Title: Sneak Preview

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/250

- F/stop: 9.5

- Angle: tilted up

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: seeing the uproar of new buildings and constructions all throughout the Brisbane city was definitely a motivation for this image. Seeing an almost completed, modern designed building, standing next to an older building shows a contrast of the city developing and changing for our current society.

Reflection: the positioning of the buildings and how the newer one is not as visible as the older building. In my eyes, I see this as the modern buildings slowly taking over the older traditional buildings that remain throughout the city.

Title: Seeing Double

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/500

- F/stop: 11

- Angle: tilted up

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: another new building, known as ‘The Lipstick’ is one of my new favourite buildings, so I was keen to take a complimenting photo of it within the weekly theme. Just like the other city photograph, this one shows a comparison of the old and new constructions throughout our city, and the drastic changes that are being made.

Reflection: this photo shows the finer details of both buildings as it’s a closer shot compared to the other one. The fact that the details in the columns are visible shows the traditional designs that used to fit into society, compared to the modernised high rises. I believe this image shows a straight-forward representation of our current city’s scape, and how nicely the old and new buildings compliment each other.

Title: Old Pot. New Plant.

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/125f

- F/stop: 6.7

- Angle: same level, close up

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: The feature that the pot is attached to was in the house before we moved in. It was my dad who put the new plant in it over a year ago. When I saw this, my first thought was how both the pot and plant have grown, but in opposite ways. The plant sprouting and with all sorts of different colours, whilst the pot decays and its paint slowly peels off.

Reflection: The colours of this photo work very well, because although the pot is decaying, the rustic colours it produces still compliment the earthy tones of the plant within. I chose to take a close up of this pot plant as it would show the finer detail of the rust, as well as the spotted detail on the plant. This image shows a natural comparison of both the growing and sprouting elements.

Title: Flowing Florals

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/750

- F/stop: 11

- Angle: angle from below, close up

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: This plant is all over my backyard, and with each bud that was planted, so many more flowers have come from it. What motivated me to take the photo was recognising that this plant is known to grow around things close to it, and will form piles on top of itself to continue its growing process. The image shows exactly that as the plant drapes over the pot plant it begins in.

Reflection: Noticing what looks like uncontrolled growing reiterates the theme of growing, as the plant changes around its surroundings. The angle of this image works well as it shows the current end of the plant, as well as where it started in the background. Getting the right angle for this image was a challenge as I wasn’t sure what would show its growing process off the best. But I believe the low angle I chose compliments the plant, as well as the middle focus point used.

Title: What used to be...

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/125

- F/stop: 4.0

- Angle: angle from above

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: after reminiscing on old photos, I thought this was the perfect representation of aging and growing. The image shows my mother looking at an old photo of herself which was taken with a film camera. There is a clear comparison between her a couple decades ago, and how she is now. I made sure her hand was placed over the photo to show the aging process as well as her wedding ring.

Reflection: getting the right angle for this image was hard as I wanted to get all the important elements in. Choosing an angle from the top hides my mums face, but encourages the audience to focus on her within the old photo. The angle also seems like the viewer is looking over her shoulder and also reminiscing through the old photo album. Unlike the other photos, this one shows the before and after of the same thing, and how things change over time.

​​​​​​​Title: Someone I live with

- Shutter: 1/60

- F/stop: 4.0

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom​​​​​​​

Title: "Josh"

- Shutter: 1/60

- f/stop: 4.5

- Shutter: 1/60

- f/stop: 4.0

- Shading: Photoshop

Title: Intrigued

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 640

- Shutter: 1/60

- F/stop: 4.5

- Angle: mutual

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: seeing my friend become interested in the games at the Ekka inspired me to take the photos as this is most peoples reaction when at the show. Interested in all sorts of rides, games and shows within the Ekka, is what keeps it popular each year.

Reflection: although working with night time lighting is hard, having light from each of the game stalls did assist the process. The colours visible on this image from the toy prizes emphasize the happy mood of the Ekka and how people feel when they win the toy.

Title: Open Wide

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 1600

- Shutter: 1/90

- F/stop: 5.6

- Angle: close up

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: I was intrigued to take this image as the colours that the clowns portray are very bright like a low of the elements surrounding the Ekka. The game visible is a well-known game at all shows and fates, thus clearly representing the Ekka.

