Monday, 15 June 2015
Sequencing - Work Diary
Evaluation
I did 3 different shoots in order to create 3 different types of sequencing photographs. One of the shoots was aimed to create an animation from different still images taken straight after each other, which I had not tried out before. I chose to shoot someone being spun around on a round about as I thought this would clearly show movement and therefore make a good animation. I found it relatively easy to do as I took several images as someone was being spun on the round about, and I was finished with the shoot. When it came to editing I had to create a frame animation in photoshop. I realised I only needed about 3 or 4 of the images I had taken as I was able to repeat the animation over and over after the person had been spun 360 degrees. I am happy with the outcome of the animation I created, and enjoyed trying something new and unique.
Another shoot I did was in order to produce a sequence of linear frames showing a sequence. For this I decided to shoot two people walking in from either side of the frame, high fiveing in the middle, and then beginning to walk out again. Rather than getting the two people to do this action and take images of them as they do it like I did with the other shoot, I decided the quality would be better if i made them freeze in different positions and then took images at these points. This worked well as I could place the people where I wanted in the frame at whichever point. When it came to editing, I realised that because I had cropped my images so that they were quite wide the sequence of images looked better if I put them together vertically rather than horizontally. Despite this, I was curious to see what the sequence would look like horizontally so i decided to edit it like this as well.
I found that when i placed the images horizontally, the overall image was too wide. it is also less visible as different pictures of the same scene, but looks slightly more like a panorama, which is not the effect I wanted. It is also more clear that the line separating the ground and the bushes is not straight.
The third and final shoot I had taken was to create a still image. This is where the sequence is shown in one frame, in this case by the positioning of the individual in different areas of the frame to show movement. For this shoot I decided to photograph someone standing in different areas of a climbing frame. This was straight forward as all I had to do was to keep the camera in the same position while I told someone to stand in 5 different places. I thought it would be quite effective if for the last image I could capture someone jumping off the clamping frame, which works effectively.
One problem I had with the 3 tasks was that I had some trouble with my camera. Because of this some of the images I had taken were either very overexposed or out of focused. This meant that a lot of detail was not visible and the overall quality of the images were bad.
I did 3 different shoots in order to create 3 different types of sequencing photographs. One of the shoots was aimed to create an animation from different still images taken straight after each other, which I had not tried out before. I chose to shoot someone being spun around on a round about as I thought this would clearly show movement and therefore make a good animation. I found it relatively easy to do as I took several images as someone was being spun on the round about, and I was finished with the shoot. When it came to editing I had to create a frame animation in photoshop. I realised I only needed about 3 or 4 of the images I had taken as I was able to repeat the animation over and over after the person had been spun 360 degrees. I am happy with the outcome of the animation I created, and enjoyed trying something new and unique.
Another shoot I did was in order to produce a sequence of linear frames showing a sequence. For this I decided to shoot two people walking in from either side of the frame, high fiveing in the middle, and then beginning to walk out again. Rather than getting the two people to do this action and take images of them as they do it like I did with the other shoot, I decided the quality would be better if i made them freeze in different positions and then took images at these points. This worked well as I could place the people where I wanted in the frame at whichever point. When it came to editing, I realised that because I had cropped my images so that they were quite wide the sequence of images looked better if I put them together vertically rather than horizontally. Despite this, I was curious to see what the sequence would look like horizontally so i decided to edit it like this as well.
I found that when i placed the images horizontally, the overall image was too wide. it is also less visible as different pictures of the same scene, but looks slightly more like a panorama, which is not the effect I wanted. It is also more clear that the line separating the ground and the bushes is not straight.
I much preferred the vertical version. One reason for this is because it is clearer to see the actions of the two people and that they are coming closer together. I also think it is more compressed as I found the vertical image was too long. It is also more visible where the images separate, so they are identifiable as individual images.
The third and final shoot I had taken was to create a still image. This is where the sequence is shown in one frame, in this case by the positioning of the individual in different areas of the frame to show movement. For this shoot I decided to photograph someone standing in different areas of a climbing frame. This was straight forward as all I had to do was to keep the camera in the same position while I told someone to stand in 5 different places. I thought it would be quite effective if for the last image I could capture someone jumping off the clamping frame, which works effectively.
One problem I had with the 3 tasks was that I had some trouble with my camera. Because of this some of the images I had taken were either very overexposed or out of focused. This meant that a lot of detail was not visible and the overall quality of the images were bad.
Minimum Depth Of Field - Image Bank
These images are all examples of minimum depth of field. This allows one item in the frame to be focussed while the background is very out of focus. This focused item is always the main focus of the image as it is the part we can see in most detail. Minimum depth of field can also help to show depth as a lot of the time the in focus part of the image is closest to the lens while the out of focus content is further away, for example in the top image of the purple flowers. On the other hand in the image of the barbed wire, the middle of it is in focus, rather than the area nearest to the lens.
Location Portraiture - Image Bank
These are all examples of portraits taken on location. I noticed that a lot of the ones I found had been edited black and white, in order to show the highlights, shadows and tones in the face. Black and white also allows texture to be emphasised as the different tones are visible, for example in the image of the young girl on the bench we can see the wood would be smooth but the worn away edges have a more rough texture. Something I like about location portraiture is that the location can help to make sense of the image or help to create a certain feel. For example, in the multiple image the mans urban dress sense works together with the brick wall to create an overall urban feeling.
Thursday, 11 June 2015
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