DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY module research folder
All material used in this folder is designed by me and based on my own work/ photographs as well as on my sketchbook content. Edyta Michalska
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY MODULE BA YEAR 1 2013
TUTOR: ANIA DABROWSKA STUDENT: EDYTA MICHALSKA
contents
my portfolio can be seen under these links
website
Fabric-a Magazine
week 1
a group research
Top 5 Photo Scanners by Tony Hoffman, April 2013 http://www.pcmag.com/ article2/0,2817,2344334,00.asp
Photos, slides, negatives - these photo scanners can do it all. Here are five favorites by Tony Hoffman I have found over the internet research. Both photo buffs and family archivists often turn to flatbed scanners to digitize prints and film. Photo-centric scanners provide features such as the ability to scan transparencies such as slides and negatives in addition to photo prints. Many include software to help retouch scans and remove scratches. Though they are geared to photo scanning, they can also be used for general-purpose scanning as well, and some include optical character recognition (OCR) software. As a niche segment, there are relatively few photo scanners on the market and they tend to have very long shelf lives. Though most people who scan a lot of photos will want a single-function scanner , nearly all multifunction
printers (MFPs) include a flatbed that can scan photo prints as well as other material. The quality of their photo scanning varies widely, depending on hardware and software. A few models, which we term home photo labs, can scan slides and negatives in addition to prints, and have a variety of photo-centric features, as well as providing the normal MFP functions (printing, copying, and—in some cases—faxing). They’re worth consideration by scrapbookers and photo buffs in need of a versatile photo scanner that can print and copy as well. The models we highlight here run the gamut from inexpensive consumer models to scanners aimed at serious photographers, be they professionals or advanced amateurs. Though most are single-function scanners, we also include our favorite photo-lab multifunction printer. What all these products have in common is that they’re the best photo scanners on the market today.
Canon CanoScan 5600F 99.99 direct 99.95 at Lenovo The Canon CanoScan 5600F offers lots of value, thanks to its high-quality scans and low price. _________________________________
The Epson Perfection V300 Photo scanner scans both prints and transparencies (slides and strips of film) surprisingly well, and even comes with an optical character recognition program. _________________________________
Epson Perfection V500 Photo
Canon Pixma MG8220 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-in-One 200 pounds direct 149 pounds at Amazon The Canon Pixma MG8220 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-in-One has equal claim to being either a high-end home MFP or a standalone home photo lab. ________________________________
60 pounds direct 80 pounds at eBay.co.uk The Epson Perfection V500 Photo is one of the most impressive scanners yet for the price, delivering high-quality, fast scans in fully automatic mode. _______________________________
Canon CanoScan LiDE 210 Color Image Scanner
Epson Perfection V300 Photo $99.99 direct $109.99 at Epson
$89.99 direct 70 pounds at eBay.co.uk The Canon CanoScan LiDE 210 Color Image Scanner flatbed scanner delivers high-quality photo scans at a low price by leaving out a film scan feature for those who don’t need it.
From my sketchbook
week 2
e m s e r i p s n i o h arti st w annie leibovitz
is an american portrait photographer. She started out working for herself. She didnt have assistants and she was not a master of light. After a photoshoot where she had just walked in to the room holding the light and set it down and plugged it in, a writer for american photographer said that the umbrella and strobe reflected in the mirror in her portrait of Jimmy Carter was a “skillfully implemented device”. She never thought about this when she plugged the light. Leibovitz toured lightning got her Leibovitz is also Ono before he was
with The Rolling Stones and in the 80s her new style of in position with Vanity Fair, where she still works. Annie the person who took the last picture of John Lennon and Yoko shot.
Her philosophy is “A thing that you see in my pictures is that I was not afraid to fall in love with these people”, or “If it makes you cry, it goes in the show”. Iconic. Personal. Influential. Honest. Confident. A lot of adjectives can be used to describe Annie Leibovitz’s work. More than likely, the subject is a superstar of culture or entertainment, and the image reveals a quiet, personal moment that can only be derived from trust, not a stolen millisecond in a lucky click of a camera shutter. Her influence is farreaching and justified. Annie’s work evolved from gritty, Leica-captured monochromatic masterpieces to the highly choreographed, thoughtful storytelling she is known for today. Who inspired Annie???? Two photographers. One named Herni Cartier-Bresson and the other Robert Frank References: Williams, Val, “Illuminations: women writing on photography from the 1850s to the present”, 1997 Warner Marien, Mary, “Photography: A Cultural History”, 2006
week 3
t n e m e t a t s t c e j o pr
MOODBOARDS
More research.......
