Xuxa emag by xuxakidd

Relationships

Candidate Number: 1308

Contents Page

Photo Shoot So Far Possible Ideas

Statement of Intent MindMap

Reshoots Evaluation

Photographers Analysis

Photographers Interpretation

Statement Of Intent

My theme is personal relationships. I have chosen to study this because I find that personal relationships can be shown in many different ways and I would like to show some of the different ways in which they can be interpreted in my own work. I think that by studying this I will be able to show a wide variety in my work and show clearly how I have developed my theme. Based on this theme, I intend to carry out research of artists and photographers who have focused on personal relationships. I will do this because it will help to give me and insight to other peoples work and how they have interpreted it and give me ideas on how to interpret my own. I will look into photographers such as Chris Steele- Perkins. I intend to complete a wide variety of photo-shoots including reshoots, color and texture and general relationships. I will do this to show a variety in my work and to experiment with different ideas in order to help myself come up with different ideas for my final piece. During the time of this course I am hoping to visit the V&A museum to help me get more ideas for my piece and to help me think outside the box. I would also like to research more into the photographer chris steele perkins as I take a great appeal to his work. These will help me as they will help me to come up with more ideas and help me to learn more about my chosen theme. To develop my theme I would like to use photoshop, dark room and camera techniques such as shutter speed. These will all allow me to show variety in my work and help me to develop my theme by allowing me to create a more personal feel and to highlight the areas which I would like to be noticed more. While doing this project I would like to learn more about different ways in which I can interpret my chosen theme. I would like to learn how I can use different techniques in order to create a particular idea. I see the final format as being a vintage styled piece inspired by Chris Steele- Perkins. I like his use of the Teddy Boys so I will try and interpret this into my work. I like using a range of images with a range of different manual and digital techniques... so I am hoping to be able to create lots of different ideas into one fantastic final outcome.

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Chris Steele- Perkins Chris Steele – Perkins was born 28th July 1947 and is a British photographer. He is best known for his depiction of Africa, Afghanistan, England, and Japan. He was born in Ragoon but at the age of two moved away from his mother to England with his father, after his parents got a divorce. He went to Christ’s Hospital and for one year and studied chemistry at the University of York. He moved to Canada for a short period of time but soon returned to Britain, where he joined the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. There he served as photographer and picture editor for a student magazine. After graduating in psychology in 1970 he started to work as a freelance photographer, specializing in the theatre, while he also lectured in psychology. By 1971, Chris had moved to London and become a full-time photographer, with particular interest in urban issues and poverty. He went to Bangladesh in 1973 to take photographs for relief organizations, which gave him an insight to real life urban issues and great poverty. I have chosen to study Chris Steele- Perkins for a number of reasons. I take an interest in his work as I also am interested in the theme of urban issues. I also take a huge interest in the time frame in which most of his photos have been taken. My favourite pieces of his work are the photographs from ‘The Teds’. I take an interest in these because I think they show relationships in a clear way. In my own work I would like to show the relationship between the model and their surroundings and objects. In Chris Steele-Perkins work, he shows a clear relationship between 2 or more models and their surroundings. For example, in the photograph to the left, it shows two models and their relationship between each other. They are standing together, however they are not clearly interacting with each other. I like how we can see a clear relationship, yet it is not obvious what the relationship is, as their facial expressions do not give us an insight on their relationship towards the other model. This is similar to the work I would like to do. I also take an interest in his work as I like the fashion that the models wear and the locations that the photographer uses. To help my work link to this, I will take a photoshoot of a model wearing similar fashion to the teds (1970s) in different locations. This will help me to link to Chris Steele-Perkins work and will allow me to get variations in relationships between different models, objects and locations.

Jim Marshall James Joseph Marshall was born February 3rd 1936 and died March 24th 2010. He was a photographer, often of rock stars. He had extended access to numerous musicians through the 1960s and 1970s, including being with The Beatles’ for their final concert in San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. He was also chief photographer at Woodstock. Marshall was born in Chicago, Illinois. While still at high school, he purchased his first camera and began documenting musicians and artists in San Francisco. After serving several years in the Air Force, he moved to New York. His photos appeared on the covers of over 500 albums and even more were published in Rolling Stone. He famously photographed Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival, and Johnny Cash at San Quentin. “When I’m photographing people, I don’t like to give any direction. There are no hair people fussing around, no makeup artists. I’m like a reporter, only with a camera; I react to my subject in their environment, and if it’s going well, I get so immersed in it that I become one with the camera.” Annie Leibovitz said he was “the rock ’n’ roll photographer”. I have chosen to study Jim Marshall as I am very interested in his work involving music. In my theme of personal relationships, one of my ideas is showing the relationship between a player and their instrument. For doing this, Jim Marshall is the perfect photographer to look to for inspiration. In Jim Marshall’s work he really shows the relationship between the player and the instrument. He captures the facial expression of the model and has an equal show of the instrument and the player. This keeps the viewer’s eyes on both when looking at the composition. I would similarly like to do this in my work and show the facial expressions of the model and how they use their instrument. I would like to show a variety in this theme, so I will use different models with different instruments and compare the different facial expressions with the different instruments.

Curtis Mann Curtis Mann is most well-known for appropriating images of strife and conflict from various photo-sharing websites such as Flickr and transforming them into obscured, abstract compositions using techniques such as bleach and varnish. His work resembles the remnants of explosions, he uses bleach and varnish to do this to create an extra layer onto the photograph and to create a more detailed composition. When researching about Curtis Mann, I found an interview he had done discussing why he became an artist etc. 1. When did you first realize you wanted to be an artist? I had never really considered, or even dreamed of becoming, an artist. It wasn’t until after my undergraduate studies as an engineer that I stumbled upon the world of contemporary art. I knew immediately it was what I wanted to do and what my personality was made to do. 2. Who’s your favourite artist? Somewhere between Gerhard Richter, Gordon Matta-Clark and a little Richard Tuttle. I took note of these answers as I felt that they had a relevance to my work. This is because it tells us that art/photography comes naturally and the thought process into his work has automatically come to his mind. This suggests to us that photography is not necessarily taught but is a passion, showing that his work has more meaning and so creates a more personal relationship with the audience. I take a great appeal to Curtis Mann’s work as I would like to use the technique of bleach in my own work. I like how he has interpreted the technique into creating a completely new perspective and I would like to develop this idea into my own work. He has created dark photos into light photos with a completely new idea compared to the original photograph. This allows us to think much more about the photograph and think about our own interpretation. His work shows the relationships between the chemicals from the bleach and the varnish on the actual photograph itself. When using bleach and varnish on photographs, we cannot be sure what effect it is going to create, the chemicals make their own effect, which is the relationship that is shown.

Gerhard Richter & Gordon Matta-Clark Richter is a German visual artist. Richter has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces of work. His work is mainly inspired by Picasso and Jean Arp. He was keen in creating a particular style to his work that could be very recognisable. Richter created various painting pictures from black-and-white photographs during the 1960s and early 1970s, basing them on a variety of sources such as newspapers and books. I liked this idea as it shows the relationship between different objects and how a photograph can link to written words and phrases. It helps the audience to think more deeply about what message the composition is trying to send and creates different interpretations from different people’s perspectives. He says "The photograph is the most perfect picture. It does not change; it is absolute, and therefore autonomous, unconditional, devoid of style. Both in its ways of informing, and in what it informs of, it is my source.” This suggests to us that all photographs no matter what they show are equally important. It tells us that the photograph itself does not change, but our perceived view of the photograph does, and that each different idea of the photograph is just as important as the next. I wanted to include this quote that Richter says as it inspired me to create a composition that can have many different ideas about it. It taught me that when we look at a photograph, we all have different perceptions of it, but the photograph is still the same, which suggested to me that the way in which the photograph is interpreted by each different person is very important.

Gordon was an American artist best known for his site-specific artworks he made in the 1970s. His parents were artists so he grew up around art and seeing the different aspects of art and design. In the early 1970s as a part of “the Anarchitecture group”, he was interested in the idea of entropy, metamorphic gaps, and leftover/ambiguous space. He incorporates the idea of the ‘American dream’ of lots of land/money etc. into his work as this inspired him. Matta-Clark used a number of different forms of media to document his work, such as film, video, and photography. His work includes performance and recycling pieces, space and texture works. He illustrates that the theory of entropy applies to language as well as to the physical world. He suggests that language is not a neutral tool but a carrier for social values and a vehicle for ideology. I found his work very appealing as I liked the way he has angled his photographs to create perspectives that we would not usually see. His work shows different angles and perspectives of an empty warehouse, showing a contrast to the idea of the ‘American dream’, as it shows something people would not necessarily want to live in. he has used black and white for all of his photographs which I liked as it makes the audience focus on the subject of the photograph instead of focusing on the colours. it also adds more history to the photographs as we used to only be able to get black and white images, so when the effect of black and white is used, that sense of history is also added onto the photograph. I also liked how he has used some sort of shape in each of his photographs. This very simple technique subconsciously directs our vision towards the shape. The use of shapes also helps to make the photograph more aesthetically pleasing to the audience, so the image overall looks much better. In his work he shows the relationship between the camera perspective, the viewer and the environment. The angle of the camera determines how we see the picture, which also determines how we interpret the image and therefore creates a relationship between what we see, how we see the picture and why. For example, when the camera is pointing down, it seems worse to us as we are looking down on it, as we would with things we associate are bad… so we subconsciously think of a bad relationship when looking at the photograph.

