My inspiration for my final pieces came from looking at natural and man-made forms which came from looking at the works of Harry Callahan, John Blakemore and Cameron R. Neilson. I decided to find different ways of merging the forms such as superimposing images onto each other and cutting and ripping into images. I also decided to create large prints of the images I merged in Photoshop which I felt gave much more of an impact when they're viewed on such a large scale as it allows the viewer to view all the details and feel as though they're actually in the scene. I created natural images which I gave a vintage and weathered look and a set of man-made images which looked much more modern than the natural ones. I did this because I wanted to show even more contrast between the two sides, and to show that nowadays, everything has become much more perfect and strict in terms of photography. Therefore, I made the natural set of images vintage which was based on the way John Blakemore's images looked which I felt gave a unusual feeling of nostalgia.
This is one of Harry Callahan's images that I used for inspiration. He has used multiple exposure to make this image however, he had created this superimposed image manually rather than in Photoshop. I chose to use his superimposed image as inspiration and experimented by trying to layer photos on top of each other and using the lighten tool on Photoshop which made the photos look as though they were appearing through each other.
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This is the photo I created in preparation for my exam. I used a photo from one of my man-made photo-shoots as well as a natural image of eyes which I superimposed onto the building in Photoshop. I used the lighten tool to create a faded effect onto the eyes in this image which allowed for more of a merged look of the photo. I felt as though this image had almost achieved what I was trying to create however, I think that I could have chose a different set of photos to superimpose onto each other to create a more meaningful look such as objects that wouldn't normally be expected to be seen together.
I experimented with polarities in the man-made photoshoot that I carried out. In this photo I selected the building that was darker than the background and used the selective colour tool to make it even more darker than the rest of the photo and create more of a contrast with the building in the background which was much lighter. I arrived at this idea from combining the works of Michael Kenna who creates images that have faded aspects to them and Cameron Neilson who takes photos of buildings from imposing angles which I thought would be interesting to merge the two ideas.
I also experimented with creating vintage looking images for the natural side of my final piece. I did this by layering a folded and weathered looking image on top of my natural image. I then resized the folded image to fit my natural image and selected the screen tool which merged the two images together to create the vintage look of the photo.
This is the plan that I created for the exam:
Day 1: On the first day I will be editing the natural images that I took by adding sepia tones as well as folded and worn filters which l will layer on top of the natural images and lighten them. I will also being editing the man-made photos which would carry on into the next day.
Day 2: On this day I would finish editing the man-made images and then print out the vintage-natural images that I created on Photoshop as well as the man-made images. I would then begin to work into the printed out images by ripping into the man-made images and cutting out specific parts of the images to show the natural forms coming out from under them to create a surreal contrast between them.
Day 3: I will finish off the images that I printed out and then begin printing the merged images I created on Photoshop in a very large format and work on the layout of the images.
Day 1: On the first day I will be editing the natural images that I took by adding sepia tones as well as folded and worn filters which l will layer on top of the natural images and lighten them. I will also being editing the man-made photos which would carry on into the next day.
Day 2: On this day I would finish editing the man-made images and then print out the vintage-natural images that I created on Photoshop as well as the man-made images. I would then begin to work into the printed out images by ripping into the man-made images and cutting out specific parts of the images to show the natural forms coming out from under them to create a surreal contrast between them.
Day 3: I will finish off the images that I printed out and then begin printing the merged images I created on Photoshop in a very large format and work on the layout of the images.