Reflection: I chose a close-up angle for this image to show detail of the first clown. But by adding a slight angle to the image I was able to include all of the other clowns down the line. This effect shows the many people that could contribute within the game, as well as the different colours of the clowns. The coloured prize toys in the background also emphasize the fun-filled mood.

Title: Break Dance

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 1000

- Shutter: 1/125

- F/stop: 5.6

- Angle: from below

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: This image shows the fast-paced motion of the ekka through one of its rides named “Break Dance”. I wanted an image that would show the crazy atmosphere that runs throughout all aspects of the ekka, this image being the one to do so.

Reflection: The images focus point is the title of the ride; its surrounding banner and lights are also within focus. The ride itself remains fuzzy due to its fast pace. I believe this worked out very well as it allows the image to come across as in motion to the viewer.

Title: Who wants to play?

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 1600

- Shutter: 1/45

- F/stop: 4.5

- Angle: mutual

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: I wanted to include a photo which included an individual working within the ekka. This showing where all the rides and games begin, and who encourages people to join in. I specifically liked the look of this stall as it was a more natural game to play, and the aesthetics of the basketballs weren’t too intense as some other games were.

Reflection: The side positioning of the man worked well as it places the basketball he is holding towards the center of the image. In my eyes, this made sense in the photo as the basketball is the main aspect of the game that the man is standing in front of.

Title: Lets do both

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 3200

- Shutter: 1/125

- F/stop: 5.6

- Angle: from below

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: looking up in photography is vital as there are all sorts of angles that can be seen. Including the one in this photo, which shows two popular ekka rides. I was motivated to take this image as when both rides are layered, the important elements of each were still visible, whilst creating a visually appealing image.

Reflection: the positioning of both rides, as well as the colours visible from both, compliment each other very well. As the swings are still quite visible through the gap of the ferris wheel, as well as still being able to see its carriages. Along with the other ekka images, the bright lights represent the mood of the Ekka’s night life, and how everyone always enjoys going.

Title: Memory Lane

Technique: Pen sketching

Process:  sketching from memory into notebook

Reasoning:  Though my childhood was split between the cities of Adelaide and Brisbane, this was by far my favourite place to hang around as a kid. Situated at the house we lived in before our current one, this little undercover area included an old barbeque and a hammock which I used to lay in for hours on end. I decided to chose this place as my favourite as I brought many of my friends to experience it with me, and I had never had a place like that within my own backyard.

Reflection: Surrounded by many trees, bushes, different types of flowers, and massive rocks, this relaxing place was also used as a place to explore. Trying to capture the amount of life that was all throughout this area, as well as its serenity, was quite hard. Drawing a view of this area from the balcony’s angle would’ve portrayed the area a bit better, but also might’ve lost the detail around the hammock.

Title: Don’t Get Caught!

Technique: Pencil Drawing

Process: Drawing from memory into notebook

Reasoning: “The Trampoline Game” consisted of many different “levels” using the surroundings of the trampoline. The first level was simply jumping on the trampoline. To get to the second level, the player needed to climb up onto the roof of the cubby house using the side fence, and once reaching the top, jumping off onto the trampoline. The last level (which was only attempted by the older girls) was jumping onto the trampoline from the veranda. To get to this stage, the player had to climb the fence, get onto the cubby house, and then climb on top of the veranda before jumping off onto the trampoline. The main goal of the game was to see how high we could get without getting caught by our parents.

Reflection: This game was played all throughout my time in Adelaide with my sister and our closest friends. What made this game so unique to us was that no one else’s houses had it, as they didn’t have the same set up. Thus, whenever people were at out house, we would play this game. Although looking back on it now, it was extremely dangerous (also taking into account that old trampolines didn’t have netting around them), at the time it was a fun and care-free game for us and our friends

Favourite snacks

Title: The Best Ever

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 1600

- Shutter: 1/15

- f/stop: 4.0

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

Reasoning: Choosing these three snacks as the photo I wanted to take was quite ironic as they were already in my pantry. Foods that I’ve loved from my early teenage years, were used as party snacks for my 18th birthday party. This showing that although so much has changed throughout the years, ill still come back to the same cheat foods.

