Tuesday 11 March 2014

quick photoshop


Layering

Playing with scale and making things seem as if the they are larger or smaller than they truly are is something that has never really interested me but in this project i have found that i need to somehow make the subjects in my images feel as if they have no end. Initially i thought about my lens choice to achieve he desired effect however i was finding that the lenses ended up distorting the image or i was capturing certain elements that i didn't want in the images so i looked at other methods of trying to incorporate scale into my images. When i was looking through my sketch book for ideas that would help me to complete my new concept i came across the work of Henry Peach Robinson which at first didn't really seem as if it was relevant but as i read through my notes i had about him i saw that he used to layer negatives to create a print from two or more negatives and i saw that i could use this technique to layer some negatives to make my final images look as if they went on forever. As it is a technique i have never used i think it will be good to learn how to do this especially i the results are good.

Thursday 6 March 2014

Risk assessment

Risk assessment:
Set build

Trip hazards: strong possibility (*)

Fire hazards: strong possibility

Power tool hazards: strong possibility (*)

Crew safety hazards: minimal possibility (*)

Model safety hazards: strong possibility

Set safety hazards: fair possibility (*)

Prop safety: fair possibility

Ventilation hazards: minimal possibility

Falling hazards: minimal possibility


In terms of the hazards that will present themselves along the way to completing this assignment there will be a lot of things to consider. Because we have been warned about the hazards and shown how to properly use equipment it is unlikely that anything will happen but there is still a possibility so it is important that the team does not take any unnecessary risks.


Things that the team have been trained to deal with correctly are highlighted with a (*). All of the other hazards will have to be in mind when we proceed with the assignment. The model will have to be briefed in what to do in an emergency and so will anyone else who may attend along the way.

Wednesday 5 March 2014

direction

After having my tutorial it was clear that people did not fully understand what my concept was so i have made the decision to change my concept so it is clearer and makes more sense. Feedback on my waste project was that it was too up in the air and didn't have any direction. My concept will now be to document the abundance of wasted tires in the medway area .In the first half of my project i found out that there are huge amounts of unused tires in medway both new and used and i think that by highlighting the fact that these tires are being wasted when they can be recycled will make my images a lot easier to comprehend.

Tuesday 4 March 2014





Thoughts on tests

Although i need to shoot a lot more i think that i have found some really strong images i can easily return to when i shoot on film in the week. it has been refreshing to shoot on digital again and i feel by doing this i have a better chance of making good final images.



Wolfgang Tillman


Wolfgang Tillman’s set on headlights seems to almost humanize the subject that are captured which is something that appeals to me because I have never taken this approach to photography. The simplicity of these photos is really what stands out to me from the set. Without over complicating the image it is refreshingly easy to look at as I don’t feel like I have to look deeper and make my mind work double time trying to understand it. The use of line in these images also appeals to me as I find it to be one of the fundamental things I want in an image.




Findings


According to the Environmental Protection Agency, approximately 290 million automobile tires are discarded by Americans every year.
Nearly 80 percent of these tires are being recycled and turned into commercially viable products we can all use and enjoy. Some examples of use include:
-- Playgrounds: Recycled tires are shredded and spread like mulch to act as a cushion against accidental injury.
-- Auto Accessories: Some recycled tires make their way back to other automobiles. Once the recycled rubber is ground and shredded, the used tires make exhaust pipes, brake pads and insulation. Recycled tires are also woven into mats and used as truck bed liners.
-- Civil Engineering: Recycled tires are often ground into crumb rubber, the main ingredient in rubberized asphalt for resurfacing roads and highways.
What about tires collected for recycling in Flagstaff and Coconino County?
These tires are transported to Crumb Rubber Manufacturers in Phoenix for processing into crumb rubber. Next time you drive on the recently resurfaced portions of I-17 you will be driving on crumb rubber collected through our local tire recycling program.




reference


Space


My research into how I can present my work has lead me to try something out of my comfort zone as I have never presented my work in a real gallery space so its something I need to adjust to. I feel by doing something relatively different I will have a better chance of standing out as it wont be the usual installation.
For my gallery space I intend to use tires as an installation mounted on the wall witch actually contain my images. Because in my images I intend to use a subject in the center of the image or the subject will by isolated in the middle of the image with a lot of space around the outside of it so it wont matter too much if the edges aren’t visible because it would be on the inside of the tire.
It would be very easy to source some tires but one thing that may be a problem is the actually mounting of the image within the tire as it would have to be bonded with some kind of adhesive it would ruin the print. Also as I found out through looking at the 3rd years gallery space I would want to test a few different lighting scenarios as the lighting in the their galleries often did not compliment the images in the way maybe they needed.
I think I would use matte paper to combat reflections from the brightness of the room and other highlights that might occur due to the fact it will be in a open and public space.

Letha wilson


While I was looking into ways of mounting and presenting my work I came across Letha Wilson. I had never really looked into presenting my work in any other way than normal wall mounting until I saw Letha Wilsons work. When I first saw it I was intrigued but I didn’t know what to make of it. Looking at a whole installation instead of just the image has started to appeal to me a lot more since I have been looking into this work. I think that I could easily incorporate this concept into my final work.