Unit 1 Final Outcome.
For Unit 1 have researched some photographers so that I could get some inspiration for my work, like Lee Friedlander, William Eggleston and Shizuka yokomizo. I explored these photographers' photo structures to get an idea of what sort of photos I wanted to create and what images work for certain types of themes. One photographer that I have researched extensively is Lee Friedlander. I found his work when I was researching openings. The first set of his images I found were his "America By Car" project. These images stood out to me because although they were very similar, the backgrounds are different, and the objects in the background are different. His images inspired my second final outcome as I took my images in my Dad's car. Another photographer I researched was William Eggleston. I tried to recreate the way he uses colour in my images, so whilst I was editing them on photoshop, or colouring them in, I used bright colours so that my images stood out.
I studied two different themes; abstraction and openings. The starting point for my abstraction project was thinking about what "Abstraction" means to me. I then went on to research photographers like Harry Callahan and Ola Kolehmainen. I was drawn to Harry Callahan's work because although the things he was taking pictures of were ordinary and mundane objects, the way he photographed them made them seem very interesting and different. I was drawn to Ola Kolehmainen's work because of the way he edited his images. I like how he would take a boring building and turn it into something that's really different and thought-provoking.
For openings I started out by looking at images from google and on pinterest. I looked at google and pinterest so that I could get some inspiration for my own images. I decided to create a set of images that was based off of Lee Friedlander's project 'America By Car'. For my images, I used the windows, doors and mirrors of the car to represent openings.
Openings was the theme that I have enjoyed doing the most. The reason I have enjoyed doing this the most is because at first you instantly think of the obvious openings (windows, doors, holes etc) but once you start thinking about it in more detail, you realise there are so many more!
Over the course of this year, I have experimented with a variation of materials and processes for unit 1. This includes: photoshop, DSLR, iPhone, enlarger, developer stop and fix chemicals. I refined my images by using photoshop and cutting out holes from them once I had printed them. I then layered the images in different ways on top of each other and scanned them onto my computer.
The final outcome for my first personal project; abstraction, was a box thatI made, then added some random images on acetate that I found. I then added some of my own images on the bottom and inside the box. I also put coloured tape onto the sides of it. I think the box worked really well as the two main images were on acetate and when I photographed them the sun shone through it you could slightly see the image at the back though the image on the front.
I made two final outcomes for my abstraction project. I think that they both worked out quite well, the first final outcome was my original idea, and it was the one that I had planned to do from the start. This was the box idea. I first experimented with making the box from cardboard and sticking the images to it but I found that web nI tried to take pictures outside it wouldn't sit properly and if the wind caught it, it would blow off. I then had the idea of making the box out of wood and sticking the images to it. I found that, not only did the images look better stuck onto the wooden box, I also found that when I tired ti take pictures it stood better and it didn't blow off if it was a windy day unlike the cardboard one did. My second final piece for this project was to take some pictures and then mount them on mount board.
My second personal project, openings, was the most successful in my opinion because it was much more interesting that my abstraction one.
For Unit 1 have researched some photographers so that I could get some inspiration for my work, like Lee Friedlander, William Eggleston and Shizuka yokomizo. I explored these photographers' photo structures to get an idea of what sort of photos I wanted to create and what images work for certain types of themes. One photographer that I have researched extensively is Lee Friedlander. I found his work when I was researching openings. The first set of his images I found were his "America By Car" project. These images stood out to me because although they were very similar, the backgrounds are different, and the objects in the background are different. His images inspired my second final outcome as I took my images in my Dad's car. Another photographer I researched was William Eggleston. I tried to recreate the way he uses colour in my images, so whilst I was editing them on photoshop, or colouring them in, I used bright colours so that my images stood out.
I studied two different themes; abstraction and openings. The starting point for my abstraction project was thinking about what "Abstraction" means to me. I then went on to research photographers like Harry Callahan and Ola Kolehmainen. I was drawn to Harry Callahan's work because although the things he was taking pictures of were ordinary and mundane objects, the way he photographed them made them seem very interesting and different. I was drawn to Ola Kolehmainen's work because of the way he edited his images. I like how he would take a boring building and turn it into something that's really different and thought-provoking.
For openings I started out by looking at images from google and on pinterest. I looked at google and pinterest so that I could get some inspiration for my own images. I decided to create a set of images that was based off of Lee Friedlander's project 'America By Car'. For my images, I used the windows, doors and mirrors of the car to represent openings.
Openings was the theme that I have enjoyed doing the most. The reason I have enjoyed doing this the most is because at first you instantly think of the obvious openings (windows, doors, holes etc) but once you start thinking about it in more detail, you realise there are so many more!
Over the course of this year, I have experimented with a variation of materials and processes for unit 1. This includes: photoshop, DSLR, iPhone, enlarger, developer stop and fix chemicals. I refined my images by using photoshop and cutting out holes from them once I had printed them. I then layered the images in different ways on top of each other and scanned them onto my computer.
The final outcome for my first personal project; abstraction, was a box thatI made, then added some random images on acetate that I found. I then added some of my own images on the bottom and inside the box. I also put coloured tape onto the sides of it. I think the box worked really well as the two main images were on acetate and when I photographed them the sun shone through it you could slightly see the image at the back though the image on the front.
I made two final outcomes for my abstraction project. I think that they both worked out quite well, the first final outcome was my original idea, and it was the one that I had planned to do from the start. This was the box idea. I first experimented with making the box from cardboard and sticking the images to it but I found that web nI tried to take pictures outside it wouldn't sit properly and if the wind caught it, it would blow off. I then had the idea of making the box out of wood and sticking the images to it. I found that, not only did the images look better stuck onto the wooden box, I also found that when I tired ti take pictures it stood better and it didn't blow off if it was a windy day unlike the cardboard one did. My second final piece for this project was to take some pictures and then mount them on mount board.
My second personal project, openings, was the most successful in my opinion because it was much more interesting that my abstraction one.