24/01/14

In todays lesson I will be editing my electronic profile in order to print my top 20 final pieces.

21/01/14

In todays lesson I will be editing my photos from the Shoot I did in the previous lesson. After I have done this I will be going into the studio again.

17/01/14

In todays lesson I will be editing my definition pages by making them longer and then after I have finished I will be doing a shoot in the studio. 

Robert location:

Robert (location):

In this lesson I had to take pictures that represent Robert Mapplethorpes work. However this lesson was different to the one above because the pictures had to be taken on location and not in the studio.

If I was to do this lesson again I would focus more on taking pictures of people because thats what Robert' photographs mainly were.

In this first photo of the flower you can see that the flower itself is in focus but the background is not. This is because Robert made the flower the main object in the photo by using a plain black or white background but because I had to take the images on location I could not do this. If I was to take this image again I would experiment with the different angles I could have taken the image from.

In the second image of the hand you can see that there is contrast between what is in the image and what is not. This is like Robert's image of half of the body and then the hand and arm. If I was to take this image again I could include more of the arm as well as the hand and also show the hand coming out from all different angles of the picture.

Robert:

Robert (studio):

In this lesson I had to take photographs to represent Robert Mapplethorpes photography after we had learnt about his style of work.

If I was to do this lesson again I would also use a black background because many of Robert's photographs where against a black background.

In the first image you can see that the person is not posed at all, just looking directly at the camera with a straight face. This is how Mapplethorpe's photos where they were simple and no one was ever positioned in a posed/set up way. If I was to take this image again I would just include the face and the top area/shoulders of the person against a black background so it looks like her head is floating in the air like one of Robert's photographs.

This next image shows just a section of the body and the main focus of the photograph is the arm and the hand of the person. This links to Robert's photography because one of his images show a section of the top half of someone's body and then the arm and hand across the other side of the image. If I was to take this image again I would take it in the same way/same angle but try not to include as much of the background.

free shoot:

Free shoot:

In this lesson I had to take photographs of anything I liked in the studio but I had to use a white and a black background for my images.

If I was to do this lesson again I would experiment more with the types of photographs I could have taken. For example: I could have taken a variety of different photos in one shoot.

This first image with the white background shows contrast between what is in the picture and what is not because of half the body only being shown in the photograph. There is also contrast between the black chair and the white background, the black chair and the white clothing. If I was to take this photo again I would take it will less head room at the top of the photograph and maybe experiment with different lighting.

In the next image of the black background there are two pictures within one. This is because I have edited the two photos together on photoshop. I have taken this photo to show emotions and create the feeling of a persons shadow or someone watching behind you. If I was to take this image again I would use the main image at the front of the photo showing a happy face and then the one behind more serious and straight face to show someone hiding their emotions.

progress

Progress 20^th Dec

Sophie

Definitions – more words needed

Image Bank - - annotations and description need to be longer

Research Log – comment summaries need to include overall comment on photographers work

Photographers Move why picked to top

Final pieces 1..2..3..4...5...6...7..8...9...10.... 11...12...13...14....15..... 16.....17...... 18....19....20.....

- To complete this progress check I will be working from the list above and finishing the tasks during lessons. At the start of each lesson I will make a post on the blog to show what I am going to be doing in each lesson in order to complete the progress check and print my final pieces.