Reflection: I took three photos of the same positioning, but shifting the camera’s focus to each packet of food. I edited the photos first, then decided to crop each image, and place them together in photoshop. I decided to do this instead of simply uploading three different images as I wanted to play around with the photos and my photoshopping skills.

Title: My Home

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 1000

- Shutter: 1/125

- f/stop: 5.6

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: I wish I was able to get a nice photo of the house before it was rendered, as that is how the house was when I first started at QUT. The brick would’ve also shown more detail around the house, compared to a flat surface.

Reflection: I chose to get a close up of the front detail of the house as there are renovations happening and I didn’t want to ruin the aesthetic. By choosing to have this close up, other details are revealed like the colouring, piping and build of our home.

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Title: Views

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 1600

- Shutter: 1/800

- f/stop: 19

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: The two images were taken around ten minutes apart, and it is clear in both photos how much the colours changed. The first image taken at 5:04pm has a brighter blue setting as it is slightly earlier in the day. The second image taken soon after, (5:16) has a more faded blue as it gets closer to the sunset. I wanted to get two photos so that I could portray the vast changes that happen in the sky over a short amount of time. This includes the movement of clouds and the undertone projected from the sky.

Reflection: Although it is clear the first image is heading into a sunset, what worked well was the bright blue positioned in the middle of the image, as it makes the viewer reconsider what time of the day the image was taken. This is made clear as the second image (ten minutes later) shows a dull tone throughout the sky. What worked well in the second image were the beams of light shining through the clouds. Each time I’ve seen this in the sky, I see it as blissful light from heaven above us, and even a reminder that a God is watching over us.

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Title: Watch out! Oh wait...

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 500

- Shutter: 1/350

- f/stop: 6.7

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Illustrator

Reasoning: At first, I thought finding things that looked like something other than what they are was going to be a very hard task. But then I realised these photos were in the simplest of things around me. Seeing this dirty rag hanging in a brightly coloured tree led me to believe it was a hanging bat. It was only on closer inspection that I realised it was just a piece of old fabric. Thus, this was the creation of my first image.

Reflection: The colours within this image are all quite earthy toned as the rag almost blends in with the branches of the tree. This works well as real bats tend to blend into their surroundings just like the rag does. The vibrancy of the leaves contributes to the overall appeal of the image as it adds in the needed colour.

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Title: Nesting

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 500

- Shutter: 1/180

- f/stop: 5.6

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Illustrator

Reasoning: The way this plant grew was my main motivation to take this image, as it looks like something has sat on it and flattened it. I then imagined it to be the nest of a large bird, which I drew into second image using illustrator.

Reflection: Taking the image from a higher angle allows the viewer to see how the branches of the plant grew down and out, making it distinctively different from other plants. To have made the shape of the plant clearer, I should have taken a side on, levelled image, so that the flattened top was more noticeable. Although using the angle visible in the image, allowed me to edit in a bird figure sitting on it easier.

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Title: Piping Pins

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 500

- Shutter: 1/500

- f/stop: 6.7

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Illustrator

Reasoning: Walking around the city and constantly looking up, opened my mind to a bunch of new perspectives. This is visible in this photo of pipes on the side of a building, which I instantly saw as safety pins. Due to the long steel pipes and the rounded top, to me they look like enlarged pins.

Reflection: Getting a decent angle for this photo was quite hard as I had to cross to the opposing side of the road in order to properly see the pipes. As well as this, if I didn’t have the right lense on my camera I wouldn’t have been able to zoom in close enough. Noticing that the pipes were positioned right up against the side of the building, meant that they could be seen as replicating being threaded through fabric.

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Title: Scrolling

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 500

- Shutter: 1/750

- f/stop: 11

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Illustrator

Reasoning: Following the theme of looking up whilst walking through the city allowed me to come across a feature on the edge of a building. Due to the red colouring and detailed cut-outs throughout each panel, in my opinion they look like Chinese scrolls. The red tone replicates the main colour used throughout the Chinese culture as it represents good luck and happiness (Color Meanings, 2016). And the detailing within each panel, from a distance, looks like characters from the Chinese alphabet.

Reflection: The main part of these panels that made me think they looked like scrolls, was the detailing of the steel. What contributed to this and made my view work well was the addition of the colour red. I believe the angle I used was needed in order to show the full length of the “scrolls”. As well as this, by keeping a distance away from them, the writing on the panels aren’t able to be read, thus can be interpreted as Chinese symbols.

