Work Log 4 & 5

Plans for shoots 4&5

Contact Sheet - Shoot 1

My intentions for this shoot were to capture some different elements of older architecture. I wanted to achieve this by looking at different churches as I feel as though they are each very unique. I have annotated the contact sheet with ticks and crosses based on whether I feel the image was successful or not. I have also annotated some of the images in regards to why I have ticked or crossed the image. 

My Best Images 

I have chosen this image as one of my best because I like the way that this doesn't just include a building within the frame of the image. This image frames the door of the church within the gate and I like the effect that this brings to the image. 

I have chosen this image as one of my best because due to the close up angle I have taken this photo at it clearly shows the intricate detail of older architecture and this is what I want to juxtapose within my work therefore I feel this image would be very successful at doing this. 

I have chosen this as one of my best images because I like the way the image is framed. I feel as though the overall image has an even exposure and all of the elements of the church are in focus. This is good because I want to be able to use all the elements of the image within my edits. 

I like this image due to the angle that I have taken the photo at. I also feel as though when taking this photo I used the correct camera setting due to the even exposure across the image. I like the way that the details within the wood on the door as very visible. 

Images that require improvement 

I have chosen this image as one that needs improving because I set the camera to maul focus when taking this image. Due to this I have caught the wrong focal point within the image and the foreground is slightly blurry whilst the background is clear. When taking this photo I used an aperture of f/4 to create a narrow depth of field and I like the idea of having some image with a narrow death of field however I do not feel this is effective due to the incorrect focal point. 

I have chosen this image as one of my worst because I feel as though the centre of the image is slightly over exposed. When taking this photo I did use a flash due to the gloomy weather conditions. By using this I have made the centre of the image over exposed. 

Camera Settings

During this shoot I used roughly the same camera settings. This was because the weather conditions remained the same throughout the time I was shooting. The weather conditions were very dull therefore I used an ISO of 400. I used this ISO because I did not want the camera to be too sensitive the the lighting as the images would come out overexposed and slightly un focused. I did not want to use a lower ISO because the images would be too dark. I used an aperture range from f/7-f/11. By using this aperture range I was able to capture images that were in focus and had good exposure. If the aperture was set too high, which did happen within this shoot, then the image would come out under exposed. I used a shutter speed of 1/200. This was because I wanted to capture images that had a wide depth of field. I also wanted to freeze motion rather than capturing it. Within this shoot I decided to use a tripod to take some of the photos. This improved the focus of my images as they were not blurry. I also felt as though a tripod allowed me to capture angles more specific ally rather than just spontaneously angling the camera. 

Contact Sheet - Shoot 2

My intentions for this shoot were to take some photos of more modern buildings because I have only done one shoot based on this type of architecture. I also wanted to focus a little more on the more close up shots of try architecture. This is because I wanted to include close up images in the experimental edit I plan to complete when I will use multiple photos to create the structure of one building. I have annotated the contact sheet with ticks and crosses based on whether I feel the image was successful or not. I have also annotated some of the images in regards to why I have ticked or crossed the image.

My Best Images 

I have chose this as one of my nest images because I have taken the image very close up and I like the way that it clearly shows modern architecture rather than older architecture. Although this image doesn't have the best composition out of all the photos that I took I feel as though I can use elements of this image to use within my experimental edit. 

I have chosen this image as one of my best because I like the composition. I like the way that the angle the image has been taken from highlights the height of the building and I also like the fact that the image shows a very modern building. The formal element of line within the image also makes the image look a lot more modern. 

I have chosen this as one of my best images because I like the angle that it has been taken from. I also like the fact that I have captured two different buildings within one image because this will allow me to use different elements of the image within my edits. 

Although this image is slightly under exposed I have chose this because I would like to incorporate this into my edits. Before using this image in my work I would need to alter it in photoshop to give the image a good exposure. 

Images that require improvement 

I have chosen this as one of the images that I need to improve because when I was taking this photo I was very close to the object that I was photographing and I wanted to try and use a flash to enhance the brightness of the image however this caused a reflection of the flash on the image. This ruined the image because it takes away from the image itself. 

