Evaluation

I have learnt a lot from this course so far. I have found out about pinhole photography which is a great way to understand exposure times and aperture sizes.

If i could go back again and start i would change the way that i researched my work, i would look into more depth of photographers and styles.
I would take more of my own work and evaluate next to artist's.

I enjoyed the pinhole work and have gone on to create more work still. i also have enjoyed the work as a whole, especially using the 5x4 camera's which was good to set up and take about half an hour just to create one image.

Week 11:

This is the final week before christmas holidays, well christmas with a load of work.


The 5x4 picture we took had to be scanned in and printed out onto A3 photo paper then put up in the gallery.

The idea behind the picture was to create something that was aesthetically pleasing for ourselves and the viewer's.
We came up with the idea of a laser pen which was green, to make the image look good we thought about using mirrors to bounce the laser off, we took mirrors and then glasses as well to let the laser travel through and create this very cool black and green image.


I think that the image looks very rich. very clean and it works really well with the long exposure giving the laser change to blur and burn onto the sensor.


I looked further into Jerry Balloch work, he also takes other images like this one below. the 5x4 images are still used in magazines like Vogue and Aperture which is really big and hard to get into.

His work has an elegance and grace about it, its all pure and i like it very much.
He uses rich colours and lighting to create his work.

Week 10:

This week started off by getting into a group of 5 and having our studio induction with the equipment, lighting etc, we then all were signed off.

We were then shown the 5x4 cameras, and shown how to set them up on the big tripods.

Jerry Balloch, his work is dark, he uses lowe key images with a high key subject which gave me idea's for a dark background, with light and reflections.

Anthony Downey. a photographer who sets up pieces for advertising, and recently made a piece of work with washing powders for Aperture magazine.
Click to view web-exclusive: Anthony Downey on the June 2009 Green Revolution in Iran.




The group i was with collected lots of bottles and mirrors with a laser pen, we had minimal light from the soft box because of the laser giving off light.

• The camera had to be adjusted for focus and framing.
• The lighting had to have a light meter reading.
• The aperture and shutter set.
• The film into the dark sleeve.
• The shutter was released.
• We then developed the film in the colour machine.

The idea was to capture a picture with inspiration from Jerry, the picture had to be dark but high key on the subject.
The picture was taken on F11, aperture f4 and then shutter speed at 1 second on a shutter release cable.
This slow shutter enabled the green laser to slight blur and light up the glasses which looks very detailed and really well done.


Source:
a book on 5x4 cameras and resource
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/4x5.htm


Jerry Balloch:
http://www.jerryballoch.com/#404083/Art-of-Cycling-Zipp-Wheels

Week 9:

Week 9, Time and the Image.

The image had to be taken and then printed onto A3 and then hung in the studio.

For my project i wasnt able to find a specific photographer to look at and get ideas, but i had an idea as soon as the project Time and the Image was given.

I new that i was going to do something with movement and motion, i have taken images before at night, so i needed to incorporate the city in there somewhere.

I feel motion is time, capturing time at night works really well, it gives you a sense of absence as no figures are frozen.

Source:
http://www.guidetofilmphotography.com/blur-motion-photography.html

The image above, I found on the interent by a photographer called James Ronalds. I was interested in the colours and the way it looked so i went out and started taking images.

The picture below taken by me is the one i chose out of 4 others.

My image i wanted to show the city at night, it shows the activity and the movement within just 8 seconds of exposure time.
You can see the buildings lit up, which show's people working and the traffic on the floor of the City leaving light trails. I wanted a good aesthetic sense to the image, which it has captured with the bright blue sky and the golden colours in the foreground.
But also the feeling of urgency and a busy, busy scene. there is a lot going on in the image.

Week 8:

Week 8 we started to continue with our artist's piece.
Once the work had been researched and processed onto the template, the writing was then put onto the template also and then printed off onto an A3 sheet of gloss photo paper.

All of the peices of work that the group had created were placed in the studio all the correct 30cm distance apart and level.The group were called back at the end of the week to talk and critic each others idea's and work to develop and make them better.

The images was taken in Morocco with a Canon 5d mkii, Which is suprising on why it wasnt taken on a Canon 1D mk 4 or a large format camera because of the size of the prints, being from 20x 36 inch up to 40x 58 inch print.
The image was used with a tripod so maximum focus was acheived, as the image was blown up to a big size, motion blur is a major factor and is made visible.
The subjects are Moroccan's, female or male i am not sure of, but they are definitely hidden well.

Canon EOS 5D mkii
Exposure 0,008 sec (1/125)
aperture f/8.0
Longueur focal 15 mm
ISO 200
Exposure detection -1/3 EV

    
Source:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmboyer/6178317387/


Hassan Hajjaj

Week 7:

Week 7, taking an image and explaining with: Image, Process and Context of work.


I was then given the task to find out and explain some of the work by this photographer.
I chose the image by Maroc Hassan Hajjaj - spring summer collection 2018.

Above is an image of some of his other fashion work. His fashion is the attraction because the way he puts the outfits on People who would not be allowed to wear it in public.

                   Maroc Hassan Hajjaj

        Spring Summer collection 2018

I chose the picture because i think that the artist was trying to show his idea's, a new era of fashion.
He has captured a sense of isolation, the people, are they men and woman ? I think that the person doesn't matter, its all about his fashion against the style of Moroccan's.


The image was taken on a Canon EOS 5D mkii. Hajjaj takes most of his images on the top of the range high quality cameras. he has taken a series of images to promote Nike and sports gear etc.
The picture above is the only one that is not showing any sports wear, but to show off the summer collection in 2018.


Hassan takes images with sport outfits, i really like his work because of the fashion and the idea's involved.


Canon EOS 5D mkii
Exposure 0,008 sec (1/125)
aperture f/8.0
Longueur focal 15 mm
ISO 200
Exposure detection -1/3 EV

    
http://www.photoquai.fr/en/2011/photographs/select-by-country/picture/photo/spring-summer-collection-2018-1/pays/maroc.html

Week 6:

Me, along with roughly 20 other people from our class wen on a trip to Paris, from sunday morning until friday night.

Eiffel Tower.

Eugene Atget

I looked at Eugene Atget.
He captured the old Paris, the image, to me shows poverty, no one is out, tranquility and depth of the streets and buildings themselves.

My image

Eugene Atget

I looked at Atget's picture of Notre Dame and recreated at night in colour, to see how much had changed in the foreground and background. as you can see not a lot.

• We left sunday morning from uni.
• Day 2 i went to the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame.

Notre Dame.

• Day three the whole group went to the Catacombs.
• The Catacombs is a place which is all under ground, because of the fact that people were not allowed to be in a morgue above the surface, so they made a morgue under ground and put all dead people there, the place takes roughly 30 mins to an hour to walk through and most of the walls are 15 feet deep!.

Catacombs.

• Day four the whole group went to Paris photo, which really was a great experience seeing all different photographers work displayed in front of us. 

Photoquai Branly museum.

             Maroc Hassan Hajjaj

                         Spring Summer collection 2018

• We had to choose an image from this river side exhibition that we liked.
• I chose this image because of the style and the layout.
• Day five the group set off home.

Hassan Journal:

http://brownbookmagazine.blogspot.com/2007/11/profile-hassan-hajjaj-making-pop-art.html