I went back over my images to further refine them. I wanted them to look as coherent as possible. I had previously adjusted the curves and although they looked the same, I wasn't happy with them as they lacked the warmth I wanted them to have. After Jame's lecture this morning on adjusting certain colours hue's by selecting them, I used this technique...
When trying to keep a good level of coherence within my images I wanted to experiment with these two images to see if I can get the blues to match and for it to look realistic. I think altering the luminace of the blue in the second image changes the image quite drastically. original Luminance of the blue altered Then I adjusted the...
Today I experimented with putting my images into professional contexts to see how they would look. The first mock up works better and looks more realistic. I think the image works well in that context, its more plain than some of my others which is the reason I chose it for toyshop as the majority of their advertising is shot on a plain...
I experimented with the combination of a GIF and stills over the weekend. I really like the border and repetition of the same image. This was my first attempt. I think it came out okay, but you can see where the background colour changes really clearly, so I plan to try again later and see if I can rid of this by editing...
I found JH Zane on Instagram after they came up as a sponsored post on one of my friends phones and they thought it would be relevant to me. What I found I liked most was their short moving image pieces; I've still got to edit together my moving image from my Diversity brief, and was planning on doing this monday in our...
Lazy Oaf is another brand who's fashion stories containing gifs I thought worked really well. Again, its the combination of both still and and moving image which I want to experiment with. They use these GIFs as part of editorials to add another aspect other than flat stills, something I really like as its understated but still creates another dimension for the stories...
Today I printed my final three images for the Diversity now brief in preparation for my show and tell crit on Thursday. I am really happy with these three and how they work together as a set. My main inspiration came from Mark Sanders and his series 'Contours' even though I ended up not using nude images, I think you can see the...
When looking for inspiration for my Diversity brief Matt suggested I looked at Stefan Ruiz. His style is very similar to what I want to achieve within my work; very simple, decontextualised portraits. The images have a documentary feel to them, this is highlighted by the text below the images, showing that they are documenting patients from a psychiatric hospital. The crop is...
I also experimented with layering images and using one as a border. I really like this effect and its a potential way for them to be presented in an editorial context. After looking at iD magazine and seeing that almost everything published has been shot on, or looks like it has been shot on, film. In post I experimented with the addition of...
Tonight I shot the final images for my diversity now brief. I used a friend of a friend as a model as I thought she really embodies diversity and has an alternative take on beauty. I really liked the blue from my previous experiment and it worked really well again with the idea of body form more so than the darker purple or...
When looking for inspiration for simple, minimal documentary style portraits, Andi suggested I looked into Viviane Sassen. Sassen is a fashion and fine art photographer who is known for her use of geometrical shapes within her work. She has been widely published and exhibited. These two portraits from her series Etan & me are incredibly simple, but I love the colours contrast and...
On sunday I shot an experiment for my diversity brief. I used a model which had quite a bony body shape, something which I thought could look quite abstract and show how bodies are different. These are the best two outcomes from the shoot, I like them, but think I can produce far better quality of work and hope to do this tonight...
I found Nadav Kander's faceless portraits for the Samaritans We Listen Campaign commissioned by communications agency MullenLowe on Its Nice That. I really like the angle which the portraits are shot from, and the coloured backgrounds. The campaign also demonstrates diversity with the idea that depression and suicidal thoughts aren't ageist, sexist, or racist. I want my set of images to have some...
When creating my diversity portraits I am taking a more documentary approach towards my image making. I looked at the work of Thomas Ruff and his typological portraits. He studied at the renowned Düsseldorf Art Academy working under Bernd and Hilla Becher. I really like the bottom two and the top right image, the top left is quite muted and doesn't reflect my own...
After shooting one of my final sets of images for the first brief I tried to match them up with a landscape to see how they work together and what adjustments need to be made. After matching the tones with one image, it will become easier to do this step by step with the remaining ones. I'm really happy with the outcome of...