Henry Fox Talbot William Henry Fox Talbot was born in 1800 and died in 1877. He lived at Lacock Abbey. He was keen on investigating sciences, however, he is best known for discovering photography. He was the first person to take a photograph. He took this photograph of a window in his own home... His home (LaCock Abbey) and the place he took the photograph are now very well known and often visited. The first image ever taken took 8 hours to process. Henry Fox Talbotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second invention was the Calotype process. This showed shorter exposures, however it improved preservation of the image so that they lasted longer. This new experiment allowed him to discover bringing photos out so that they are clearer by using chemical development. This meant that the photograph would leave a better trace or a latent image. I have chosen to research into Henry Fox Talbot as my photography theme is showing personal relationships, but also while maintaining a theme of an old fashioned vintage style. I thought it would benefit me to look into the discovery of photography and help me to learn how photography has developed over the years. I think it is important to show that I understand how photography has developed and show my interests in the early stages of the process of photography.

Maud Chalard Maud Chalard is a French photographer. He shows personal and intimate relationships in his photographs. He captures wide ranges of photographs which all show different personal relationships, usually between two or three people. I like this photographers work as it shows an immediate relationship when we look at the photographs. It sets a clear scene and allows an audience to visualise what is actually going on in the photograph. It makes the photographs much clearer and much easier to understand. I wanted to research this artist as I wanted to research into different ways in which I can interpret personal relationships between two people and how these different angles and effects can show a new perspective on the photograph. All of these photographs show personal relationships between two people, and the relationship between these two people is very clear and intimate. The photographer has captured the facial expressions and postures from the models towards each other, which also helps us to see the personal relationship between the two models. I really like the work of this photographer and would like to link his work to my own.

Photoshoot Plans, Evaluations& contact sheets The main aim of this photoshoot is to capture the relationship between different substances how show how they form a relationship. I want to take these photos for my mind map to show my starting ideas of how to show relationships through photographs. I am hoping to show a sequence of photographs which show how we make a cup of tea. I will photograph the different substances used to make a cup of tea, and will then photograph the substances mixing together, in order to show the relationship. I am hoping to get a series of 4 or 5 photos to show this. I have chosen to do this for my starting photoshoot as the process of development of tea will be shown, which will represent the process of the development of my work throughout my different photoshoots to come. I am going to complete this photoshoot in February and hopefully use a glass mug so that the actual subject of the photograph is made clearer and easier to see. I will not use any camera techniques as I want to keep the image simple, and camera techniques will not need to be used. I will use a plain indoor lighting location so that there are no harsh shadows or strong lights in my photographs.

In this photoshoot I was able to capture the relationship between different substances and how they can form and mix together to create a whole new substance. I created a series of photographs which showed the process of the creation of a cup of tea. Each new photograph showed a new step. The end result clearly showed the relationship between how different substances can come together to form something new, which is what I wanted to show. I used a plain white mug on a plain wooded background, so that there are no distractions when looking at the photographs. When showing the process, I did not move the position of the mug, I did this because by keeping it in the same place, it makes the entire photographs link together much better and much easier. It is more aesthetically pleasing to an audience. I did face some problems during this photoshoot. As it is only possible to make a cup of tea using boiling water, I found it difficult to take a picture of the water intertwining with the tea from a birdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s eye view as the steam was fogging up the camera lens, which made it very blurry. To overcome this I would get a helper to pour a small amount of water in while I took a picture, I would then clean the lens and repeat this process until I had enough photos that I was pleased with. I kept the location indoors with artificial light. This worked well as it meant that there were no harsh shadows on the images and showed that there were no harsh lights. It makes it easier on the eye and keeps it simple.

The main aim of this photoshoot is to take some more images to show relationships for my mind map. In this photo shoot I am hoping to use the inspiration of the artist Chris Steele-Perkins and show old fashioned style photographs. In his work, he takes pictures of Teddy Boys, which is what I would like to show and try to interpret in my own work. I am going to do this for mind map to show what my original ideas are for this unit. I like the idea of using an old fashioned theme and so am hoping to incorporate this into my work. In my photoshoot I would like to differentiate my work slightly from Chris Steele-Perkins. I am hoping to use a female model as I want to see if using a female model would create any drastic differences from using a male model. I will get her to wear clothes that look as if they are from 1950s America, so that the images will link with the Teddy Boys theme. I would like to use an outdoor location with natural light, this is because I think it will link better to Steele-Perkins photographs. The natural light will also make the images look more natural and less planned, which will help to make the photographs look more relatable to an audience when they are being viewed. I will not need to use any camera techniques for this photoshoot, I am hoping to keep it simple and use only digital and manual edits.

In this photoshoot I was able to capture some good photographs which showed the relationship between a model and their environment well. The photographs linked well to Steele-Perkins photographs as the model was dressed as if she was from the 1950s American era. I took the photographs in the early evening in an outdoor location. I chose to do the shoot in the early evening as I felt this would show the best natural lighting. It meant that there was no harsh light on the photographs, but also showed the photographs in a clear enough light that everything was visible and easy on the eye. I used different locations for this photoshoot to show a bit of variation and to create different relationships between the model and different environments. I used environments such as; a housing estate, a public footpath/alleyway and an open park. I used these different locations to show how different locations can create a different perspective on a photograph and how different locations can represent different relationships. The housing estate made a more urban relationship on the photograph and creates a stronger image, however, the background of the photographs was quite complicated so our attention when looking at these photographs is easily side tracked. The public footpath/alley way created more shadowed images. It made the relationship between the model and the location feel more mysterious and creates a bigger question as to, what is the model like? Why is she in that location? Etc. The park showed to be very successful. The open area created good lighting and allowed me to capture different angles on the model while keeping the same lighting and not showing too much difference in each photograph. I liked this location as I could show the relationship between the environment as a whole and just particular objects in the environment, such as the trees. I did not face any problems while doing this photoshoot and I think it was very successful.

The main aim of this photoshoot is to capture different relationships between people, objects and colours etc. In this photoshoot I am hoping to differentiate from my other work of old fashioned theme and just focus on different ways in which I can show how to present different relationships between different things. I would like to use both outdoors and indoors to get a wide variety of photographs and to get a good idea of what works best, inside photoshoots or outside photoshoots.

In this photoshoot I was able to capture a wide variety of different objects, people and colours and their relationships in their environment and the objects that they hold. I was able to capture some indoors and outdoors photographs which both proved to work very well. I have concluded that it depends on what you are photographing, but objects work better photographed indoors and people work better photographed outdoors. I am hoping to put this research into use in my future photoshoots. I was able to show different relationships in different locations which helped me to discover which kind of relationships are easiest to present and which angles create the best effects. The problems I faced included the indoor shots of my models. In certain areas, shadows were made on the models, which did in some respects create a good effect and showed to be a strong image, however, I think the photographs could have worked better if done outside. To fix this problem, I changed locations and chose to photograph a different model, in an outdoor location. This photoshoot was very successful as it helped me to develop my ideas more on how I can show and develop my theme of personal relationships.

The main aim of this photoshoot is to capture images which show the relationships between different colours and textures. In this photoshoot I am hoping to capture a wide range of photographs which all show different ways of expressing personal relationships. I want to do this to help me to develop my theme and to give me more ideas on how I can expand the ideas which I already have. I would like to do this photoshoot inside as in previous research I have found that objects often work better when photographed inside, however, I may venture outside if it is good weather, so I can show the relationship between buildings and the sky and the colour of the sky against the manmade buildings. I would like to do this as it would show contrast in my work and be a good way to show the relationship between very different things.

This photoshoot proved to be very successful. I was able to capture different photographs which showed contrasts in different colours and different textures when placed next to each other or when shown in a new perspective, for example, shown very close up. The photos that I got out of this photoshoot gave me a lot of help as they showed me different ways in which I can incorporate the idea of relationships. I was able to take photographs both inside and outside which showed variation in my work as some used artificial lighting and some used natural. I did not use any camera techniques when taking these photos, however, to express the idea of colour and texture, I have edited them a lot in camera raw and Photoshop. I did this to emphasise the idea of different colours and textures and I also wanted to experiment with different effects and techniques that I can use on future photoshoots.

The aim of this photoshoot is to capture the relationship between an instrument and the musician. I am going to use the inspiration of Jim Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work for this photoshoot. I would like to show how the musician engages with the instrument and would like to show the personal relationship between how the instrument is played and how the musician feels towards the instrument that they are playing. I will use an indoors environment to keep the photographs simple and relatable to an audience. I will use shutter speed for these images so that I can capture the playing of different instruments in good focus, with no blurry outcomes.

