This image was chosen because of its lighting and how the light is angles onto the leaf making a nice smooth shine. I also liked the background and how you can see some of it whilst the rest is zoned out. The editing done to this picture was me changing the temperature and tint to -18 and 11 creating a nice turquoise hint to it. I liked the colour added because it was very controlled and didn't go out of hand and become something bright and in your face. I also changed the brightness to the image giving the detail more acknowledgment and also to make the background blur more visible and not a void type of blur. I di do a slight crop to the photo just to focus more on the leaf than the background since it was taking up most of the picture.
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I liked this picture because of the colour hue I added to it and the birds eye view angle that I took the image at. I like how the closer part of the plant is blurred to make a focus point on the background part. other than the tempera and tint I added to it to get a cool affect I also brightened up the image so that more of the finer details like the textures on the different objects could be seen. I also decided to sharpen the image because I liked how it made the picture feel like a professional photo'd image. I finally decided to crop the image because if you see the original the screen contains more leaves and hasn't got a type of focus, cropping it allowed there to be more of a defined point and also the image not cropped would clash with the sharpness because the details were to small to focus on.
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I edited this picture using the temperature and tint feature to give the same effect as the others, it having a cool tone. I had to choose between brightening the picture or darkening it and in the end I decided it looked more appropriate with the cool tone added. I also had to decide whether to crop the photo or not and I decided against it in the end because I thought that the empty space in the background gave a singled out type of effect and it also helped make a obvious focus in the photo. I added a small sharpen to the mage just to clear the edges out on the main plant in the centre.
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In this picture I added the same colour tint as he others to keep to the cool theme and I also brightened up the image a decent amount, this revealed the cobweb and the spider that I wanted to be the main focus. I really liked the way you can see the cobweb in the image and decided it needed something else so I added auto pop which brought out every feature o a sharp and detailed version, like the leaves for example which had a very original pattern detail with different shades and lines going in multiple angles. I also experimented with the Background and made it have a more blurred effect so that there was defiantly nothing more important than the spider and the cobweb.
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“When subject matter is forced to fit into preconceived patterns, there can be no freshness of vision. Following rules of composition can only lead to a tedious repetition of pictorial clichés.” – Edward Weston
Why this video?
I chose this video because I like how it just plays a collage of multiple of Edward Weston's famous pieces, its telling the story of how his pictured evolved throughout time. it shows his creativeness and how he was able to find something interesting and beautiful in the most simplest of things like a shell. This is also proof that Edward Weston started a loved trend on low key images and its still to this day getting admired and appreciated. |
Why this artist?
In my investigation into abstract nature i will look at Edward Weston's work, his shoots are a prime example of abstraction and they also convey good principles and elements of photography like texture, shape and shadow. Who was he? Edward Weston is a photography born on the 24th of March in the year 1886. his work usually consisted of monochrome abstract shoots and he was one of the most innovative and influential American photographers at the time. He died on the 1st of January in the year 1958 ending his line of dramatic and focused shoots. Why the quote? I chose this quote because I like how he is encouraging odd and unusual ideas to be incorporated into your own work, he is giving a voice to his art and saying its creative to think different things are beautiful. he wants people to do different and experiment because just doing the same idea over and over again is stupid. |
Low key photography is when a photo has a clear visible shadow as a background that helps to define the main focus of the image and make the detail feel more valuable, it adds a big dramatic affect to images and is a hard to do type of technique. Its really loved because of its high quality and because of the edge it gives a photo. Its difficult to do because of the personalizing you have to go through before you get a good enough result.
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This shoot was inspired by Edward Weston and his famous pepper picture that explored low key techniques. my shoot will take place in the morning in my photography classroom, I wont need to use any artificial lighting since at that time in the morning there is enough light provided. I will need as props, a vegetable hopefully with a unique shape but a regular one is fine and a black background so its easier to take the low key photos. lighting wise, I will see the current state of it on the day and bring my flash as a back up in case I want a more focused on
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I chose this photo because I admired the smoothness of the pepper and how it softly reflected the natural light source, i also liked the water droplets thon limited added the extra texture it needed. The photos strengths would be the smoothness of the natural light and how its not overly harsh. In my editing process I decided to crop the photo to get rid of the visible and recognisable plant pot used to create this scene. I wanted to limit the change in this image because I admired its state from the start so I simple smoothed out the background so it was one plain colour and not unwanted features were showing. The monochromatic filter used in this image effected the result because I imaging the colour would take away the set mood of the photo. I took the photo at a slightly above view which helped fit the whole pepper and its details into shot.
