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LEVEL TECHNIQUES
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CONTENTS 1. Drawing onto photos to emphasise shapes or adding words using pencils, permanent marker pens. 2. Cutting out sections of photos and replacing with other photos or leaving blank or adding in text. 3. Making a joiner from photos like Hockney. 4. Pinhole photography 5. Photograms 6. Stitching into photos with thread, string, ribbons, buttons, scraps of fabric, other papers and photos. 7. Dropping ink onto black and white and colour photographs. 8. Blending Modes 9. Box Brownies 10. Solargraphy
In this technique I used a pen in order to write words relating to the thoughts, fee portrayed in the photos from my Level 3. In this example I decided to write the wo model was sat against which made it look a lot like graphiti. I used words that were as ‘Isolated’ and ‘Neglected’ because it supports the models body language in that himself and is looking into the distance as if he is alone and detached from everyo
In my second example of this technique I chose another photo from Level 3 of m wall with his back to the camera. In the background you can see the bright red sky b of trees. I used a white marker pen on this photo in order to write words of emotio photo along a black drain pipe at the side of the photo. I then drew thin lines aro which helps emphasise his body language and what I want the viewers to be focus
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1. Drawing onto photos to emphasise shapes or adding words using pencils, permanent marker pens.
2. Cutting out sections of photos and replacing with other photos or leaving blank or adding in text.
In my first example of this technique I used Photoshop to completely select and then remove the model that I used. I then replaced the empty space with a block colour, this was the same colour of the sky in the background of the photo which I used the eye dropped tool to select ensuring it was an exact match. Doing this eliminates the factor that the photo only represents that one person pictured. Removing the model completely from the photo means that this could represent anyone and everyone. This would make it seem more personal to any viewers because they could easily picture it in their heads that it is them. This therefore portrays ‘Once Upon a Time’ because it makes the viewer create a situation in their heads as they imagine being this person.
3. Making a joiner from photos like Hockney. There are many different ways in which a joiner can be made in photography. They can be made using a collection of photos from one scene pieced together to connect the focus of the photos together. This is how Hockney presented some of his work. Or they can be made by taking a single image and cuttting it up before repiecing it together. Using method you could switch pieces around, take them out or put them out of place to break up the flow of the image. This is an example of David Hockney’s work. In which he has taken a series of photos of one person from different angles and view points and pieced them together. It appears that the less concentrated you are on the piece the clearer the image is and the more concentrated you are of the collection of photos the more divided it becomes. This example could also be related to my genre of ‘Once Upon a Time’ because the way in which the woman’s face is broken up could suggest multiple things about her personality such as she feels like she doesn’t feel like she is at ‘one’ with herself etc. etc. Which is why this would be an effective idea for my final piece because it presents a creative technique whilst bringing forward my chosen genre.
I created this joiner uisng the darkroom. I cut a photo printed on acetate into a series of squares before placing them back together in order ontop of a piece of photographic paper. I then exposed the paper to light using an enlarger for 4 seconds. Following this I developed them in chemicals and left it to dry. This is a different technqiue of creating a joiner but still counts as being a joiner because it consists of sections of one photograph split up.
This is an example of one of my own joiners in which I took of my classroom. I took a series of photos with my phone, capturing different angles of the classroom. I then imported them into InDesign and began to piece them together as best as I could. In order to try and make the composition seem more seem-less I lowered the opacity of the photos which made them slightly see-through and therefore more connected. This can be related to ‘Once Upon a Time’ as it portrays the story of a single moment in time to the viewer. And it also informs the viewer more about myself as a photographer in that they are seeing the location in which the majority of my work was produced.
4. Pin Hole photography These photos were taken using pin hole photography. In order to take them I constructed a pin hole camera out of a Coca-Cola can by using a screw to peirce a hole in the side of it and then makeing a lid out of card and duct tape which meant that light could only enter through the pin hole. I then put photographic paper inside the can and exposed ot to light for a matter of seconds (depending on how much light was at the area of the photo) through the pin hole which then projected the image onto the paper when I developed it with chemicals. Following this my photographs were scanned into the computer before I used Photoshop and Camera Raw to edit them. In one edit I played around with split toning in Camera Raw to see how the colours effected the look of the photo, I used red and green as the colours because they contrast eachother therefore making the shapes of the bench stand out.. In my other edit I simply inverted the original photograph which made it look as through it was taken in black and white, The photo to the right of that is the original after it had been developed.
When I first developed this photo the image appeared solid black which means that I expoded the photographic paper for too long. However when I looked at it outide of the darkroom I noticed some faint sillhouettes within the dark black. I then used photoshop and camera raw to try and make the sillhouettes more visible to the eye. The first photo I have used camera raw to brighten the colours in the photo which makes the sillhouette much clearer and you can then make out the shape of a person as well. In the second photo I inverted the photo which gave it a completely different colour making it look seemingly ‘ancient’ due to the tone and the shapes on the paper after it was developed.
