The Elements of Imagination
Anthony Samaniego
Anthony Samaniego is a stunning photographer. Over laying and blending together two different images to form one stunning piece of work. The photograph was taken at night with a long enough exposure rate to light the sky and pick up the street lights. Only enough so they are a delicate twinkle in the image. If the camera’s shutter speed was too slow the image would be over powered with light. I love how the light is only just able to spread throughout the image, creating a vignette type of effect around the boarders of the image. I feel inspired by his work, It gives me a list of ideas I could use during the project when it comes to fire manipulation. There is a wide range of colour used in this photograph also. But not enough to overwhelm the image; just faint shades of greens and reds. Just enough to add a finishing touch to it.
Anthony Samaniego
Anthony Samaniego
I feel this is my best photograph, every tiny, individual light bulb is noticed, even though the street lamp behind is quite overwhelming, the exposure of the fairy lights are balanced perfectly. It can be manipulated or recolored and used in my future work or as an outcome. I do feel that this image can be used as an outcome for my Anthony Samaniego piece. Manipulating two photographs together.
This is by far my worst photograph, I set the shutter speed to quick, barely enough time to let any light into the camera. More of a test shot. Making sure I get the right shutter speed and exposure.
Response to Samaniego.
I thoroughly enjoyed taking photographs for this response, there were so many places where my shoots could have taken place. But it is safe to say, where better than Black Pool illuminations? I took many photographs while venturing around Black pool, but I also needed to do a completely different shoot for the background image too. The idea I wanted to stick with was landscape. A ten minute walk from where I live are farms, consisting of fields, rivers, and even a nearby golf course. So this is where the second shoot for the piece took place. I needed to consider the time of day, the area in which the image is to be taken and also make sure there will be appropriate weather.
Matheus Rungue
This is a stunning piece by Matheus Rungrue. The overall image looks spectacular, the contrast between fire and ice, warm and cold. This has most definitely been done on Photoshop, its wondering how he managed to do it. Its not a too busy photograph as its not overwhelming to the eyes, there are finer and more intricate details as well as the more obvious ones, such as texture and surface, material.
My Response to Matheus Rungue
My Response to Matheus Rungue
I Loved the shoot and producing these outcomes. My shoot took place in my back garden. I set fire to an old chair and some newspapers. Then using a camera altered the shutter speed. Just fast enough to capture the shape of the flames, but slow enough so the lense was not overwhelmed with light. There were a few images on my contact sheet that really stood out and have used in my outcome. (Circled on the Sheets) Looking through Rungues’s work I wanted to create something that is impossible, but Also wanted fire to be manipulated throughout the outcome, which is where an Apocalypse sprung to mind. I used the ‘screen’ effect on each section of fire that I used from my contact sheet to automatically delete the black ground and just have the flames. Due to my project being based on manipulating the elements, each outcome that will be shown will somewhere have an element incorporated into the image.
Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson
Erik has some spectacular pieces of art, his manipulated photographs are the best ones I think I have ever seen on the internet. The outrageously complex editing makes his work stand out far beyond any of the other I artists I have seen.
How he Does it. E. Johansson works in stages, He starts by hand sketching his ideas, brainstorming what he could do. Discovering different areas, considering the weather, the time of day and such. Next he takes photographs of the objects he wants in the photograph and the area. He later edits the photographs together using Photoshop to manipulate the photographs. What is Surrealism and Realism? Surrealism is the art of mind play, taking regular photographs, and editing them in such a way it looks impossible; you want to keep having another glance to try and get your head around it. Erik Johansson is a perfect example of mind play and surrealism, taking imagination to another level; E. Johansson is my main source of inspiration. Johansson sets out three simple rules: Photos combined should have the same perspective Photos combined should have the same type of light; Make it impossible to distinguish where the different images begin and end. (Erase the borders between the two images using depth of field or other methods.) Realism is the opposite of Surrealism, I find realism not as interesting but it is still vital, when editing regular images you need them to be realistic, blending, colours, and perfect edges. Even when editing objects/people into photographs, trying to make it look real Is key.
Stuart Williams
I love Williams work, taking photographs up close, looking further into the detail of an object. Even by cropping high quality images can reveal tiny details.
ABOUT STUART Stuart has been shooting professionally for over ten years. With a vast technical repertoire and a passion for creating artworks with every assignment, his work is notable for its personal touches. Stuart has shot a variety of top-end events which have taken him around the world as well as local commercials and corporate events.“In today’s world, time is everything. I will ensure great communication throughout the project and a swift delivery of your bespoke end product.”
Matt And Shauna’a Talk
Matt and Shuana’s talk was a real eye opener for me. They opened my mind to ideas and a vast amount of possibilities that I can incorporate into my own work, For example. My first Artists spread I found in a ‘Book of Inspiration’ that they passed around the room, Anthony Samaniego. Looking through the book made me realize that more inspiration comes from books, when researching online you are looking for one exact thing. Whereas in a book you might flick through to a page with an artist that you instantly fall in love with.
Mock Exam
The outcomes produced and presented in this book are made in response to the basic Elements. For a few months now I knew what I wanted my final piece to be like‌ This idea I am still deciding to work with. Four Glasses, each containing a basic element. I feel that this piece was fluently made, I did not come across any problems as I created it. The shoot for the Fire took place on the first of November in my garden, I needed to wait until dark so I could get the most out of the photos. I turned the shutter speed way down near the bulb setting just so I Could capture the movement of the flames and manage to snap the Fire at a perfect shape and brightness, I did not want a motion blur Or light trail, if a light trail did occur the image would most likely be Over exposed, the photo would have drowned in light. If the shutter speed was to quick then the Image would just be black. I also needed the Background to be completely black so I Could use the *screen* filter on Photoshop So I could just use the flames, I have no use For a huge black square surrounding the fire.
However, when I needed to create an air element I got confused. How am I to incorporate air Into an image? At work I saw children blowing bubbles, that’s when the idea came to mind of photographing bubbles. Air in a bubble. This shoot took place in the studio at college. I had a friend blow the bubbles as I captured them. I had ideas of manipulating images into The bubbles as another outcome. As this is a mock the real finished Place for the exhibition will be far more detailed and much more Thought put into the outcome. More time can be spent on each glass. The page following this is an example of my idea, manipulating images Into bubbles.
Bubbles are harder to capture as they constantly move in and out of focus. As this was my first encounter with bubbles, I will take another shoot and try again, maybe using colour filters or adding a little glue to the mixture to allow the bubbles to land on people.
Shutter Speed The faster the shutter, the darker and sharper the image will be. The Slower the shutter, the lighter and blurriness is captures
Slow Shutter Speed