- The main dial is the big circle on the top of the camera, that changes the camera mode, like Aperture,
White Paper Test
In this task we had to compose multiple unique photos using one piece of A4 paper. We were allowed to roll, fold and scrunch the paper as much as we wanted. We shot it on different backgrounds and used torches as studio lights to create shadow and we also tried using different effects with translucent coloured plastic. We had a lot of freedom in this task as long as there is nothing else in the photograph beside the paper.
Abstract Development
Francis Bruguière
Francis was an American photographer who moved to London in 1928 where he began to experiment with non representational photography. Of these, the cut paper abstractions are particularly beautiful. The photographer exploits the endlessly subtle. qualities of both paper and light, manipulating both in order to create complex patterns of texture and form.
My response:
Brendan Austin
Brendan Austin is famous for his work 'Paper Mountains' where he scrunched up a bunch of coloured tissue paper and unwrapped to make it look like a mountain. He was inspired by misreading a sign while walking in a forest
My response:
Edward Weston
Edward Weston is considered one of the best photographers of all time. He pioneered a modernist style characterized by the use of a large-format camera to create sharply focused and richly detailed black-and-white photographs.
Artificial Light
Natural light
Abstract Comparisons: Body and Nature
Alicja Brodowicz
I think the final result went pretty well. I really like the use of backlighting and the colours that were used. I feel like I could have experimented more with the blurred glass.
Ambiguity
Matthieu Venot
Matthieu Venot had a strong desire to rediscover his town of origin and wanted to capture it from his perspective. He succeeds in making abstract geometric images and only photographs when the weather is incredibly good, making the clear blue sky like a studio background. The background also enhances the colours, in fact, colours are the most important part of his photography. According to the artist, the choice of pastel colours is a way of transmitting, through his photos, his own personal optimism.
My Response:
I feel quite happy with the end result with the simplified images. I feel like I could use more vibrant and abstract colours for more of the pictures instead of relying on the original colours and shades. I also feel like I could have made the colours line up more to make it a bit neater.
Abstracting The Environment
Saul Leiter
Leiter was also a pioneer of colour photography: He developed a distinctive, dreamy style that played with shallow depths of field and a vibrant palette.
My Response:
Stephen Calcutt
Stephen uses the graffiti etched windows as a lens. he merges the graffiti and the view beyond, focusing his camera on the etched lines putting the view beyond out of focus. The graffiti and view to merge into a single plane. He creates a new perspective that retains and emphasises the energy of the graffiti.
My Response:
Lee Friedlander
The New York–based photographer is perhaps best known for his photographs of reflections in mirrors, glass doors, and storefront windows, which he started making in the early 1960s. The images capture layered, energetic conjunctions of life and commerce.