Visions and Images: Arnold Newman, 1981

David Bailey - Clip 1-4

David bailey's work is mainly all portrait work with his models being in the studio. Most of his work is in black and white, based around the 1960's. I like the usage of light in the darkened images and how the model seems to be in control of what the image would look like.

None of his images are neat, models posing anyway they like. David allows them to take over while he takes a photo.

His work varies, like some times the background behind the model will be darker or lighter like the two examples of his work above and below. He allows the model to pose how they like, letting them choose which side or their face they like. His work is very relaxed and often tells a little story.

                             His photos are relaxed and his models show emotions like these two.

I like this image above because unlike other photos, the whole point of the image is to see the models face but in this image, Bailey has taken this image to tell us a story rather than just showing us the girls face. 

Terrell Suggs Fashion Shoot By Jason Christopher: Behind The Scenes

Nina Canacci Prom Dress Shoot By Jason Christopher Photography

This video shows Jason doing a shoot for prom dresses. You can see some of the equipment that Jason uses like the lights.

Jason Christopher

I really loved this video by Jason Christopher. Its shows how both Jason and the model talk to each other to get good images and this video also shows how the source of light changes. The darker it gets outside, the more studio lights are brought in. Also in this video, you can see a light monitor being used and a round mirror being placed in front of the model to reflect the light when it gets darker.

What i like about his work is that he uses his sources of light very well. In all of the images i have seen, he uses light effectively , even in dark photos like this.

You can see the use of light even though this is a dark image. The light reflects of one side of her face as you can see her skin colour is lighter on one side. Light is used very well in these other images as well. 

In this image above, i would imagine that flags have been used. Or two boards that have been placed beside the model on both sides. We have experimented with an image like this in the studio, also having a similar image like this that i took in the studio. My photo does the same thing as it does in this image, where the light reflects on the girl but also creates a centre of where the light is on the background ( the circle image of light)

  In this one, the source of light is very clear behind the woman. The background also clearly shows the light with how most places of it are darker than other places. What i like with this photo is that i like the way the model is posing. Away from the light rather that towards it.

This is one of the images from the photography shoot in the video. At this point, the light from outside is no longer there because it got darker but there is still some light on the model.

Tom Hunter talks to UEL about his work

Tom explains his work and gives viewers a few tips on how to go further into photography

London lights -- beauty in the works of the English artist Tom Hunter.

This is Tom hunter talking about his work. he talks about what he did and why he did it, sometimes telling us when he did them. He explains his work to give us an idea of what he had hoped to capture in his images as well as his art.

He has done a lot of work to help people, mainly through his work.

Animation evaluation

I really liked this part of the course, learning how to make a small animation using images and small objects. I liked piecing the photos together to make an animation. We used how the green screen worked in animations, that its used so we can put another image of a place or building in the background.

I like the stop frame photography the most even though it is something you have to be patient. I liked after it was all put together you got a small video made up of the images i had take.

If i could have changed things or done things better, i think i would have made some of my animations longer and thought more about where i was and what i was doing. I found that some of my animations were really short and i didn't like some of the places i did the animations. I could have thought about my work a bit more and more planning.

Animation requires a lot of time and patients but i have learned that to make an animation, you can use a lot of things. Like when we were in the studio, when we did the light photography, we used some of the images and turned it into a small animation. We also learned how to use everyday things like a child's toy. We used the green screen in the studio with an object in front of it so we could change the background image.

I was surprised with how many images you would need for an animation to be about a minute long because i learned that to make an animation, when you stitch them together, to make them go fast there needs to be between 6 and 12 frames per second.

So the more images you had, the longer you animation would be.

David Hockney Tate Britain November 2009

This is a small video showing some of David's work in the Tate gallery in November 2009. Its shows some of his work that we have been looking at in photography and trying to come up with some of our own work.

At the start, you see a piece of his work that is made up of smaller pieces and this is the sort of work we were looking at in lesson. Most pieces he has done are paintings and he has only recently started to make some of his work using video cameras and cameras.

I found it hard trying to do the 6 smaller images to make a bigger one as even though they didn't have to be perfectly lined up, i found most of the images i took were really out of place and sometimes the larger images wasn't that clear.

Hockney Wolds 9 Cameras

David used nine video camera's in this video rather than camera's that took still images so we could see the build up of the image through these nine different videos. However they didn't vary to much, each video was of the same place in a different season.

Each video was a few seconds out from the others but the lining up of them all was really good and gave us a clear image of the bigger picture.

Photography evaluation

Through the course, we have been asked to do practical work and written work. I have enjoyed the practical work through out the course , learning new things. The written work is were we had to speak about what we did during the practical lessons, explaining what we used and what we did.

We had to explain in great detail about our times in the studio or outside of college. Like what was used in the lessons such as a tripod , both in and outside of the studio, using a canon 5d/500d to take the images. We learned how to make images better by learning which locations were better. Depending on the time of day, the natural source of light outside could be used well.

