Movement
Yowa Yowa
We first looked at Yowa Yowa who took pictures using a very short shutter speed of people jumping up, so it looked like they were levitating. Most of her photos are taken in urban areas, sometimes with people in the background. This makes levitating be more 'normal' because she is doing it in normal places.
This is some of Yowa Yowa's work.
We first looked at Yowa Yowa who took pictures using a very short shutter speed of people jumping up, so it looked like they were levitating. Most of her photos are taken in urban areas, sometimes with people in the background. This makes levitating be more 'normal' because she is doing it in normal places.
This is some of Yowa Yowa's work.
In this photo she is levitating on a train. She is situated slightly to the right of the center of the frame. She is wearing a scarf and a coat, very casual. There is lots of light in the photo because of the light coming in from outside the train. You can see about 5 people in the distance also sitting on the train. Having her and everything around her look so casual suggests that what she is doing is just normal to her and everyone else, this creates an interesting photo because she is doing something so weird but no one has realised. To take the photo the photographer would have used a low ISO because the lighting conditions are quite bright. To achieve the 'levitation' she needs to jump up in the just before the shutter opens so the shutter captures her in mid air. The shutter speed would have been set to very quick (maybe about 1/500 of a second) so she is not moving at all in the photo (or she would be blurry) and is in the right place in the air (sufficiently in the air to look like levitation.) The photographer would of had to take this photo quite a lot of times (once they're set the manual settings) to get her just in the right place so her levitation looked natural. The mood of the picture quite relaxing and natural, this is achieved by using plain colours (lots of white and pale oranges and reds) and having all the people in the photo look so relaxed and casual.
Inspiration
These are the pictures I took inspired by Yowa Yowa. I used a short shutter speed, so it looked like we were flying.
These are the pictures I took inspired by Yowa Yowa. I used a short shutter speed, so it looked like we were flying.
Here are my selected photos.
Francesca Woodman
We also looked at Francesca Woodman who used a long shutter speed and took pictures of people moving. The people looked very blurry and a bit scary. She usually took her pictures in derelict buildings, which made them more dark and freaky.
This is some of Francesca Woodman's work.
We also looked at Francesca Woodman who used a long shutter speed and took pictures of people moving. The people looked very blurry and a bit scary. She usually took her pictures in derelict buildings, which made them more dark and freaky.
This is some of Francesca Woodman's work.
Here is my contact sheet inspired by her work. I took them using long shutter speed and high F stop.
I edited these to black and white too because Francesca Woodman's photos were in black and white.
Dominic Harris
We then looked at Dominic Harris, who captured movement by using zoom blur. This is done by zooming in or out manually whilst the shutter is open.
We then looked at Dominic Harris, who captured movement by using zoom blur. This is done by zooming in or out manually whilst the shutter is open.
This photo is very abstract. It is taken using the zoom blur technique. There are red, brown, grey and yellow colours. It is one point perspective, all the different coloured lines go to the center. It looks like a motorway. He might of been in a car while taking this photo as well as using zoom blur to get this effect. He would of had his camera on about 1" or 2" so he had time to manually adjust the zoom lens (to do zoom blur.) The aperture would had to be right to fit the lighting conditions (dark but with bright lights.) The overall mood of the photo is quite alert, vibrant and energetic. The colours are bright and vivid. The eye is brought to the center of the photo (because that's were all the coloured lines are leading) so it quite aesthetically pleasing for the eye. The photo also really captures movement, because it's so vivid and dynamic the photo itself feels very alive.
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Here are my contact sheets inspired by Dominic Harris.
Here are my selects inspired by Harris. I adjusted the levels and curves of these photos on Adobe Photoshop.
Micheal Bosanko
We looked at Micheal Bosanko who used a long shutter speed (blub) to do 'light painting.'
To do light painting you need to put your camera on it's fully manual setting and set the shutter speed to bulb (or as high as it can go). Also set the ISO very low, about 200 should be good.
Put the camera to manual focus (MF) so you can control what's in focus.
Make sure your camera is on a tripod because the shutter speed is open for a long time so any movement of the camera will be picked up and the photo won't look as good.
Turn of all the lights in the room your in. It's best to do light painting in a dark room or at night outside.
Using a torch or your phone create shapes in the air. You can make words, trace around people, animals, shapes etc.
When taking the picture make sure you don't take your finger of the shutter (if your on the bulb setting) so the shutter stays open.
If you want to create separate lines (not one big line) in your photo turn your light on and off.
After taking the photo you can edit it on Adobe Photoshop. You can adjust the levels, curves, contrast and brightness so the photo looks better.
We looked at Micheal Bosanko who used a long shutter speed (blub) to do 'light painting.'
To do light painting you need to put your camera on it's fully manual setting and set the shutter speed to bulb (or as high as it can go). Also set the ISO very low, about 200 should be good.