Title: Crabs Grip

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 500

- Shutter: 1/500

- f/stop: 8.0

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: this image wasn’t produced purely from my imagination, instead it was created from the angle of different objects within the city. The artist’s sculpture included three tall figures, one almost replicating an open claw of a crab, as the rounded object hasn’t been closed off. By looking through this little opening I managed to find something in the distance that looked like the “claw” was holding onto.

Reflection: Although it is easy for anyone to see the red sculpture holding a part of a building, what I can also see through this image is a crab claw holding what could be a pearl. If I was to include anything else alongside this image, it would’ve been a photo of the sculptures on their own, as well as the object on top of the building. This would clarify what each object is, and how they have managed to fit together. Apart from this, I would not be able to change the angle of the photo taken, as it would ruin the entire perspective.

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Title: Mini Scape

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 1000

- Shutter: 1/125

- f/stop: 5.6

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: for both images, I wanted to make sure an obvious mood was portrayed through each using angles, lighting, and the overall edit. The first one depicts a dark, sad, mood as the figure has been hung by what looks like could be rope (although it is just branches from a tree). The second image is brighter and shows more depth as I wanted these figures to come across as adventurous.

Reflection: By making the angle on the first image appear from below, this worked very well as it made the figure look like it is hanging quite high off the ground. The darker colours portrayed from the background, as well as their clothes, also contributes to the shady mood I focused on creating. For the second image, I made sure the angle was taken from a level height as the standing figures. By doing this it makes it look more realistic, as it could’ve been another adventurer taking the photo.

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Title: Car Beams

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 1000

- Shutter: 1/125

- f/stop: 5.6

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: I was motivated to take the first image as that is my favourite place in the city to pause, and look out. As well as this, I’ve always wanted to test out a long exposure shot from this point. Seeing a view from the outside of the city allows the image to capture all the buildings, as well as the many cars and bussing driving in and out. The second photo shows, what I believe to be, one of the busiest roads in the city. This spot has also been a place that I’ve wanted to test out. By making sure both photos were taken just after 5pm, I was able to capture the most amount of cars on the road, as well as the most amount of light.

Reflection: I wanted the angles for each of these photos to replicate a landscape as I wanted to show the most amount of light from the vehicles as possible. As the more roads visible, the better the light painting would work out. Thus, I am happy with both outcomes as each image shows enough cars on the roads to produce a successful light painting image within the city.

Title: City Strolls

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

Image of people in background:

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/350

- f/stop: 9.5

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

Image of pole:

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/250

- f/stop: 8.0

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

Reasoning: by focusing my outlook on scale, I decided to follow a similar process as when I was doing images for “See That Thing”. Although instead of this image representing something from my imagination, it portrays scale due to the people visible in the background. By getting on an even level with the pole, I was able to make it look like the people walking on the other side of the street, were actually walking along the top of the pole. In doing this, I made them appear as the small figures used in the images above.

Reflection: In order to get the foreground and background image to work together, I had to take two images from the same angle, and adjust the focus point for each one. The first image focussed on the pole, the second on the people in the background. I took multiple photos of the people in the background, so that I was able to capture a couple more people walking past. The angle on this image is what allows it to appear this way, thus if this was changed the end photo would not have worked out.

Title: Speeding or Not?

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 200

- Shutter: 20”

- f/stop: 4.5

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

Reasoning: Light painting on objects is something that I’ve always wanted to try, this project was the perfect opportunity for me to do so. I chose to do it with a bike as I’ve seen people use cars or draw random objects by hand. As well as this, by using an object that usually moves, the light drawing on top of it can make it appear like it's going really fast.

Reflection:  The difficulties for the light painting images was what light to use. At first I used a torch, but the beam of light was too thick, which created more light than I desired. Using the torch also didn’t create a drawn outline, instead it just made the object more visible within the dark. Thus by using sparklers, I was able to get a bright gold, thin, line which allowed me to outline the bikes features.

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Title: Light Leaders

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

Both images:

- ISO: 200

- Shutter: 30”

- f/stop: 5.6

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop

Reasoning: After continuing to play around with light painting, I was interested to see how I could incorporate figures. By using my mum and dad, I outlined their figures to make them stand out from the dark background, and to add in an extra element I drew a crown on each of them. I did each figure separately instead of in one image as there wasn’t enough time on the camera’s setting to do both in the same shot.

