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LEVEL TEXTURES AND SURFACES
Candidate: 1154
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Centre: 51529
Textures And Surfaces
My aim of this photoshoot was to explore ways of using the camera and editing software to portray fine detail textures in a series of photos. In my first edit I began by using the macro settings and positions the camera close to the door. I focussed the camera on the closer part of the door where you could seen the peeling paint and the grain of the wood, using a low aperture level that meant that only the parts of the door closest to me were in focus. This allowed me to concentrate the viewers eyes on the detailed textures. I edited this photo in ‘Camera Raw’ by changing the slider values to make the textures appear more defined. I then applied split toning to the photo in ‘Camera Raw’. I decided to use yellow and blue colours in the split toning because they contrast against each other making areas of the photo look bolder than others. The final edit I made was to crop out a section of the photo to further focus the viewers eyes on the subject of the photo.
When taking my next edit to the left I used macro settings on the camera which showed the grain of the wooden fence in high detail so that it could be seen much more easily, and I positioned the camera below the broken parts of the fence which brought a variety of interesting shapes into the photo. When editing it I first used ‘Camera Raw’ in order to reduce the vibrancy of the colours in the photo so that it was black and white which makes the grain of the fence stand out more because the eye is not distracted by colours. I then exported the photo to Photoshop where I used the circular marquee tool to select areas of the photos which I then rotated breaking up the shapes of the fence making it look more irregular and interesting to the eye.
My next edit features a street lamp post. I took this photo by angling the camera upwards towards the light with the lens of the camera close to the post. This gave the photo a perspective view of the lamp post, making it appear to become smaller as it go’s up. I used a low aperture on the camera so that only the fine details close to camera were in focus and everything else wasn’t. This adds emphasis on the textures of the post rather than the post as a whole. This photo was edited in ‘Camera Raw’. I changed the sliders to darken the shadows of the post and lightened the bright sky so that the lamp post stood out further against the sky.
In this edit I first set the camera to the macro setting so that it could pick up every detail of the photo. I then positioned myself on one knee trying to get below the subject of my photo which was a metal box with moss and plants growing over it. I used a low shutter speed because the sun was directly in front of me so by lowing the shutter speed I could show the subject in a better light. When editing it I first used Camera Raw to sharpen and define the details of the photo before going into Photoshop to convert the photo to black and white so that the eye wasn’t distracted by the colours of the photo and more on the appearance of the textures of the moss and plant life. Finally I cropped the photo so that the textures of the moss looked bolder and the theme became clearer to the viewer. The screen-shot below shows the edits I have made to the photo in Camera Raw to develop it to how it is.
This edit was taken by looking down onto a broken concrete post with the camera focussing on the centre of the post. This made the background of the photo blurred resulting in the post appearing sharp and clear. I edited the photo using the sliders in Camera Raw to make the colours within the concrete stand out much more. I finally moved the photo to Photoshop and used the circular marquee tool to select area of the photo as in a previous edit and then I rotated the selections around, breaking up the pattern of the photo and making the viewers eyes concentrate more on the textures within the circles.
In my final edit I first used the macro settings on the camera so the peeling paint could be seen very clearly. I also used the manual settings on my camera which allowed me to change the aperture and shutter speed by hand depending on how much light or how much of the subject is in focus in the photo. I used a high shutter speed in this photo because there was a lot of sun shining on the subject so using a high shutter speed meant that the subject of the photo could be seen better. I used a low aperture so that only the parts of the subject that were closest to me could we in focus which adds an aspect of perspective into the photo. To edit this photo I decided that I wanted the colours of the paint to be bright and stand out. To achieve this I used Camera Raw to increase the vibrancy of the colours of the paint. Finally to edit the photo I cropped it in Camera Raw which resulted in the colours and textures of the peeling paint becoming the main subject and focus of the photo.
CONTACT SHEETS
PHOTO SHOOT PLAN/EVALUATION Main aim of photo shoot My main aim of this shoot was to take at least 30 photos of subjects showing the theme ‘texture’ ISO 100
Shutter speed range (secs) 1/125 - 1/2000
Aperture range(f numbers) 3.0 - 4.6
Light source Natural - Sunlight
Date of photo shoot 10/06/15
Photo shoot ideas My ideas for this shoot were to portray the theme of textures by using different techniques on the camera. Using subjects such as brick walls and graffiti.
Photo shoot evaluation Overall I think this shoot was successful because I showed texture well in my photos using a variety of settings on the camera. If I were to do a reshoot of this photo shoot I would show photos of both textures inside and out.