In this task I used the studio lights to see what difference the position of a light makes on my model and the overall image. The main light creates shadows on the face and has a shadow on the left side of the image. Most photographers don't want this on their images and models face so they use the fill light to get rid of the shadow and the shadows on the models face. Finally, the hair light lightens the whole image more and brightens up the model's hair. You can see the progression and difference in the image as you change the lighting. This shows how lighting impact an image a lot and how important good lighting is. I use natural lighting in most of my photos as I like how it isn't harsh and is a kind of soft lighting that doesn't create harsh lines on whatever I am photographing.
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Muhammed Ali
Our photography teachers asked us all to respond the work of Ben Watts with Muhammed Ali. He was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Post retirement, Muhammad Ali worked as a humanitarian and activist. He donated millions of dollars to charity organizations, and it is estimated that he helped provide food for more than 22 million people affected by hunger across the world. In this response I really like the colour in my collage and how I highlighted him with a border of pink and it makes him pop out of the picture. To be more like the work of Ben Watts I used a lot of tape on my page and even did it around the whole page. I also noticed he had hole punched in his collage, so I added them to mine but to highlight them even further I stuck bright yellow post-it notes to the back underneath them. I really like how he fills the whole page with pictures, tape and writing and I think I achieved this quite well but if I was to do this again, I would try and make it even more busy with pictures and no blank space anywhere as I can see I have some in the bottom left of this collage. |
Tilly
This is my second response where we were asked to respond to the work of ben watts with images of ourselves and our environment. I really enjoyed creating this as it allowed us to be creative with how we out the images together and we had freedom to do it however we liked. I selected these images because they portrayed me well and showed me in different settings and with the people most important to me. I really like the look Ben Watts work and how he uses the masking tape to create a rough and home-made look. When creating my collage, I decided to place them in a neat way as that's how I prefer to do this. I understand this isn't really his style and if I was to do it again, I would have placed them in a different way. I did copy his technique of highlighting the big middle image with masking tape as I think it adds another layer to the poster and separates the bigger image from the other ones. I like the use of pink and how it is used all around to compliment my top and work well together. I like the contrast of the green behind myself to make me pop out of the page. I selected other things to go round my image other than photos as this is what Ben Watts does to further get to know his models and show all the sides of them to the viewer. I have my road, my surname and a heart with my initial in it as these images contain all the people I love. My favourite thing I added was my surname in that handwriting and it gives a rougher look to the poster whilst also being something to do with me and my name. |
How I did it:
I first took images at winter wonderland of my friends with colourful lights projected on their faces from the rides and created a blurred effect by asking them to move and by having a blurred shutter speed. After seeing and editing these images to make them look how I wanted them I realized I needed to develop it. I thought of projecting an image taken of the fun-fair rides and putting a model in front of it so the ride and bright colours would project on their face. I tried making their face blurred but it didn't turn out well and I preferred the clear, sharp image instead. Evaluation: I really enjoyed this whole project and development as it gave me freedom to be creative and take the photos I want to take. I've always really liked night photography and the contrast of the night and the sky with the bright and colourful lights. I think this worked really well to develop the work of Valerie Kabis as it added a new level to her work and made it more interesting to the viewers eye in my opinion. I prefer my images with a clear background and a clear models face as the background is busy and vibrant enough to be eye-catching and intriguing. I also like the shadows my model makes on the background and how this darkens in and highlights their feature, for example the hand where the writing is seen on the hand and the shadow is projected on the background. The models position also works really well as the writing as shapes are straight on their face. |