Portraiture Work

Portraiture Development

These are a few of the portrait shots I took from the portraiture photo shoot I did in class. In developing this shot in particular I realised that It had a lot of marks on it that couldn't be corrected by simply cleaning the film with rinse aid and water. So in order to hide the marks without the need of digitally masking them, I manipulated the chemicals used to develop the photos by painting it on with a paint brush or my hand. By doing this the marks that were a hinderance when fully developing the photos looked as it was deliberate which meant I didn't need to use photoshop.

Aperture: f.8
Time: 5.5 secs
Filter:4.5

Still life documentation

Still Life Documentation

These are the out comes for some of the still lives shots I took in the still life photoshoots. In order to create all of them I used a Styrofoam mat as the base and as the background, and one of the photography studio lights as lighting, changing the angles continuously to vary the shots and the lighting.

The three photos in particular were to be mounted on to a separate sheet and presented as a final work, as a lot of development went into getting these three as an outcome. Before achieving these three pictures I had originally was using vinetting on all my photos to give it a border, however I was told to take a different direction and instead of zooming out of each picture, I was to crop it, to get rid of all the unnecessary empty space and make the composition better.

All photos here included a filter of 4.5 and an aperture setting of F8. The time varied from 5 seconds to 7 seconds. In the end I got these three pictures for a final outcome to still life photography. Although really enjoying taking these photos, I didn't know how far I could take this at the end of the project, so doing still life wasn't really an interest of mine.

Own work

Own Work 

All these photos were taking on my iPhone. I decided to add to the light project by taking photos around london of different settings with different amounts of light. The first one on the left was taken outside my window, from the view of my living room. The others were taken in Hyde Park Corner. Documenting a festival thats takes place once each year.

My inspiration came from a photographer called Edgar Martins who used long exposures and lights during the night to his advantage to create some stunning photographs except in my case the method behind the work wasn't nearly as much as he put into his pictures. 

The main reason why I took so many pictures at night was due to the fact I had taken great interest into night photography, so much so that I was planning to take this further towards the end of the project as a final outcome. Photographing landscapes has always interested me as theres so much inspiration, every where I look I see a photograph in my head, so doing night time photography would have been a new twist for me, having to look at things at a different perspective.

Patrick Rochon

http://www.patrickrochon.com/archives/1369

Patrick Rochon

Patrick Rochon, a very accomplished contemporary light photographer, who's futuristic and amazingly stylistic interpretation of light photography has brought a different edge to the world of photography.

'I'm a light painter. By moving lights in the dark by hand, over a long exposure time on a camera, I add an extra dimension to photography. This is light painting. I can take a picture of something that doesn't exist'.

Light photography, a very creative, enthusiastic and futuristic was of capturing still life photos as well as portraiture. As we can detain from the quote above Patrick Rochon manages to create these photos by exposing the camera to light for long periods of time, creating mystical photographs that seem impossible to create with the use of photoshop alone. 

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Light Painting Mood Board

1.http://www.digital-photography-school.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/pablo-picasso.png

2.http://lightpaintingphotography.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Army-of-Darkness-Janne-Parviainen.jpg

3.http://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/light-5.jpg

4.http://www.bloodyloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Late-Night-Show-Janne-Parviainen-Jenni-Granqvist-560x374.jpg

5.http://hypenotice.com/hyped/wp-content/uploads/112.jpeg

Review of Ideas.

Ideas For Light Project...


In order to get a successful outcome that reflects the still life, portraiture and lighting theme, in turn fitting into my creativity, I would need to think outside the box.

The main themes I wanted to look at were landscaping and Fashion photography, however I couldn't decide between the two which one to take forward. I knew that my strong point was photographing everyday life of my family and my friends, but I wanted to develop this and take this a step further by using other photographers to inspire me. I also knew that I didnt need a specific location as I find inspiration is everything I look at, the outside world as a whole inspires me. I wanted to do fashion photography because I knew I could take risks, and even though it wasn't something I was familiar with, I wanted to give it a try.

There were a few photographers that caught my eye when doing some research:

-Jessica Lee
-Lee Broomfield
-Jason Lee (Again)
-William Klein
-Corrine Day
-Cartier Bresson
-Alexander Rodchinko
-Nigel Barker
-Ansel Adams
-Elina Brotherus

And these photographers I wanted to look into in depth.
I hope I can come out with a decent photo (with the use of photoshop) and a decent outcome by the end of this project.

Mock exam development

Mock Exam



- Target 1, Learn how to do a double exposure
-Target 2, Have a clear Idea of what I want to achieve by the end of the mock exam




After today I have learnt how to do screen shots to show my development in steps, i've learnt how to do double exposures and I know that by thursday I would like to do a portrait photo shoot to use for the double exposures in my exam.