Final Pieces

These are my 2 final pieces that I made. I really liked my outcome of this as I used a film camera for both of these images. I like the colours, how earthy toned they are and how they link to my theme of nature as the settings I have used is the forest. I have incorporated a model as a subject to break up the scene to draw your eye to a specific location in the frame. I like how the subject is obscured by a naturally occurring light leak within the film camera, which happened by accident, however I really found the outcome successful as it lined up perfectly with the subject, making it look mysterious.

This picture I also found successful as the photograph is candid as he didn't know I was taking the picture. I really like the colour scheme of dark and light greens and browns from the environment. I added a lens flare on the bottom left for emphasis and put this into Photoshop to create a double exposure effect in the background. I also like how the subject is central on the canvas making him the main focus. 

Experimentation

For this photo I adjusted the levels to create more contrast and it really picks up the deep tones on the bark. I then applied a a photo filter, orange tinted, to create a subtle sepia effect. I also cropped it slightly to make the twigs more focused upon. 

Contact Sheets

I felt this photoshoot was very successful as the weather was slightly gloomy, I was able to achieve a gritty and dark theme due to the weather.

Mock experimentation

Here is my original photo of a nature shoot I have taken in a forest. I then took this into Photoshop and experimented with the saturation and the levels. This instantly gave the trees life and instantly changes the season, because the colours are so vidid and fresh.I like the use of lines in this photo as the trees are in rows, this makes the trees seem like they are never ending.

I then edited this further by using selective colouring on the red to tone this previous saturation down and make it look more realistic and natural. 

I then edited this photo by rotating the picture and cropping to make it straight. I really liked this outcome as the original involved earthy tones such as browns and greens and appeared perhaps gloomy, however due to making changes into Photoshop with the use of selective colouring, the picture is instantly full of colour really bring out the browns into vivid reds and the green leaves really accentuated to really gives the picture an uplifting mood and changes the season.

Roger Arnall

Emulation - Roger Arnall

This picture is very low saturated which uses earthy grey tones , they are dull yet still appear quite vibrant as it contrasts against the dark background and the mossy floor. Also as we get to the top the image appears black and white but this is done naturally I believe. The Composition in the image can be diced by the rule of thirds. The bottom 3 squares, four together to make the ground that spots out the trees just as it goes into the middle section. The grass fades out in the background, giving it depth and dimension. The final top layer is only trees and we see in the background more trees fading out in the distance. There isn't a main subject within this image The frame setting is portrait so I would have to be aware of this whilst shooting my own. The image has quite a lot of depth as colours blend well together and have shadows. I think i'd have to take this image in medium lighting and perhaps experimenting with flash, this might of been used due to how dark the background becomes. This would mean i'd have to set my ISO to around 800, this is because there is a very mild grain within the image. It doesn't look very noisy but it doesn't look smooth either. Also this ISO would compensate for the lack of light that the trees would allow to enter. The bark detailing on the trees show up really well and are very defined. 

This picture is very saturated which incorporates ranges of greens, which are very repetitive featuring deep shades,and also lighter shades of greens. You can tell where the light is being shone as the centre of the canvas is light. The leaves have been taken close up / zoomed in, and the camera has used a high aperture to keep the whole of the image in focus. The composition in the photo could be split up ''the rule of thirds'',  the bottom third is high contrasted and much lighter, towards the centre, but very dark around the canvas, in comparison to the middle section which is much lighter and the leaf appears white, moving onto the top of the image, the leaves appear much more intense, darker but still much detail was picked up from the camera.

Harris shutter effect

I found this experiment very fun and was successful. I originally got Andy to do 3 different poses.  Placed them into photoshop altogether. I selected the channels and pasted one layer on red, green and blue, I then played with the saturation to gain this effect. 

Analogue Photoshoot

I have done an analogue photo shoot experimenting with a film camera. I liked this shoot as the photos came out with amazing colours and I liked the way I was able to catch the light.