I have chosen this as an I'm age that requires improvement because it is under exposed. This is because I used an aperture of f/16. This means that the opening on the camera was not letting enough light in which resulted in a darkened image. 

Camera Settings

When completing this shoot I used an aperture range of f/7 to f/11. In some situations I used the incorrect camera settings and used an aperture of f/16. This produced darkened image due to the opening of the camera not being large en high the let a sufficient amount of light in. There is an example of when this happened within the images that require improvement. After shooting images that came out over exposed I altered the camera settings by lowering the aperture and the images came out a lot better. I used an ISO of 400 as I was shooting outside and it was quite dark. I did not want to use an ISO that was too high because this would have resulted in the image being over exposed as the camera would have been too sensitive to the lighting. I then used a shutter speed of 1/200 throughout the shoot because I wanted to achieve a wide depth of field whilst freezing motion rather than capturing it. If I ha used a higher shutter speed of 1/25 then this may have captured movement. This would have created blur within my images and this is not what I wanted to achieve.

Experimentation

For my first experimentation I physically manipulated some of the photos I have taken. Firstly I used a plain piece of paper to practice burning a hole into it. I wanted to attempt this with plain paper first so that when I attempt it on the actual image I could ensure it would turn out the way I wanted it to.
Below is the piece of paper that I attempted to burn. I felt as though this was successful.

This is the first edit that I completed. To achieve this I simply printed off the two images that I wanted to use and used a lighter to burn a hole through one of the images. I then stuck the other image behind the hole to create juxtaposition. When burning the hole the flame recoloured some of the area around the hole so I want to attempt this again and try to stop this from happening or use photoshop to change this. The image above has been scanned into the computer via a scanner therefore the colours don't look as strong as they do in the original photo. I would also like to try and alter this in photoshop.  

I have attempted to use photoshop to enhance the colour of the image and to try and get rid of the decolorisation within the image. 

I dragged the image I used to burn over the top of the scanned image in photoshop. I then created a layer mask on the image that I dragged into photoshop. I ensured that the colour black and the paint brush tool was selected and then I drew over the burnt part of the image. This revealed this underneath the new image. 

This is the final edit that I have created. I feel as though this is a lot better because the image has been taken directly from my camera and hasn't been scanned into the computer which means that the colours are enhanced. The decolorisation on the image has also been erased.  

Experimentation 2

For my second experimentation I have used a range of images from of all of the shoots I have completed so far. I then cut out different sections from each of the images and placed them together to create one architectural structure. Below are each of the photos that I used to create the overall edit.

This is the final outcome of the edit that I have competed and I feel as though this is very effective. I used scissors, a paper trimmer and glue to create this. I would like to explore this in more detail by adding different textures or putting in a background for the image.  

Where did I get my ideas from?

For the edits and images that I have taken I have gathered my ideas from a number of places. Firstly my artist research, specifically my research on Justin Plunkett, has inspired me to create the experiments that I have. I have also had inspiration from some images within my image bank that I have collected throughout the project. One of the images that inspired me is below. This image influenced me when completing the edit that involved burning the image and placing a juxtaposing image behind it. This is because this image very distinctly shows the contrast between two types of architecture and I felt as though I wanted to create this in a different way and this gave me the idea to burn the image.

Artist Influence

For the first edit I have created I was influenced by Justin Plunkett. This is because he uses digital editing to create architectural structures within a landscape. I wanted to try to recreate this however I wanted to look at physical editing. My work reflects Justin's photos because I have used parts of different buildings to form one structure and he does this but by using different materials he has photographed. Within Justin's photos he juxtaposes the structure with the surrounding background where as I have decided to juxtapose the elements within the structure I have created, old and new architecture. This is an example of how I have gone beyond the artists concepts and used my own ideas to experiment.

Comparison - my work versus artists work 

Below is an example of Justin Plunkett's work. 

Below is an example of my edit that I completed. 

My work links to the photographer because I have attempted to use different elements from a range of buildings to create one architectural structure. This is what Justin did to create his series of images. 

Progression  

To progress I would like to look into a more of a collaged technique rather than trying to fit the different parts of the buildings together seamlessly. I like the idea of creating an architectural structure and I would like to keep expanding on this idea.