Brief:
The theme of my project is 'Movement'. I will be responding to this theme by using quick shutter speeds, and making stop motion video's. another way I will respond to this theme is by using long and quick shutter speeds to capture moments of movement, such as capturing a drop of water or a blured face due to movement- much like
Francesca Woodman's work on movement.
Martin KlimasIn this project I will research using different helpful sources, such as photography books, and the internet. I will be looking into the artists, Francesca Woodman, Ollie Larkin, Martin Klimas, and Alex Ho.
I am planning to insert actual photographs into my stop motion video's. This could be difficult to get right so I will have to experiment with it at first.
I am interested in creating a final piece that will be a journey, in pictures. I will the hopefully print out these pictures and redo the journey as another stop motion.
Francesca Woodman's work on movement.
Martin KlimasIn this project I will research using different helpful sources, such as photography books, and the internet. I will be looking into the artists, Francesca Woodman, Ollie Larkin, Martin Klimas, and Alex Ho.
I am planning to insert actual photographs into my stop motion video's. This could be difficult to get right so I will have to experiment with it at first.
I am interested in creating a final piece that will be a journey, in pictures. I will the hopefully print out these pictures and redo the journey as another stop motion.
Manual Zoom-Blur.
To get this zoom-blur effect, I used a low shutter speed and zoomed in and out. Because the exposer was long and I was outside I then changed the brightness to lower so you could see the effect I got. Click the button below to see how this was done.
Digital Zoom-Blur.
Final Picture.
Secconed try.
Final Picture.
CAPTURING MOVEMENT:
These photo's have been captured in a fraction of a second with a very fast shutter speed on my camera.
FRANCESCA WOODMAN
Francesca Woodman was born in April 3, 1958. She was an American photographer best known for her black and white pictures featuring herself and female models. Many of her photographs show young women who are nude, blurred (due to movement and long exposure times), merging with their surroundings, or whose faces are obscured. Her work continues to be the subject of much critical acclaim and attention, years after she committed suicide at the age of 22 on January 19, 1981.
Favourite Photo
This picture was taken by Francesca Woodman, using a long exposure. It is very interesting. I like the style she has using people and then getting the model, or herself, to move part of their body to cause a bluring effect. You can also do this on photoshop. I think making the face blury in this photograph, taken by Francesca, makes you feel detatched from the person in the picture, as they look less human or 'normal'. By having the blured area the face, which is what people are usualy recognised by their identity of the person has been removed creating a lifeless, ghostly picture- possibly supernatural. In the other photos, you can see, there is also a lack of recognition and classic features in the models. It scares me, it has an effect on me- that is why its my favourite.
MARTIN KLIMAS.
Martin Klimas is a German photographer. He 'Paints with sound' as people say. To do this, he puts a saran-wrap, or a translucent material, over some speakers. He then places different colors of paint onto to material, plays music, and then the vibrations from the speakers cause the paints to jump up and create beautiful patterns and abstract forms. Martin takes his camera, and takes snapshots of it. Some examples of the amazing images created with this technique.
I have tried a similar thing to this but with cornflour once before and didn't think to take pictures. It looked exactly the same but without the bright, bold and beautiful colors. I will defiantly do this again, but with paints next time.
FAVORITE PHOTO.
This has to be my favorite photo. I just love how incredibly vibrant it is. It looks like water, or a translucent paint, or even silver I cant tell, which has been used along-side the insanely bright yellow-ish-green color. I like this because it adds to the picture, without crowding it with too many different colors. This technique is one of my favorite because it is unpredictable what you are going to get and anyone can do it.
ALEXEY TITARENKO.
Alexey is a Russian Photographer, and artist. He was born November 25th, 1962 in Leningrad, Soviet Union. Alexey's photography is not much like anyone else's I have seen. The pictures in 'City of Shadows' are very ghostly and slightly sinister looking being in black and white, and mostly dark.
These photo's, taken in Saint Petersburg in 1991, for the collection 'City Of Shadows' I couldn't pick a favorite photo, I think they are all incredible. This is my favorite artist for this kind of photography because they slightly scare me and therefore have the most effect on my emotions. In the majority of the pictures, you can see the blur of heads, but no faces, this de-humanizes the people that you can't really see which creates a sense of something eary and possibly supernatural. The part I like a lot about them though is that you can still see the peoples hands, so its not like they are nothing- otherwise you might not be able to identify anything because it is so blured in areas.
