Chelsea Project - Location Shoot In College

 

I like this pic because it looks like an 'action shot' where he is about to jump off or something. The texture here is of the sky, I aimed to get something very different.

This is another good pic because it reminds me of a professional pic and I think it could be used for something.

I like this pic but I think it may have been better if it was a portrait photo.

Another pic that looks like it could be used for something (an advert for example)

The plan for this was to get 4 pics of people in different places but they all had to include texture of some form or way. Equipment is only a Nikon since this is outdoors. Location is in college.

 

My location shoot was the back of the college. The location shoot had to mean something, so I did it about textures. The pic of Chris standing, in my opinion is the best of the 4 because its like an 'action shot' with sky as the main texture. I took these normally, no tripod or equipment because I prefer photographing that way. I was pleased with the results because the compositions of the photos were good and the textural backgrounds turned out well. I could improve by taking these pics somewhere other than college.

Artist Research - Kate Gibb

Kate Gibb has mainly worked in music, as she has done artwork for The Chemical Brothers, Bob Marley, Suede and more. She has also done work for magazines and books. Techniques include collage, textiles, printmaking and illustration. My opinion of her work is that it’s impressive and interesting to look at. I think the best pieces are the prints which have lots of different shapes and colours with various art mediums. Kate has created a lot of covers for The Chemical Brothers, for example the cover for ‘It Began In Afrika’, the artwork is obviously influenced from her own abstract work as both have similarities like shapes and colours. When just looking at The Chemical Brothers album artwork I’ve noticed elements such as a blank canvas in the background, the hue/saturation changed and sometimes a combination. Kate is a part of the group Big Active, who are an “award-winning creative consultancy specialising in art design, graphic design and the representation of leading image-makers”, their aim is to “produce creative design and commercial art based upon ideas with an accessible common touch” which is their ethos, and which obviously goes for Kate as well as she has designed lots of album covers, much like the rest of Big Active.

Artist Research - Jasper Goodall

Jasper Goodall is a freelance illustrator. His client list includes companies in music, fashion, advertising and publishing. “In February 2009 Goodalls first London based solo Gallery show titled ‘Poster Girls’ marked a new direction in his work”, where he combined photography with illustration. Nowadays, he still works as a freelance illustrator as well as selling limited edition prints and doing more shows in the future. I like his work, especially the covers and artwork he did for the band ‘Muse’. Specfically, I like the style of the illustration because it’s really detailed and I’ve always liked animation.

Artist Research - Tobin Smith

Tobin Smith is a graphic designer who's done still life and moving image and has worked in advertising. I think his work is very insiprational, my favourite piece is of the gun because it's cleverly done.

Artist Research - DINES

DINES is a graphic designer who has worked with clients such as MTV, Adidas, Nike, Channel 4, Samsung, Orange, BBC. His focus is on art direction, illustration and of course graphic designer. He founded Studio Blup, which is a digital design group where he is currently creative director. I like his designs because they're colourful and mad. One of my favourite pieces is the Nike piece with the big red circle and decaying triangle which resembles a shooting laser or something and also a face stuck inbetween the two shapes.

Artist Research - M/M Paris

M/M Paris are Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag who are known for their collaborations with musicians (Kanye West, Madonna etc), magazines, contemporary artists and fashion designers. Techniques they use are illustration, typography and photography.

                        

Artist Research - Mauricio Gomez Noseda

Mauricio is an artist, art director and graphic designer. He loves design, fashion, art and photography.

Artist Research - Si Scott

Si Scott is an artist based in the UK. His clients include Adidas, BBC, Channel 4, Coca Cola, Gap, Nike, Penguin Books and loads more. He has done talks and exhibited his work around the world including places like Tokyo, NY, Sydney and in Brazil. He is known for his typography and also for doing black swirls on paper and adding shape and colour until he gets 'something wonderful emerge'. His techniques are hand drawing and working on his computer has materials like ink and paint.

