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.

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Haunted

This image is unedited. For this image I wanted it to seem as though the performer was almost possessed by the music they're making, and how they're just a channel for the sounds that are being played. I think that the focussed lighting helps to make the image more powerful by removing the background. I chose to have a close up for this image, as it shows of the facial expression in better detail and places a stronger effect on the artist, rather than the actual performance itself. My choice to focus more heavily on the artist than the music, is inspired by the photographer Anton Corbijn.

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Traffic Lights

For this piece I took two images that I thought were quite similar, however also different enough to be able to be distinguished from one another. I then cropped down  both images until they contained only the singer in them. I placed on image on top of the other and using the clone stamp gave  a black background to both images. I gave my both images different Hues and Saturations, so that they would turn out in contrasting ways.  I wanted this contrast to show the different effects that

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Oscillation

I wanted this image to give off the effect of a powerful sound. To create this effect, I dupicated the image I had 3 times, I then lowered the opacity of the other layers and stretched them all out slightly, with each one becoming slightly larger than the one before. I also raised the contrast of my image as high as I could, and slightly raised the saturation, to give the colour the surreal look that it has in the final image.

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Crimson Flood

 This photo hasnt been edited. to create this photo I had  a very low aperture on my camera and postioned myself so that I was capturing the strength of the red flood lights on the singer's face. For this image I wanted to create a powerful sense of passion using the red tint. I also think that this use of colour gives this image and undercutting of violence, with the lights in the top right of the photo, giving an intensity to the image.

LO4 - Edited shots

LO3 - Third shoot

This was my final shoot, I also went on location to get the photos I needed. In this location there was also lighting in place that I need to take into account.  In these photos I put a stronger emphasis on close ups as judging from our previous shoots they create a much stronger effect, and gives the photos a certain personality that will stand out to viewers

LO3 - Second shoot

This was my first shoot on location, I went to a venue and with the permissions of the band, I took photo's of them performing and the venue around them. I also learnt how to take into account the lights that were already in place and how to use the colour produced by them to create a better image.

LO3 - First shoot

This shoot was essentially a practice/test to allow myself to understand the camera I was using, and how to use light effectively with it. However I did get several shots related to my subject by having people using musical instruments, however the set and background for these photos doesn't fit the style of music and reduces the effect that the subject of the photos was trying to give off.