COLOUR AND WORD FINAL IMAGES

 After having retaking some of the images for assignment one here are my final images...

RED TEXTURE

I have chosen this image as it shows the cotton texture of the tennis ball left outside. There is also mud on the ball which adds to this quality. There is plenty of natural light in the image as it has been taken outside.

RED PATTERN

In this image the use of natural light has helped the image become successful, there is some slight shadow around one of the cushions. 

RED VISCERAL

From the dramatic colours of red and black in this image we get an idea of strong emotion. The colours in the image also make it rather dramatic. There is a lot of strength coming from the eye that is showing in this image, it connects with the viewer. The light used in the image is natural from a nearby window, hence their being strong black areas on the right. It reminds me of side lighting in a studio. 

PATTERN

The rope around the chime and also the background that has been blurred due to the aperture/ depth of field forms patterns in the image. There is also a strong sense of texture in the image coming from the main object on view.

TEXTURE

Here I used a small depth of field to concentrate on the textural qualities of the moss that circles the birdbath. There is also grainy texture on the actual bath.

MEMORY

Again using a small depth of field, I have chosen this image due to the words being faded out. The effect of this is it being like the person reading or has written the book has a fading memory.

GARGANTUAN

The perspective of this makes the watering can seem a lot bigger than it actually is in front of the rest of the garden.

WATER

I love the water droplets on this flower. This image could also relate to my colour swatch but I hadn't chose this word to relate to the colour.

FINAL IMAGE FOR WINTER BRIEF

 Here is my final image that I have been working to achieve...

I have chosen this image because...

• The isolation of branches links with death which winter is associated with because nature dies out particularly the trees and it is the end of the tree.
• The branches cropped like this look like barbed wires again linking with death
• The sky is without clouds or sunshine, which is often the case in this season
• There is contrast between man made and nature because the electrical wires running through the branches
• There is very few leaves in the image which I had a problem with at the start of the brief because I was photographing in autumn

CROPPING IMAGES

In the previous season images I didn't do much editing like cropping. In the feedback I received on the images the words isolation and creepiness kept being repeated. They also recommended cropping some of the images for the final winter image needed. Here are some images I have cropped with its original, I have done this using lightroom software...

In the crop of this image, it is quite busier with branches and also leaves than the next two. The amount of leaves could take it away from being a winter image. I have used the multiple exposure image because it displays the passing of time which is closely associated with winter. There is also a kind of stillness in the isolation of the branches. There is also a contrast between man made and natural components in the image. There are electicity cables running through the image which slightly act as a divide. The sky in the image is also one colour, often in winter there is no clouds or sun in the sky, so this works on this level.

The more see able branches in this crop remind me of barbed wire, linking the season of winter with death. I have used a small opacity with the other photo in the crop, to create a pattern feel.

SEASON SECOND ATTEMPT

Having received feedback on my last images for winter, I have decided to concentrate more on the branches and multiple exposure...

So here are my second outcomes...

In this image I used two images. The faded tree coming in the composition from the right has a small opacity. Trees without leaves invoke isolation. I like the fact electricity cables come across the image, it adds a slight divide. There is a contrast with man made and natural components.

The faded tree in this image acts as a pattern in the background. Again I like the cables that direct our eyes across the composition.

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I think the more darker tree in this image has a little too many leaves on it, it takes it away from being winter like.

I have used a tree with berries on in the more faded exposure as they are closely connected to the season, it adds a different shape form to the multiple exposure.

I have cropped this image to make the branch that comes in from the centre on the right centred and dominant. The shape of this branch is really strong and quite creepy.

FEEDBACK

On Wednesday we got feedback for our starting images of our given season. 

Here is what was said on the images...

In this left image I made it more blue/ green on Photoshop, I was told that I needed to limit this to make it look a little more realistic, and increase the contrast. I will therefore reverse this back again and compare.

In the image I have reversed the colour change and also cropped a bit of the left side, so that no blue sky is showing, as this diverts the image form being winter- like.

