ENVIRONMENT
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THIS WAS A SECOND PHOTOSHOOT THAT I DID FOR THE PERSONAL ENVIRONMENT SET OF PHOTOS. I DID THIS BACK UP PHOTOSHOOT AS I DID THE MAIN SHOOT USING A DISPOSABLE CAMERA AND I WANTED TO ENSURE THAT I STILL HAD THE PHOTOS OF THIS ENVIRONMENT.
THESE ARE MY PHYSICAL EDITS FOR SALLY VERRALL. TO CREATE THEM I PRINTED OFF THE DIGITAL IMAGES THAT I HAD MADE ON PHOTOSHOP AND THEN CUT UP SECTIONS OF THE IMAGES IN GEOMETIC SHAPES AND PLACED THEM TOGETHER. FOR THIS EXPERIMENT, I WORKED WITH THE DIFFERENT LAYERS WITHIN THE IMAGE AND RAISED SECTIONS TO GIVE VARIETY TO IT.
FOR MY SECOND EXPERIMENT, I WORKED WITH A SIMILAR IDEA OF GEOMETRIC DESIGNS AND LAYOUTS. I CUT UP THE IMAGES INTO DIFFERENT SHAPES AND ARRANGED THEM TOEGTHER, CONSIDERING THE LAYOUT AND FORMATION OF THE BUILDINGS.
THIS WAS MY FINAL PHYSICAL EDIT, INSPIRED BY SALLY VERRALL. FOR THIS EXPERIMENT, I DECIDED NOT TO HAVE A FIXED BACKGROUND OR SIZE OF THE IMAGE. I WANTED TO DISPLAY IT AS A FORMATION OF SHPAES, RATHER THAN AN IMAGE. I THINK THE USE OF THE LINE STRUCTURE CREATES A BOLD AND INTERESTING LOOK TO THIS PIECE. HOWEVER, I AM NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THIS WORK TURNED OUT AS I FEEL THAT IT DOES NOT PORTRAY SALLY VERRALL’S WORK AS MUCH AS THE DIGITAL EDITS DO. I STILL WANT TO EXPERIMENT WITH OTHER PHYSICAL TECHNIQUES LATER ON WITH OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS.
THESE ARE MY PHYSICAL EDITS INSPIRED BY FRANCES BERRY. T O CREATE THEM I USED MY EDIT S INSPIRED BY UTA BARTH. I THEN ADDED A PIXELATED EFFECT ONTO THE IMAGE, WHICH MEANT THAT I HAD A GUIDE ON WHERE TO SEW INTO. I USED COLOURED THREAD THAT MATCHED THE COLOURS ON THE IMAGE TO GIVE THE IMAGE INTEREST AND TEXTURE.
THIS TECHNIQUE USED BY MEYER IS EFFECTIVE AS IT CAN BE VERY SUBTLE WITHIN THE PHOTO. THE TECHNIQUE ALSO BRINGS FOCUS TO THE PIXELATED PART OF THE IMAGE COMPARED TO THE BLUR IN THE REST OF THE IMAGE. BY USING RANDOM AREAS OF THE PHOTO, THIS MEANS THAT THE MAIN AREA OF FOCUS IS NOT DRAWN FROM THE IMAGE, BUT MEANS THAT THERE ARE OTHER SMALLER FOCUSES.
I AM HAPPY WITH HOW THESE IMAGES HAVE TURNED OUT. I THINK THAT THEY RELATE TO THE ENVIRONMENT WELL, AS THEY SHOW THE MOTION AND BLUR WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT AND COMBINE PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL TECHNIQUES. I THINK THE EMBROIDERY WORKED WELL, HOWEVER I DON’T THINK THE STICHING WAS VERY NEAT, AND SO MEANT THAT THE LOOK I WANTED WAS NO T ACHIEVED FULLY. I ALSO FEEL I COULD HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT SIZES OF THE STICHING AND PIXELATION.
EXPERIMENTS
HERE I HAVE EXPERIMENTED WITH DIFFERENT LAYOUTS OF THE FRAMES. I HAVE LOOKED AT PORTRAIT AND LANDSCAPE LAYOUTS. I THINK THAT I WILL USE THE PORTRAIT LAYOUT BECAUSE I THINK IT WORKS BETTER THAN THE LANDSCAPE ONES, AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF THE BOARD THAT THEY WILL BE HUNG ON. I THINK THAT HAVING THE BIGGEST IMAGE IN THE CENTRE OF THE DISPLAY ALSO MAKES THE PIECE MORE EFFECTIVE, AS WELL AS MIXING THE DIFFERENT COLOURED FRAMES AND COLOURS OF THE IMAGES. I WILL LEAVE THE FINAL DECISION OF THE LAYOUT OF THE FRAMES UNTIL THE EXHIBITION. THE EXHIBITION BOARDS ARE 200CM X 100CM SO IT IS LIKELY THAT I WILL NEED TO CHOOSE AN ARRANGEMENT THAT IS MORE EFFECTIVE IN PORTRAIT.