Reflection: At first, I tried to do a crown and other accessories on the figure, but I didn’t do an outline. This didn’t work very well because the figure didn’t stand out as much and the camera lost its focus point. I chose a basic angle and background for both images as I wanted the light painting to be the main focus, instead of a more complicated setting.

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Nature texture

Title: Real?

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

- ISO: 500

- Shutter: 1/125

- f/stop: 5.0

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: The lines visible on this tree trunk appeared to be very deep, I was intrigued by them as I wasn’t sure if they were natural, or if something had made them. I decided that a close-up for each of these images was necessary in order to get the texture in full detail. All tree trunks have very different and detailed textures, thus I wanted them to be apart of the ‘nature texture’.

Reflection: by using a more in-depth zoom, this allowed me to get the trunk’s texture in full clarity. The colours that came from these images are very earthy and soothing. I like how little sections of a burnt orange are visible in each image, this contributes to the images overall appeal.

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Manmade texture

Title: Bit of Both

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:

Both images:

- ISO: 500

- Shutter: 1/125

- f/stop: 5.6

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: The sculpture motivated me to take an image under the “manmade texture” topic as it is contrasted with a natural texture right beside it. The manmade texture is a clay sculpture on the side of a rock, and has been shaped into multiple different branches of leaves.

Reflection: I chose to take these photos of this sculpture on an angle where I could get in the two contrasting sides. If I was to change this angle I would make it so that more of the manmade side is in the image. As well as this, I wish I had taken a photo of the sculpture from a distance so that the two sides were more obvious to the viewer.

Title: Texture made by me

Technique: Oil paints and DSLR photography

Process:

- Oil paints using a pallet knife

- On canvas 

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/60

- f/stop: 4.0

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: In the texture that we were required to make ourselves, I chose to use oil paints as I am a big fan of how they appear on different surfaces. Oil paints are usually painted with a pallet knife, and that is exactly what I did. By doing this, layering the paints creates a texture following many different directions, and when dried appears to be smooth in some parts.

Reflection: The colouring that I chose to use are apart of my favourite colour scheme, and I believe they work very well together. By using these and slowly getting lighter, the texture made by the oil paints is very visible as each stroke contains multiple different colours.

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Title: Veiny Variations 

Technique: DSLR photography

Process:  

Left Leaf:

- ISO: 400

- Shutter: 1/500

- f/stop: 8.0

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Right leaf:

- ISO: 1000

- Shutter: 1/250

- f/stop: 6.7

- Edited in Adobe Lightroom

Reasoning: By looking closely at nature, I was able to find slight patterns within each aspect. The images show two leaves, and the patterns coming from the veins of the leaf. Within each ‘vein’ there is a large amount of the leave connected to each side; thus, causing a pattern.

Reflection: The colours when taking images of nature will always end up very bright and appealing. That is exactly how these images turned out. Each image is close enough for the viewer to see the pattern both leaf contains.

Title: Squared

Technique: Photoshop  

Process:

- Shapes on photoshop

Reasoning: I wanted to create a Mandela looking pattern, although following a square theme. The shapes within the pattern are simple, yet create an intricate design when multiplied.

Reflection: I chose to follow my favourite colour scheme; blues. By doing this the pattern appeals very appealing to myself. I created this image following what I believe is a pattern, and what I would find aesthetic.

Title: God our creator of...

Technique: DSLR Photography and Photoshop  

Process:

- Images taken with camera

- Loaded into Photoshop

- Altered and edited to produce final image

Reasoning: I was very stuck on what to manipulate and which images to use at first, but by looking through the trend of images I came up with what was produced. By using my many photos of the city scape and clouds, as well as getting a poser and dying water pink, I created an image of what could be “God”. Although we all believe that God created all things natural, what if they created our day to day objects as well?

Reflection: I'm quite happy with how the image turned out, it wasn’t a breeze for me to create, but also wasn’t out of my reach. I was considering including more detail within the sky and adding in a new element, but thought it would be too much. The pink colouring of the water contrasts with the blue sky, thus my decision to change it. I also chose to include a waterfall to emphasis the difference in our city in real life, and in this image.