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I chose this photo because I admire the way the lighting highlights the wrinkles and dents in the pepper. it makes the detail visible and pop. the strength of this photo are the choice of prop and all the texture it provided, I also think the shadows the pepper and the background produce. my editing process consisted of firstly cropping the photo down to this off centred picture which I think made the background shadow important. I then to make the background darker and more shaded, using the darken option, angling the light and assuring the focus is on the pepper. I also increased the contrast between the shadow and highlights because I wanted to add shape and figure to the picture. lastly, I sharpened the photo as my finishing touch, this really eccentricated the groves and scratches on the pepper which was my goal. I also think the camera angle used was affective since it showed the shadow at the front of the picture and the light source hitting the object at the back.
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I chose this photo because of the originality of the vegetable and how its roots and shapes were dramatically outlined with the lighting and shadows. I also liked how the light brought finer features into the focus, even the shaded side has detail poking through touching the light. I decided to crop the photo so that the rule of thirds would apply making it even if you were to equally split up the picture. i think it instead of making the vegetable the focus it made the vegetables details the focus and the rest as a makeshift background. I then sharpened the photo to really bring out the small root that suck out all around the vegetable. I followed this with increasing the contrast so that there's a more moody filter to the already dark photo. my camera holding was important because it helped me captured the eye line view of the prop, the lighting placement was also a vital part of it because it helped me make this gradient between the highlights and shadows.
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I chose this photo because of the obvious admirable detail to the pepper, the wrinkles added more depth to the highlights created by the lighting and it really made the picture stand out. i liked the average grooves to the shape of the pepper which i later defined. I decided to again do an off centre idea with the cropping which I think is mysterious. I wanted to completely blend the background out so that the pepper was the only thing the eyes would avert too, I did this by increasing the contrast between the shadows and highlights and then using a manual shading tool to cover the remaining background. I then sharpened the picture because I wanted the wrinkles to be in the concentrated focus of the image. I liked the eyeline level the photo was taken at and how the lighting is spotlighted onto the most detailed section, it added contrast to the photo even before the editing.
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Anna Atkins was the first person to publish a book with pictures, she was a photographer that used cyanotypes to create her iconic photos. Cyanotypes are photos taken with a specific technique, its when you use chemicals to make a negatively filtered image, usually a plant is used as the prop and since a plant has different thicknesses and textures, at some places light can pas through the object but in others it can not. where it cannot pas through the plant there is left white space an were it can there is dark details. the advantages of using this photography technique is that it captures a advanced amount of detail, since it using light as its printer, also the negative effect on the photo is admirable.
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During our lessons making these pieces, we used different materials including regular paper, fabric and acetate negative. All pieces developed in a very similar method. our process included securing the material in place with the plant props on top, then we would let it sit in the UV light speeding up the printing of the plants shape. Overall I really approve this method of abstract photography. I personally favourite the paper method because it was easier to work with and I specifically admired the patterned solution I made and how it cut of the image and made it appear in certain placed again, I also liked the sharpness of the props that was had to emulate using the fabric due it its strength in stiffness. Also I just simple prefer the choice of plants used on the paper and their detailed shapes. If I were to have another lesson on this topic I would like to have another attempt of the acetate and using negatives piece, I liked how in the examples showed there was an advanced amount of detail also I think the limitations were more strict with other techniques, as another option although I would enjoy making a big cyanotype image so that it could hold a bigger more detailed flowers that because of the different layers and thicknesses would print more textures.
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Man Ray was an American painter and photographer, one of his many achievements included his ability to make photograms. photograms are a piece of art that was taken in the same sense as a photography but without a camera, only using light sensitive paper and a prop. the paper would be exposed to light and end up printing onto the paper the shape of the prop. the image was printed negatively due to its logic but it could create a very admirable piece. advantages of using photograms as a art method is that it was able to print an exact shape of the prop with the detail it staying limited, it resulted with clean pictures. a disadvantage is that the image was limited to the amount of detail that could be printed since most objects would block the sun from reaching the paper.
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Fashion photographer Horst P. Horst used rotational symmetry to create new patterns. His book, Patterns from Nature (1946), has inspired me to create my own series of rotational symmetry patterns using my work so far. Here are some of my examples:
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If I give someone a horsetail he will have no difficulty making a photographic enlargement of it - anyone can do that. But to observe it, to notice and discover its forms, is something that only a few are capable of. |
why this artist?
