Final Project

These are my three final images up on the wall. I think the placement in the exhibition is good, because you see them as soon as you walk in the door, which is good, and I feel that printing them A1 works really well because it makes that have more impact, than if I had done them A3, I also think that the quality of the prints are excellent and really brings out all of the detail in the images. The title also works really well and finishes of the images and gives more of an idea of what the images are about.

I have also got my website and business cards on the table in font of my work which looks good as well and is a good opportunity for me to show of my portfolio, and with the business cards it's good practice for when I'm at university and have to do it my self, I will be able to refer back to these.

I have hear some positive feed back from people going around the exhibition, mentioning, that they look very dramatic and have impact, and that there a strong set of images, I have also had people taking some business cards, and looking at my website. So petty successful

past week

This week I have been working on my portfolio and getting my images to gather and printing and putting them into my portfolio, I have also possessed my film for fiji and started idea development for that, but mostly I have been working on my portfolio.

more artists

Since the last post of artist and research that I had done, I have researched one more artist to put into my power point and he is Wolfgang Tillmans I researched him because of his use of colour and dropping into water to create spirals a swirls of colour in the water, so that's something I'm interested in try to recreate with my images.
We have also looked at to documentary photographers witch are Steve McCurry who dose a lot of photographing in India photographing the people and the culture, his work has been used by the national geographic and other high end magazines, and then we looked at Chris Rainier's who photographed tribal people and used some interesting techniques to create move ment in his images witch created strikes of light and colour, he has also done normal images and worked in balck and wight, his work has also been shown in national geographic and in magazines like Time.

Resent work Fujifilm

For this project I started of by researching two other winners of the fujifilm competitions they are Clelia Maumene and Amanda Richardson I picked these two because I particularly liked there work there use of contrast and lighting and colour and also the use of photograms, I also researched Robert mapplethorpe because I was considering wether I could do portraits for this project and I like his work because of the composition and contrast on in his images.
I researched Richard Mosse witch gave me my frist idea. I researched him because of looking in a book called INFRA, witch is a seriers of war image taken on a infrared film witch picks up serrate light and terns some things pink, I researched this because of how the technic add a contrast between the nice pink of the tress and the desalit ground that's been blowen up by war, this is why I picked his work because I like how it looks with the pink I like how that makes the images look and how it's not just about photographing the really bad horrible part of war but he's giving some kind of contrast witch makes the image have more impact. this work gave me my first idea because I was thinking about how games could be seen as a escape from general life and how if I could show a representation of real life against a game it could work, and then finally my second idea came from a TV show called Heros were serrate people have powers, and I remembered one who had a power that was kind of like colour synesthesia where playing an instrument makes the colours have impacts on the real world, I plan on going with my second idea because it's more interesting to me than my first, to do it I plan of using waters and some sort of ink of paint to create a similar kind of effect.

universiys

1) University of Cumbria

    Entry requirements Distinction, Merit, Merit

    Corse code W641

I chose this university because from what I read it 

helps develop independent thinking and working in

 a creative way on location and in the studio,

 and also works on your critical thinking

2)University of Chester

   Entry requirements A minimum of 240-280 UCAS points 

   BTEC National Diploma/Certificate (Art & Design): merit/distinction profile

  Chester sounds like a good course because it helps develop

  independent skills and looks at different skill styles, and 

also looks into dark room technics.

 3)Swansea Met 

   Entry Requirements BTEC National Diploma in

 a relevant subject, with minimum grades of Merit,

 Swansea mets Couse sounds interesting because 

it helps develop all the usale things that you would want

to learn about, but also get's you working on 

 professional from the start of the course.

4)University of Huddersfield

Entry requirements DMM – DDM BTEC National equivalent of 300 points

Course code W640

Trip Review

Trip Review

London Trip

Positives
 I feel the parts of the trip that went well where they exhibition at the portrait gallery I found that really interesting and feel that the works there where good and inspiring, and I will probably get the book with all the winners in for personal use. I also thin the time had to go around London a little bit was good and it gave use time to see some of the capital and go where we wanted to, witch happened to be M&M world.

Negatives
 The amount of time spent traveling was much to long considering last time we set of at about the same time and arrived for about half 12 to one, weather it took use that much longer because the fair was in a different place or the rout the drivers took or traffic I don't no. Other than that it wasn't to bad


Gallery trip

Positives
 I feel that this trip was very useful because and informative because we actually got to talk to the photographer that had taken the images and get a different point of view from our teachers, also from what he was saying showed that to get any where in photography you have to work had and have late nights and long hours to achieve, I also felt that his work was good. And I don't think there are any negatives because it was interesting and we didn't spend hours on a bus.

