Photo shoot plan
My original intention of this photo shoot was to capture images regarding collections of colour. I wanted to find a variety of collections (of objects) that possess very rich and vibrant colours and take several photographs of each collection of colour. However, after capturing images of colourful (disco) lights, I found these were really effective, as they captured rich colours, as well as the effect of artificial light. I then developed this idea, to use different coloured torches in the dark room and captured photographs of long exposures of torches – to make a mixed media piece using the idea of colour and light. This combined to make one photo shoot and its development. Overall, the idea of colour collections was influenced by Kerry Davies, since her use of contrasting and complementary colours appeared very saturated within the frame. This took place inside my house, within a dark room, with only the artificial disco lights to create the composition.
Whilst capturing the image, the range of angles wasn’t my main focus. This was due to the fact that the focus of my photo shoot was more on the saturation of colour, as well as the direction of light within the composition. Therefore in terms of angles, I kept them at a relatively high level and rotated the camera in a circular motion – to capture the different directions that the light was directed at. In addition, as I experimented with various objects blocking the light (for example the glass), I used a high level at a more central angle to capture the effect of the coloured light passing through the glass. This was effective, because it captured different intensities of light, colour, as well as direction of light. Thus, this links into the direction of artificial light. Whilst capturing the images, I attempted to change the colour of the lights to obtain a range of saturated colours within my photo shoot – to link back to the idea of collections of colour. I ensured the foreground consisted of the coloured, artificial light, whilst the background was darkness, to emphasise the colour intensity.
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To develop these photographs further, I intend to create a mixed media piece, focussed on colour, as well as light. I will use the dark room (photography studio within school) to photograph various coloured light patterns. Firstly, I will turn the lights off and alter the exposure of the camera to F22 (bulb settings) – to ensure the exposure is long enough to capture the movement of the light. I will then ask someone to use a torch (turned on at various colours) to create patterns with the torch. For example, I will ask them to move the torch in the shape of a heart. Therefore, as I take the photograph, the long exposure will capture the movement of the torch’s light, to create a mixed media piece of shapes/patterns.
Whilst capturing the image, the range of angles wasn’t my main focus. This was due to the fact that the focus of my photo shoot was more on the saturation of colour, as well as the direction of light within the composition. Therefore in terms of angles, I kept them at a relatively high level and rotated the camera in a circular motion – to capture the different directions that the light was directed at. In addition, as I experimented with various objects blocking the light (for example the glass), I used a high level at a more central angle to capture the effect of the coloured light passing through the glass. This was effective, because it captured different intensities of light, colour, as well as direction of light. Thus, this links into the direction of artificial light. Whilst capturing the images, I attempted to change the colour of the lights to obtain a range of saturated colours within my photo shoot – to link back to the idea of collections of colour. I ensured the foreground consisted of the coloured, artificial light, whilst the background was darkness, to emphasise the colour intensity.
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To develop these photographs further, I intend to create a mixed media piece, focussed on colour, as well as light. I will use the dark room (photography studio within school) to photograph various coloured light patterns. Firstly, I will turn the lights off and alter the exposure of the camera to F22 (bulb settings) – to ensure the exposure is long enough to capture the movement of the light. I will then ask someone to use a torch (turned on at various colours) to create patterns with the torch. For example, I will ask them to move the torch in the shape of a heart. Therefore, as I take the photograph, the long exposure will capture the movement of the torch’s light, to create a mixed media piece of shapes/patterns.
Photo Shoot
edits
f8 - SHORT EXPOSURE
Annotation of edits
Within these edits I was attempting to capture various, really saturated colours created by (disco) lights that contrast and also complement each other. In addition, I attempted to capture numerous shapes and patterns created by the coloured lights, as well as the lights facing different directions within the composition. I took these images with a Canon Bridge Camera – the settings were on manual to allow me to change the exposure to F8. This allowed me to capture the images with a fast shutter speed, so that the lights would not change colour or direction before I could capture the image. Furthermore, this photo shoot was taken in my house (in a very dark room) at roughly 18:00pm – to ensure the background was completely dark, to allow the coloured light to appear really diverse in the foreground.
The work of Kerry Davies influenced me in completing this work due to her use of colour. Within her work, Davies captured images of various objects that obtained different intensities of colour. Thus, this influenced me to also find objects and capture the colours provided by these objects. However, I began with the colourful (disco) lights - and the saturation of the colours looked really effective within the frame. Thus, I continued to photograph the lights facing different directions, as well as with a variety of colours to create one photo shoot. In addition, I attempted to replicate Kerry Davies’ style of composition. She very rarely used a range of angles or levels, due to the fact that the main focus was on the colour. As a result, I captured most of the images of light facing directly above the light, so that the main focus was on the colour and the shapes/patterns created by the light – rather than the composition (the angle in which you view the light).
