Long Exposures

Increased contrast and lowered brightness. Used the burn tool in some areas.

Desaturated colour and increased Contrast a little. Added an orange filter
 over the top of the image in photoshop.

Haven't really done much to this image. Love the colours and tone. 

Experimented with using a long shutter on my DSLR camera for the first time. I took these on the coast during the Easter Holidays. I used a neutral density filter and tripod when taking these photos. I had the shutter release at varying between 25-30seconds. I am pleased with the final turn outs.

Photos taken in the past week.

Experimenting with the natural light beaming into the gig room. Took this photo just before a gig which I photographed.

Taken with colour film at the Guildhall in Lichfield. I call it "Light, Shadow and a pair of shoes", the pun-tum of this photo is the pair of shoes near the bottom right part of the picture. 

Initial Art Research for FINAL MAJOR PROJECT

ARTIST ONE - UTA BARTH

Uta Barth is an Abstract Photographer, she uses photography to examine the differences between seeing through a camera lens and the human eye and what they capture. I am a huge fan of Barth's work. I describe her work as: Abstract, contemporary and dreamy. It is very unique to any other photographers work. She is a fantastic photographer and one of my favourites. 

ARTIST TWO - AARON SISKIND

Aaron Siskind was a very talented abstract photographer who photographed mainly macro prints of subjects such as peeling paint, textured flooring and everyday things people don't really tend to notice often. His work is known to people all around the world. It would be interesting to carry out one of my own shoots inspired by Siskind's work.

ARTIST THREE - BRASSAI

Was a Hungarian photographer who captured the essence of a city (mainly Paris) in his photographs. I adore his work, especially his reflection pieces. He uses street lights as the source of light in his work. 

Photography Exhibition

My Exhibition Piece.

PDF Files

Portable Document Format; also known as PDF is a computer document which look exactly like the original documents the person/s have created. The document can be shared with others who are able to open & see/read the document (regardless of which software they use). PDF files were developed by Adobe Systems, and served as a way for people using multiple word processing systems to share finished documents. An advantage of the PDF file is that the file can be locked by the creator of the document and can't be edited by others, and that's even is they also have the software! Because the documents are secure, the originator of the document maintains a high level of control, even when the document has been distributed widely.

Reference/s: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-pdf-files.htm

River Exe Photoshoot (Postcards & Genres)

These 3 images were from a photo shoot I did early this year inspired by postcards and landscape images.

The dramatic lighting adds atmosphere and gives a good contrast of colour and silhouetting.

Inspired by a photo taken by Peter Fraser
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UvlpBDwhSlc/UVyRQsgFePI/
AAAAAAAAFe0/alGyhA0mYbg/s400/towel+crop.jpg) a clothes washing line on the beach. 

A postcard I created for the Genres Part 2 project. I actually really like the ripples of the water in this image, it gives a bit of  meaning. I would of liked to experiment with shutter speed a bit more (slow shutter) which would make the water look completely flat and also look moving.

Vintage shoot! (Genres)

Vintage shoot

Model: Amy

Close up side shots.

Posed images. 

Experimenting with different lighting.

Experimenting with a different
headband.

I did this shoot as part of a photography task in the 'Genres' Project. I am really pleased with some of the final images. Presented on this post are 6 of my favourite photos from the shoot. I love the colour of the background, it adds even more of a vintage look to the images. Amy's hair piece is considered to be a big part in the photos.