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close-up
head and shoulders
half portrait
half body - 3/4
full length
a wide shoot
head & shoulders - self portrait
week 4
1st edit of a main photo + 5 different colour treatments and 2 contact sh eets
oryginal image taken in RAW CANON MARK II 24-70@70mm f/4 1/125s ISO 100
Two oryginal screenshots of contact sheets all photos in RAW and main photo being adjusted in Camera Raw
I used ‘Portrait Professional’ software - Photoshop plug-in for skin and hair color edition These snapshots show it with a skin selection tool
week 5
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+3 other PHOTOSHOP techniques
Photos - Julie Cockburn
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A photograph to work on Model Peter Simms, photo taken by me Canon Mark II with 90mm prime Tamron lens 2.8 f/3.2 1/100s ISO 100
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The list of steps taken in Photoshop : -duplicate layer -drow an elipse - elipse tool to make a selection -copy the selection and paste it on the top layer -turn this shape over /reverse it using a Free Transform Tool -make 10 copies / 10 layers -flatten image -add a drop shadow ( from a layer style ) -add a white layer underneath the rosette shape -cut out a middle circle -flatten final image
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based on Julie Cockburn’s work
The list of steps taken in Photoshop : -open main photo -duplicate it -download photos with flower pattern from the internet ( photos have to be large enough) -cut them out ( rafine edge tool ) -copy and paste the selected flowers onto a main photo -adjust colors, position etc -flatten image -done!
Model Peter Simms, photo taken by me
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Model Alma Mei Wilson, photo taken by me Canon Mark II with Canon 24-70mm lens 2.8 f/5.6 1/125s ISO 100
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based on the research of Oscar Parasiego, John Stezaker’s work
Images to work on:
Model: Alma Mei Wilson, photos taken by me Canon Mark II with Canon 24-70mm lens 2.8 f/5.6 1/125s ISO 100
photo flipped horizontally
polaroid frame ( stock photos )
The list of steps taken in Photoshop : -open main photos in 3 different windows -open photo - polaroid template -open new A3 size document with wite background WORK ON POLAROID FRAME : -magic wand tool ->mark black middle and erase it to keep just polaroid white frame -copy it and paste it into A3 document. -name for this new layer-> polaroid WORK ON MAIN PHOTOGRAPH -copy/paste main photos into new A3 document, under polaroid layer -keep copying polaroid frames, group them into groups to have a clear picture what I am doing -crop the whole document -flatten image -done!
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based on Boris Mikhailov’s work
Images used: photo of a reflection in a glass window
reflection in a window photo taken by me Canon 500D with Canon 24-70mm lens 2.8 f/8.1 1/80s ISO 100
Model: Sonja Wirwohl photo taken by me Canon Mark II with Canon 24-70mm lens 2.8 f/5.6 1/125s ISO 100
The list of steps taken in Photoshop : -open main photos in 2 windows -select first photo - window’s reflection ( CTRL + A )and copy it ( CTRL + c ) -go to 2nd photo and paste the selected first one -> CTRL + V creating the 2nd layer on the top of a model’s photo -play with its oppacity and blending modes ( in my case I lower the opacity to 50% and then used Hard Light blending mode ) -add level layer and adjust it -flatten image -done!
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An oryginal image in color in RAW Model Alma Mei Wilson
image turned into black and white
STEPS : 1) GO TO IMAGE-> ADJUSTMENTS-> INVERT (CTRL+I) 2) PUT AN A4 INKJET CLEAR PRINTER ACETATE FILM INTO MY INKJET PRINTER (IMAGE IS PRINTED ON A STICKY SIDE) 3) GO TO FILE-> PRINT ( CTRL+P )-> PRINT SETTINGS-> PAPER QUALITY -> TRANSPARENCY FILM, GO TO COLOR -> PRINT IN GRAY SKALE, SCALE PRINT SIZE 4) PRESS PRINT BUTTON 5) DONE!
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week 7
week 8
r e d l o f t i d e l a n i f t c e j o r p main when? how? what? My project will be called “AGAINST ALL ODDS”(thinking of changing it to “FIGHTERS”) and will contain a series of color photographs It is about people who have experienced a c c i d e n t s , difficulties etc etc what changed their lives in a positive way, and they would like to talk about it with me ( and be photographed of course :))
For the first time in my life, I would love this task to last longer than my other projects I have done so far, so I am planning to shoot / talk to / write a story about one person at least once a fortnight / 3 weeks. I have met other people who would be happy to be my “models” through my friends, social networks, modeling websites, forums over the internet etc so I would love to go ahead and use this subject for my all university 3 years course ( this year and hopefully next years too ).
I am making notes based on a psychology research as well as on peoples who I have been working with, relations and points. I am also recording these people voices in order to make an installation along with their photographs. They will be saying single words about their experience which I would mix and use together as a kind of music ‘track’ recorded and played. I am gathering and creating moodboards based on images I have been thinking of using, placed together in my sketchbook.
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