Artist Research - Gilbert & George

Gilbert & George are best known for their brightly coloured graphic-style photo-based pieces. Their large scale photos called The Pictures are well known, as the early style of it was black & white whereas colour starting with red & yellow was created later. The largest series of work called 'Jack Freak Pictures' is described as "the most iconic, philosophically astute and visually violent works that Gilbert & George have ever created".

Artist Research - MC Saatchi

'A federation of entrepreneurs, built through startups and owner managers. Designed to be allergic to bureaucracy and the comfortable status quo. As few offices as necessary rather than as many as possible. 26 in 18 countries. United by our commitment to our philosophy: Brutal Simplicity Of Thought.'

CHELSEA

Chelsea Project - Studio Shoot

Studio backdrop

Studio backdrop & light

 

The plan for this was to get pics of the models so I could use them and edit them for my Chelsea piece for Saatchi. I wasn't sure if I was going to have the pics in a collage piece or a Tim Marrs style piece, but either would look great. Equipment includes a Nikon with sofbox & hotshoe. The location is in the photography studio.

 

The aim of this was to get pics for our Chelsea piece. This went badly as you can tell because none of the pictures came out right, bright one minute, pitch black the next even though I made sure the aperture and shutter speed and everything else I did was perfect. This was done with a softbox and hotshoe even though I didn't want to use them. They could be improved by not being overexposed.

 

Equipment List

Nikon 3000 with 18-55 zoom lens

softbox

hotshoe

Chelsea Project - Location Shoot In Chelsea

perspective

converging verticals

clock

diagonal shot, equal split of building & sky

another perspective

My favourite one because it combines light & dark

The plan for this was to get loads of brilliant pics for my Chelsea project and eventually for Saatchi, where I will edit these into something great. My equipment is a Nikon 3000. Location is in Chelsea

 

I aimed to mainly get pictures of architecture so I could gets lots of ideas for pieces, as well as the clock from 'World's End'. For the building pictures I pointed a camera upwards creating converging verticals. The images were made because I wanted good stuff to edit for my pieces which would eventually be displayed at Saatchi Gallery. It worked by being taken at the right angles, having shadows & light, good amount of sky, which looked really good. I would improve by getting some pictures of the houses in Belgrave and coming back when King's Road isn't boring anymore, as I would have got some great pics if King's Road still looked like what it did in the 70's.

Equipment List:

Nikon 3000 with 18-55 zoom lens.

Photography Experimentation - Levitation

The plan for this is to get pics of levitation. Ideas that me & Harry have are one of a car crash, sitting in mid air and one of my favourites which is where someone will pose like a superhero where it will look like they are flying in the air. Equipment includes Nikon and ladder. Location is in college.

 

We did this by taking a picture of Evan standing on a ladder next to a car, he was leaning towards us with his arms out with an expression on his face as if he's just been in a car crash. After this, we took the exact same pic without Evan or the ladder. Then on Photoshop we put the pic of Evan on the ladder on top of the pic without, then we erased the ladder so it looked like Evan was flying out the car. After this we added effects like broken glass. The other pic of Harry chilling in mid air was done the same way but this time without any effects, obviously.

Chelsea Project - Parts Of A Camera

                                    

Photographers 2 & 3

Hugo Schmolz

                                 

                                          

                           

I found Hugo Schmolz's work on theredlist. I like it because it has the lighting, shadows, AND the subject. I like pictures which look like they have a lot going on (big rooms, lots of tables, chairs, props, people, lights etc) or ones which are simple... but effective. The staircase is probably my favourite piece of his so far because the concept of taking the pic at the top of the stairs to create the swirl image is great.

Lucien Herve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also found Lucien on theredlist. I like this work because I like how some of his photos of architecture are taken from a different angle, usually for pictures with shapes. I also like how it kind of looks gritty and urban. Although it's not an architecture piece, the picture of the shadow on the stairs reminds me of Nosferatu everytime I see it.