Different Locations in Photography

Studio

This photograph was taken in the studio, I used a black back drop to make the coat contrast with the back ground, the coat is actually placed on a black mannequin which makes it look like it's floating, I like this effect because it has made the foreground stand out from the back ground. The photograph was taken on an SLR and was taken in black and white.

This photograph was taken a couple of years ago at, it was taken for my Final Major Project which was to be implemented into a magazine in which I created. The location of the image is at Brill in Oxfordshire, it was taken outdoors and I edited after in Adobe Elements 11, the sky was changed to look more blue and my model has been made to look more contrasted, I wanted to keep the windmill and the grass in black and white to make the whole image stand out, but mainly I wanted the sky and the model to be the focus of the image. 

Location

This image was taken when I went to Torquay on holiday last year. The image was taken on my iPhone 5, there has been no editing made to this image, it was taken at night time in the pool area, the trees were lit up by coloured lights and these elements made it an interesting image to take.

Different Use of Lenses - Holga

I am used to using my basic lens which came with my Nikon so by being given a different lens to use I became fascinated with the results. These have been taken using a Holga lens, the lens also gave the option to add different colours and effects to the subject in front of you. The image below is slightly out of focus but I like it as it looks abstract and it allows for the unfocused effect on the image.

These have been created by using and changing to colour dial on the Holga lens, I photographed my printed trousers and masked each image with a different colour to give a different effect each time. I really like that lenses give so many options to change an image entirely without editing in Photoshop as it's more time consuming, and by doing it this way it's an instant effect and you are able to play around with different colours and be creative with it.

This is quite unusual looking and it has been done by taking a picture of my notebook, I focused on the bird and I changed the dial around to multiply the birds, this is the effect I got given with using the desired effect. The next couple of image below have been taken the same way I just changed the subject I was photographing to give me several different images.

Different Use of Lenses - Fish Eye

Fish Eye Lens

This is my first time experimenting using a fish eye lens, the use of this can give a whole new outlook on photography through a completely different view, it's difficult to tell on these particular images but it gives a curved effect and as you are looking through a fishes eye, the fish eyed lens would give a better result on landscapes or subjects far away as I've just photographed close ups. The only issue using this lens is that you are unable to zoom in very far as by the furthest you zoom, the ring around the image gets bigger and eventually you will be left with just a normal image. The two images below have been taken using a fish eye, I have used my notebook to experiment and play around with the lens, I wanted to be creative and to find things which inspired me, the only interesting things I found to photograph were my tile printed trousers, my flower printed top and my necklace, this created an exciting combination of different and unusual set of image and which in my opinion turned out quite well for my first attempt. 

Use of Lighting - Studio and Tungsten

These images were taken back in the first year in the first couple of weeks of college. This is the first time I have experimented with studio and tungsten lighting. To create this scene, shapes were presented onto a white backdrop and coloured gels were used to merge in the colours which reflected on the shapes. I really like how the use of lighting and colours created these images, they are unedited but they are already well lit and the colours are bright and clear. I look at these images and consider them to be quite abstract, they are different which makes them interesting and eye catching images. I like the use of the studio as it gives you the ability to create any desired effect to photographs without the worry of having an unlit subject, lighting is also used to create shadows reflecting off a subject or model but in some cases shadows are unnecessary, but this depends on the type and theme of an image.

Dark Room and Manipulation

These dark room images have been developed from negatives in the dark room using chemicals, these images had originally been used for a previous project using the dark room. What I did to set up the composition for the photograph was to create a white background using a white sheet of paper as a back drop, I searched through my hand bag and managed to conjure up a scene using a makeup bag and some lip sticks to create a fashion/beauty set of images. 

To set up the chemicals in the dark room you need to measure the developer, fix and water in order to transform negatives into prints. I created a set of images to show for this project which were a set of contrasting images, one highly contrasted and the other being the opposite and having much more white to the image. I exposed the prints to light for about 25 seconds to get a dark contrasted effect, and to gain the contrast I turned the dial on the projector until I could see a lot of purple, the purple shows the print will be more contrasted rather than having pure white as this wont be contrasted. I love contrasted images as they're bold and eye catching and by creating a contrasted effect using the dark room material will transform any print. 

I manually manipulated my prints in the dark room by combining two negatives together, I created this effect by exposing one half of the paper to the light and covering the other half by moving a piece of card in the desired area, I did this to blend in the harsh line on the print, I then selected another negative and again covering the side I had already exposed to light and doing the same technique. 