This photoshoot went very well. I was able to capture a range of images showing the relationship between a musician and their instrument. I only photographed one instrument, a guitar, as I felt that this was the best way to interpret Jim Marshallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. It also keeps it simple, however, in future photoshoots I would like to show the relationship between different musicians with different instruments, to show how different instruments can create different reactions and produce different relationships. In this photoshoot I was able to get different angles of the musician which showed me the best ways in which to show the relationship between the musician and the instrument. In some of the photographs, the musician is concentrating more and in some he is singing. I did this to show the difference in facial expressions and to show how powerful music can be on a musician. I faced some troubles in this photoshoot. When using the high level of shutter speed without flash, the pictures came out too dark to see anything. Using flash however, was a problem, as it meant I got a glare off of the guitar and it also distracted the musician, as I was very close to him. To prevent this, I would warn the musician when the flash was going to go off, and I would also move further back and zoom in, instead of getting close, so that the flash was not as powerful on him. Overall this photoshoot was very successful and helped me to show the personal relationship between an instrument and a musician.

The main aim of this photo shoot is to capture the relationship between different models and how they act and feel when they are together. I am hoping to use an outdoor environment so that I can use natural light in my photographs. I will try to find a brick wall as a background to give it a slight theme of urbanity. I will use a theme of ‘mods’ instead of ‘teddy boys’. This is to show a contrast between my themes and to experiment with my work. I want to see if using this contrasting theme works well and to see if the theme of the mods works better than the theme of the teddy boys. I am hoping to get a wide variety of images to help me show different angles and different ways in which I can interpret the relationships.

This photoshoot helped me to show different themes in my work which has helped me to develop different ideas which I can use to develop my final piece. In this photo shoot I was able to show a different theme of ‘the mods’. As I have used ‘the teddy boys’ in a lot of my photo shoots, I wanted to see if using a contrasting theme would work well. I found that it did not make a very good contrast as it was hard to show the link between the two photographs. I did not like how I could not use easy and direct links with the different photographs and so have decided that I am going to stick to my theme of using the teddy boys, as I want to maintain a clear theme of vintage and old fashioned. I was able to show a lot of photographs in the location that I was hoping for. The brick wall and natural light helped me to easily link the background and the theme of the models together. To also show the relationship between the models, I got them to do certain poses and pull certain facial expressions, so that their feelings are clear and so it is obvious to the audience what the relationship between the models is. I was also interpreting some of Chris Steele-Perkins work so that I could make sure that I was linking my ideas and my photographs to an artist. By interpreting his work through different photoshoots, it is much easier to link all of my photographs together. I did not face any problems with this photoshoot and thought it turned out very successful.

The aim of this photoshoot was to interpret the work of Chris Steele-Perkins again. For this photoshoot I would like to use a male model and show the personal relationship between the model and the photographer/viewers. In this photoshoot I am hoping to use quite an urban background that has little distractions, so that I can relate the images easily to Steele-Perkins work. I will use just one model to keep the photoshoot simple. I am going to show a variety of close up and long shots to show variation in my work and to show the different relationships those angles can create. It is important to show I can develop my theme of personal relationships. I will not need to use any camera techniques for this photoshoot as I do not want to obscure or manipulate the photos in this way. The only edits I am hoping to make is manual edits and few edits on Photoshop/ camera raw. I am going to use a quiet location in Windsor. This is so that the only person in the photographs is my model. I want to do this as I think it will create a more personal relationship and create a more emotional atmosphere to the photographs.

This photoshoot went very well. I was able to capture a huge variety of images which all showed different personal relationships between the model and the environment, the model and the objects he had and the model and the photographer/ viewers. The model was dressed as a Teddy Boy from the 1950s, which helped me to link my photos to Steele-Perkins and also helped me to maintain my theme of old fashioned/ vintage styled photographs. The location showed to be urban and empty. This created a strong atmosphere in the photographs and made an instant strong connection between the model and the photographer. The lighting in the location was natural and showed to be very effective. In majority of the photographs, the model is making direct eye contact with the photographer, which creates a strong personal relationship as we can immediately see that the model and the photographer have connected and are in some form of relationship. I took a few different versions of each photograph that I got. I did this as I wanted to make sure that I got a picture I was happy with. I wanted to be able to create a variety of choice when using the best photographs to use for my work. By doing this I also showed that I took care in my work and tried my hardest to result in getting the best photograph with the best angle. There was only one problem that I faced during this photoshoot. I used a dark tunnel which has artificial lighting for some of the photographs. In some of my photographs this made a bad effect as it showed the photos to be blurred slightly and to be tinted yellow, which created an absence in the natural lighting of the area and it killed my theme of old fashioned. To fix this problem, I turned on my flash. This helped as the flash overtook any other light source and so everything was in focus again and the images proved to have a much better outcome. I used props in this photoshoot such as a comb so that I could link and interpret Steele-Perkins images. I was able to create an interpretation on quite a few of Steel-Perkins photographs which helped me to develop my theme more as it helped me to think about how I could manipulate my photographs in order to show a relationship in a different way. Overall this photoshoot was very successful and I am extremely pleased with my outcome.

The aim of this photoshoot is to take some pictures which show the development of my work so far. I am hoping to use an indoors environment and would like to use two models. I am going to do this photoshoot to develop my theme of personal relationships. I would like to make a clear series of photographs that shows strong personal relationships between two people. I would like to make it clear what the relationship between the two people is so that I can create a set of different photographs in my final piece which all show different types of personal relationships.

This photoshoot went very well. I took some photos inside with an artificial lighting and a plain white background. I did this to keep the photoshoot simple and to keep the models the focus of the photographs. I only took a few photographs as I wanted to show the personal relationship between two people. To do this, I showed a man kissing a woman on the cheek, similarly to one of Steele-Perkins photographs, however I have manipulated mine slightly to show a more personal relationship. I wanted to make it clear what the relationship between the two people is, so I made the models show their love for each other by making them show this through their facial expressions. This photoshoot was very successful and I did not face any problems with it. I was able to maintain the theme of old fashioned and used two older models to show a variation in my work and to show that relationships carry on through everyone, not just young people.

The aim of this photoshoot is to take reshoots of the photoshoots which worked very well. In this photoshoot I am hoping to use a maximum of two models. I would like to use mainly one male model. The idea is that I am going to get him to dress as a Teddy Boy so that I can carry on maintaining my old fashioned styled photographs. I would like to show the different personal relationships when using one model, and then two models. I am hoping to get a wide variety of photographs which all show different types of personal relationships, so that in my final piece, I can show different kinds of personal relationships and also show my development in how I created the idea of showing different personal relationships.

This reshoot went very well. I was able to get a wide variety of images which all showed different kinds of personal relationships. I varied my photographs from using indoors and outdoors locations. In this shoot I was also able to use shutter speed. I did this for some of the photographs as I was showing the personal relationship between a model and his interests. One of his interests was skateboarding, and I wanted to show him doing different skills of skateboarding to show the personal relationship between him and his interest. I wanted to capture the skateboard in focus, which is why I used shutter speed. I used a variety of close up shots, wide shots, long shots and medium shots. I also showed a variety in landscape and portrait photographs, so that I could get a bit of differentiation in my work. The model was dressed as a Teddy Boy which made the photographs much more relatable to the vintage style. I faced a few problems such as getting some of the photographs in focus, due to poor lighting of the location. To fix this I just simply moved locations to get good quality photographs. In a lot of the outdoor shots, I got the model to look directly into the camera lens, to create a strong relationship with the photographer and the viewer. This is because it makes a much more personal relationship through personal contact, we feel as if they are looking directly at us when we look at the composition, which makes us more aware of the composition. Once I had done some outdoors photographs, I moved indoors as it was too dark to get successful images. In the indoor shots, I was able to get different shots which also showed the personal relationship between the model and objects. I was able to take further the idea of photographing the model doing his hair with a comb in a mirror, as the photos which I already had of this could be improves by using a different lighting. Although I faced problems with this as I tried to use a high shutter speed without flash, which resulted in the photographs being very dark which meant you could not see anything in the photographs. To change this, I altered my angle and got the model to hold the position so I did not have to use shutter speed. I also managed to photograph the model playing an instrument and also playing with a yoyo. In the last sector of the photoshoot, I was able to use two models. For this I captured the strong personal relationship between the two models, and showed a series of photographs which helps to explain their relationship. I did this because I wanted to show the personal relationship between two people and wanted to make better versions of a photoshoot which had already taken place. These all showed different personal relationships between the model and different things and helped me to develop my theme much more. I was very happy with the outcome of this photoshoot and will be using a lot of these images in my final piece.

