Annotation of editsDance | Photography | Tap
Within this photograph I was attempting to replicate the work of Rachel Imrie using my own viewpoint. Similar to Imrie’s work, I manipulated the direction of the natural light, as well as the brightness, contrast and exposure in photo shop to create a significant contrast between light and shade (subject matter). I also attempted to gain a range of angles within the composition, so as there are various viewpoints of the texture (on the taps) and contrast between light and shade. Finally, I used a fast shutter speed to enhance a crisp focus of the texture created on the metal taps. Furthermore, these images were taken with a Canon Bridge Camera, on a manual setting, in order to add my own effect to the images. I also took them at midday, to ensure the natural light could be directed onto the taps for that significant contrast – on a table in a dining room. The work of Rachel Imrie influenced me in completing this piece due to her use of texture, as well as contrast between light and shade. Within her work, she uses a fast shutter speed to obtain a crisp focus of the scratches in the metal taps – this really enhances the texture on the tap shoes. Additionally, she manipulates the light to focus on the taps, which highlights the light tones; meanwhile the remainder of the room is in darkness, which provides the darker tones. When completing this photo shoot, I attempted to replicate this idea by using a fast shutter speed and also manipulating the direction in which the natural light is coming from. I feel that the composition is effective, due to the fact that I used a range of angles when completing this photo shoot. For example, I used low angles, as well as higher angles to gain a range of perspectives of the texture provided on the metal taps. These angles also allowed the light to skim across the tap shoes, again, to create an effective, sophisticated look to the photographs. Furthermore, I used the cropping tool to crop out any interfering objects in the background – this is so that the focus is completely on the contrast between light and shade and the texture created by the tap shoes within the frame (subject matter). The contrast of tones within my edits is quite effective, since there is a clear contrast between the lighter tones, as well as the darker tones. However, there are no colours within my edits, as they are all monochrome. Therefore, it provides quite a serene atmosphere within the photographs; there is, on the other hand, no mood within the images. I chose to not outline any colours in my edits, so that the main focus was the contrast between tones – thus, the colours would not attract the eye away from these subtle differences in tones. Furthermore, I made a few adjustments in photo shop; these were increasing the brightness and contrast, I also altered the exposure. These all increased the brightness of the edits and enhanced the shadows within the edits – these all added to the effect of the contrast between light and shade. In order to develop and refine these edits I would vary the composition of the photographs in order to create more interesting arrangements within the frame. This will allow me to obtain a number of different images to catch the viewer’s eye. |