GHOSTLY...
This picture, is less like the others. The contrasting in the picture makes everything else seem bright white, and then just leaves the walking, and eventual fading out of very dark, ghostly figures that are almost unidentifiable as people. I would love to take pictures like this artist.
STOP MOTION VIDEOS.
For this video, I took some pastel crayons and moved them individualy very slightly, each time taking a photograph. I then put the pictures together in movie maker, and played them very fast to create an illusion of actual movement. I added music for a finishing touch! I might carry this video on, to make it longer and add the crayons drawing on something later.
To make this video, we went out into Muswell Hill in the morning, and I photographed Anete walking down the street very slowly. I had trouble with my camera taking the pictures fast enough and waiting to focus the camera each time, so I decided to put my camera onto sports mode as when I needed to take a picture it was ready strait away without blurring my pictures. When I wanted to move the video along to a new place, I would walk towards Anete taking pictures until her face was the only thing in the frame, then we could walk to a new location and start the video from her face, hopefully, creating an illusion of tellaporting!
This short video was the easiest. All we had to do was take pictures very quickly of the ladybug moving around. This video I think, not just because it is short, is the least interesting to watch.
PLAYING WITH LIGHT&MOVEMENT.
To make this video, we started off by going into a room with as little light as possible (we used the dark-rookm which was perfect for this). Next, we used a light source (our phones) to draw an outline of each-other- taking pictures each time. We then added music to the video on movie maker!
DEVELOPING MY PROJECT.
Next in my project, I have decided to go back to look at the artist Martin Klimas. I would like to start by using ink or paints to do a similar technique, using the water to provoke movements through the dispersion and take pictures, I might develop that and do it either into bolder colours, like the artist, and do it as a stop-motion.
My first couple attempts at 'Ink Water' Stop Motion.
These two video's were created using the same technique. What I did:
First, I had a cup, or glass or something see-through full of water.
Next, I made sure my camera was on manual, with a very high shutter speed. I made sure my camera was pointed at my glass, framing it sensibly- then I used a tri-pod to make sure it would stay in its place.
After that, I poured different colours into the glasses and took pictures quickly.
To make these pictures into a stop motion I used Movie Maker, and made each picture have a short amount of time shown to replicate actual movement when played! I then added music, and uploaded it to youtube.
First, I had a cup, or glass or something see-through full of water.
Next, I made sure my camera was on manual, with a very high shutter speed. I made sure my camera was pointed at my glass, framing it sensibly- then I used a tri-pod to make sure it would stay in its place.
After that, I poured different colours into the glasses and took pictures quickly.
To make these pictures into a stop motion I used Movie Maker, and made each picture have a short amount of time shown to replicate actual movement when played! I then added music, and uploaded it to youtube.
DEVELOPMENT: Linking to...Alberto Seveso
Alberto was born in Milan 30 years ago, and has lived for more than 20 years on the Sardinia Island. Now, Seveso lives in Rome- he works as a freelance Illustrator. He did not study design as he personally thinks this job doesn’t require a degree even when design schools are very important.
This photographer uses some simple techniques to create some of the most bold, and captivating photo's i've sean. Alberto Seveso has done a project, like the 'ink in water' project. Instead of doing what I have been doing and turning my ink in water into stop motions, and adding music, he has done still images. I decided, in order develop my projcet, I will try out taking snap-shots of the ink/paint in water and see where I get with it.
This photographer uses some simple techniques to create some of the most bold, and captivating photo's i've sean. Alberto Seveso has done a project, like the 'ink in water' project. Instead of doing what I have been doing and turning my ink in water into stop motions, and adding music, he has done still images. I decided, in order develop my projcet, I will try out taking snap-shots of the ink/paint in water and see where I get with it.
Examples of Alberto Seveso's 'Ink in Water' stills.
My 'Ink in Water' stills.
Development
To develop my project I decided to try and do the same technique of ink in water, but this time to get more of a snap-shot effect. To do this I have thickened the water used, by adding gelatin. The first time I did this, I had trouble because the water-gelatin mixture was too thick, meaning I was left with the color not being able to get through it. To avoid this, I will retry it with a thinner mixture to possibly create something that looks a little more like Alberto's work.
Above is my final piece. I might print out these pictures and back them on black card to properly finish it.