LO5 - Final Presentation Video

LO5 - What my final shots would look like in a gallery

LO5 - Shots to be presented (9)

Noir

This is my favourite Image of all of my final pieces. It required minimal editing, as the only change  made was turning the image to blakc and white. One of the inspirations to make this image black and white was Anton Corbijn who became famous because of his simple but unique style of band photography This image stands out from the rest, because of its simplicity, whilst my other images play about with colour and saturation and often are modelled after other types of art and photography. Also the fact that so little editing has been done means that the image is still in its highest resolution, this shows off all the smaller details and imperfections of the performer. The way the performer is staring offscreen, leaves an ambiguity to the image, what is he looking at? and what kind of emotions is it evoking within him?
I also like how the lighting of theis photo highlights the eyes of the performer and how it shows o the mark on his hand. It makes the image seem more powerful and feels as though the performer is in control of the world aorund him.

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The Carnival

I wanted this image to feel similar to an old fashioned carnival or circus poster. I got the idea for this when I noticed the text in the background and how it reminded me of the style of writing that you would find on these kind of posters. The use of bright colours and the way the people are performing relates the themes and energy of things like carnivals and circuses. I also tried to make each performer feel as though they represent something different. To give my image this effect I firstly highlited each of the performers and the microphone separately, then changed the Hue for each object indivually. After that I raised the saturation so that the colours would stand out more and feel more distinct from the other's.

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Sed Solum Magna (Alone but Loud)

This is one of the most powerful images I produced from my final pieces. The deep black around the performer makes him seem truly isolated and alone, with the bright red completely contrasting the black and showing his passion for performance makes him stand strong even if they're no one around him. To make my picture look like this, I firstly increased the saturation so that the red would seem more bold and would envelope the performer more strongly, I then used the clone stamp tool to make sure that the area around the performer would all be the same shade of black, because if it didn't it removed at lot of the effect of the image.

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Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll

This image is one of the most unique of my final pieces: whilst the others were of people and their instruments, this is of something you might not even see at a gig unless you were looking for it. I wanted this instead to feel more like a representation of how good music can make you feel, with people seeing it in different ways depending on what kind of music they listen to. The mirrorball itself also works as a metaphor for the power of live music, with them both reflecting and projecting the energy and power of the band throughout the venue. When I was editing my image I wanted to keep it similar to it already was, with the changes feeling as though they could have been done on the actual camera instead of via Photoshop. I firstly raised the contrast and saturation, so that the image will feel more ethereal, I also lowered the brightness after this, as I wanted to give it a human feel: happy but flawed.

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Polaroid singer

 I wanted this picture to appear as though it happen been taken using a Polaroid camera. I wanted to do this to show the timelessness of music, with Polaroids not being used as much these days but still being very recognizable, I thought they would help to reflect this the most. I also think that it helps this image to feel more distinct from the others, offering a more personal effect that contrasts the very modern look of some of the other pieces. A famous photographer who uses film in most of his images in Anton Corbijn, however he doesn't use this type of film often, instead choosing to develope it himself. To create the effect that would make the image seem this way I firstly printed off my image and then scanned in the print, this let in light as it was happening which changed the color of the image slightly, it also left grain on the picture, which helps to male it seem more old fashioned and as if film was used to take the picture. After I had scanned my image into the computer I added the faded white bars on the side and these are things that would appear on most Polaroid images.