Project 3: Motion Prework

Panning

Photo by: Erwan Escoubet

Website: http://photodoto.com/panning-photography-ideas/

Slow Motion

Photo By: Anton Bragalia

Website: http://photography.stwilfrids.com/figure-in-motion-resources-bragaglia-motion-gallery.html

Freeze Action

Photo By: Harold E. Edgerton

Website: http://www.photography-now.com/artist/harold-e.-edgerton

Total Motion

Photo by: Bill Waldman

Website: http://www.popphoto.com/how-to/2012/04/tips-pro-drag-shutter-to-capture-bodies-motion

Effective Use of Camera Shake

Photo By: Skyla Baily

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/498773727458735488/

Contrasting Techniques with Same Movement

Photo By: Chris Peddecord

Photo By: Shinichi Maruyama

Website: http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2013/01/04/dancers-in-motion/

Between these two photos, I think they are effective in their own way, however I like the motion blur better. The first dancer photo is simply a freeze motion which shows beautiful lines, but the second one actually shows the movement throughout dance. Dance is a flow of movement and I think it is more accurately portrayed in the second photograph. 

Triptychs and Diptychs 

These are a series of two or three photographs or pieces of artwork placed next to each other purposefully to convey an image or theme. 

Photo By: Laurence Demaison

Website: http://weandthecolor.com/experimental-art-photography-by-laurence-demaison/12397

Photo By: Julianna Kunstler

Website: http://juliannakunstler.com/art1_schemedesign.html#.VmSUz_lViko

Project 2; Framing, Filters, and Composition

Filter Test

Final Prints

After the filter test, I decided I liked filter 2 the best with the aperture set to 8 and an exposure of 5 seconds. 

This negative had a fingerprint so I enlarged the photo and turned the easel vertically. I used a 5.6 aperture and 7 seconds of exposure. I then used the burning and dodging technique over the lamp post to expose the clouds more. I used filter 3. 

This print also had a 5.6 aperture, but a five second exposure with filter 2 and 1/2. 

For this print I used an aperture or 8 with filter 3 and a 5 second exposure. 

When printing this negative I used an aperture of 8 with a 7 second exposure. I also used a 2 1/2 filter.

Photo Composition Hunt-Framing

Leading Lines

Photo by: Xavier Fargas

Website: http://photography.tutsplus.com/articles/100-awe-inspiring-black-white-photographs--photo-3018

Phot by: Giles McGarry

Website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kantryla/5220017343

Rule of Thirds

Photo by: Trey Ratcliff

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/4196895640/in/set-72157625021480430

Photo by: Chris Miles

Website: http://121clicks.com/tutorials/art-of-composition-in-photography-tips-and-examples

Strong Diagonals

Photo by: Kruno Debenc
Website: http://www.photographyserved.com/Gallery/Curves-and-Lines/388980

Photo by: Fan Ho
Website: http://www.cubebreaker.com/1950s-hong-kong-street-photography-fan-ho/

Bird's Eye View

Photo by: Irving Penn

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/424745808579293317/

Photo by: Ben Cosgrove

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/189291990558994227/

Bug's Eye View

Photo by: Oleg Stelmach

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/89509111314659357/

Photo by: Melissa Barrett

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/209135976419508586/

Close Up

Photo by: Hannes Caspar

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/447474912949101522/

Photo by: Clarence Sinclair Bull

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/182888434837256804/

Frame within a Frame

Photo by: Bee Chalmers

Website: http://letthekids.com/technique-thursday-frame-within-a-frame/

Filling the Frame

Photo by: Bogdan Sandu

Website: http://www.designyourway.net/blog/inspiration/beauty-in-close-up-creative-portrait-photography-32-examples/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+boogiesbc+(Design+your+way)

Photo Composition Hunt-Elements of Design

Lines

Parallel, horizontal lines

Photo by: Dan Comaniciu

Website: http://121clicks.com/tutorials/the-importance-of-lines-in-photography-an-overview-with-superb-examples

Diagonal, leading lines

Photo by: David Paul Ohmer

Website: http://www.lightstalking.com/22-landscape-photographs-that-use-power-lines-to-great-effect/

Curved, leading lines

Photo by: Miguel Mealha

Website: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=141316

Texture

Photo by: George Steinmetz
Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/533254412102869068/

Photo by: James R. Page
Website: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pageworld/5263735145/

Photo by: Bror Johansson
Website: http://www.cafleurebon.com/new-niche-fragrance-review-a-lab-on-fire-liquid-night-yesterday-and-today-draw/