The aim of this photoshoot is to capture the relationship between different musicians and their different instruments. I am hoping to get a variety of images that show the musicians playing together and separately. I would like to use different angles in this photoshoot to show how the musicians interact with each other, which also creates a form of personal relationships, which I can show in my work. I would like to show how the relationship with the music forms together to create a new composition, just as I am hoping to show different photographs and form them together to create a composition of personal relationships for my final piece.

This photoshoot was very successful. I was able to get a variety of shots using different angles which all showed the personal relationship between the musicians and their instruments. It was an indoor shoot with dark lighting. I did not use flash in this shoot as I did not want to distract the musicians. I also restrained from using shutter speed as it only wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked with flash, and as I was a reasonable distance from the musicians, it did not make too much of a difference. I varied my angles to show different perspectives of the musicians and also varied in the zoom, although, I tried not to use the zoom too much as this meant the photograph would not have as good quality. I showed both portrait images and landscape images so that I could focus on just one musician or focus on them all working together as a group. I told the musicians to act as if I was not there, this made the photoshoot more successful as it made it seem more natural and less planned. I wanted to keep it natural so that it looks more appealing and so that the outcome is more relatable to an audience. This photoshoot went very well as I was able to express the personal relationship between the different musicians and instruments. It enabled me to develop my idea of showing the personal relationship between a musician and their instrument and gave me a good idea on the best way to present this relationship in my final piece. I am hoping to use some of these images in my final piece, so that I can show different types of personal relationships, including the relationship of a musician and their instrument.

Artist Interpretation- Chris SteelePerkins The top right image shows a photograph taken by Chris Steele- Perkins. The bottom right image shows my interpretation of this photograph. Steele- Perkins image shows a black and white picture of a man doing his hair with a comb. This image shows a personal relationship between the model and his daily routine/life. We see the model grooming himself so we can instantly assume that he takes pride in his looks and cares about himself etc. The use of the black and white effect makes the composition seem more emotional and meaningful. The model in the picture is represented as a teddy boyâ&#x20AC;Ś we can assume this because of the way he is dressed and the way in which he has styled his hair. We can also assume this as majority of Chris Steele-Perkins work is of the Teddy Boys. I really liked this image as it seemed quite personal and showed an area of peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daily routines that is not normally shown. I liked how it was taken as if the camera was the mirror. This creates a relationship between the viewers and the model as it makes us feel as if he is staring right at us and so we can feel a connection between ourselves and the model. Chris Steele-Perkins may have done it this way to create a more personal effect on this particular image. A lot of his images show personal relationships, which is why I have chosen to study his work as I am interested in the use of personal relationships and photography. I chose to interpret Steele-Perkins because I liked the ways in which he has shown relationships through his work and how different ways of interpreting relationships can create different reactions. When interpreting this particular image, I have done it with two photographs. In one, I have shown a model combing his hair in the reflection of a mirror. I chose to interpret it this way as I thought that if I showed it like this it was a different way of creating a personal relationship between the model and the viewers. This is because we are seeing the model as the model sees himself, so it is as if we are in the models shoes and viewing him from a slightly different perspective. It makes us think more about the image and why he is combing his hair, what time of day it is etc... I have decided to make this image black and white and I have brightened the whole image quite a lot. This differs from Steele-Perkins image as his are in black and white however are very dark and the only light area shown is the model himself. In Steele-Perkins image it works well as it focuses onto the model so that the viewers are not distracted to anything else, however, I felt that by having mine quite light, it made it more relatable to an audience and therefore more aesthetically pleasing. I thought it would work better as it means that they can relate more to the image and create a more personal connection. In my second interpretation, I did an extreme close up of the same model doing his with a comb, however, I made it seem as if the camera lens is the mirror. I did this because I thought it would be a good way to show a personal relationship between the model and the viewers. The model is looking directly into the camera lens and so when we look at the image, he is looking directly at us. This makes it easier to imagine in real life and so we can create more of an image in our heads when looking at the composition. I decided to make it extremely close up so that the audience know what to focus on. It makes the models facial expression really clear so that we can instantly assume how he is feeling and what may be going through his mind. I also felt that it made it feel more realistic as many people when grooming themselves, tend to go very close to the mirror to make sure they look appealing, which is what I was trying to show through this particular image. I chose to interpret Chris Steele-Perkins work as I take great interest in all of his pictures and I would like to use his work to develop my theme of personal relationships and an old fashioned/ vintage atmosphere.

The top right image shows another image by Chris Steele-Perkins. It shows the relationship between 2 people around the 1950s. There are 2 models used in this image, a male and female. The male model is kissing the female on the cheek. Both models are looking very happy and again, the image is in black and white. I chose to interpret this image as it clearly shows a personal relationship in a very simple way. We can see the relationship between the two people is a happy one and so can assume that they are in some sort of relationship whether they are related or boyfriend/girlfriend etc. I wanted to interpret this particular image as it shows a personal relationship in a very simple way, through facial expressions. In my work I want to develop ways in which I can show personal relationships, so interpreting this image was a prime example. The use of black and white in this image makes it more emotional and more aesthetically pleasing. Steele-Perkins photos are generally done in black and white. The absence of the colour helps to link all of his images together and also goes with the theme of the time in which these photos have been taken. These images look much more powerful in black and white and attract a wider audience as they look much more appealing, which is why in my photos I have used black and white to create a more powerful image, and to link to the theme of old fashioned. In my own interpretation of this image, I have also used two models. I have created more or less the exact image, yet made it more modernised and used different facial expressions for the models. In Steele-Perkins photo, we can see that both models look happy, however, it is not clear what type of relationship they are in, we just know they look happy together. In my image, I have changed it slightly so that the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face is more buried into the woman, so it looks more voluntary to the manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s choice. I have also made the woman look more shocked and also much happier that the man is kissing her. This I thought made it much clearer that they are in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship, rather than keeping it more simplistic. I used a clear background so that there are no other distractions in the photograph. If I used a more detailed background then it would take away the focus of the relationship between the two models and therefore suggest that the relationship is less important. Having a simplistic background emphasises the importance of the relationship.

Jim Marshall In my second interpretations I have chosen to interpret the work of Jim Marshall. The first image I have chosen to interpret of his shows a guitarist playing the guitar and clearly putting a lot of effort into it, as we can see through his posture and his facial expression. This image is done in black and white with edited light so that everything is dark, other than the model. This has been done so that the model is the main focus of the image and the viewers are directly drawn to this part of the photograph. This has also been done so that the facial expression of the model is emphasised. The facial expression shows that there is a strong relationship between the model and the instrument. It instantly tells us that the model is putting all of his effort into playing the instrument and so we can assume that this is the focus of his life. In my interpretation, I have shown a close up shot of a model playing guitar while singing. In the image, the model is looking down at the guitar so I could catch his facial expression towards what he was doing, similarly to the Jim Marshall version. I decided to show him singing as it makes it much more interesting and shows more of the models personality and spirit through the image. I chose to make the image black and white but kept the whole photo quite light. I did this because the use of black and white makes the picture much more effective and stronger as we aren’t so distracted by different colours. I kept the lighting quite high as the model was quite close up so it would not have made such a strong effect as it did in Jim Marshall’s version. If I was to do this effect of darkening the rest of the photo, I would’ve taken a medium shot where the model does not take up the majority of the photograph. Generally I think that my interpretation of this photograph worked very well as I showed that by using different effects and different angles, you can still create the same reaction in a photograph. I chose to study Jim Marshall’s work as he shows relationships through people and their instruments, and I wanted to use people and their instruments as a way of showing personal relationships.

Photoshoot

The aim of this photoshoot was to capture different photographs showing different kinds of relationships. In my photoshoot I have shown a wide variety of techniques and shown a wide variety of different kinds of relationships. On the left of the page I have picked out my 3 favourite images from this photoshoot. The top left image shows a CD up against a brick wall. I took this to show the relationship between two opposite differences. The two objects are completely different and would never usually be placed together. I placed them together because it makes the image stand out much more as the objects are so different and so when viewers see the objects placed together, they are intrigued as the objects are not usually placed together. The CD and the brick wall make a good composition as they are both made up of shapes. The shapes contrast and work very well when placed next to each other. The circle shape of the CD fits nicely into the repeated shape of the rectangle and creates a very aesthetically pleasing image. They also work well together as the CD is such a light colour and the brick wall is dark colours. I edited this image so that it is black and white. This created a much stronger effect on the image and made it look more powerful as only two colours are used, but they are the complete opposite colours. I thought that this image worked very well with the use of colours and shapes and showed a strong relationship between differences and shows that very different objects can still work well together, which could show the message of differences in people doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always create a negative outcome, it can also create a positive one.