Final image/evaluation

For this assignment we had to produce one image that shows what I think of when I think about family.
  To begin with I was just going to do one item but then decided that it didn't really show what I needed it to, so I added an item for each family member and decided to try and show there main occupation, so for my Dad I have put a camera on because he's photographer, then for my Mum I have put money on because she works with money and in administration, then for my sister I used the paint brush and the colored cloth to represent art, then for my brother I used a graphics pen and a game to try and show that he's studying in games design.
  I think the style I have done this image in is good, and personally I really like David Hockney's images, but I do think it's a hard thing to get right and to make look really good, I think I have done alright at it but I don't think it's the best image I have ever done for an assignment, but it was Worth trying just for the experience in doing it, I have tried to do it ones or twice before but never taken much time over it but this time I feel that I have given it a good go.
  If I was to do this assignment again I wouldn't do it in the same style, even thought I like it I feel that it's not the right style for me.

quick assignment

For this assignment we need to photograph family, not persificaly a family member we can express what family means to use in a abstract way, so for this I am going to photograph artist materials because all of my family members have done art at some time and it's something I think of when I think of family so I'm going to artist materials like paint brushes or cameras. I'm going to do this in the style of David Hokny but I'm also going to try and add a little bit of something different in there to make it more independent, so I'm going to try and make it look more reall than hkney dose it, to do this I am going to ether use my macro exstetion tubs if I can get enough depther of fild, or my 55mm and if that dosn't get in close enough I'll try my 18-55mm lens, I'll also have to use a tripod to do this because I'll proably get shake while using my macro.

Swansea, three-year BA (Hons) programme

I have looked at several different universities and have decided that Swansea Metropolitans is the one that sounds most interesting at this point in time, because I'm unsure about what I want to go into a hundred persent, from what I read it sounds like this course is designed to develop the students photographic skills and develop, and explore and develop creative skills, and also develop skills in the area you think you want to go into when you finish university.
They also have visiting lectures from other universities that do more that just photography, they have editors and curators to help you get contacts and under stand how photography interacts with the different areas of the industries.
the university also encourages the students to start working in on external projects, where you have to find a client to work with, the tutors will also help you with getting into this area and also help you with contracts and coasting as well as the creative side of the work, and they also help develop marketing and self promotion.

The entry requirements for this course is a National Diploma in a relevant subject, with minimum grades of Merit witch is 240 uCAS points.

Jobs

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Must haves:

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inspiration

  This is the film poster for The Good The Bad and The Ugly, and it also the cover for the DVD box set, I have chosen this image because it is one of my favorit films, and I have all ways liked western style of films or films set back around that time like Zulu witch isn't set quite back that far but is still around time frame.

  This image is a good poster for the film because it's got the three main roles on it with the good at the front then the bad and the ugly at the back, this lay out works well for the poster because you want the mane person at the front and the secondary caricatures at the back, if they had changed the lay out it could have made the poster confessing and not as obvious to who evers is looking at as to who was the main role and the good guy which is what film posters are designed to do.

   technically wise this image works well because of the composition of the image with the main role at the very front of the fram and filling it but a little to the right then you have the other two main roles just to the back left behind the main focus of the image, this lay out also works well for the lay out of the text on the image  with it being on his chest, if he was lower then the text would't have fitted in with out covering his face a bit witch would have ruined the image.

  I also think that the white back ground works best for this because if they had used perhaps a western style back drop say in the desert or in a town it would have distracted you from the main focus of the image and would have made it have less impacte on the viewer, and the white back drop keeps it clear and doesn't clutter the back ground up with visual distractions.

  The lighting of the image works well because these no strong shadows on the face and it's pretty evenly lit but then more dynamic lighting comes in further down the image and on the other two people in the image, also the contraste between the peson at the front and the two at the back adds to the hole The Good The Bad and The Ugly feel of the image because the lighting and out fit for the person at the front makes him look brighter where as the two at the bak are dressed in darker clothes and theres less lighting making them look more menacing. The angel of the image also works well being face one to the main subject, if it had been to one side i feel it would have made the image have less impact on the viewer.
 
