Week 5

Last week we continued to edit our pictures that we had taken the previous week. I knew that my pictures all needed higher contrast, especially on the black and white ones. I started to edit the contrast, i set them to roughly around 45 contrast, which wasn't too much so that it was unclear but not too little that there was no difference. After i had done this, i saw a few of my pictures that i though needed more colour and a warmer tone. I added a 'warm photo filter' on these pictures which gave them a orange tinge, i think this worked really well because it gave the picture a different feel and it looked hot and stuffy which is the kind of feel i wanted for the specific picture. The picture was of some sprouting plants in a brick wall. I wanted that hot and humid feel because it reflected the idea of plants taking the wall over. I also upped the saturation which made the image even more humid looking. On other pictures i added a blurred border so that the centre of focus was on the most important thing. I think this worked really well and gave the picture an abstract feel, it also framed the picture and made it look much more complete and less plain. On some pictures i added 'Diffuse Glow' which made anywhere which was white glow, i think this worked really well because it made the picture seem abstract and surreal. I added this effect on a picture of inside the cycle bridge, this really worked well because there is a lot of white light coming through the windows at the side of the cycle bridge and i think that adding this effect made these features come alive and become the focus of attention for the eye. I didn't want to make it too diffused and i set the diffuse amount to approximately 30. This was the perfect amount because the structure of the bridge was not obscured in any way, but there was enough glow to notice it. The feel i got from the edited picture was perfect, it wasnt too over-edited - it was subtle. After i had edited my pictures i decided to think about how i would display the final photos. I knew i was doing lack of control for my final piece, i thought that i could perhaps put my photos inside a box with a broken lock. Or maybe i could get a box and fill it with moss to show that the box had lost control to nature - the moss. Or perhaps have the pictures 'sprouting' out of a man made object as if the pictures were plants themselves. But i am not quite sure of which idea ill go for.

week 7

Last week i made my final edits to my photos and also made my sculpture piece to display it on. I had brought in some foam board and some card to make the display piece with. I hadn't planned it all out exactly but i did know roughly what i was going to do. I knew i was going to raise certain parts of the pictures up so they were on different levels and layer photos on top of each other, but i had not planned out how i would do this. I spent about 10-15 minutes looking at exampled of this sort of thing. After this i set to work cutting my previously printed images into perfectly equal rectangles. I found it hard to do this because when i used the plastic ruler with the scalpel, it started to shave the ruler so it was really hard to keep the cut on a straight line. After i had done cut all of my pictures out i then started to do some portfolio work. I continued to work on my research report, i think that its coming along really well and i think it's filled with good information not just filler. I then returned to my display method. I next glued the photos onto the foam board and raised certain bits to emphasize certain areas of the picture.The final thing looked really good and proffessional and i think it look unique.

week 6

Last week we continued to edit our images, but i also continued work on my research report. I think that my research report is becoming a really good report because its clear and straight to the point. I didnt want it to be rambling; i would want to be straight to the point and concise with my facts and information. I found this quite hard to do because it was actually quite hard to find a decent information page on the internet. I did find a Wikipedia page, but it only had a small section on fine art photography, but i did manage to find some good information about the history of fine art photography. I also wrote some of my specific fine art photograph analysis. I searched fine art photography in google images and i selected the pictures which meant the most to me. This way i could write about what emotions they gave me, which after all is what Fine art is about. After doing all of this, i then continued to edit my pictures. I continued to use the same sort of effects on my pictures as i did last week. In alot of my pictures i played a round with perspective when i took them so i though when i edited them i should add to this. I did this by putting a blurred edge on the photos, this made the focus in the centre where i wanted it to be. I did this effect to the picture above. I personally think it worked really well because its subtle and you don't really notice it but without it the picture would be a lot worse. I think next week i need to add a photo filter to make it a little bit more interesting or perhaps a different effect.