The image on the bottom left shows a model playing with a yoyo. For this image I used the technique of shutter speed (ISO 200 F/2.5) to capture the yoyo in focus. I took this photo to show the relationship between people and their likes. The model in the image is showing concentration when playing with the yoyo but is also smiling slightly, which suggests that the smile is not forced, and therefore he is enjoying playing with the yoyo. I chose to take this photo in a room with lots of shadows. I did this because I wanted the whole photo to link together. The model in the image is dressed as a modern teenage boy, but playing with an old fashioned toy. This shows a contrast. To match this contrast, I wanted to show the contrast between the shadow and the light. I increased the clarity to make it much clearer that some areas were darker and some were much lighter. In the photo, the model is standing on the stairs, I have done this to make the image more aesthetically pleasing for the viewers. When we look at the image, we instantly look to where the stairs are finishing, which is the centre of the models body. When we do this we can then see what he is doing so our eyes are diverted to the yoyo and the facial expression of the model. It gives the photograph a bit more meaning and makes it look more interesting for the audience. I like this photo as it clearly shows a personal relationship between the model and what he is doing. It is clear to us as I captured the yoyo while it was in front of a shadow, so it stands out much more to the audience. When looking at the photograph the audience is quickly able to see the relationship between the model and the toy through the way in which the model is acting. He is looking directly at the toy, so when we look at him, we also look at what he is looking at, so every detail of the image is quickly seen by the audience.

This image shows a model sitting on a stair outside, staring directly towards the camera. The aim of this photograph was to show the relationship between a person and their environment. This particular image shows a girl casually dressed in an outdoor environment. From this image we can see the relationship between her and the environment she is in, how she acts in that environment and how she copes in that environment. We can see from what she is wearing that she is often in this environment as she is dressed very casually. We can also see from her facial expression that she feels very content in this environment and very comfortable. I chose to make the model do this to show how easy it is to show how people feel in certain environments. To edit this image I increased the clarity to make it seem more powerful and to emphasise the shadows in the background. The light is only shown across half of the models face which also draws our attention to the models face. This is because the face is the lightest area of the photograph so it is the first thing that we are drawn to seeing. This instantly tells us that she is comfortable in her environment as her facial expression is the first thing in which we assess. If I was to re-do this image, I would get the model to dress very smartly and hold a confused facial expression. I would do this because it would make the image much more interesting and stand out more. The difference between the model and the environment would make the composition look much stronger and hold more questions about the composition from the audience.

Colour and Texture

The aim of this photoshoot was to capture pictures of contrasting colours that create a strong relationship and pictures that show a strong relationship in texture. The pictures displayed on the right show my best outcomes of this photoshoot. The first image shows a close up of wrist bands on a persons arm. I took this photo because it shows both colour and texture. It shows the contrasting colours between the skin and the material of the wrist bands. To edit this image I have increased the clarity and then inverted it. By increasing the clarity, I sharpened the quality of the photograph to make every detail stand out much more. By making the texture sharper and increasing the clarity, it makes the whole image much more appealing to the audience as it stands out and attracts us. I inverted the image to make the colours more vibrant and to also make them stand out more. The colours work very well together and represent heat and cold. By inverting the image, it made it much more eye opening and showed a stronger relationship between the colours. Although the colours are bright, as there are only a few colours used, it is much easier on the eye. The colour and texture put together create a very appealing composition and go well together to create an image that stands out to an audience. With this particular image I wanted to show how by using effects on Photoshop, you can create a much stronger relationship than the original photograph. The next image along shows a close up of someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sock. In order to show the colour and texture on this image, I have edited it in a way that makes it stand out much more. I have manipulated the hue saturation of the photograph and increased the greens and the reds. This meant that the shadows in the photograph turned luminous green and the highlighted area was purple. This shows contrasting colours that work very well together and so it looks aesthetically pleasing when the audience are looking at the composition. By making the highlighted areas purple, this also shows the texture of the image in a much clearer way. The lines in the sock become more obvious to the viewer and so a texture is created stronger and more visible. This image worked well because the colours go so well together. It shows that the relationship between colours and texture can create a whole new perspective on an image and make it look much more appealing than what it would look like with different or no editing. The image below this is a very simple image. It is an area of a football table where one piece of wood is blue and one is red. I edited this image on camera raw only, as it is such a simple picture it needed little manipulation. The only edit I did was increase the highlights of the picture. This meant that both colours became much brighter and so the picture was more luminous. This image worked really well as the colours are so different yet work so well when placed together correctly. The sharp line through the centre of the image creates a clear divide between the two colours which also represents a relationship between the colours and shows us that they are strongly different and are not usually mixed. I like how with this image it is almost impossible to tell what it is originally of, which shows close ups and manipulation of photographs can change the perspective completely.

The image below the football table shows a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoulder. The aim of this picture was to capture the relationship between the different textures and colours between the skin and the material. The textures differentiate as the skin shows to be smooth and soft to the touch, this is clearly shown by using a close up shot, so that the only focus is the colours and textures of the shoulder and the clothing. The jumper that is being worn by the model shows to have a completely different texture. It shows a continuous pattern of stitching and shows to be complicated and not at all soft. We can clearly see that the texture of the jumper is wool and that it has more than one layer. I have increased the saturation on the image so that the colours are clearer in difference. I wanted to make them clearer in difference as this makes them stand out much more and makes the image attract more of an audience. The luminous blue works well with the tanned colour of the skin and creates a good, appealing contrast. I have altered the aperture on the camera so that the rounded end of the shoulder is in great focus and the further back the image goes, the blurrier it gets. This also helps the texture become more visible to the audience. It makes everything work better in the composition and creates a much more powerful image.

The image on the bottom right shows an extreme close up of a handbag. In this photo my main focus was the texture, which is why I used an extreme close up. The texture of the bag material shows to be a grain like material when viewed close up. I liked this texture as it seems different and unusual when viewed as this material is not often seen this close up. To make the texture much clearer, I increased the clarity to 100% using camera raw. This meant that the image came up much sharper and so every texture can be viewed clearly. Other areas of the bag show a circled hole made with a metal ring. This created another texture as it showed the use of shapes in my work and also shows a much smoother texture, which contrasts with the grainy texture used on the rest of the bag. This creates a strong contrasting relationship between the two textures that is easily visible for the audience. There is also a second layer behind the holes with a similar texture to the rest of the bag, however, this texture has been made less visible as I have increased the shadows to make other areas of the image stand out more against these shadows, so that the image looks much more powerful. In the corner of the image, there is a rip in the bag. This creates a strong texture as it shows a texture that stands out as it is not seen anywhere else in the image. It also stands out as it is a different colour to the rest of the bag, although the image is in black and white, this is clearly visible. I chose to put this image in black and white to show that the absence of colour can be just as powerful as the use of colour. I think the black and white makes the image look much more effective and more appealing as there is more question as to what the image is of and there is also more shadow which makes the image stand out much more and makes it stronger and much more aesthetically pleasing in this situation.

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Section 1 The reason I chose to use Personal Relationships as my theme was because I am interested in the different ways in which personal relationships can be shown through using different people and different objects. I have explored the theme by using different ways in which to express the concept of personal relationships. I have interpreted by work while being inspired by Chris Steele Perkins work of the Teddy Boys. I have done similar photographs of his work to help explore the theme. I have also, with my own ideas, shown the personal relationships between one person and different objects that they use. Also the relationship between the model and their surroundings and how they look and act in different locations. From the research I have done on my theme, I have learned that there are many different ways in which I can show personal themes. I could use one model or as many models as I liked. I could use different clothing on the models and have them in different environments. I have researched different photographers such as Chris Steele Perkins and Jim Marshall. These photographers have taught me that there are so many different ways in which I can show personal relationships, with this research I have expressed different ways in which to show personal relationships throughout my photographs. Section 2 I have researched into Chris Steele Perkins and Jim Marshall. They have helped my understanding of the theme by showing different ways in which personal relationships can be incorporated. They have developed my understanding of the theme by giving me more ideas on what else I can do to show personal relationships between the model and different things, such as the object they are holding, the location they are in and their relationship between them and the camera/ photographer. I used the photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ideas in my work to help me have a base idea. I would then think of ways to elaborate on this idea so that I could come up with my own idea. For example, one of Chris Steele Perkins pieces shows a man combing his hair in the mirror, this gave me an idea to make it seem as if the camera lens was the mirror, and so I go the model to comb his hair very close to the lens. I have also had other influences in my work such as music and history. I am very interested in music so in some of my work I have shown the relationship between a player and their instrument. I have also been influenced by history by using an idea of the Teddy Boys. I am very interested in this period of time with the clothing that the Teddy Boys wear and the way they act etc. so I have shown this in some of my work. Section 3 So far I have completed 3 photo shoots, the mind-map, the artist interpretation and photoshoot 1. I have made them relate to my theme by showing personal relationships in each photograph. Each photoshoot has around 50100 photographs showing different personal relationships. In some I have used models, in some I have used instruments and in some I have used objects. In 2 of my photo shoots I have used shutter speed. I have done this because with my photoshoot including instruments, I wanted to be able to capture the players arm in focus, so I had my camera settings on high shutter speed. In my photoshoot 1, I used a model and a yoyo. For this I used shutter speed because I wanted to be able to capture the yoyo in clear focus while it was moving. I have also used the extreme close up setting, I did this so that I could get a really good image of the model close up, without there being any blurs. To develop my theme I have scanograms. I have done this to show variation and a use of techniques in my work. The scanograms helped me to develop my theme as it made me thing about what objects mostly link to my theme and so which objects can I then use in my next photo shoots. I could improve these effects by showing more variation in the objects that I have used and experiment more. I could also use contrasting objects so that I can compare my work to the objects and show opposites through my work. I would like to use more scanograms in the future and also use the dark room. This will help show variation and development in my work and also help me to come up with some new ideas for my work. Section 4 To develop my theme, I could take a number of ideas further. I could use the dark room process with my Teddy Boys theme. This would help to develop the theme as it shows a more retro technique, which links to the photography theme. I could also show instruments on scanograms to help develop my instrument theme. These would both help to develop my themes and help me to come up with a new or more ideas. I can make use of my photographerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s research by looking at different techniques that the photographers have used and how I can use those ideas and make them into my own work. They could help to give me a small idea that I can elaborate on to make my work develop further into my final piece. I need to develop my photoshoot 1 further. This is because I need to make it link more to my other themes. At the moment it is random and completely different to my other two themes. Although it is good to show variation, I would like to show a link between my different ideas and photo shoots.