Combining Negatives

Original Print

Contrasted Image 

Digital Manipulation

These are four images which have been severely manipulated in Adobe Photoshop, the first image was taken for one of my photography projects in the first year of my HND, I wanted to create a silhouette effect with this image, the image was taken directly in front of natural sunlight, unfortunately it wasn't taken in the studio so in Photoshop I used the 'Magnetic Lasso Tool' to remove the background from the fore image. The image was also converted into black and white, there were restrictions on this project which were to create three different size images, this one being a square format and also a landscape and a portrait.

This was part of a project which was to produce four images for exhibition, the theme of this was to do with time and the project itself was called 'A Journey Through Time.' The image was originally in colour but I converted it into black and white for 'The National Photographic Society' competition and each other image I submitted was in black and white so I wanted each image to be the same colour format. The photographs itself were taken on my iPad and what I did was edit each image in photoshop using the 'Magnetic Lasso Tool' to remove the back ground of my images and then I merged three images together using different layers.

This image again was for my Final Major Project which was to create a magazine, my mum took the picture of me and I positioned myself so when editing I can place a perfume bottle in my hand. Again this image was produced using different layers, firstly the image of myself was converted into black and white but I wanted to keep a slight bit of colour in, I decided to keep the mouth in colour so it stands out, I enlarged the perfume bottle and using a separate layer I placed it behind myself to make it look like I was sat in front. The third layer was the small perfume bottle which I shrunk down to fit nicely in my hand. The whole concept of this image is because the perfume is called 'Midnight Poison' I wanted the image to be dark and cat like to match the name of the perfume and as I kept part of the image in colour it has made the image contrasted.

This is another image which was apart of my FMP and this one was to advertise a makeup product and I wanted it to emulate other advertisements in magazines and to have the same concept as you would see in a fashion or beauty magazine. This image was made up from different layers, the model was the original layer which was edited using the 'Magnetic Lasso Tool,' the image was originally taken outside so the background needed removing. I took a picture of the makeup and the box separately and again using the 'Magnetic Lasso' I removed the background, I placed these two images using separate layers onto the original layer, and for the final layer I created some typography and placed it at the bottom of the image to signify what makeup the model is wearing. The Image was also made to look highly contrasted and I picked out the flowers in the dress to brighten them up without ruining the contrast of the rest of the image. The model is blowing on a dandelion to show that the makeup has a light feel to the skin.

Different Camera Formats

iPhone 5

This is an image I took with my iPhone 5, it also has been edited in Instagram as I have masked the image with a filter. My iPhone 5 has an 8 megapixel camera which is better than most smart phone cameras these days. The picture quality is quite clear and I am able to zoom into the image with it still being a clear quality. The purpose of this image is that I was out with my friends on Valentines day and the table was covered in rose petals so I decided to make a heart out of the petals to get a pretty picture.

Nikon SLR D3200

This image was taken on my Nikon camera for one of my photography projects which was to emulate another photographers work, I emulated Cecil Beaton's work as I really like his images on Marilyn Monroe and since I discovered him I've wanted to try and create a piece of work like his as he's an amazing photographer. This image was originally taken in colour but I changed it into black and white in Adobe Photoshop CS6, the camera mode was set to automatic and the picture was taken in my living room at night, so the image was lit with artificial lighting. I set the scene and I laid a natural  coloured throw on the floor and dressed my model in an off the shoulder white dress to make her look like she's Marilyn.

Camera Modes

These images were taken with my Nikon SLR, I had just bought the camera so I was playing around and testing it out. Here the camera was set up on automatic with the flash on, in some cases the flash can ruin an image if the subject is already in a well lit room, flash is more effective in darker environments, this picture was taken at night time but with an artificial light on in the background. Flash can ruin any detailing on a subject and also create shadows. 

I took these images using the 'Night' mode on my camera, it was dark and raining outside and I thought I would experiment with my SLR on night mode as I have never used it before. I like the fact that cameras have various different modes and by just switching the dial around the camera is set up to use, it's also a perfect tool for a beginner. Using a camera on night mode will slow down the shutter speed to allow for more light, rather than using a flash as it can be made to look more unnatural on a subject outdoors. 

I set my camera up to the 'Aperture' mode to take these images, aperture priority basically gives you control of the aperture manually which controls the depth of field. Aperture priority allows the person to control the aperture value and the shutter speed will automatically fit to match this. This is the same with the shutter priority, the user will choose a certain shutter speed and the aperture will then automatically match. Below I have some examples of aperture priority, they aren't very good examples as the 'Aperture' control is mainly used for landscapes as it is only necessary to use a narrow aperture. A wide aperture is used to make the background less distracting on images such as portraits, this allows the subject to have the focus without the disturbance from the back ground. Another useful mode on a camera would be 'Program' mode, this mode calculates both the aperture and the shutter speed together.