Here is the link to my environment Pinterest page: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/hansc028309/enviroment/
triangle:
I was asked to take a photo including a triangle shape, by using this shape its a good way of grouping elements of the photo and organising them to suggest stability.
rule of thirds:imagine that your image is divided into 9 equal segments by 2 vertical and 2 horizontal lines. The most important elements in your scene should be placed along these lines, or at the points where they intersect
triangle:This geometric shape is a good way of grouping elements of an image and organising them so they suggest stability.
If your want to creation unstable feeling in a photograph then objects can be grouped into an upside down triangle layers:overlapping where you deliberately partially obscure one object with another.
balance:objects in animate have 'weight'. this might be dictated by size, brightness or colour. Two objects can balance each other out even though they might be different to each other.
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Framing the environment:
www: good lighting and have a variety of different pictures with different elects to each one
ebi: if the space around the frame was even all the way round in some of the photographs.
ebi: if the space around the frame was even all the way round in some of the photographs.
Framing the environment: second response
This was an experiment i tried, by using an over head projector to reflect photos onto a backdrop. I had some normal photos printed and some printed on an acetate printer . The photos that I used I took out side of school, one in the Tottenham Hotspur stadium (representing the industrial side of the environment) and one in the garden in school (representing the natural environment). Although the idea in principle was a good one the reflections on to the backdrop did not come out as vibrant and overall as well as i had hoped. However i think that is is another great way to take photos using frames and different shapes and colours.
Edited versions:
Here are a few edited versions, i have changes the contrast and vibrance of the colours to create a version a bit more like Mark Dorf, who i had taken inspiration from. Although my photographs aren't very similar i like the vibrance of Mark Dorfs photographs.
John divola:
John Divola is an American contemporary visual artist. He currently lives and works in Riverside, CA. Divola works in photography, describing himself as exploring the landscape by looking for the edge between the abstract and the specific.
Reflection:
Andy Yeung:Andy Young is a photographer who is very keen on landscape, architecture and aeriel landscape. He was born and raised in Hong Kong and take many aerial photos of Hong Kong that gain a lot of attraction, he has worked internationally and has worked with various different well know companies such as the BBC.
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2nd response: (my own photographs and editing)
www: good and interesting photographs to make fascinating reflections
ebi: if I took more photos of nature
ebi: if I took more photos of nature
The formal elements:
The Formal Elements are the parts used to make a piece of artwork. The art elements are line, shape, form, tone, texture, pattern, colour and composition. They are often used together, and how they are organised in a piece of art determines what the finished piece will look like.
Texture and colour:
texture:
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colour:
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www: good variety of places and the colours are very vibrant. As well as this the texture of the concrete makes a more in depth photos.
ebi: took more photos of the concrete.
ebi: took more photos of the concrete.
Wild concrete:
the task was to walk around the school and find man mad things such as buildings or pipes that have been overtaken by nature.
www: got lots of wild concrete around the school and used some good angles
ebi: I got some more photographs.
ebi: I got some more photographs.
2nd response:
Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze:
about the photographer:
Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze is a French photographer based in Hong Kong where he moved in 2009. Since 2010 he has been pointing his camera on his new home to document the different aspects of this city. Four of his photographic series were published as photo books by Asia One Publishing: Vertical Horizon, Wild Concrete , The Blue Moment and Concrete Stories . His photographic work is represented by Blue Lotus Gallery in Hong Kong.
Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze is a French photographer based in Hong Kong where he moved in 2009. Since 2010 he has been pointing his camera on his new home to document the different aspects of this city. Four of his photographic series were published as photo books by Asia One Publishing: Vertical Horizon, Wild Concrete , The Blue Moment and Concrete Stories . His photographic work is represented by Blue Lotus Gallery in Hong Kong.
Strata:
today we had to find and take photos of layers in the school. we went to the car park and to the garden next to the astro
www: good variety of places and angles.
ebi: could've taken more photos of natural layers and maybe in a tree or another natural place in the garduen.
ebi: could've taken more photos of natural layers and maybe in a tree or another natural place in the garduen.
2nd response:
www: I took photos of a variety of places and I think there is good lighting and angles
ebi: my photographs would've been better if I took more photos of the vent, with better angles.
ebi: my photographs would've been better if I took more photos of the vent, with better angles.
whats next?:
Michael wolf:
Michael Wolf is a German-born photographer who captures the claustrophobia of city life through portraits of cramped apartments, unending skyscrapers, and crowded subway cars. ... Wolf worked as a photojournalist for the German based magazine Stern in Hong Kong for a number of years before focusing on his own practice. my response and why I am interested: I am going to go to central London and I am going to take photos of the tall building, I am interested in doing this because I am constantly surrounded but buildings like these and I think I could get some great photos. |
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Rodney graham:
Rodney Graham Canadian. Graham, an artist from Vancouver who works in a variety of mediums, built a giant pinhole camera and parked it in front of twelve different trees for one month in 1979. The public was invited to enter the camera to view the luminous image of the tree cast upside-down on the camera's back wall. my response and why I am interested: I am going to go somewhere with some isolated trees and change some photos to black and white and maybe saturate the colours of some of my coloured photos. I am interested in responding to this photographer because he is very unique and not many people think to take and flip photos like this. |
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Eliot porter:
Eliot Porter developed a vision of the landscape that looked closer, caught the natural chaos of the wild but in a way that showed the hidden structures. He is the forefather of colour landscape photography and anyone who calls themselves a landscape photographer should at least be aware of his work my response and why I am interested: I live around many places that I could recreate and make these photos my own. I may go to a place with a lake and many surrounding trees. I want to respond to this artist because the photos he take are very beautiful and creative and almost euphoric. |
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My Michael Wolf response:
To take these photos I went to central London, we went to tower bridge and to London Bridge. We also took photos on the way. We took a variety of photos, some in the dark and some during the day.
www: good variety between light and dark also found some good locations
ebi: the photos in the dark could've had better angles and have been more focused
www: good variety between light and dark also found some good locations
ebi: the photos in the dark could've had better angles and have been more focused
My Eliot Porter response:
www: good destination for the photos and captured almost mystical photographs like Eliot Porter.
ebi: when editing the photos maybe doing a black and white version to be able to see how different the photographs would've looked without the vibrant colours.
ebi: when editing the photos maybe doing a black and white version to be able to see how different the photographs would've looked without the vibrant colours.
edited photos:when editing these photos I changed the vibrance, the hue/saturation and the levels of light and darkness in the photo. because of the editing the colour in the photos are much more vibrant and makes the photographs look more light and like the setting was more sunny.
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developed colour response:
(To edit these photos I used photoshop.)
2nd response:
These photographs were taken in Glasgow, Queens Park.
www: lots of different locations and good contrast of colours in some of the photographs .
ebi: took more photos and make had a variety of different angles.
ebi: took more photos and make had a variety of different angles.
Rodney Graham response:
www: good location and nice contrast of the black and white photo to the original colour photograph.
ebi: took more of a variety of unfocused and focused photographs
ebi: took more of a variety of unfocused and focused photographs
2nd response:
www: good angle of photographs and the editing on the first photo resembles Rodney Grahams original photos.
ebi: there was a a less busy and therefore a plainer background.
ebi: there was a a less busy and therefore a plainer background.
Blurred development: FINAL PIECE:
Here is an artist I took some inspirations from: Ellen Jantzen
For this final strand I used some photos that i took and put tracing paper over the computer to make it have a blurred effect. I think this is a nice final development seeing as it has showed my improvement throughout.