Symbolism

Through the Looking Glass. the symbolism for a mirror is 'TRUTH, (a mirror does not lie) (Hall. J 1979, Subjects and Symbols in Art)

Reality is what? Shackles

My sudden change of heart.....

Preview 2

Another preview

Some of my favorites from livery street, long exposure in colour and black/white

light painting sort of

Go with Christ  :D

First pic is hamstead hill and the rest are six ways, i really love long exposure :)

Preview

Just to show that I haven't been sitting on my hands for the past for weeks this is one of the pictures for my final piece. It probably makes no sense now but in the presentations on Tuesday it will. Until then just think it over. 

Still contrasting the theme of 3D and 2D, i researched into the photogrpaher Chris Engman and the Artost Magritte, who inspired me to create these images. This was my first attempt.

I feel they also contrast the imagination with reality.

Abandoned

snowing nights

It was snowing so thought i'd get a pic of it lol

Here i looked at conrasting the 3D world with a 2D image of it. The image i used was also contrasting as the weathwe had changed resulting in a contrast between seasons: winter and autumn.

Photo Montage...

i did these two pieces these two pieces by taking lots of small pictures of all the different parts of my house and then joining them all up to make a complete image. i did one during the day and one during the night to show a contrast between night and day to show how buildings change.

day............

 night............

Glass

Took a picture trough a shampagne glass, like the way how image changes inside the glass.

3

Took several pictures of me walking down the corridor. Shoot on long exposure, then combined 3 pictures in one and added an effect to the image to make it look a bit old and spooky.

End of Project Presentations

Please follow the link to the previous post on what is required for your presentation to your peers in week 6:

http://bmetphoto.blogspot.com/2010/10/week-6-presentations-and-group-critique.html

London Photography Shows

The National Portrait Gallery Nov. 11th - Feb. 20th

 The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2010 presents the very best in contemporary portrait photography, showcasing the work of talented young photographers and gifted amateurs alongside that of established professionals and photography students.

David Chancellor for Huntress with Buck from the series Hunters

V & A Museum - 13 October 2010 - 20 February 2011

Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography 


The essence of photography lies in its seemingly magical ability to fix shadows on light-sensitive surfaces. Normally, this requires a camera. Shadow Catchers, however, presents the work of five international contemporary artists - Floris Neusüss, Pierre Cordier, Susan Derges, Garry Fabian Miller and Adam Fuss - who work without a camera. Instead, they create images on photographic paper by casting shadows and manipulating light, or by chemically treating the surface of the paper.
Images made with a camera imply a documentary role. In contrast, camera-less photographs show what has never really existed. They are also always 'an original' because they are not made from a negative. Encountered as fragments, traces, signs, memories or dreams, they leave room for the imagination, transforming the world of objects into a world of visions.

SouthBank Centre - Friday 12 November 2010 - Sunday 5 December 2010

World Press Photo 2010 - Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall

The annual World Press Photo Exhibition is the best known of World Press Photo's activities and is a leading event in the organization's calendar.
Every year following the World Press Photo Contest, the winning images go on tour. In April, the exhibition is officially opened in Amsterdam and can be seen at venues around the globe until March of the next year. The tour program takes in approximately 100 cities in 45 countries and is still expanding.

Pietro Masturzo

High and Low angle

These photographs a took with a 30 sec exposure on f32 iso 200 with monochrome processing
they go along loosely with my project idea of the contrast between beauty and subjectivity

Week 3 - This is Where You Should Be

WEEK 3 – FOUNDATION PHOTOGRAPHY - ASSESSMENT 14th DECEMEBER

1. Sketchbook check – up to date with homework, research, blog, and journal? Are you on track in your Exploratory Stage?

2. In class tasks:

1)    Studio Portraits and Lighting, incorporating long exposures

2)    Perspective and how to use it – High and Low Angle Perspective

3)    Revisit past assignments: Photograms, Long Exposure Portraits, and Long

      Exposures

4)    Sketchbook and Research Maintenance

3. Journal Entries

Discuss a conflict within your work or working practice that has challenged you. Was it in creating ideas, executing ideas, editing your work, dealing with subjects/location, fulfilling your own personal goals? How did you address this conflict, and hopefully, overcome it? Did it lead to 'better' work in the end?

Action Plan for next 3 weeks – What, where, why, when, how am I going to make work for my project? What do I need to do to make this happen?

4. HOMEWORK:

Make work!

Artist Research representing studio portraits/lighting:

                        Eve Arnold

                        Richard Avedon

                        David Bailey

                        Cecil Beaton

                        Guy Bourdin

Look into the use of perspective – find examples of high and low angle photography – Double Page Spread – What is the advantage, feeling, purpose of different angles?

Incorporate some of the class tasks into the making of your own work – for instance use of portraits, lighting, perspective and movement.

I have made this picture a few days ago for the theme of contrast, I like the colors of the sunset broken by the shutter.

Jim Goldberg

I really like the composition of the image in the middle by Jim Goldberg, I am going to try and make my own version ....:) using the photos i took at a boxing match i went to last night x

1. Nature moves quickly 2. The sea creatures of Light 3. Ecstasy in purple

Aset of experimental photos with light movement and focus.

Tom Parker x3

Here i started the shot upclose to the camera then jumped back a few seconds into the exposure. I was would liek the shot more if both images were more clear.

Here i started the shot by balancing the camera on the wall, with a five second shutter time i tried to count to 2 before jumping in front of the lense If i coulddo the shot again i would try to get the image clearer.

Bonfire Night

I did this obviously on bonfire night for an extra bit of homework, 22 second exposure. I really liked how crisp the fireworks were but also how they blended.

coming to get you

Photo of kirsty walking towards the camera on long exposure . Looks quite ghostly .

This was taken with an 8 second exposure, I liked how it wasn't just a blur you can see faces and movement at the same time, I quite liked how the tripod is a constant even though it was unintentional.

The sense of outer body madness!!!!

The sense of outer body madness!!!!

Starting at a distance, walk towards the camera and back again at the same speed and height. This gives the illusion of an outer body experience but AWAKE.