Reshoots These three images all show a different kind of personal relationship between two people. I liked these three images in particular as they all represent a different form of personal relationship. Throughout my work I have tried to develop how to show different types of personal relationships between people, objects and environments. I think that these images have shown the different types of personal relationships between people very well.

The aim of this photoshoot was to capture personal relationships through different ideas. In my previous photo shoots I had captured range of different types of relationships, however, throughout my work I have kept the idea of personal relationships. In my reshoots I wanted to make the relationships more clear and obvious to my audience, the images I took for this idea are shown below. In my work I have developed the idea of showing different kinds of personal relationships in different ways, the plan in my reshoots was to re-style some of the images I have already taken and use them to create much better versions.

I wanted to keep the theme of old fashioned as I felt that this worked very well in my previous work and I felt that I was able to get a lot of successful outcomes when I used this theme. Throughout my reshoots I have developed different types of personal relationships by using different objects, different environments and different facial expressions. I have kept the photo shoot simple and used no more than two models in my shoot. I felt that this made it easier to create more personal pictures and made it easier to show the relationship in the photograph.

This first reshoot image shows the relationship between two people. This is a development from one of my interpretations of Chris Steele-Perkins pieces of a man kissing a woman on the cheek. I developed this image into a series of photographs that shows the relationships between two people who we can clearly see are in some form of close relationship. In this particular image we can see the two models engaging in looks and communicating to each other through facial expressions. This clearly shows a strong and clear personal relationship between the two models, which is what I was trying to achieve.

This reshoot image shows a man kissing a woman on the cheek, which has been inspired by Chris Steele-Perkins. His image differs as it is less clear on the relationship between the two people, all we can see from his version is that the two people are close. From my development, I have shown that these two people are clearly in a relationship as it seems more personal and emotional. The kiss looks more voluntary whereas Steele-Perkins image looks more of a pose. I chose to put the image into a sepia effect to keep the theme of old fashioned/vintage on the image and felt that it created a more emotional relationship between the audience and the photograph as they are more focused on the subject rather than the colours.

This reshoot image shows a less clear relationship between the two models. We can see that they are engaging with each other as they are looking directly at each other, however, little expression is shown which leaves a question mark as to how they feel about each other. The audience is left with a wonder of what the relationship is between the two people. I kept it simple like this so that not all of the images show a clear relationship. It also shows that even though there are highs and laughs in a relationship, there is also the serious matter which is not as fun.

These reshoot images show the personal relationship between a model and the photographer/viewer. In all three of these images, the model is looking directly at the camera. This creates a personal relationship between the model and the photographer as the facial expression of the model suggests that that is how the model is feeling towards the photographer. As the model is making a confused facial expression, it suggests to us that the model did not understand something that the photographer said and suggested to us that the model may be confused by the photographer and not understand. The middle picture suggests that he is again, confused, but maybe for a different reason. It looks as if he did not know the photo was being taken, and looks slightly startled to see someone next to him. This helps to create a relationship between the model and the viewer as it makes it much more direct. The viewer is able to think of these things quicker when looking at the photograph as they feel more related to the image as the model is looking directly at the viewer. I made the model look directly at the camera as it not only helps to create a more personal relationship as it shows directness, but it also helps to engage an audience and to attract an audience. We someone directly looks at us, we feel obliged to look directly back, which is why I have done this with my photographs, so the audience looks directly to the photograph and can make a more personal link.

This second row of images shows the personal relationship between a model and objects that they are interested in. the personal relationship is created as when we see the image, we can instantly assume that they are doing something which they enjoy and something that they often do. We assume this as we think â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;why else would they be doing it?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; We see the relationship as personal as it is between one person and their specific likes and their personality. To make the personal relationship stronger, I have put the images into a sepia effect. I did this so that when the audience look at the photograph, they are only focused on what the actual photograph holds, and are not distracted by colours that are usually in the photograph. The sepia effect also helps to create a more vintage and old fashioned theme, which is what I am aiming for. In my other photo shoots I have shown the relationships between objects and environments, so I wanted to develop this into objects and people. I did this to make a stronger effect on the photograph and to make it more personal and relatable by involving a model. By involving a model, the audience can relate much quicker and easier and subconsciously are more intrigued to the image to see what the model is doing, to see if they can relate well or not. This last row of reshoots shows three different kinds of personal relationships that I illustrated in my reshoots. I have shown these images to show that there are different ways in which you can show personal relationships between different objects and different people. I wanted to show how by having the same ideas and using the same models and effects on a photograph, you can still create very different photographs, even when they have the same theme. Throughout this whole photoshoot I tried to vary the way in which I showed these relationships and I experimented with different angles and different camera effects until I was content with the photos I resulted in. I was extremely happy with my outcome.

Possible Ideas Using a joiner could be a successful possible idea. By using a joiner I can use different levels and different shapes to present my work. This would work well as it each different shape and level can help to represent the relationship. For example, the most important relationships could be shown on a higher level, to show that they are more important and to attract more attention when the audience is looking at the composition.

My favourite joiner example shown is the one shown above. The use of just 4 pictures which are all very simple keeps the composition from being too complicated. It allows the audience to really appreciate what is being shown. If lots of images are shown, like the example on the left, then it can get confusing and so the photographs are not appreciated as much, because too many are shown. By placing them oddly together, it creates a good technique and shows variation. Even though they are not placed in exact measurements from each other, they all work very well together and look as if they are meant to be placed in that position. The use of joiners helps us to see different photographs in different ways and allows us to link photographs together.

Cropping is another possible idea. By cropping images, we can create a completely new image. I could crop different parts of one or two images and place the pieces together to create a new image, a bit like a jigsaw puzzle. This would show good technique and skill as it would show my thought process and can show how I have developed my theme into a whole new perspective. It will be a good way to present a composition and look intriguing to an audience. Cropping creates a new perspective on the image. My favourite crop is the second in on the right. This is because by cropping the image so that it is squeezed, it creates a whole new perspective on the image and makes it much harder to realise what the image is of. It shows contrast as we can clearly see the difference in the light and dark areas of the photograph, where the inverted effect has been used. The original image is of a radiator, however has been edited in a way where it is very difficult to work out what the image is of. I like that it does this as it shows that simple effects and cropping can have a huge effect on an image. It suggests that the way in which the photograph is edited, determines how we view the composition.

This shows a series of 4 polygons. This creates a powerful effect on the rotation as it creates a repetative sequence which attracts us to the image. Each polygon has a photograph that has been manipulated by rotation, but each one has been manipulated in a different way. By placing these polygons in a sequence, it creates an aesthetically pleasing composition and our eyes are directed to the pattern of the composition. As it is something not usually seen by us, we are intrigued by it and so it stand out more to us.

Rotation is another good technique to use as a possible idea. Rotation of an image can create all sorts of different interpretations. It can show how different an image seems when seen from a different point of view. By using different rotations, we can look at the composition from all different perspectives, which will show good technique and skill in my work. By rotating images I can show the relationship between different images from different perspectives and angles, which can help me to show all different kinds of interpretations of a composition. This technique gives the image a mirror look on the photograph which helps to create a different view. I particularly like the square rotation as this creates a very strong mirrored effect. It shows us that we can create different perspectives onto images by using simple different techniques. We can see that the photographs have been manipulated as the words in the picture have been shown to be symmetrical. This tells us that thought has gone into the process of the composition and the development of the work have been thought through. I liked how all of the colours are still clearly seen. This creates a strong image, but keeps it aesthetically pleasing to the eye and keeps the composition simple, by not making any of the rotations messy.

Another possible idea is using repetition. Repetition is a good technique as it helps to highlight a particular point that you want addressed well. It will help to emphasise the message and show the audience that it is important that they see it, which is why it has been repeated. The use of repetition will allow me to make the point I am making much clearer and make the composition seem and feel more powerful when looked at.