In the studio we learned the right amount of light we had could be adjusted by using certain lights. I enjoyed being in the studio even though i think i could have joined in the activities a bit more like when we were in the studio using coloured torches to draw pictures in the air. I didn't really join in that much during this lesson but i did have a go at taking some of the images during that lesson.

At first, i wasn't sure how to explain some of the lessons when we had to write on the blog. But over time i learned that we had to explain as much about what we did both in and out of the studio to show that we had an understanding of what we were doing.

I went back and made some of the written work i did, better and more detailed than before like explaining what we used more and how we used them.

The images we took outside, we were either in pairs which i enjoyed  or a small group or the whole group would be taking photos of each other, depending what task was given, we would take pictures of things or places, learning which places would make for better images. Like if the place was crowded or if it was empty. Or which places were better for the sources of natural light or places we would need our own source of light.

I found the lesson we did outside near the church a a group a little hard as i didn't have much understanding of the equipment at the time or how to know how much light you needed or how to get the right amount. But during further lessons, i learned this.

I have enjoyed all the work done in photography and learning new things. There was a lot of skills i learned. I prefer photography than animation even though i do like animation but photography is something that i find captures something meaningful as well as pretty.

There is nothing outstanding that i thought i could have done better. Everything seemed to have gone well and i think i managed to keep track of the work and keep up to date with most of my work.

Adde Adesokan

This is an image of what we were trying to do with some of the photos we took in the studio. It an image built up of someones head, middle and feet. But the idea of this one was that not all of them are the same distance. Some are close ups are what are being taken and some are further away. 

This is what we tried to do in the studio to mix it all up a little. 

In most of the images we took, the middle photo always had something going on. Like we would have our hands in our coat pockets or in front of us, even behind our backs. Where as the other two images were just of our face and out feet. 

This one is slightly different as this person is on a bike and the photographer has taken a picture of his feet with the man on his bike. 

David Hockney work

This is some of David hokney's work, built up of smaller paintings and then put together to create a bigger image.

We have done something similar to this in class but rather than using lots of images, we used only 6 images that built up an image. I find the lining up the photos hard but the whole idea was to make sure that they only lined up a little. As you see in the image above , they all don't line up and you can see that there slightly out of place.

But even though they are, you can see the bigger image. This is what the whole idea was so it didn't matter if it was slightly out of place.

David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture

Bus Stop

This is 6 images of a bus stop that we took. The 6 images would join up to make up a bigger image. The pictures didn't have to match, the whole idea was for them to not match up. Just as long as they were in the same area as the other images.

Me and Jordan took it in turns to do images like these, 6 shots of something in front of us. Then we would take them to photo shop to join them together like we have done in the image above. We found places with things that stood still like trees and houses were the best places to take photo's. In this image, the red bus showed movement and probably the most eye catching part of the image.

They gave you an idea of how each photo measured up so they weren't to different from each other. We didn't want them to out of place.

Places like parks were the easiest but at times , there was nothing going on in the park and this made the image boring to look at. It wouldn't show that each photo was different if it was of a field so it had to have something in it, even if it was just something small.

The bridge

In this video is Kyle valentine, peter bradey

Photo Movie.mov

Stop frame

Today, using the photos we took on Tuesday and stitching them together in Final cut pro , i created a small film. We had problems at most points, some of the places we chose didn't work very well were some others did.

Me and Jordan decided that the location needed to be quiet but still had something in the back ground. Something that didn't take to much attention away from the person who was being photographed.

                    This shot shows me inserting the photo's i took into final cut pro and then i decided         which ones i did or didn't want to make sure the whole thing fit properly. I noticed a few of the photos      were brighter than others making it look slightly out of place. 

The song i inserted needed to be rendered and made shorter so it would only play of the images rather than on its own. This sound was a City park ambiance. It gave the short stop frame film a bit of life and to show where i was and the idea of a park and being outside. 

Here, once i had the photos i still wanted, i right clicked on the photos ( All photos would have to be high lighted to make them stitch together) to make the drop down menu appear. On the list, it says Duration , i clicked on that to make them stitch together.

Once the duration box appeared, the highlighted numbers in the middle show how long each clip is but to make them flick across the screen to make my photos move, the speed had to be changed. However, when the box is first opened , numbers appear in the second to last part. 

For the images to join together, the end 00 need to be around 04 ( like mine is) depending on how fast you want it. 

in the studio

in the studio we spent time taking photos of each other. Mainly close ups of our heads , middle body and feat.   Each one would be then put together to make an image with all three.                  

