Final Shoot

Double exposure
To create these two double exposures I went out to shoot a set of pictures to expose together on Photoshop. I shot images of trees with part of the sky in the shoot and also a photograph of another students face. I had taken a few different photographs of each of these subjects, from different angles and perspectives. I then chose two different sets of photographs to create two double exposures with, one portrait and one landscape. I went onto Photoshop and opened the first set of images separately. With the first image, of the students face, I used to Magnetic Lasso Tool to cut out around the head to remove the background, once I had completed this I then dragged the cut out of the head onto the second image of the trees and placed it in a position that I thought looks better, I then started to experiment with the layer blending effects to blend the top laying into the bottom and expose the two images together, once I had experimented with the different effects I then chose one that makes the image look well exposed and gives a good effect, and I also changed the opacity to make sure the layer didn't have too much of a blend. I then repeated the same process with the second set of images. Which created the two images shown on the right. Although these two images are very similar as they are images of the same subjects, I have created two different double exposure images, that are photographed differently. With the first image, the face is blended a lot into the background image, the effect I have used makes it look like their head has been cut off around the shape of the trees, which gives off an interesting effect and shows a good creation of creating a double exposure and blending layers together. Whereas the second image isn't as blended into the background, I have chosen a blending effect that brightens up the image as well as blending it slightly, which I think gives a nice calm effect, it makes the image of the face stand out, but also makes the background visible through this. Overall these two images have turned out successful and I am happy with them to be used as final images. As always developments could be made on these images, such as using different effects on these images, maybe changing the background images slightly using Photoshop.

Scanogram

Making more developments on creating more scanograms, I had put more thought into the what I will scan and how I will position it. I started off by deciding to scan the side of my face, with my hand covering my eyes and face to give the effect that I don't want to be seen or don't want to see, sort of like I am hiding from something, and I also have made sure my watch has been scanned which I think gives a nice detailed effect and fits well into the scan. I like how detailed this scan has been produced, and I am happy with how I have developed this image and put a lot more thought into it to create a better image. There is a few things in this scan I think give a good effects, things such as how my hand has been squashed against the scanner with being underneath my face. I also think that my watch and earrings make it interesting and less boring, and as said previously, the main effect of this image, how I am covering up my face to not see and not be seen. Overall I think that this image is very effective and I have developed and improved very well, by putting more thought into creating this image which creates a successful image.

I then added more objects, I took off my watched and placed it face down on the scanner, scattered around a few sequins and placed the lanyard that I used for my USB across the scanner, whilst also leaning across the scanner once it started to scan, which gives the effect that I am about to eat the sequins, which I think gives something interesting and different to the image. This scan is very detailed and I have shown a range of different object, that are layed out well, within the scan. Although these objects don't really have anything to do with each other, I think they are a good range of different interesting things to show. Overall I am happy with this image and I have used a good range of objects to create an interesting scanogram. I have developed well on creating scanograms and have created a good set of scanogram images.








Emulsion Transfer

I have developed on creating an emulsion transfer by going out and shooting an image specifically to create this emulsion transfer, in which I chose to shoot an image that I thought would be successful. I chose to shoot an image of this tree because I felt that it would look good and by making the image more faded would give it a vintage type of look, which I did by opening this image in Photoshop, editing it black and white but changing down the opacity to bring in a small amount of colour to give it a faded look. I have also experimented more with this by using material instead of paper to transfer the image onto. I used to same process of applying white acrylic on top of the image and placed it onto the material. I then left it to dry over night to give the ink more time to transfer onto the material. I then, using water, rubbed off the layer of paper which then exposed this image, transferred onto the material. Although it was not planned I like how some parts of the image have been tared away through to the background, it makes the image look old. I think I have shot a good image and edited it well to produce a good emulsion transfer. Overall I think that this image is successful and to develop further on this I need to experiment with different styles of images and thinking about maybe removing parts of the image to give different effects.

Zoom burst
For the last image of my final shoot I have chosen to shoot a zoom burst. Using a slow shutter speed of 1/6 and selecting the correct ISO and aperture, I shot an image of a fruit bowl, but zoomed my lens after pressing down the shutter, which creates this effective image. I have also shown images I had taken whilst experimenting with this that had been unsuccessful due to not zooming the lens at the correct time. I like the effect that a zoom burst image gives, although it blurs the image it does it nicely and produces a nice image with a trippy, but brilliant effect. I have photographed a simple object but have still gotten the outcome of an interesting image that overall I am happy with and feel that I have used zoom burst well to create a good outcome.