Process Panic

So i processed my 5x4 film with out help, except from Ray, on my own today. All i can say is its a good job no one was out side the door listening into us as it would have sounded all wrong. We forgot a lot of things and didn't remember till it was too late so going to make some bullet points too keep in mind for next time:

• Make sure i am defiantly aware of the time needed to develop before i load all the film. I know i could close all the box up but i would probably forget something and mess the film up so best to know for sure before i start.
• Remember when agitating to tip the basket to a side to let the chemical drain off.
• Make sure all the clips are facing the right way so its easy enough to get them into the neg holder.
• Make sure i have enough neg holder carriers.
• Charge the clock!
• Make sure lids are off before you place the neg carrier in the tub.

I know it sounds stupid but i really didn't expect it to be that dark. I thought maybe my eyes would adjust but they really didn't.

Edward Weston

The reason i chose to look at Edward Weston is because i really like the composition of his images and also what he take pictures of. Its like he creates patterns in his shots and they really make up the image. I dont know if he does this intentally but i really like him all the more just for the fact he does.

 

 

The patterns in the sand are what really draws me to this image. I like the almost ripple of the sand created by the wind. The patterns in the bottom area of the image stupidly remind me of the image describing evolution (the monkey showing all the changes till the walking human). This just a stupid link that i initially thought when looking at it.  Al;so the way the light hits the patterns really gives detail to the image. Makes a contrast.

Shoot 3 - Part 2

This shows part 2 of my shoot. I didn't want to just shoot the Roses as they were i wanted to try and make it fun and different. So i decided to throw powder paint at them in really bright colours. This is why i wanted the flowers to be really white however i think that the colours are still really bright and clear. 

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1. This image is too dark. I don't like how you cant see the flowers clearly on both the left and the right of the shot. I do like the crop, how you cant see the bottom of the vase. Also not enough colour on the flowers. Its not really noticeable and not what i am looking for in this shoot.
2. You can see them a lot more clearer in this image. I like the framing and the fact that it is portrait. I think that this would work well as maybe the centre of my 3 to show the slight difference. I also like how you can see some of the paint on the bottom of the shot (on the table) 
3. This is way too bright. The lighting is not at all what i want. Loose alot of detail in the flowers and also you cant really see the powder paint. Can also make out the round edges of the table what is a big mistake. I want the table to be undetectable. 
4. This is almost an action shot. I really like how you can see some of the green paint in the air before it hits the flowers. The green is really bright and stands out nicely on the black back drop. I think that the more colour i add the better it looks. 
5.  Like the high angle nature of the shot however i don't think that it is a good shot over all. Slightly too dark in places.
6. This is really too dark and the fact that i have shot from further back means that alot of the detail is lost. I'm really starting to like the addition of more colour though and think that the flowers are looking really funky and represent me more.
7. Again like the capture of paint in mid air however this time i caught some motion blur that i don't really like. Also maybe a bit too dark. Could try and edit this on photo shop to try and brighten it slightly.
8. This is defiantly my favourite from this part of the shoot. I think that the flowers look really colourful and bright and you can see all the detail in them. I also like the dark black background what really makes the flowers pop of the page.

Beautiful Destinations

So this might sound a bit stupid but i have decided to put some images in that people on Instagram have taken/posted. I follow this page called Beautiful Destinations just to remind me what I'm aiming for. And there is some stunning landscape images that get posted on there with really interesting colours and compositions. So i have just pulled a few out as examples. I only wish i could do some of my shots in these idyllic places.

http://web.stagram.com/n/beautifuldestinations/?npk=412450115578639461_276192188

(names underneath are the peoples Instagram tags who has credit for the image) 

@jaycarva

What i like about this shot is that i have been to Rio and experienced this however i never truly seen the beauty of it when i was there. I wish i could have taken shots on the cable car rather than been to scared to even let go of the hand rail. I like the soft lighting from what looks like the sun is going down,  and the patterns in the clouds.

@n_alshaer

This is just so bright at colourful and i really like the way that you are looking down the image. Makes it easy to see the aqua blue lake. Also like how you loose the tops of the mountains into the clouds.

@elioharoun

What i like most about this is really rhe same as the image from Rio. Its the soft lighting that gives a warm glow too the buildings and really the whole image. 

Snap Shots

On the way to Leeds the other day and i thought i would take some snap shots of the landscape around me in the car (i was not driving). There not very good and there wasn't much really to see but still i thought it was good to get some research and ideas...

I like the idea of factories, works and also run down areas being captured in the shots because this is really relate able to what i see daily living in the north east and i think that this makes for really interesting photographs. 

Shoot 3 - Part 1

So i really didn't like the way that the shoots using shoes were going. And i didn't think that it had any connection to me really so i decided to just go the cheesy rout and do a photo shoot using the thing that i was named after. i wanted them to be white so that they really popped off the background but these were as white as i could get them, and i didn't really think that it mattered so much considering what i was going to do to them. I used a black background and one light using barn door attachment. 

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I did take a lot of images of just the plain white flowers however they all look really similar so i chose just 4 to put into my contact. 

1. What i like about this image is the fast that you cant see anything under the flowers they look as thought they are floating. i know the lighting is really dark on one side and i could have used a reflector to add light onto this however i do really like the way that it fades into the darkness. 
2. This image is the closest shot that i did. I didn't really want to get too close to the flowers because i wanted to capture negative space around them. I like the depth of field on this image, the way that the further back the flowers are the less in focus they are. 
3. This shot is quite dark compared to the rest and will need a lot more editing to try and make it look how i would want it too. However i like the framing and the composition. I like that you can clearly see the vase and the stems of the flowers. Again maybe a reflector used on the right had side to highlight those areas slightly.
4. I like the angle of this picture, the way that you are looking down onto the flowers. Also how they are in the centre of the frame. 

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1. i was just playing about on photo shop with this image and seeing what i could do to try and make the Roses more of a white colour like i wanted them to be. And just messing about i changed it to this pinky colour what i really like. I think that you can see more detail when they are this colour. And i just like the colour. I don't want them to be like this in my overall outcome i just like it as an image on its own.
2. This shows me getting the flowers to the colour that i maybe would have liked them to be. This is okey for this single image but when i carry out the next stage of my shoot i would not be able to make the images all this colour. And i want some continuity if i want to produce a trip tick possibly.
3. This is extreme of editing to try and get them white and i really quite like it. This is definitely the colour i would have liked them too be. This didn't even change into black and white as you can still see the colour in the stems and the vase. 

Jonathan Knowles

Again just browsing still life images on google and i really liked one of his images (exploding chilli) so i took a look at his page. 

What i like about these two images is the really bleached out background. Yet the items that he is taking the picture of look correctly exposed. This is what i would like to achieve when working with a white backdrop. I also like the concept of the chili and the light bulb exploding. I would maybe like to try this or try spoiling the item in a away to maybe make a trip tick. Would have to use a really fast shutter speed so that you didn't get too much motion blur. 

However this is the one that really caught my eye. I think that the background used is what really sets the image off. I like the way that it kind of emulates the pattern on the lolly pop however its darker so that you don't loose the lolly in the image, its still very clear. I like the vignetting on the image so that it faides out at the corners this makes you focus on the lolly.