  Head 

                   The picture above would be the image that goes at the top of the photo 

 Head 

 Feet

 Middle

 Middle

                                                                                                                                                      

Tom Hunter

   

                                                        Tom Hunter

Tom Hunters work is very inspiring. On his site, he talks about how he creates his photos using normal people in his life. From his friends to his neighbors. Just ordinary people. He has photographed famous people but tries to make his photos.

He tries to make up his image using the style, a painter called Caravggio, an italian painter.

I like how he brings every day people into his work, transforming them into something that creates a picture that shows meaning.

I think this one is of a close friend to try. He uses people he knows in most of his work.

In this photo (above) i read that this photo was made to show other people what it was like living in the slums in a part of London. The slums had been planned to be knocked down to build garages on the spare land. Tom hunter took this picture using his neighbour holding a possession form in her hands.

Tom also had her recently born baby in the photo. He took down a few things in the home like the curtains and a few things on the wall.

He also waited for a specific time to take the photo because he liked how the sun washed over the baby head and the women.

Studio 10/01/2012

This was the last time we were to have a lesson in the studio on the tuesday morning. Using a Canon 5d, we took photos that showed different uses and different levels of light.

The picture of me below shows an example of a photo that has used studio flags. You can see that light has been reflected on to me before the rest of the light is creating a circle behind me. it gives the photo the effect of the light dying out, the further it gets away from me.

This photo hasn't been edited on adobe light room, the software thats on the computer in the studio.

Again, for this photo below, the flags have been moved closer to the person being photographed. the light being reflected of the flags are being reflected on to the face. This shot was only using the top half of the body. from the shoulders to the head.

the fact that steve was wearing black that day, you cant really see anything but his face. the background is also completely black, showing that there is no light being reflected behind him.

but to also make sure there wasn't to much light, the Bowen's lighting had to be turned to to a suitable level. It had to be comfortable but also enough light being given out to be able to see Steve's face clearly rather than anything else in the photo.

Using a book to take some examples. To reflect light, we used to black panels called flags. Depending on how much light there was, depended on us to the flags for high levels of light to reflect on a persons face.

Both of these photos were taken by using a Canon 5d, Bowen's lighting and studio flags. My group had to try and attempt to make some of the photos in the book, some of them being like these. The photos in the book mostly lacked colour.

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Mary Ellen Mark

Mary Ellen Mark in Iceland Wonderkids exhibition

Mary Ellen Mark

 I like her work because her work is in black and white and not all of her images are perfect like the one of Johnny Depp. She also catches emotion in her photos.

She's photographed many famous actors like Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep and Robert Downey junior.

I like how she always make sure she has the image she wants before she takes a picture. One of the cameras she has proves a challenge to her is that there is no post production. Thats why everything has to be perfect when the shutter releases.

She also likes to take photographs in New York city, the energy and variety inspiring her and her work. She has always photographed New York, even before she lived there.

most of her work is basically concentrating on the person being photographed.
The backgrounds are simple , nothing to eye catching to draw you attention away from
the main focus.

even her portrait pictures in the studio are low light, the small amount of light being
reflected on to the person in the centre.

Portrait assignment

Today we are starting our photography assignment. We have to choose 6 photographers and research some of there work and in 300 words we have to describe why we like there work.

I will pick Mary Ellen Mark, Tom hunter, Jason Christopher, David Bailey, Arnold Newman and Julia Margaret Cameron.

Photograms

In one lesson with Steve, we went into the dark room thats near the camera store room and produced photograms. Inside the room, projectors sat on tables and to create a photogram we had to use a sort of plastic paper.

Using the projectors, we would lay different objects on the paper, estimating how long it would take for enough light to get on to the paper. Once we had chosen how long ( about 5+ seconds) we would put in the right amount of time into the timer and then start the timer, waiting for the light to hit the paper.

Once the time stopped we would go over to two chemicals, one that stained the parts where the light had been exposed too and the second being a chemical to stop the first from turning the whole thing black. However if the darker parts were grey or the whole image went black, not enough or to much light has been exposed to the paper. You would leave the paper in each chemical for about one or two minutes, depending on its size. After dipping the image in to both chemicals , you would dip it into running water to make sure the chemicals had been washed off.

Outside there was an iron press that had two rollers in the middle, heat running though it. You had to put the photogram through the two rollers, allowing the water to be squeezed off and when it came out of the back, it would be completely dry.

I came out with 4 photgrams. One or two of them were grey rather than black and needed a bit more time under the projector but the last one was ok. Each one was easy to spot the image of what it was ( feather, ribbon and flower).

I really enjoyed this lesson even though you would have to wait some time to get to the dye's.

Studio 03/01/2012

Today we went into the studio and using still life , we took pictures of different objects. The ISO, the F stops and shutter speed was changed and we had to use a light meter ( a small hand held device that measures amount of light) to change the camera settings.

We each went in a group of three, changing the camera and light so we would get a good picture that had the right amount of light.

We used a Cambo camera stand to hold the camera and a white camera table -> (image)