L3 Photography UAL Alex

Digital Finals These photos have all been taken at Canary wharf to resemble Joel Tjintjelaars series "looking up". to make these recreations as similar as possible i enhanced the vignetting and also increased contrast and exposure. All four photos were taken in raw format so that their is a lot more accessible to compile the photos.  This photo was taken of a block of flats up near south quay DLR  station. what I particularly  like most about this photo is that there is a lot of detail coming from the glass balcony. the reason for this is due to the fact that i shot this photo using a 50mm lens which is able to gather more detail.  This is one of the more symmetrical photos that I had taken. to take this photo I switched lenses to a 10-18mm so I could capture as much of the building as I can. I also incorporated the rule of thirds ratio so that the top horizontal line was inline with the top of the building. there was minimal lighting for this photo as it was

Motion Blur In the lesson today we learnt how to blur sections of a photo so that the image will show motion. In this case I used a photo that I had taken of my friend throwing an American football. The first part of the process was to duplicate the layer. Then I used the  blur tool which can be found underneath the filter icon.  The blur tool allowed me to blur sections of the image and also dictate the direction.  When the blurring was complete I erased the ball on the top layer so that it revealed the blurred version underneath. 

Photogram finals For my photogram finals I linked both images back to Brittany Wright's work where she takes photos of food from above. These were the results. This was the first photogram I made using polo mints. I created this by placing the polos over a sheet of glass in a line and then I slid the light sensitive paper underneath. The exposure for this photogram was 10 seconds at grade 3. I think that overall this is a very basic photogram however, it links back to Brittany Wright and it also has a part to play in my order project. This photogram is slightly different to the first, due to the fact that the sweets I used were wine gums.  I thought the image would look interesting as a photogram because the sweets are opaque. Looking at the photogram I'm really pleased how it's developed, because the light is travelling through the sweets and this is reflective in the image. The photogram was also exposed for 10 seconds at grade 3.

Pinhole Finals For my pinhole final pieces I have changed them from a negative to a positive in the darkroom manually.(not in Photoshop).  Both these photos also link to Joel Tjintjelaar's work as they have been taken pointing up at buildings trying to recreate Joel's series "looking up". This is the first pinhole I've done for my finals. on the day of this shoot the weather was quite gloomy and I therefore needed to expose the photographic paper for around 90 seconds. In order to expose the image for the correct amount of time I used my mobile phone stop watch to make sure I didn't over expose or under expose the paper. I also had to try and keep the box as still as possible because I was getting some blurry results. To keep the box still, I lent the box against the bench to get the angle I wanted and to keep it steady.  You can clearly see the sharp corner of the building on the right of the photo which I think looks very striking, as it sta

Film Photos in Sketchbook Over the weekend I have been experimenting with film and trying to take light trail exposures. My initial thought of light trails using film was that it wouldn't work. However, I did manage to get some good shots. Taking the photos was a lot of trial and error, as I wasn't able to take a test shot, as I wouldn't be able to see the photo until I developed it. I  overcame this by taking a test shot on my dslr and using the same settings on the film camera. This is one of the photos I've taken from my sketchbook to write up about. I think that the composition has been well thought of, as the brick wall on the left, the light trail and the metal railings all leads to the far left of the photo. This shows that I've incorporated leading lines. The photo was taken at F20 with an 8'' shutter speed. One thing that I could have improved, is to alter the shutter speed, lighty faster, so there was less time for the lights to expand

Brittany Wright Brittany Wright is a food photographer, based in San Diego, California. I decided to research this photographer as I came across some of her work and thought that it would be good to recreate this for my order project. Her photos show pieces of food laid out next to each other in order of colour, which creates photos that are really satisfying to look at. She says that "I see food as art, and an opportunity". For example this photo is one of Brittany Wright's images. The reason why I like this photo is because the grapes are lined up which shows order. but more importantly it has a colourful pattern that goes from light to dark. In order to create similar images I am going to use some sweets or mints that you can see light through and place them in a similar structure to Brittany Wright. To take this further I am going to create the same image in the darkroom to experiment with photograms and hopefully I will get some good results.

Multiplicity In the lesson we were taught how to create a multiplicity image. In order to do this we had to use a tripod so that the background would stay the same every time we took a photo. I decided that I wanted to get a shot that shows movement. I set a fast shutter speed of 1/4000. After taking the photos i edited them in photoshop. the way i edited the photos is by firstly stacking all 4 photos and then i clicked on the layer bar and changed the drop down from "normal" to "overlay".  I repeated this process another three times until I had the complete image. To finish off the edit I made the image black and white and increased the contrast to give the subjects more detail.

Film Finals These are the four film photos that I have taken for my order project. They all link to Joel Tjintjelaar's work as they are all taken whilst pointing the camera upwards. I also used a grade 4 which is Y0 and M130 on the enlarger so that the photos would display lots of contrast.  This is the first photo I took when I was doing my shoot. I think that the distinct outline of another building's shadow on the left makes the photo eye catching. I set the aperture to F10 so that it could capture as much detail as possible. You can tell that the image has captured detail because you can see the intricate lines going up the building. I also believe that the composition for this photo was well positioned as the photo is evenly balanced and contains the rule of thirds ratio. This photo was taken at Liverpool street station. What I like most about this photo is that I dialled in a very fast shutter speed, so there is no detail in the walls, it just looks complete

Joel Tjintelaar Joel Tjintelaar is an international award winning black and white photographer. I really like his work because of his architectural images.they are very pleasing to look at due to the symmetry within the photographs. After scrolling through his series called "looking up". i quickly realized that i am able to create very similar photographs. the way in which i will pursue this is by going to a variety of different buildings in and around london, trying to capture the symmetrical look from each structure.  How will i link this to joel Tjintelaars work? The key things i've noticed that i will need to include in the preparation to take my photos is composition. the main ratio used in Tjintelaar's work is the rule of thirds. to make sure that my photos will contain this particular ratio i will use live view on my camera which will  displays the vertical and horizontal lines on the screen. After the shoot, the most crucial part in order to get a simil