process
Camera: Nixon Coolpix P500
ISO: 160
Aperture: f/5
Shutter Speed: 1/800
This image was shot in Black and White through my DSLR Camera, where I situated myself on the floor angling my camera directionally upwards to enhance the mood and scale, I applied a 3% zoom also as the bush was quite deep my camera couldn’t quite capture all the detail without it.
I further enhanced this photograph in VSCO cam adjusting the contrast, exposure and clarity to sharpen and intensify the overall mood.
Reasoning
I wanted to create a dramatic or creepy mood for this image, by setting the scene in a dark space with minimal natural light and shooting in Black and White it was achieved.
Reflection
This was a fun scene and image to create, the only difficulty that arouse was shooting in black and white as I had never done so before so adjusting the settings on the camera to the images didn’t become overly exposed was an important step when processing that wasn’t realised until the final image, which was this one here.
Fan.lit
Technique
DSLR Photography
Process
Camera: Nixon Coolpix P500
ISO: 160
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 4.0s
To create this image, I firstly tied my mobile phone by string to one of the wings on my fan with the torch turned on, to create the motion blurred light I switched the fan onto the highest speed and set up my camera with a 30second span of timing, then turned my fan off to develop a winding down motion of light. When I transferred this image into light room I edited the blur, by adding a radial blur which feathered the edges slightly, I also changed the light from a bright yellow to a more yellow-white light through a preset filter.
Reasoning
The impulse of taking this image was derived from me twirling string around my pen, this is where I envisioned the string being light therefore why I tied my phone to my fan. I had seen images similar to this previously but had no idea how they were produced.
Reflection
This was my first time playing with light and shutter speed on my camera, it was an exciting process but did take various tries to achieve the desired outcome, which was a challenge. In future I would place my camera onto a tri-pod to focus and center on the light more.
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Followed.
Technique
DSLR Photography
Process
Camera: Nixon Coolpix P500
ISO: 160
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 4.0s
To achieve this image, I set my camera up on my tripod so it was semi-eye level height, ensuring the camera settings were already preset; from here I set the timer for 15seconds, I raced behind the lens and walked alongside a wall waving my torch side to side creating the effect given. I then took the image into Photoshop and processed an “3 dimensional effect” with RGB.
Reasoning
There was no initial spark of creativity when producing this image until post processing in Photoshop, as the lights were originally were a real focus I didn’t want to just edit the background to make them stand out more, I wanted there to be another feature which draws the eye, thus being the reason I added the RGB colour system to the image.
Reflection
This was a difficult image to capture as I really has to set a pace to create the continuous light’s movement, but it was fun experimenting with a tri-pod and self-timer.
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Cold Hearted.
Technique
DSLR Photography
Process
Camera: Nixon Coolpix P500
ISO: 160
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 4.0s
While creating this image I had my sister stand in the distance with two torches which provided a stark yellow ambience, from here I stood behind the camera shooting whilist applying a setting that was necessary, in this case there was no need for a time lapse as at the subject was standing in-front.
I got her to create a love heart shape, of which i then edited in Photoshop Camera Raw Filter, applying a motion blur feathering out the harsh edges making the heart look smooth and continuous, to create the blue luminosity I editied the lights colour with a cool blue tint, enhancing the tint further by adjusting the highlights and shadowing by 12%, this making the colour pop.
Reasoning
I decided to edit this image with a cool tone blue as it was something different, a heart is sueally seen asa vibrant colour such as red or oink, bu applying the blue tint it portrays a cold effect.
Reflection
This was fun to create, as I ahd not shot with two torches before only one, we shot this on the first go however but I would like to experiment and play with motion light from an urban context rather than man made.
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