In this image the feedback I was given was that the sillhoette look was good, however my season was autumn so there are too many leaves still on the trees, I will reshoot similar images when there are less leaves in around a week. The whiteness of the sky this image runs well with the season of winter, as normally there are no clouds. 

In this image I will crop the bottom of the image off, so that there is no green grass in the left hand corner, this diverts the image into being autumnal.

Here is the cropped image...

In this image, they said the whiteness around the evergreen branches look as if a layer has fallen on top, however this was only light coming from the right hand side. 

I will create some more photographs soon that will have the feedback in mind...

WINTER FIRST IMAGES

In the following images I have tried to capture the isolation of tree branches at this time of the year. I have used some objects that are associated with winter as well , for example wellies. I have used different techniques which I will describe under each image.

In this image I photographed a fir tree, a tree closely associated with winter, to make it look more cold I changed the colour balance to make it more blue. 

Multiple exposure using Photoshop...

In the following  images I have done multiple exposures, it acts a bit like a previous exposure experiment in the studio but you combine separate images together.

In this image I combined two images of tree branches taken upwards towards the sky, it has created a pattern effect.

On the fence it looks as if a small layer of snow has formed on it, however this isn't the case it is just the light shining onto it. On top of that image I added a smaller image of fir tree branches and holly. 

In this image I have photographed wellies which are closely connected to the season, on top is an isolated tree trunk.

The way I have photographed these tree branches makes them look as if they are only silhouettes. There is some level of creepiness in the way the branches come in from the top.

I have combined two perspectives of an evergreen tree in this image, the most dominant exposure we can see is of the actual tree outside. The faded image that appears more at the back is a scaned image of one branch from the same tree. 

Scanning to create photographs...

I have used my scanner to create an image of one fir tree branch. I have combined this image with images I have taken outside.

ASSIGNMENT 2 COLOUR AND SEASON

OVERVIEW...

In this assignment I am requested to look closer and considercolour within your everyday enviroment. I will consider the signficance of colour and its ability to purvey meaning. We were split into 3 seasons, I was given winter.

When I consider the season winter I think of ...

Coldness

Frailty

Death

Christmas

The passage of time

Whites

Snow

Isolation

I think as a starting point I will consider the idea of death. In the natural landscape an example of something coming to its end or 'dying' is trees, leaves fall off leaving frail branches isolated. I will be focusing on this idea.

As it is autumn the leaves are starting to fall off but not fully isolated, so I will capture this to start with then hopefully capture fully isolated branches in the next few weeks.

RESEARCH...

To help me with starting this assignment I have found the following photographers that photograph a simalar concept.

UTA BARTH

Uta Barth has used photography to play around with depth of field and focus as we can see in one of the images.

She also does quite a few photographs of frail isolated branches, which I want to cosider for my landscape photographs.

In this image there is 3 images linked together in a sequence of empty branches. When I see these images I consider emptiness and the end of autumn beginning of winter.

In these images she has used numorous canvas' of tree branches, in the first image she has blocked out one canvas with the colour yellow this may be done to have created a sort of mood she wanted the viewer to have. In the second she has used yellow again but turned the branches the colour.

In this image Barth has played with the focus of her camera. There is a passing car with their lights on, the time the picture seems to have been taken is just as it was about to get dark. This gives us an idea of coldness in its self. When car lights appear like this it is often raining also giving us an of bad weather.

JITKA HANZLOVA...

  

 





In the images Hazlova has focused on the trunks of the trees, unlike Barth focusing on the actual branches. In three of them snow is existent which really coincides with the season winter. The one on the bottom right has light shining through.

I got further inspiration from this website ...

http://www.thephotoargus.com/inspiration/30-magical-examples-of-tree-photography-for-your-inspiration/

I particularly like these images...

Kregon

Jody Miller

Gary McParland

SUSAN DERGES...

 In these images of Susan Derges she uses isolated branches on water/ rivers to create a sense of delicacy. She uses photographic paper and the aid of moonlight and a flashgun to expose twigs and branches onto the paper. Looking at these images I may try taking images that involve water and reflection.

These images remind me of winter as there is no leaves, and the colours incuding our quite cold, the moonlight in the image adds to this effect.