Exam Plan

For my photography exam I am going to carry out a shoot associated with using the double/multiple exposure technique. I am going to go to a couple of rural locations, by car,  such as epping forest and hatfield forest to gather images. These pictures will mostly act as he image that goes over the figure, as shown in my previous work. I will also take close ups of several peoples faces and hands in a range of poses, angles and positions to act as the base for the editing. I will take pictures of people of a variety of ages in attempt to gain different outcomes.

Examples of my own work which are similar to what I want to create in the exam

Shoot 10 work diary

In this shoot I began to explore the photography technique of double/multiple 

exposure. A multiple exposure is the superimposition of two or more exposures to create a single image, and double exposure has a corresponding meaning in 

respect of two images. I learnt this technique by following tutorials on Youtube. 

Once understanding how to actually create a multiple exposure piece I began 

taking portraits of family members and also photographs of trees/plants/flowers. 

After collecting all the images I needed to, I then edited them in Photoshop. Firstly I opened the photo of the subject and erased the background to white by using 

the rubber tool. I then put the picture of the trees over the top and applied the 

setting of 'lighten' to it which merged the two images together and therefore

 creating the double exposure. After that I altered the hue/saturation, curves and 

colour balance of the pieces and even applied black and white filters. I feel that 

this shoot was very successful as it showed a clear influence of my chosen artist of Christoffer Relander.

This is my favourite outcome from the shoot for several reasons. Firstly, the two 

images included can be easily identified. The trees are shown by many thin lines which generally travel upward towards the top of the composition where they end in different lengths but still provide and impression of the figures head.The 

different tones on the subjects face is also effective in indicating the positions of 

the facial features and also shows the form of he face through shadows and 

highlights. The pose and black and white filter used is also similar to Christoffer 

Relander's work, which therefore shows his influence.

This is another piece which I feel is relatively successful in showing the influence of Christoffer Relander. This time I made the main subject the trees and leaves 

with the figure blended and faded into it in the centre of the composition. Once 

again, lines are very significant in order to show the texture of the tree which is 

also enhanced through the dark and lighter tones. The fact that the figure is faded into the background implies a sense of depth as is appears as she is submerged in the tree. I also used a black and white effect in order show Relander's influence and to enhance the figures emotion to be sad and depressed which is also 

shown through facial expressions.

Progression

In my next shoot which will most likely be my exam I will attempt to create more 

successful double and also multiple exposures by using portraits from different 

angles and poses. Also I could take photographs of different parts of the body 

such as hands in order to apply variety to my work rather than constantly 

photographing faces. To continue this sense of variety I could also take 

photographs of buildings to merge with the figures.

Shoot 10 - Double Exposure

Shoot 9 Work Diary

In this shoot I focussed my work on water speakers, in a dark setting, in attempt to capture good quality photographs of the water in motion by increasing the shutter speed. This was very interesting as, by catching the water in mid-action, very interesting shapes where formed by the water. I thought this would be another unique way of exploring my theme of before and after by taking several photographs at the different stages of the waters movement, capturing the water in different shapes and heights. Once I captured good quality photos of the water at different stages I combined the images together in order to show the progression of the water. Therefore illustrating the theme before and after.

In this photograph I combined four different photographs in order to display the different stages of the waters movement. Here I have developed Michael Kelly's approach as I have takes photographs of the same object at different moments in time.The shapes of the water are enhanced by the bold vibrant colours of the water in comparison with the dark background. There are darker and light shades of the separate colours which imply the form of the water. As the composition progresses to the right, the lines of water are shown to gradually get taller and taller. A pattern is also visible in this piece which is demonstrated by the order the colours are arranged in, created a colour sequence. 

For this piece of work I once again used a different approach to capturing the waters development. Here I cropped four different sections of water from four separate photographs showing the different stages of the waters movement. I then merged them together in order to create one new original piece. As the water segment progress to the right the water heightens, therefore once again showing he water at different stages. I have altered the order of the colours as before by placing the orange section on the left instead of the right. I feel that this has a similar approach to the work of Stephen Wilkes as I have taken pictures at different times and blended them together to create a new image. The effects of the micro-elements are the same as the image above.

Progression:

In my next shoot I will continue exploring the technique of taking several pictures of an object and then putting them together to create a new piece. In order to do this I will begin to try out the double exposure technique of taking two pictures and putting them together. 

Shoot 9 Straight Images

Computer Experiments

Print Techniques

Black and White

Duo-Tone

Repetition

Selective Colour

Soft Focus

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