The Winter Whisper

1) Genres - What genres are in your portfolio? Portraiture, Fashion, Light, Still Life - Additional genres? Street Photography, conceptual - Develop existing? Street Photography as I am still developing in that area and want to improve 2) What type of physical portfolio will you consider? Printed images mounted on black mount board, placed in a portfolio box 3) How many images will you have in your portfolio? Online - around 20-30 and Physical - no more than 15 - How many genres and images do you wish to have online? Minimum of 4 genres to showcase each field of photography that I am confident in - For the online portfolio will you be using Portfolio Box or Wix? Portfolio Box as i have already started to produce a website through them and find it easier to to use

Musical still life using natural lighting except the last image of the guitar strings - taken with a fill in flash that counteracted with the studio flash

Shots from the frozen in the air shoot

Levitation based shots

Tanya’s picture gives an eerie effect as it looks like a scene from a horror film. Having the blanket draped over the face and the model suspended in the air suggests that this character is evil and demonic. Also the picture has been taken at an angle looking up which makes the character look more dominating. I think that having the picture in black and white also adds to the eerie effect and makes me think that perhaps the character is harnessing some type of powerful magic. A teddy bear used as a prop perhaps indicates of a backstory which somehow includes kids or perhaps that the character is a child themselves. In order to improve this image I would edit out the tree in the top right hand corner as it distracts from the picture. You can tell that this picture was well planned because of its successful outcome. It is easy to tell that Tanya thought about what type of image she wanted as she used appropriate props and location. The postproduction has been performed well as you cannot tell that she has masked the models legs out on photoshop.

  The frame can be used in conjunction to any of the materials and objects above, Christopher Ryan McKenney had used a frame and placed a subject covered in cloth seeming to appear out of the levitating frame. I can use this idea with the baby blanket and teddy bear and experiment with different objects that I will have at the shoot.

Darkroom Assessment Risk Action Sink not cleared up Clear up sink before use Bottles left out Put equipment away to avoid tripping Trays are not cleaned Rinse the trays and stack them up in the sink Chemicals are left out Keep chemicals away in the cupboards Gears not kept away Bin full of rubbish Clear out bin Air con Turn the air con on when working Cupboard doors and draws Close the cupboard doors and draws after use Work tops messy Clear of wok tops Door open Close door to avoid exposing paper Chair and fan left out in walkway Keep equipment and objects clear from walkway

Overall, cross processing is used in order to enhance the colours, contrasts and saturation in a creative, unique way. It allows the photographer to experiment with different chemical processes using a range of film and film brands to create an image with a certain effect.

Duane Michals Sequence Narrative As a group, we were given a task to interpret one of Duane Michals’ sequence narratives called ‘Things Are Queer’. This task was given to us so we understand the concept of circular sequences, one’s that never end; had to create a sequence that matched that criterion. To do this, we first had to plan as the images had to connect and this would not have been possible without a plan. We had planned to make the main object a flower, but had later changed that into a drawing of an angel, the reason being that it would have taken time to draw a realistic flower so we used a sketch that was pre-drawn by one of the people in my group. In order to take the images, we had to plan which order we were taking them in as it would take less time and would avoid confusion of which picture is to be taken next. We had numbered the drawn tabs starting from the middle because the actual drawing was the starting point. After taking the images, we had started putting them together through Photoshop using the technique that we used for our name project; had also added a border to the photos. I am quite happy with the final outcome, as it is similar to Duane Michals’ work; we changed the sequence to black and white because we wanted to bring an element of Michals’ work into it. We mixed technology into the images to make it more modernised and suited to this era and I think that we have done a good job of portraying modern and olden times into our photographs.

Image 1: ISO 100 f/s 5.6 1/80 Image 2: ISO 100 f/s 5.6 1/80 Image 3: ISO 200 f/s 8.0 1/125 Image 4: ISO 200 f/s 8.0 1/160 Image 5: ISO 200 f/s 8.0 1/160

Digital Outcome This is my final digital outcome; I chose this image because it has a strong feel to it. The composition is slightly tight and all the focus is on the ripe raspberries on the front right side of the frame, the eye is then lead to the blackberries and then to the strawberries that are vaguely visible in the background due to the shallow depth of field created by using an f/stop of 5.6. The light from underneath lights up the glass and a reflection is shown, yet all the focus is still on the fruits due to the vibrancy and low shutter speed of 1/60 allotting more time for light to enter through. The dark shadow at the top of the image is created because of the low ISO of 100 causing the light to fade into dark from the bottom to the top.

Some more shots exploring my extension tubes

Testing my extension tubes along with my standard 18-55mm lens

This is the lighting set up that I will use for my shoot. My objet will be placed on top of an infinity table which is specifically used for food photography, this table will be lit up from underneath in order to highlight the object so that it is more clear and has a halo effect to it. Even though the table could be lit up from behind, I have decided against it, as I wanted the object to have one spotlight giving direct light from the left so that the shapes on my fruit illuminate. As I am photographing fruit in glass holders, having too much light would cause the glass to bleach out which is why I am choosing to use only two lights to light up the fruit.

Katie Newburn is a food photographer based in the Nap Valley where she was born and raised. She developed a liking for food photography at the age of sixteen and has progressed immensely. Her images consist of tight compositions and a shallow depth of field as she focuses on the texture of food much more so that the image is able to appeal to the viewer; it is almost as if the viewer is able to taste the food provided in the photograph. Newburn uses a macro lens as most of her images are close ups and her images contain one type of food instead of a few at once so that the viewer can concentrate on that one subject. She uses natural light to show the texture at its purist and usually includes pattern fabric or wooden tables to fill the frame.

Gary Tardiff is a food and beverage photographer based in Boston, USA. He has his own studio from which he works but also shoots in natural light settings. His work portrays food in a very appetising way and it is done by lighting up the food using studio lighting, that way you are able to control the light by making it light up the best part of the subject(s). The image on the left has a sharp hitting the cakes from the right and this image has a tight composition due to the portrait format; Tardiff has taken into account the colours and the soft texture that has to be shown through his photography. His images consist of shallow depth of fields, focusing only on the front subject. The beverage in the right however, has been shot in a high f/stop to be able to show the outline of the glass and the bubbles formed from the soda water, I personally like the way he has captured the fruits being surrounded by the bubbles.