JMPhotograpghy

Portfolio Box - These are black boxes used to store photographic prints in a dark environment in order to protect the prints from daylight. They can be opened and used to display these photographic prints to clients by sliding them across the box in sleeves.

Portfolio Books - These are books used display photographs in sleeves. The books offer more customisability as you can interchange the photographs on display to best fit with a clients needs.

Sleeves - The are clear plastic or polyester sleeves used to protect the photographic print from fingerprints. An ideal sleeve is an acid free and crystal clear in order to not distort the prints qualities. Plastic sleeves can distort the view of a photograph which is why a polyester sleeve is better.

1. What year was the cyanotype invented?

1842

2. Who invented the cyanotype?

John Herschel

3. Why are cyanotypes blue?

The blue pigment is non water soluble.

4. What is Anna Atkins famous for?

She was the first person to illustrate book with photographic images.

5. Do cyanotypes have any drawbacks?

They need natural sunlight.

6. What were the first cyanotypes off?

A lady and a Harp

7. What is the chemical solution to make a cyanotype?

Ferric Ammonium Citrate and Potassium  Ferricyanide

8. Traditional film photography uses silver as its base, How do cyanotypes differ?

They use iron salt.

In attempting this task I have encountered a few problems: 1.For the second photograph It turned black instead of blue even though I choose blue and it shows as blue on the layer. 2.I did create a border but it did not show on the final canvas. 3.When I tried to flatten/export the final canvas, photopea had an error message saying not enough RAM. I do not believe this is a problem with the space on my laptop but instead a problem with the space capacity of photopea online. As a result of this, I have had to upload two individual jpeg files for each photograph and one screen shot of the final canvas.

I will add music to the background of my showreel and use transitions between photographs.

https://www.loxleycolour.com/

C-Type - A C-Type print is a chromogenic print created using light sensitive paper which is processed in complete darkness with chemicals in a darkroom. You can also create a Digital C-Type print which are created by exposing the light sensitive paper to lasers or LED lights. These prints can last upto 40 years in the daylight and 80 years in the dark.

Types of paper you can use include: Fuji Flex , Fuji Gloss, Fuji Matt and Kodak Metallic.

Giclee - A Giclee print or as it is also known a fine art print is a inkjet print which uses archival inks and papers to create a high quality print. The process involves inks being placed onto the paper and being absorbed. These prints can last upto  40 years in daylight and 200 years in the dark.

1. What is a gamut

The full variety of colours that cameras can display.

2. What is a colour space

A colour space is a collection of colour: eg. ProPhoto RGB, SRGB 

3. What two colour spaces do most DSLR cameras offer?

 SRGB and Adobe SRGB

4. What colour space can most computer monitors display?

SRGB

5. If you switch from sRGB to Adobe RGB on your camera what colours will you see an improvement in?

Green, some yellow, orange and blues. 

6. When you change the colour space in photoshop what does it do?

It adjusts the amount of colours it displays

7. Name a larger colour space than Adobe RGB

Pro Photo RGB

8. What can happen to a digital image if you map colours to a really large colour space?

1. Adobe Spark - This platform allows you to create webpages to showcase your photographic work. It is easy to use and has simple layout options. It can accept multiple file types including JPEG, GIF and PNG with a size capacity of 6MB. The cost of this platform for individuals in £10.10 per month or £49.99 for access to the entire adobe creative cloud. However It is free to me as it is part of my student account as part of my photography course.

https://www.adobe.com/uk/products/spark.html

2. Portfoliobox -  This platform allows you to create an online portfolio. With Portfoliobox you get your own portfolio website running on a system designed for creative people to show off their creative work. This platform is also used as a creative network to look for/find work. You can sign up to a free account with limited resources including 30 photographs maximum, 10 pages maximum and 10 projects maximum.

This mini showreel demonstrates some my photographic work. I used Video Editor which is a free video editor app that was installed on my laptop to create this video. The music is also from Video Editors free music library. I choose the song together as I l felt that it fitted with the mood of my final six photographs. I uploaded my video to Youtube.

In comparison, I believe this showreel is better than my first showreel. I was able to add text to go with my photographs.  I prefer this software as it was easy to use and had all the functionality I needed to create my showreel including an option to sync my photographs with the music which adobe spark does not have.

Since I have already edited my final six previously I will discuss what I did and what I still need to do. For all my six photographs I had already adjusted the exposure.

1. I have cropped away some of the negative space in this photograph. I will make sure the eye is sharp and darken his left arm slightly to remove any distractions.

2. I have cropped away some negative space. There is no additional edits I will make to this photograph.

3. I have sharpened the berries and adjusted the white balance to create a cooler tone. There is no additional edits I will make to this photograph.

4. I have cropped this photograph to place the owl on the right of the photograph. I have sharpened the owls eye and increased the contrast between the sharp object in the foreground and the blurred background.  There is no additional edits I will make to this photograph.

5. I will retouch the face to whiten teeth, burn/dodge skin and reduce shine. I will also remove fly away hairs and blemishes.

1. Creative and Digital Media Assistant (Apprenticeship) - 4+ National 5 including English and Maths, an understanding of media and good photography, videography and digital media editing software skills.

https://www.apprenticeships.scot/vacancy-details/?refCode=133610

2. Creative Intern - GCSE or Eqiuvlent and photography skills.

https://uk.indeed.com/jobs?q=Student%20Photography&vjk=81b6385ddc793067&advn=7055907029462961

3. Student Property Photographer - No formal experience or portfolio required,  must be a student, need to provide your own photography equipment. passion for photography and photography skills.

1. City of Glasgow College

https://www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-photography-scqf-level-910-2021-08-30

2. Edinburgh Napier University

https://www.napier.ac.uk/courses/ba-hons-photography-undergraduate-fulltime

4. University of Edinburgh

https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergraduate/degrees/index.php?action=view&code=W640

This mini showreel demonstrates some my photographic work. I used Adobe spark to create this video. The music is also from Adobe Sparks free music library. I choose the song Ukulele Stroll as I liked the uplighting beat and felt that it fitted with the mood of my six photographs.

1. City of Glasgow College 

https://www.cityofglasgowcollege.ac.uk/courses/hnd-photography-scqf-level-8-2021-08-30

2. Glasgow Kelvin College

https://www.glasgowkelvin.ac.uk/courses/hnd-photography/

3. Dundee and Angus College

https://dundeeandangus.ac.uk/courses/hdphot21-g-1fa/

1. Vimeo

Vimeo is a video hosting, sharing and servicing platform. This platform is aimed a more professional people within the industry. This showreel demonstrates a variety of product photography  shot and edited into a stop motion animation. 

https://vimeo.com/214662750

2. TIKTOK

TikTok is a short video platform with time limit of up to 60 seconds. This platform  is aimed at young people. This showreel demonstrates food photography.

https://www.tiktok.com/@kamilekave/video/6943238740932365573?lang=en&is_copy_url=0&is_from_webapp=v1&sender_device=pc&sender_web_id=6955397890702116358

3. Youtube

Youtube is a popular online video platform. This platform is aimed at everyone. This showreel demsonstraes a variety of different types of photography.