Shape

Photo by: Edward Weston
Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/404972191463440085/

Photo by: Stacy Wachter
Website: http://gencept.com/abstract-colored-shapes-photography

Photo by: Walter Bibikow
Website: http://www.art.com/products/p14103206-sa-i2802164/walter-bibikow-bicycle-display-at-swiss-transport-museum-lucerne-switzerland.htm

Space

Photo by: Ian Sanderson

Website: http://www.phogropathy.com/using-negative-space-in-photography/

Photo by: Bryon Lippincott
Website: http://www.phogropathy.com/using-negative-space-in-photography/

Photo by: Fan Ho

Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/20/fan-ho-hong-kong-photos_n_5852420.html

Value

High contrast

Photo by: Wilfredo Lumagbus

Website: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/20/fan-ho-hong-kong-photos_n_5852420.html

High contrast

Photo by: Emma Summerton

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/426716133421316475/

Low contrast

Photo by: Julia Hoersch

Website: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/112871534381004080/

Project 1

Kaleidoscope Photograms

For the main part of Project 1, I used flowers and leaves to make a black and white photogram which I would turn into a kaleidoscope. In order to do that, I made a 5 by 7 photogram. I started by putting bubble wrap in the negative carrier in the enlarger. I set the aperture to 11 and adjusted the focus knob to make the bubble wrap clear. I set the timer for 6 seconds and then made sure the light was off. I took out my paper and I organized the flowers and leaves close to the edges which I knew would later form a design then I put heavy glass on top of the paper. I exposed the paper then developed it and let it dry. 

After the original photogram dried, I made a tone reversal of it, leaving the settings the same on the enlarger. I put the blank unexposed paper on the bottom with the emulsion side up and then the already exposed design face down on that paper. Then developed that 5 by 7 paper so I had half of the design. I then made another tone reversal of the original image and then a tone reversal of the tone reversal. 

I let these four photograms dry and then I trimmed all of the uneven edges off and set them up in a square which formed a kaleidoscope design. Lastly I matted the four images.  

 For my second part of Project 1, I did a different version of illuminated negatives which are shown in my previous post, but I used a scanner instead of a color enlarger. I took an arrangement of flowers and set acetate on the scanner. I arranged the flowers on top of the acetate and covered them with a black photography bag. I scanned the images then edited them digitally. I increased the blacks and saturation in the flowers. I then I printed the pictures. I cut them out and then mounted them. I really liked the way the illuminated negatives looked and so this was a good substitute for not having a color enlarger.  

Project 1

Illuminated Negatives 

For part of Project 1, I am going to use the idea of illuminating negatives. It is a color photogram which uses a color enlarger. However, since a color enlarger is unavailable, I am going to do a moderation of this process without using a camera. I will edit the images digitally after using a scanner and a black sheet to cover an arrangement of flowers on the scanner. I will do a series of five images. 

Inspiration:

Photos by: Stuart Allen Levy

http://www.stuartallenlevy.com/botanicals/

Old Process & New Artist

Process: Illuminated Negatives also known as colored photograms

A photogram is a shadow-like photograph created in the darkroom by placing objects between a light sensitive paper and a light source.

Step 1: Choose your object or specimen
Step 2: Bring it into the darkroom.
Step 3: In total darkness, open your light-sensitive color archival paper and place the paper under the color enlarger. The arrange the objects under the enlarger and over the light-sensitive color archival paper.
Step 4: Expose the paper using the color enlarger after your objects are arranged how you would like. 
Step 5: The paper is then processed using an automated RA4 print processor.

Source: http://www.illuminatednegatives.com/about/theprocess.html

Old Process Tests

 

Photogram using Objects

This was made with a 5 second exposure and aperture of 11.

Photogram and Tone Reversal Using Magazine Image

This was the magazine image I chose to use. On the other side there were words. When making a magazine photogram, one has to take into account for what is on both sides of the image. 

This was the result of a six second exposure and an aperture of 11.

This was the tone reversal of the original image with a six second exposure and aperture of 8. 

Chemogram

Pinhole Camera

This was taken on a cloudy day and I used an exposure of 25 seconds. 

This was a tone reversal of the original image, however I did not put the emulsion side to the emulsion side of the original image so it became grey and blurry. 

Cyanotype 

This cyanotype was left in bright sun for 25 minutes then washed with water. After washing it I put it into hydrogen peroxide to turn it deep blue.