Put the camera to manual focus (MF) so you can control what's in focus.
Make sure your camera is on a tripod because the shutter speed is open for a long time so any movement of the camera will be picked up and the photo won't look as good.
Turn of all the lights in the room your in. It's best to do light painting in a dark room or at night outside.
Using a torch or your phone create shapes in the air. You can make words, trace around people, animals, shapes etc.
When taking the picture make sure you don't take your finger of the shutter (if your on the bulb setting) so the shutter stays open.
If you want to create separate lines (not one big line) in your photo turn your light on and off.
After taking the photo you can edit it on Adobe Photoshop. You can adjust the levels, curves, contrast and brightness so the photo looks better.
This photo is made by light painting. You can see a skyline in blue light. There are about 10 buildings and a road coming up to them. The buildings are in the middle of the frame. To take this photo Bosanko used a tripod, a camera and a light. It would have to be at night and he might of had someone to draw it as he was taking the photo. He would of set the shutter speed to either bulb or the highest time setting. The photo shows a skyline. The colour is very bright, like a city at night is very bright because of the buildings. There is a road in the picture which leads up to the centre of the skyline. This leads the eye up to the picture so it looks aesthetically pleasing. The buildings are centred and in the middle of the frame too. The mood of the photo is very alive, like a city is alive at night, Some key words might be: light, night, bright, city, skyline, nightline, London, buildings, road, blue.
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Here are my contact sheets inspired by his work. In the first 11 photos I used a higher ISO (film speed) so the background looked brighter, however in the photos after that I used a much lower ISO (200) so the background was much darker, this creates emphasis on the light. As you can see above Bosanko used different coloured lights, this makes the photo more interesting, colourful and creative.
Here are my selected photos. I edited these on Adobe Photoshop.
Half Term Homework
These pictures I took using a long shutter speed. They were inspired by Micheal Bosanko. In the first few photos I used a higher ISO so they were more bright, but in the last photos I used a lower ISO so the photos were darker.
These pictures I took using a long shutter speed. They were inspired by Micheal Bosanko. In the first few photos I used a higher ISO so they were more bright, but in the last photos I used a lower ISO so the photos were darker.
Selects
I edited these of Adobe Photoshop so the colours are more vibrant.
I used a flashing bike light on the 1st, 3rd and 4th picture to create the 'white then red' lines look.
I edited these of Adobe Photoshop so the colours are more vibrant.
I used a flashing bike light on the 1st, 3rd and 4th picture to create the 'white then red' lines look.
Stop Motion
Stop motion is when you take lots of pictures with someone/something moving a little bit each time. You would usually use a tripod because then you can keep the background exactly the same, so it's just the subject of the photo moving. When you have taken lots of pictures you put all the pictures into video editing software. You shorten the time that the pictures show up for to about 0.2 seconds and then you can also put music in the background.
First Attempt
This is my first attempt was not very good because we didn't have much time and we didn't plan it.
Stop motion is when you take lots of pictures with someone/something moving a little bit each time. You would usually use a tripod because then you can keep the background exactly the same, so it's just the subject of the photo moving. When you have taken lots of pictures you put all the pictures into video editing software. You shorten the time that the pictures show up for to about 0.2 seconds and then you can also put music in the background.
First Attempt
This is my first attempt was not very good because we didn't have much time and we didn't plan it.
Second Attempt
I was inspired by PES to make a stop motion using objects as food. The second video is my recreation of the first video.
I was inspired by PES to make a stop motion using objects as food. The second video is my recreation of the first video.
It wasn't very good because it needed more context and I should have planned it better.
Final Piece
This is my storyboard for my final piece. I wrote down what was happening when the diagram was not clear.
This is my storyboard for my final piece. I wrote down what was happening when the diagram was not clear.
I had many struggles whilst doing my final piece. For example I actually needed quite a lot of people - someone to take the pictures, 2 people ''modelling' and another person doing the light painting. Most of the time I had to set the camera to self timer then run to the girl (Eleanor) and do the light painting, this may explain why you can see me in the background sometimes. It was also very hard when I need to change the settings on my camera quickly or the people acting slighty moved position so the shoots weren't the same. However after some time we managed to get round the problems, and although we missed some parts out, we made our light painting stop motion film.
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I was also inspired by this advert. This gave me the idea to make the film sad because even though the power seems really cool it is actually really sad, like how it was in my film. This also suggests the idea that something which may seem really positive may be bad if you actually experience it.
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We tried to get the film to have some emotional meaning too. The idea, whenever the girl brings her hand up she electrifies whatever is in front of it, itself was pretty simple, however we tried to make the film sad too. At the beginning she thought that her 'power' was quite cool and liked it, but after accidentally killing her friend she realises how bad it was and she got so upset she killed herself. I also used sad music to emphasis the sadness.