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.

Artist Research - Claude Heath

Claude Heath is an artist who does blind drawings who has an unusual way of working, he traces with one hand and draws with the other whilst blindfolded. He has had many exhibitions including one at The Saatchi Gallery.

Artist Research - Ronald Searle

Ronald Searle was a British artist. He is best remembered for his creation of St. Trinians school and for working with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series and is also known as a war artist.

Favourite Photographer - Sebastien Opitz

Sebastien Opitz is a photographer originally from Germany but now lives in Dubai. He takes pictures of cityscapes, nature and people. My favourite pieces of his work are of the cityscapes and light paintings. The cityscapes are good because of the neon effect and how it contrasts with the night sky, it reminds me of 'Tron' because it looks futuristic. Another reason why I like his work is because he has lots of interesting photos, like I wouldn't have picked someone who has just 1 or 2 amazing pics, and also buildings are probably the least boring thing I have ever searched for when it came to people's photography, I think what's in the photo is what makes it brilliant, not just lighting, shadows etc. I like his light paintings because they look like they could be used for better things, and they are inspirational in a very odd kind of way. I have to say his cityscape pictures make want to live there.



           

           

Chelsea Project - Tinting & Enhancements

Retro Tint

It's a simple technique but I'm pleased with it. Basically, to start with I had to get a photo and click on 'Gaussian Blur' and set the radius to 3.5 then change my blending mode to Overlay to give it a softer look. After this I made a new layer and click on 'fill' then pick a colour, I picked bright green because I imagined the outcome would be better off green, although bluey purple would have been my second choice, after this I changed the blending option to 'pin light' then set the opacity just right and I ended up with this, I MIGHT make it a bit less green next time but it still looks great.

Black & White?

I'm not sure this turned out as it was supposed to, but it would be a bit harsh to cool this a failure. I followed the tutorial but it turns out the tutorial was done in Paint.NET (I think) instead of Photoshop, but I decided to at least try and make this into something good so I changed the background colour but kept the picture black & white...