Dear Examiner,
Though I tried many different ways of printing them, some of my final pieces are not how I would like them to look in terms of their colour. A true reflection of what they should look like can be found on my blog in the powerpoint of my best work.
Kind regards,
Kate-Anna Smith
Tuesday 27 May 2014
Monday 26 May 2014
Photo Shoot 9: Distorted
Plans for the shoot
Looking at my personal project I have found myself very inspired looking at photographs that distort the human body. With my project being 'representation of the human figure' I thought it would be interesting to distort the human figure and look at in a more unnatural state.
I have really enjoyed exploring and using the liquefy tool in this project and think I have become rather good a using it. With this, I thought this would be a great way to distort the body/ face.
I want to make this shoot fun, weird and interesting, therefore I am going to be ensuring that I photograph an array of different expressions and poses.
Shoot evaluation
I am pleasantly surprised with this shoot and I am really happy with the overall piece that I created. After editing a couple of the shots I thought it would look really good to present it a multiple imagery piece - this is what I created.
I had lot of fun with this shoot and happy with the result. I think I got really visually interesting shots that amusing for the viewer to look at. I enjoyed shooting this and I think this shoot has developed my style further more and highlighted another area of my maturing style in which I enjoy and can expand upon.
Looking at my personal project I have found myself very inspired looking at photographs that distort the human body. With my project being 'representation of the human figure' I thought it would be interesting to distort the human figure and look at in a more unnatural state.
I have really enjoyed exploring and using the liquefy tool in this project and think I have become rather good a using it. With this, I thought this would be a great way to distort the body/ face.
I want to make this shoot fun, weird and interesting, therefore I am going to be ensuring that I photograph an array of different expressions and poses.
Shoot evaluation
I am pleasantly surprised with this shoot and I am really happy with the overall piece that I created. After editing a couple of the shots I thought it would look really good to present it a multiple imagery piece - this is what I created.
Photo Shoot 8: Doll Face
Plans for the shoot
In today's shoot I am going to be looking at the shoot I did previously where I photographed a mannequin and gave it a human face. I wasn't really happy with how this shoot turned out and therefore I thought I'd try doing something similar to see if I like the effect more.
I found these dolls called 'Beanie Babies' I had from when I was a child and decided I would try to put my face on one of them. I though this would work better as I found the face looked "too much" and "too made-up" for the blank mannequin. This differs to the doll faces which actually have more human features and therefore this should blend in better.
I am planning on using a blank background to photograph the dolls on so they stand out well (also because they have so much colour on them, themselves).
I will again need to think about keeping the lighting and the focal length on the camera the same when shooting myself and the dolls so that nothing ends up looking distorted or out of place.
Shoot evaluation
I feel better how the shoot went today in comparison to the shoot with the mannequin the other day. I think everything has blended better and that the placement of the face has worked better too and doesn't look out of place so much.
Although I don't think this is one of my best pieces of work, this is a nice variation in my portfolio of work and I think it has opened my creative mind more to experiment more with my work.
In today's shoot I am going to be looking at the shoot I did previously where I photographed a mannequin and gave it a human face. I wasn't really happy with how this shoot turned out and therefore I thought I'd try doing something similar to see if I like the effect more.
I found these dolls called 'Beanie Babies' I had from when I was a child and decided I would try to put my face on one of them. I though this would work better as I found the face looked "too much" and "too made-up" for the blank mannequin. This differs to the doll faces which actually have more human features and therefore this should blend in better.
I am planning on using a blank background to photograph the dolls on so they stand out well (also because they have so much colour on them, themselves).
I will again need to think about keeping the lighting and the focal length on the camera the same when shooting myself and the dolls so that nothing ends up looking distorted or out of place.
Shoot evaluation
I feel better how the shoot went today in comparison to the shoot with the mannequin the other day. I think everything has blended better and that the placement of the face has worked better too and doesn't look out of place so much.
Although I don't think this is one of my best pieces of work, this is a nice variation in my portfolio of work and I think it has opened my creative mind more to experiment more with my work.
I am happier with how this shoot went today and I think experimenting with my style of work now will help me improve as a photographer and establish my style more.
Photo Shoot 7: Mannequin
Plans for the shoot
I am going to be doing something different in today's photo shoot after the last one planned really did not go well! After having a bad allergic reaction to some of the makeup that I was using I decided to try out something that didn't involve such an extensive look. I am planning on photographing myself as usual only looking more 'normal' and then I am going to photograph an art mannequin. Afterwards, I want to manipulate the photos in Photoshop and make it look as if my face is on the head of the mannequin.
I will want to use a dark background for this shoot like black so the mannequin stands out well against it.
I am going to need to keep things like the lighting and the focal length of the camera the same when shooting myself and mannequin so nothing ends up looking distorted out of place. This way the end photo will look as seamless as possible.
Shoot evaluation
I'm not really happy with how the shoot went today nor the final photo that I have ended up with. I definitely think that over the last two years I have developed a style within my photography work that I love to create and photograph - I found this shoot boring and hate the final photo. Nevertheless though I think doing a shoot like this has confirmed my maturing style and allowed me to try something new even if I wasn't happy with it.
I did however get a good chance to look at my Photoshop skills in this shoot and I am happy with how I was able to blend the face out evenly to make it look as flawless as possible in terms of editing it in place.
Overall, I am happy that I tried something new in photography today but I think I am better suited to the kind of work I was producing before where I was able to really 'create' everything in the photo in terms of the makeup and the photography. I think I may look at extending this shoot trying it out on a doll - I feel my facial features are more doll, especially when I emphasise everything with makeup. As this is a plain mannequin a more plain, less made up version of myself may have looked better.
Friday 23 May 2014
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