5. Photograms The following are two examples taken by me of photo-grams. They were taken using an enlarger, photographic paper and various objects. The enlarger takes the photo by exposing the photographic paper to light for a duration of seconds. The paper is then developed using chemicals making the image appear. Photographs like this can be made by placing objects on top of the paper which means that it blocks light from getting to the paper so therefore when it is developed you can see the silhouette of the object. In the photo below I placed a metal grid over the paper along with several see through gems and a translucent piece of plastic. This created the shapes that can be seen on the paper. After I developed the photo it was scanned so that I could then import them to Photoshop in order to edit them. To edit this photo-gram I first inverted the colours, making the blacks white and the whites black, before adjusting the curves of the photo which gave it a brown shade. In my second photo-gram I went with a similar theme to the first by using the metal grid as a base on top of the photo. I them placed see through marbles and decorative balls inbetween the grid which gave the photo-gram more detail. To edit this I just used Photoshop to swap the black and white colours around. You can also see at the bottom of the photo a finger print from where I touched the paper before it was exposed to light, making the photo-gram more unique. In my final photo I used the same photo-gram as the last edit and used Photoshop to create the Harris shutter effect by layering 3 of the same photo on top of each other and then removed colours from each of them before moving two to the top left and bottom right to create the vibrant wild shapes. I could use this technqiue to show ‘Once Upon a Time’ by initally asking any models that I use in my photo shoot to pick out a series of objects that they consider important to themselves. I can then arrange those objects and create a photogram of them before either manually cutting the negative space out and then sticking the silhouette of the objects ontop of a photo of a model, or I could digitally edit the photogram onto the photo by using blend modes for example. This would bring out ‘Once Upon a Time’ because it would show the viewers what the model considers to be important to themselves and therefore they would be learning about them.
5. Photograms
6. Stitching into photos with thread, string, ribbons, buttons, scraps of fabric, other papers and photos.
Stitching into photos gives the viewer something more to concentrate. It can be used to guide the viewers eyes towards a specific point in the photo or edit. In my edit on the opposite page I printed the photo out in black and white and then stitched into it with two different colours, green and orange, to create a track that guides the viewers eyes along the detailed parts of the photograph. It also splits the photo into two meaning any viewers can focus on one part of the photo at a time resulting in a possible better insight into the photo. This technique could be used to direct the viewers eyes towards parts of the photo that display emotion in order to portray ‘Once Upon A Time’.
7. Dropping ink onto black and white and colour photographs. To create these pieces I split droplets of drawing ink ontop of a set of printed photos taken from my Level 1. After dropping the ink I then moved the paper around in order to make the trails of colour that can be seen along the photo. After using the ink I left the photos to dry and then scanned them onto the computer. To edit them I imported them into Photoshop where I adjusted the curves of the photos so that the colour could be seen better and the photos didn’t looked misted like they did when I first scanned them. In a few examples of these edits I used Photoshop to invert them. Doing this changed how the entire photo looked and made it appear more abstract. I could use this technique to present my genre because the colours of the ink show different emotions so combined with a portrait of a person this will give that person aspects of that emotion.
9. Blending Modes
8. Blending Modes The edits pictured here were made using photos from my Level 1 photo-shoot of ‘Surfaces and Textures’ and level 3 photo-shoot of ‘Once Upon a Time’ combined with my Pinhole camera work and photo-grams. I imported the photos to Photoshop where I used different blending modes that joined the photos together so that could be seen as one. In my first edit on the right of the page I placed by pin hole photograph on top of a photo of a stone brick wall which I took for my level 1 photo-shoot about ‘Surfaces and Textures’ and then used a blending mode called ‘Linear Light’ which made the stone wall visible through the lighter parts of the pin hole photograph. In my second edit I used my level one photo of a metal bollard and overlayed my pin hole photograph on top before using the blend mode called ‘Overlay’ this made the pin hole photograph appears faded across the top of the other photo. I like these edits because they give the viewer lots to look at. In my other edits on the left hand page I used my Level 3 photo-shoot pictures joined with photo-grams I had made in the dark room. I used blending modes called ‘Pin Light’ and ‘Colour Dodge’ which made the photo-grams slightly transparent so the photo underneath could be seen. They also changed the colour values of the photos. In the first edit the colours become old looking and aged because the colour of the photo-gram was mixed with the colours of the photo. In my second edit the blend mode gave the photo a blue tinge as the black background of the photo-gram mixed with the colours of the photo. I could use this technique to portray the genre of ‘Once Upon a Time’ by combining a portrait of a photo with , for example a photo of something that is important to them such as an object to do with any hobbies that they may have. This would mean that anyone looking at the photo will discover details of the person in the photo, making it seem as if the photo was telling the story of that person.
9. Kodak Six-20 (Box Brownie) The Kodak Six-20 is a camera that was released in July 1946. It took photographs by exposing light onto 620 film. We modified these cameras so instead of using 620 film we could use a small piece of photographic paper to capture an image. To do this we removed the holster inside the camera that would have held the 620 film, created a small pinhole out of card and a piece of aluminium can and stuck it over the lens. We could then stick photographic paper to the rear wall of the camera before exposing it to light by pressing and holding the button on the side which would open the lens. After a chosen period of time I stopped holding the button and took the paper into the darkroom to be developed. Initially I took the photo for 17 seconds however after developing the image it appeared mostly white. So I took another photo of the same subject but increased the duration of the exposure to 34 seconds. This saw much better results. As you can see 34 seconds captured my subject clearly. I like the way my photo looks because it looks as if there was a spotlight pointed at the grill were when I took the photo everything was fully lit up. I used photoshop to edit these photographs by initially inverting them which made the photo look to have been taken in black and white and then applying a coloured filter, changing the way the photo looks. In my first edit I used a red filter which gave the photo the look of the darkroom with its red filtered light, giving the photo a link to how it was created. In my second edit I first applied a blue filter and then polarised the image making looksort of like a cartoon type photo.
10. Solargraphy To take these photos I stuck a small plastic container pierced with a pinhole and containing photographic paper to the side of my house. I then left it there for 3 days which exposed the paper to light over the course of those days. The result shows a light trail and the path made by the sun throughout the days. I used camera raw to lighten the image so that the details could be seen easier, and also Photoshop to invert the image giving it a different colour. This method of photography is known as Solargraphy. This technique could be used in order to show ‘Once Upon a Time’ because it tells the story of everything that happened throught the time it was taking the photo. In this case it tells the story of the path in which the sun took along the three days I left the camera outside for.
Charters School Photography 2015