Level 1
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Candidate Number: 1072
Textures
Above are the contact sheets showing the photographs I took on texture. I took a variety of photographs from different distances and of completely different things. For instance I took photos showing signs of what obstacles are called and showing how they’re used but also took photographs of wooden barriers up close showing splits and cracks. When I looked at texture I didn’t aim to just focus on one thing and from one distance because I believed anything from any angle and any distance can tell a story, instead of just bright blue you have a bright blue background on a sign with words and pictures engraved into them. Instead of just cracks on wood you have a wooden post with cracks and marks on it each mark and each speck of colour helps tell a story. To the right are some of the photos I liked enlarged so you can see them closer and in more detail.
To the left you can see a picture of a brick wall. I took this picture whilst looking at texture because it allows people to see the structure/texture of bricks. They aren’t just solid rectangular blocks, they have cracks and brakes with cement holding them all together. This picture blurs out as you move along the wall, making it harder for you to see all the imperfections upon the bricks. Bricks also have the textural advantage of ware over time, They are constantly open to nature and the public, they can be damaged by mistake or on purpose. To the right here you simply have a bollard, as you can see just like the brick wall and tree trunk, this bollard has stood the test of time, it shows weathering and likely some damage from man kind. The image was taken from above but from the side, showing the top of the bollard and a bit of the side. I personally really like this photo because if you look really closely at it you are able to make out lines (especially at the bottom). To me when I look at the lines they make me think of paintings and drawings, created via strokes of a brush or pencil mounting up to the picture you see on the left. There is also quite a lot of different colours to see on the bollard, different shades that are then changed via the light shining down and reflecting off the bollard.
To the right you can see a photograph of a large blue shipping crate. I took a photograph of it because even though it is meant to just simply be one solid colour, the colours and shades created via the sun light hitting the crate creates a different look. Creating all different shades of blue from light to dark going from left to right. To the left you can see A photograph that I took of the joint on a wooden barrier. I took this picture because when you look at the metal it looks as if it’s made up of lots of different shards hence the texture of different shades randomly placed around. It also has two circles from the nails put into the metal to help hold the wood. I also like how in the middle and on the left there is a lot happening, different shades all around as you move to the right it gradually fades away to one solid colour.
To the left and bellow you can see a photograph I took of leaves in a bush. The reason that I took this photograph of a bush is because all leaves have texture, to add onto that, there texture is constantly changing all because of its surrounding, be it warm or cold, wet or dry. Leaves will change shape and texture to best suit what is happening around them just like how flowers face towards wherever they can get the most Above you can see a picture of the corner of some bricks that have been laid on concrete. The reason that I have taken the photograph from such a distance is because if I took the photograph of just a brick you’d miss out on all the other textures you can see in this photograph,. In this photograph the main focus is obviously on the bricks that have been laid but you shouldn’t neglect everything else happening in the background. The bricks are shades of orange, originally just a plain orange but with the help of time and sunlight you are able to see the orange in a lot of different shades. As well as having the orange bricks you can see bellow and to the right very ruffed up and broken/cracked ground/concrete. You can see how the brick has broken off and fallen onto the concrete and if you look close enough at the concrete you can see where the ground isn’t exactly flat and where there are in-perfections from dirt and time. On the left of the bricks you can see a much more impure and dirty concrete, with stones and rocks stuck into it.
To the right you can see a photograph of a tree trunk up close. Trees are a part of nature that can really help to show texture around us every day. If you look at a tree from far away then it’s simply a trunk with leaves on it but if you look at it closely you can see how it has grown over time, how the weathers changed the trunk and how man has as well. Showing cracks, rips and cuts within it as if it’s able to tell you a story about it’s past.
To the left I have a photo take n of a bench with what looks like a bronze plaque placed onto it. I took this photo to show you how a natural texture (the wood used to make the bench) and a man made texture (the plaque) differ. To tell the truth the bench and plaque could have been made to look the ways they are, one a solid colour that reflects sunlight and one that is very grainy with cracks and brakes from aging. This photograph shows you just how easy it is to make a texture, a flick of a paint brush or a dab of paint can mean the difference in the texture of a painting. Dirt and wear can completely change the texture of a brick.
To the right and below you can see pictures of a wooden barriers, used to split a car park from a grass area. I took these pictures because the barriers over time and use have gone from being simple pieces of wood to being able to almost tell you a story. Each piece of mould helping to explain just how old the wood is, each burn or speck of dirt helps show how it has been treated and used, jumped over and leaned on. The wood has cracks showing the tension put onto the wood through people leaning on it and jumping over and onto it.
Scan Textures
To the right you can see a contact sheet for my texture scans. I didn’t focus on anything in particular for this, I just wanted to scan scrap paper, crunch pieces or just laying them out to get different textures to use as a kind of research at textures.
To the left you can see that I’ve took lots of newspaper and scrap coloured card and then just layed them out ontop of each other creating layers of the scan and creating more detail. In this scan I left the top off the scanner allowing it to take in the outside light, this gave it a black background and a darker look over all
Main aim of photo shoot - To capture photographs of different textures, mainly natural that showed aging.
Shutter speed range (secs) - from 1/60 to 1/500
ISO - from 200 to 400
Date of photo shoot -
08/06/15
Aperture range(f numbers) - from 3.8 to
11
Light source - completely natural light from
the sun
Photo shoot ideas - I will take a walk around the school grounds and the local area near by,
taking pictures of objects that are both natural and man made, I will aim to show how they’ve aged and what time has done to them to create certain textures.
Photo shoot evaluation - I believe that the photo shoot went very well, I was able to cap-
ture photographs of different objects showing age and wear.