Repetition is a good technique as it makes a composition look much more powerful. The repetition of an image creates layers and almost creates a 3D effect on the composition. I like this effect as it proves to be powerful and makes the whole composition more interesting to look at. To create the repetition, I have used the same image three times in the same shape. Each image is in a different size and placed centrally infront of the other. This makes the repetition easy on the eye and creates a more aesthetically pleasing look to the composition. The biggest image has lowered opacity. In each layer, the opacity gets stronger, which helps to create the 3D effect and also helps to make the composition stronger. It adds layers and makes the effect look much more gradual and effective for the viewer. My favourite version of this is the polygon shaped repetition. This is because the simple image used is cut in half. By creating different sizes and having different opacity, the eyes are directed straight to the centre of the photograph. This is called the horizon technique. It is where the image is manipulated so that there is a line straight through the middle, where the horizon would be... this directs our eyes to the centre of the image, so the audience is easily attracted by this technique.

While doing my reshoots, I developed the idea of using a photo booth styled image. I used research I had previously done on Pinterest and google. I liked the idea of showing a series of photographs that all link together in one strip. In my final piece I would like to use this idea, but to keep the old fashioned theme I would like to keep all of the images in black and white and sepia. I would like to show lots of different strips of images, but use repetition and use some of the same strips more than once. I would also use different sizes to show variation and to make the composition look more aesthetically pleasing. I would use manual edits such as bleaching, drawing, burning and assitate paper etcâ&#x20AC;Ś to keep the theme of old fashioned photography. I would present my work using a handmade frame. To help link the frame to an old fashioned theme, I will stain the wood a sepia type colour. This will help me to link the frame to the photographs and make it more of a composition rather than a composition in a frame. There will be no glass in the frame so that I can create layers and stick photographs onto the frame and over each other. Using a frame in a sepia type colour, I would like to display 5 strips of images, as if they are from a photo booth. I would place 5 strips together, 2 in black and white and 3 in sepia. I would use different manual edits on each strip to show variety and skill in my work. Each strip would represent a different type of personal relationship. I would make this piece A3 size so that it is not too big to handle. I would not use any glass on the frame so that I could make the composition more 3D. I wanted to keep the idea of using just black and white images to make them seem more old fashioned. It also helps them link much better together as i used the same effect for each different photograph so there is no visualisation of any colours that clash or that are slightly different due to lighting etc. I aborted the idea of using the holes at the sides of the film as i didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to show too many different photos as it would lose interest in the audience and the photographs would not receive as much recognition as they should. I want my work to be able to be appreciated, so I will not use too many images, as it may make my composition look messy and will prevent it from looking aesthetically pleasing.

Another way I could display my work would be to use one or two images, tear them up into small pieces and replace the pieces closely together to create and new image and a new composition. on a few of the pieces teared up I could do a different manual edit, such as overlaying with assitate paper, drawing over the image, writing around the image etc. These would all help me to show my development and help me to show relationships through my work in a more technical way. These two images below show examples of tearing images up and placing two different images together to create one composition. I found these examples on Pinterest.

I could also present my work by cutting the image in half and having one half of the image in black and white and one in colour. This would create a powerful effect and show great digital skill. It would also create an obscure composition that would easily attract a wide audience. I like this technique as it makes it seem as if it is two in one. By cutting half the image and making it black and white, it highlights the top area of the photograph, which is the area of the piece I would like people to focus on. This is because they can then see the guitar instantly, it is then much easier for them to realise that the relationship shown is the relationship between the model holding the guitar, the model next to her and the instrument. By having an image half black and white and half colour, it suggests that some areas of the photograph are more important than others. This also suggests to us that the importance of an image depends on our interpretation.

One of my possible ideas is based on the idea of old fashioned photography. I have used a scanner to scan in a strip of film from an old camera. I will then use this as a stencil and enlarge it. I will put my own photographs into the space where the rectangles are. In the clear squares around the film, I will also fill these spaces with my photographs. I will keep all of my photos in sepia effect to maintain the theme of old fashioned/ vintage style. To add in manual edits I will use bleach to make a stain on some of the pictures. I will do this as it will help to maintain the theme of old fashioned and give it a vintage look. I will also use manual edit techniques such as burning and drawing, to show variety and skill in my work. To present this piece I would place it in a black frame. I would do this as it would stop the composition from being too complicated, it would make the composition much more aesthetically pleasing. I would use similar images, all from my reshoots and from another one of my photoshoots. These two photoshoots link very well and show personal relationships between the model and the photographer/viewer. In both photoshoots the model is dressed as a Teddy boy which will also help to maintain the old fashioned theme. The images will link well together and show variation, but still keep the composition simple and not too complex.

Above shows an example of camera film, which is where this possible idea came from. I found this image on Pinterest.

Photo booth strips...

Manual edits: These images show variations in manual edits that I have done. I can use all of these edits in my final piece. They all show different ways in which I can manually edit my photographs to create different effects and to show skill and differentiation in my work. I have shown techniques such as; Scratching, writing over the top, using assitate paper, burning the image, crumpling up the image and then flattening it out, tea staining an image and bleaching an image. All of these techniques create different effects and allow me to experiment with different ways in which I can manipulate my work. I am going to use some of these ideas in my final piece as I would like to show how different manual edits can create different interpretations on a photograph.

Evaluation I initially wanted to study the theme of personal relationships between different substances and how they can form together to make a new substance. My first photo shoot focused on the process of making a cup of tea. I wanted to do this as I thought it was a good way to present a theme of personal relationships. I felt that it was a good/ different way to show how personal relationships can form together to create a new relationship. I was interested in showing the process of the relationship, which I then took further by showing the process of the relationship of my further photograph. My own ideas began to emerge by researching different artists and photographers who showed the theme of relationships in their work. By looking at different artists and photographers I was able to see different ways in which I can show personal relationships and form ideas of how to emerge these ideas into a final outcome. From my initial research I got the idea of using the tea to create an old vintage style on my final work. I managed to develop the idea of using an old fashioned theme through studying Chris Steele-Perkins, and to develop this theme more I used the idea of tea staining my work to give a more vintage idea. This is an idea I developed from my initial research. Throughout my investigation I was able to sustain the theme of personal relationships and maintain a vintage style to my photographs. I was able to develop my investigation by researching different artists that all showed different personal relationships, most with a vintage style. I wanted to keep researching different artists and photographers so that I could keep getting new ideas on how to develop my theme further and learn more about a professional’s intention with their work. The artists and photographers that I researched included; Chris Steele-Perkins, Jim Marshall, Curtis Mann, Gerhard Richter, Maud Chalard, Henry Fox Talbot, Martin Kilmas, Gordon Matta-Clark and various others. These artists relate to my chosen question as they all show a different way of interpreting personal relationships. In my work I wanted to develop my theme of personal relationships and show how I can show different personal relationships in different ways, while still linking all of the photographs together. These photographers helped me and linked to my question as they all show personal relationships and they showed me different ways in which I can interpret these personal relationships, and which ways look best.

To research into these artists I looked into blogs about them, their personal websites and articles about them. I did this so that I could find out more information about why they have shown what they have in their photographs and who has inspired them to do this etc. I wanted to search this because I felt that it would give me more of an idea on how I should interpret these ideas into my own work and use the inspiration of other artists and photographers wisely. With one of the artists, I looked at a questionnaire they had done, answering questions about whom their inspiration was and why they wanted to be a photographer etc. This was the most useful information as it helped me to understand how professional photographers still use other photographers work as inspiration to help them gain ideas. It also helped me to realise that photography comes more naturally to the brain and our ideas usually work much better done naturally from the mind rather than being put together by lots of different people’s ideas. My artist studies were important to the development of my own ideas as they helped me to learn different ways in which I can interpret the theme of personal relationships. By looking at different photographs and compositions that these photographers and artists had done, I was able to look at how they have shown personal relationships in their work, and therefore think of new ideas as to how I can do this in my own work. They were important to my development as they allowed me to think further as to what more I can do to my work, for example, by studying Curtis Mann, I decided that to give a more old fashioned look to my photographs, I can bleach them, to give a vintage/antique style, which is what I was aiming to do to my photographs. These artists inspired me to come up with much more ideas in my work and I would not have been able to develop my work without the study of these photographers and artists. I was most influenced by Chris Steele-Perkins. Steele-Perkins shows personal relationships between his models and through the photographer and the model. This was most influential to me as it showed me that I can interpret different personal relationships through different people etc. which is exactly what I did. I also liked how he had made his photographs vintage themed and old fashioned, by using ‘The Teds’ and by having all of his photographs in black and white, so I wanted to interpret this into my own photographs, as I really liked the theme of vintage styled photos, along with different types of personal relationships. Below shows the process of the creation of my frame after it had been put together. It started off as a light beach coloured wood with the same colour as the backboard. I then painted the backboard matte black and painted the frame in a varnish to give it an old fashioned effect. This last photograph on the bottom right is the final outcome of my frame and is what I am using in my final piece.