Therefore, I feel that the composition was effective, since I ensured the angles and levels were very simple to ensure the main focus was on the saturation of the colours. However, I did edit the composition of the images within photo shop, whilst editing some of my photographs. For example, if there were any intervening objects, I cropped these out of the frame. In addition, whilst I overlaid the various images in my edits, I cropped and resized the images to ensure they would all fit in the frame together within one image. Finally, to add some creativity to my images, I used objects (the glass was the most effective) within the composition, that would interfere with the direction of the light, as well as alter the intensity of the colour – to play around with the appearance of the composition.
The contrast of colour within my edits was really effective. The three main colours that were provided by the lights were: red, green and also blue. These colours were really effective as I overlapped them within photo shop, since they each appear so diverse positioned beside one another. Therefore, this really emphasises the use of colour within my edits (part of the subject matter). Furthermore, the vibrant, coloured lights against the jet black background (dark room) adds a great contrast and emphasises the saturated colours. In addition, I increased the brightness, contrast and saturation of the final overlay, to really emphasise the intensity of colours – as well as to increase the darkness of the background Thus, the bright colours provide a happy mood, as they contrast against the darker, pitch black background.
In order to refine and develop this piece I will create a mixed media piece – to develop the idea of light, as well as colour. To do this, I will use a long exposure to capture the path of different coloured torches in a very dark room. Therefore, the light will enhance the effect of the colour against the black background. To further develop this, I will overlay each light image that I create, so various shapes (created by the light) are situated within one frame – to make a more interesting composition.
The work of Kerry Davies influenced me in completing this work due to her use of colour. Within her work, Davies captured images of various objects that obtained different intensities of colour. Thus, this influenced me to also find objects and capture the colours provided by these objects. However, I began with the colourful (disco) lights - and the saturation of the colours looked really effective within the frame. Thus, I continued to photograph the lights facing different directions, as well as with a variety of colours to create one photo shoot. In addition, I attempted to replicate Kerry Davies’ style of composition. She very rarely used a range of angles or levels, due to the fact that the main focus was on the colour. As a result, I captured most of the images of light facing directly above the light, so that the main focus was on the colour and the shapes/patterns created by the light – rather than the composition (the angle in which you view the light).
Therefore, I feel that the composition was effective, since I ensured the angles and levels were very simple to ensure the main focus was on the saturation of the colours. However, I did edit the composition of the images within photo shop, whilst editing some of my photographs. For example, if there were any intervening objects, I cropped these out of the frame. In addition, whilst I overlaid the various images in my edits, I cropped and resized the images to ensure they would all fit in the frame together within one image. Finally, to add some creativity to my images, I used objects (the glass was the most effective) within the composition, that would interfere with the direction of the light, as well as alter the intensity of the colour – to play around with the appearance of the composition.
The contrast of colour within my edits was really effective. The three main colours that were provided by the lights were: red, green and also blue. These colours were really effective as I overlapped them within photo shop, since they each appear so diverse positioned beside one another. Therefore, this really emphasises the use of colour within my edits (part of the subject matter). Furthermore, the vibrant, coloured lights against the jet black background (dark room) adds a great contrast and emphasises the saturated colours. In addition, I increased the brightness, contrast and saturation of the final overlay, to really emphasise the intensity of colours – as well as to increase the darkness of the background Thus, the bright colours provide a happy mood, as they contrast against the darker, pitch black background.
In order to refine and develop this piece I will create a mixed media piece – to develop the idea of light, as well as colour. To do this, I will use a long exposure to capture the path of different coloured torches in a very dark room. Therefore, the light will enhance the effect of the colour against the black background. To further develop this, I will overlay each light image that I create, so various shapes (created by the light) are situated within one frame – to make a more interesting composition.
mixed media
f22 - lONG EXPOSURE & BULB
Annotating mixed media
Within my mixed media (based upon the original subject matter) I will focus on colour, as well as light. I have chosen to create a mixed media, since the idea of colour can be interpreted in many ways. Therefore, I thought of using light, to further enhance the effect and luminosity of colour within my work. To do this, I used the dark room (photography studio within school) to photograph various coloured light patterns. Firstly, I turned the lights off and altered the exposure of the camera to F22 (bulb settings) – to ensure the exposure was long enough to capture the movement of the light. I then asked someone to use a torch (turned on at various colours) to create patterns with the torch. For example, I asked them to move the torch in the shape of a heart, infinity sign and also a circle. Therefore, as I take the photograph, the long exposure captured the movement of the torch’s light, to create a mixed media piece of shapes/patterns. I then overlaid several photographs of this light, to create many images (shapes and patterns) of coloured light within one frame and composition. This enhanced my work due to the fact that I used the original idea of colour and developed it, by manipulating the colour to create (coloured) light - to provide a more interesting piece. Overall, using light has defined the intensity and luminosity of colour within the composition. As a result, it relates to my chosen theme of colour collections, since the light was provided to create a collection of colours overlaid as one image – all contrasting against the jet black background.