Repetition

I scanned my black and white negs onto the computre. In the darkroom my negatives where too over exposed to use. The image of the chess piece is the only image I got that i could work with in the dark room but the bigger the image got i realised it was blurry. I put the image into photoshop I sharpened it and manipulated it and cast different colours over the image and put them all together to create a piece of repetition to get the look of Pop Art.
I enjoyed doing this piece of work as i felt that i hadn't completely wasted my time and i got something out of my black and white negatives.

MOODBOARDS

Favourite image on background

I like this image as I didn't set it up. I thought it would make a good image and I am really pleased I chose to shoot this. The image is, four photographs in one although the photo is busy I think the main focus is the two rounded bulbs in the middle, As a photographer I like to shoot clean images which focus on one specific item, but I think somehow this image has come across clean and I think the blue sheet breaks up the image and adds a slight bit of colour. 

I have cropped the image slightly and changed the brightness down slightly. 

image before.

Edited image and non edited

This is one of my favourite images I think I like this image because it focuses on the head of the light bulb it is very central and a clean shot and is a simple image doesn't have anything around it to distract you from the main focus. The first image is the edited one I changed the colour balance of it to make it more white and less green/blue. However now the I have edited it I think that I prefer the bottom image which is untouched I think it makes the bulb look more interesting. But i do think the first image is the 'perfect' version of this image.

Task 2a Favourite Image - Not edited

This is my favourite image I shot for the light bulb shoot (Task 2a). I like the image of the two light bulbs facing each other i like how it has captured the detail in both of the bulbs. I shot this image on the light box with a white background behind it. I think all the images I shot on the light box look a lot better than any other background I shot on. The image looks clean and sharp which I am very pleased about again I shot it central which is my favourtie angle as I like things to be the main focus. The only thing i am not happy about with this image is that the card i used for the background had a plastic sleeve on it which has caused the light to reflect off, of it which has left a line across the top of the image but i will probably try edit this out on photoshop.

Task 2a Creative Glass Photography - Contact Sheets

These are my contact prints for both of the 2a tasks. I prefered the images not using a background as i like images to look cleaner. I also dont like having a distraction from the main focus when shooting something like a light bulb.

High key lighting

High key lighting is a modern lighting technique that is based on using greys (mid-tone) and whites. Early film wasn't good at coping with the extreme blacks the lighting was arranged to ensure that the contracts were reduced. High key lighting today has become its own thing and is used very much for fashion and portrait photography.  

Low key lighting

Low key is a style of photography the utilizes dark tones to create dramatic and beautiful images low key intensifies to contrast on a image by taking away the light to create striking images. To create low key images you have to be very selective of the lighting so that only the specific places you want to photograph are highlighted.  Low key created striking shadows for low key you have to manipulate your light to get the desired look.  

Tiffany Schultz

Although she hasn’t shot a lot for both high key and low key I really like her work I particularly like the images she has shot of animals in high key and low the really work well. She has done quite a lot of portrait work with low key and high key which I don’t like and don’t think the images are as strong as the ones she has shot of the animals.