I like this artist because of the detail of his photos and how he manages to keep the images so simple yet so packed with texture and patterns. who are they? Karl Blossfeldt is a professional photographer from Germany who mainly did high key photography within his work range. He was born in 1866 and sadly died in 1932, he whilst also being a photographer was a teacher, artist and sculptor. why this quote? I chose this quote because I like how its sending a resilient message of uniqueness and individuality why this video? I chose this video because it accurately describes the revelation of Karl Blossfeldts work and it incudes his viewpoint. |
High key photography consists of images with a white background and little to no shadow making the bright picture as result. Its usually considered to be over exposed due to its bright photos and sometimes whitened props. The contrast within these photos are different to low key photography because instead of the mainly shadowed to little light ratio there's mainly light to little shadow, low key photography is under lit
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This shoot is to be inspired by Karl Blossfeldt since during our lessons we have been learning about his abstract work. We plan to take the shoot indoors in our classroom to better controll the lighting and so that we are not affected by weather. we will use props such as plants/ natural forms and will be setting us three different shoot scenes to take the images of them
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I feel like the message sent out by this photo is quite gloomy and lonely since the one and only prop used was placed on its own and taken pictures of in a monochromatic filter. I wish to recreate this moody atmosphere in my image by using a controlled light and shooting in a controlled environment, so my lighting comes out the same, also I will place my choice of plant in the middle of my white background keeping in mind the rule of thirds. I will very likely use the same black ad white filter since that in my opinion is the images more noticeable quality.
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This photo was taken by Karl Blossfeldt and its named chrysanthemum segetum. it is of a left and is taken as a portraiture photo. the genre is very simple, only one leaf and a plain solid colour background and minimum shadows.
Blossfeldt used multiple of the seven elements of art and some properties from the principle of art as well, in my opinion he used a monochromatic filter in this photo well, ridding it of the colour. he also shows great shape in this and many other photos since there is only one object and its very clearly led out. whilst also being a simple picture Karl included a intense amount of detail and texture, another element of art shown, this really enhanced the pictures admirability. since the image is monochromatic the picture whilst lacking in the element of colour is making up in tone, it shows many different shades of greys in multiple areas adding slight depth to the picture. The obvious main focal point of the photo is the plant leaf since its the only object with texture in the image. it also stands out because of the colour difference between the background and the prop, if the background was anything other than white it would dim the intensity of the plant. The white background outlines the dark detailed leaf. The placing of he main focus also is important because its placed perfectly in centre using the rule of thirds, it really exaggerates the point that there's nothing else to see. the lighting I see is most likely not natural, rather a lamp positioned right Infront of the leaf. Thought there is a slight lean of a shadow of the plant so the light is leaning more left. Also the lighting really helps with highlighting the veins and waves in the leaf. I also expect that Blossfeldts shot his shoot inside which kept the setup of the background and plant so perfect. When I recreate this image I will experiment with two different shooting styles: I will shoot using my DSLR camera and macro lens from a birds eye view down at my choice of plant laying on a whit piece of paper, then I will with the same camera choice test upright with the background there and with lights on either sides(this will really limit the shadows options). both shoots will come out differently I predict but both be successful. |
Email Quote – Direct Artist Response Why this artist?
The final artist in the Abstract Nature project is Dennis Wojtkiewicz. This artist differs from my other artists because he not only photographs in a low key manor but he then takes his images to paper and uses oil paints and acrylics to re capture them However, there are similarities in his use of low key photography linking back to Edward Weston's low key techniques, and another direction, Karl Blossfeldt and his use of high key photography within his images. Who is he? Dennis Wojtkiewicz was born 1956 and is most famously known for his hyperreal paintings firstly taken through photographs then painted as a recreation. his work consisted of him taking photographs using affective skills, then he would print them by had over to a oil painting or acrylic. |
Back lighting fruit is when you use a light source behind your main prop, this illuminates the prop. the lighting choice will create higher details and textures in the image and also increase the colours glow, especially if the prop is translucent. Mainly only advanced photographers use this method since it could follow with a reasonable amount of contrast adjusting yet it still created that perfectly lit up image you want.
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Step 1:
Cut up your choice of fruit into a moderately thin slice so that a light can reasonably shine through. |
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Set up you light and glass pain with your fruit placed on, this should illuminate the fruit and its colours. |
Step 3:
Change your camera settings to f8->f12 with a low ISO and slow shutter speed to get the correct settings for this shoot. |
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Set your camera up on tripod and begin the shoot your fruit. |
In this shoot I will experiment with different fruits shooting abilities using a back light shining on them, this will illuminate the fruit revealing more vibrant colours and will expose more details within the fruit. I plan to use fruits suck as grapefruits, kiwis, lemons and limes since they share a semi translucent quality. I will be taking this shoot using a DSLR camera with a macro lens. Props such as the tripod is going to be used to keep the camera at its most convenient angle, birds eye view, so that the full shape of the fruit is shown. Other props like the glass panel is being
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