 To do this image they used a studio for the white back drop, because of how old the fim is it was done on ether a 35mm film camera and maybe even a medium format camer for the quality for the posters, the camer would would have been placed in front of him on a tripod most probably, lens wise I'm not sure maybe a 50mm lens I'm not sure what lenses you can get for medium format cameras, lighting there was probably a soft box just to the right of him then they used the over spilling light to light the back two people, then to make sure the the front guy is evenly lit a reflector would have been used, he dose also have a well tanned and slightly gold look about him that could be natural or they used a gold cover for the reflector to give him a tanned look.

   If I were do do this image I mite consider using film to get and old look or and DSLR, I would use a film with a higher ISO or put it up on my digital camera to add a bit of grain in there, I woud use a white back drop because it works really well but I probably would experiment with different back drops, I would use a 50mm lens so I could get all the people in then if've I needed I could just crop it down, then I would try the lighting that I suggested they used for the original just to see how close I was then I would also try out some different lighting angels for different styles, I would also try some different angels with the camera to just to see if anything else works or if what they used is the best angels to use.
 

final images

   For this assignment we were asked to take travel photography images from the place were we went, one of them place was Llandudno and I feel that I got my best images from there.
   I have chosen these three for my final images because I feel they were the best out of all of them, I took the first one inside the car when we had just parked, and where looking out over the sea and were eating the bacon and cheese sandwiches, I feel this works for travel photography because it shows the travelling aspect of travel instead of just where you're going to end up.
  The second image I took down on a little jetty type thing looking over at the pier, This image works for travel because Llandudno pier is quite well known and is recognisable, and I also think that the rocks in the fore ground helps add depth to the image.
   Then my last image I took whilst on the pier and is looking over at the Little Orme across the bay, I feel this one works for travel because it's a good image of the sea side, and also because it's the Little Orme could be used to advertise Llandudno
    

contact sheets

 Theses images where taken at crick castle,, and are for my summer assignment, which is travel photography, not all of these images are will work for that area because they don't show where they where taken, but some of them look all right and with a little editing will be ok.

 These images are from Chester some of these could work well for the assignment, because they show the town more. but I'm not sure if they show the town well enough to make it recognisable.

 These images where taken in Lichfield, when there was a fair on, I don't think any of these images will work for the assignment because they aren't recognisable for the location and don't really show anything to do with travelling  

 These images are from Llandudno and some of these will work for the assignment because you can tell it's Llandudno because of the pier, and the grate orme, which I feel I have got some good images of and I also got some of the promenade.

 

 These images where taken at Lyme Park some of the images of the house  could work if I'm allowed to use them with it being a national trust propertie,  and I also got some around the park area which I think mite work as generic landscapy style images.

 

 these images are from kedleston hall, all the images inside the house I wont be able to use because it's got nothing to to with travel, some of the image I took whilst in the gardens mite work but I don't think that there the best images  I could use out of all the image I've taken.

Summer assignment, Inro/research

For this assignment we will be taking images for a travel photography competition, The locations for our shots are up to use because it's the place we'll go over our summer, and we can take them in out own creative style to capture the essence of the place we are photographing, We have to produce 3 final images taken on digital and in colour for submitting to the competition, and we need 220 digital images in contact sheets as well. I don't know exactly what locations I'm going to be doing yet, I know one is of  the Lichfield, and I think I'll be doing some around the peek district.

For this assignment I have researched Ernst Haas because I think his style of photography is interesting, because it looks at the subject with different angels and perspectives of things, making them more eye catching and interesting to look at than if he'd just taken the image from a normal angel.

staffordshire university graduates, photographic stlyes I like

Ian Hilditch
He did a large body of work looking at objects close up like wood, or frozen puddles, which I found really interesting, and more eye catching then any of the other photographers I had seen because you had to look at it to figure out what it was and in some ways it's abstract because you can't tell what it is straight a way and you have to actually study the image to find out what it is. I would be interested to go into this style of photography, because I am really interested in trying to photograph things close up ether using macro or, just a 50mm lens, and I enjoy looking at things to try and find interesting parts to photograph,
Also Cerian Chandlers work has a style to it which I like, she did Lot's of images in and around parks, when it was foggy and there was dramatic lighting and had some interesting angles to this images, I feel that this is a good style of work because it's more interesting than say just an image taken in the wood with out interesting lighting and no fog, I also like trying to get images that have more of a decorative look and feel to them more than images that are usable for stock sites like Alamy. Also the style of work Cerian Chandler, and Ian Hilditch have is more of a simple style instead of trying to photograph every thing that's happening they concentrate on one little bit and focus on a detailed part of an object.