In my work I have experimented with different ideas to see what works best with my work. In my scrapbook I experimented with different manual edits, such as bleach, scratching and burning. I did this to see if it would work for my final piece, as it needed to be practised before-hand, so that I could decide where to do the edit and how it would work best. For example, in my scrapbook I showed scratching using scissors and a compass, however, I found that using a nail file worked much better as it made the scratching seem much more natural and less purposefully done. I also experimented with different uses of digital techniques such as camera raw, Photoshop and scanograms. These all helped me to develop my work as I was then able to see what digital techniques work well and how I can create a vintage style to my photographs, while using very modern technology. In my final work I decided to use many different techniques all including manual and digital techniques. All of the techniques that I used helped me to develop my theme of personal relationships by allowing me to show different ways in which I can interpret them, such as using techniques like scratching, to outline the relationship and make it more visible to the audience. The techniques also allowed me to maintain the vintage styled theme in my work. I can link the use of the bleach to Curtis Mann. He uses bleach and varnish to edit his photographs in a very different ways. I decided to do this to my own work as it shows a vintage style and allows me to link my work to more than one artist. I liked how Mann had used the bleach as it showed a different way in which I could edit my photographs. It showed to be a very successful technique and allowed me to show lots of skill in my work. My experimentations allowed me to develop my own ideas by allowing me to see how the same idea can create different effects by using different objects to create the effects. I was able to develop my theme when experimenting with different techniques as it allowed me to see how different ideas can work to create different effects. I was able to experiment with the same idea and different objects until I had the effect that I wanted. For example, I was able to create a more natural scratching technique from using a nail file, which I discovered when using different objects to see which made the best scratching technique.

Step 1 These images show the starting process of my final piece. The first image shows how I have displayed the images out to decide which images I would like to use for my piece. It shows them as unedited images and shows a pile of photographs that I have chosen to use. I have then layed the images out on my frame with it flat on the table so that I could easily manoeuvre the images to see which layout works best. The top right image shows a close up of a layout idea on the left side of the frame, and the other photograph shows a close up of the layout idea on the right side of the frame. I did a close up on each side so that I could easily show the starting layout that I was planning to go with, so that my later changes are much clearer and more obvious. I like the layout that I have produced here as it shows a good variety of my images and allows me to layer the images so that the more important ones are on the top.

My ideas are relevant to my intentions as they maintain a similar theme throughout my work. From the start I wanted to show the idea of having vintage styled photographs, which I have managed to, maintain throughout my work. I was also able to maintain the idea of personal relationships. I wanted to show different ways in which I could interpret different types of personal relationships in my work. These ideas were relevant as they are shown in my final work very clearly, so I can link all of my work together, throughout my project of relationships. I have reflected on my progress and my work as it has developed my always looking at what I have created and thinking of any new ideas which I can use that still relate to my previous work. I was always open to new ideas and always thinking of how I can develop my work further in order to create the final piece in which I intended to. I wanted to maintain the theme of personal relationships and show different personal relationships in my final piece, which I was able to do and develop during the process of my work by using different manual techniques and by assessing my own work each hour to see if there was anything extra I could do. I selected my chosen idea through researching different ideas using Pinterest. I was able to come up with different ideas which were all very similar to my chosen final idea, until I was able to come up with my chosen idea. I chose this idea as it helped me to maintain the vintage styled theme but also allowed me to show lots of different photographs which all showed different types of personal relationships. It evolved from one of my first ideas of creating an old camera film and showing my images in this… which I then developed when researching this idea on Pinterest as the idea of creating photo booth type images. I wanted a way in which I could show photo booth strips, and so was able to come up with an idea in which I could show all these different images, and so showed all these images using a landscaped frame which I had made myself. I decided to make this frame myself so that I didn’t have to find a frame I had to manipulate my photographs to… I knew exactly what I wanted so I knew exactly what I had to make. I was then able to incorporate the vintage theme into the frame as well, by painting it with varnish to create an old colour. The idea evolved from my original idea of using an old camera film to show my photographs and by researching this idea on Pinterest.

Step 2 This display of images shows how I have planned and layed out which photographs need to go where on my frame. The first two images show that I have decided on a layout of some images and so I have stuck these images down onto the frame. The right hand side photos then show that I have layed out and planned the opposite side of the frame, where it has then been shown that I was able to decide on a layout for this side, and then stick the images down onto the frame. These images created the base layer of the frame and work as a sort of background to the two main images of my final piece. It took a long time in order to get the layout of these photographs correct as they determined whether the rest of my composition looked good or not. I had to get these images in the correct place in order to make sure that they are still seen when the bigger pictures are placed over the top of them.

In my final outcome I was hoping to create a display of photo booth strips and photographs which all showed different types of personal relationships. I wanted to display these images in a messy way to suggest that it was not purposefully done, they had just been laid out naturally. I wanted to keep a theme of vintage styled images and wanted to maintain this idea through the frame as well. I was aiming to place the strips in layered ways so that not all of the strips were always shown. I wanted to show different sizes and different techniques to show skill and variation. I was hoping to place the most important images on top of the other photographs, so that the audience know which are most important to the composition. I was aiming to use just black and white and sepia effects on my photographs to make them more relatable to an old fashioned theme. I was hoping to create a natural display of old fashioned photographs which all link together in that they all show different personal relationships, while also showing different manual and digital techniques to my work. This did work as I was able to create the exact piece that I was hoping to. It worked very well and I was able to display the images that I was hoping to and was able to show the different techniques which I had done. My composition shows a clear theme of old fashioned photographs and also shows a clear theme of personal relationships, which suggests that my work developed well and I resulted in the composition in which I was hoping to create. My ideas have evolved over time as they have gradually developed into different layouts and different ways in which I can show the relationships. All of the different ideas link to my final idea which shows a development in my work as it shows that from the offset, I had the same idea for the end of this project, which enables me to show that I have developed my work very well into my final composition. The most important influences in my work have been my artist research. This is because I was able to come up with new ideas in how I could represent different personal relationships and how I could develop my work further by seeing how personal relationships have been shown previously. Pinterest has also been an important influence on my work as it has allowed me to research into more ideas and allowed to come up with ideas in which I can show and develop my work into my final composition. This work reflects my interests as a photographer as I like showing different emotions and feelings in my work, usually using people. I am interested in the use of photographing huge events and little events and love showing different messages through my work without having anything written. I like the idea of having unanswered questions to my work, as everyone sees compositions differently, I want to be able to put these ideas together and show that there is no right or wrong answer, it is just how you yourself interpret the work. I see the world as a beautiful thing that has so many different possessions in which all can be shown through photography. I like being able to capture different possessions of the world and showing this to the rest of the world that were oblivious to it beforehand. Showing these things in a different light and showing how the click of a button can capture something so powerful and emotional is what I am most interested in. My work reflects my interests as a photographer as I have shown different possessions of the world and shown moments that are often thought of as nothing, and highlighted them to show their importance. I want people to be able to look at my work and see the importance of the different relationships we can have between different people and different objects. In my work I have tried to show the importance of different relationships and shown how they can affect us, however, the interpretation of the viewer is the most important aspect of my work.

Step 3 These two images show my final layout idea for my final piece, before I had stuck the final images down. I changed my layout idea as before I was going to have the images going from the top of the frame to finish behind the frame, however, I found that by having one of them just dropping without being stuck at the bottom, and the other being stuck to the bottom end of the frame, it made a much more effective look to the final piece. It made it more effective as it showed that those are the most important pictures as they start on the frame, so they stand out much more. It also helps that they have been placed in the centre of the frame, so that they are the first thing that the audience look at when they see the composition. I then showed a close up image of my final layout so that the manual techniques of my photographs were much more visible to see. The close up images shows the layout clearer and so we can see the layout of my final outcome.

Step 4 All of these images show my final piece outcome. I was able to finish my final piece 3 hours before the exam was over. I have shown the piece with different angles so that you can see the different photographs that have been shown in my final piece more clearly. In my final outcome we can see that when creating the manual edits, I was able to highlight the theme of relationships, for example, in the bleached photographs of the older couple, I was able to create an effect with bleach that made it seem as if there is chemistry and a spark between the couple. This immediately shows the audience that there is a strong chemistry between the two models and so we subconsciously understand that the theme of the final piece, is personal relationships. To make sure that my photographs were able to stick onto the wooden frame, I used a wood advocate. This meant that my photographs would stick firmly to the frame so that I did not have to worry about them falling off at any jolty movements. For the smaller images, I was able to stick them on with just glue, as they were not as heavy and there was less power needed in order to stick the images down. My final outcome is shown in the image above. We can see the changes that I have made throughout the exam, such as moving images around slightly, changing the angles of images and sticking pieces of old camera film onto the frame to make sure the old fashioned/ vintage style is still maintained and clear to the audience. Photography each huge step in the exam enabled me to see what changes had been made and allowed me to show how my ideas developed in my work throughout the 8 hour period.

My Final Outcome