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Experimental Photography

Mel Storey

Multiple Exposure

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Harris Shutter DevelopmentI used the same picture and developed it using different ways to create the Harris Shutter effect. Because there are a lot of different levels, choosing different colours makes each layer stand out in an unusual way.

I really like how the York Minster is focused into the centre and even with all the layering the Minster is still deep in focus. This contrasts with the ghostly movement below.

The layered images creating the multiple exposure has given the bottom of the photograph movement and even an effect to make the public look ghost like, as it they were there years ago. This is a great way to contrast the old and the new in a urban city.

I slightly burned into the picture to make the building appear darker and so more features and detail would appear within them. It makes them stand out more and makes the whole street look together and it can be seen to the very back of the photograph and it is still in detail just by adding a slight darkness to a particular picture.

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Evaluate: ideas eg analysis, results; How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results have you got? I am pleased with the result this technique has given my final photograph because I like the way the York Minster is in focus but the lower you go down the photograph the more out of focus the picture gets and it is almost ghost like. This contrasts with each other showing how long the urban city buildings have been there for but what a short time the people moving through are there for. This is an easy and clever technique to produce. By layering multiple images of a similar scene you can line up a certain object in the background to keep in focus, and the rest of the movement comes from using the opacity levels to merge all photographs together. I feel I have realised my intentions of showing the different levels of what goes on in a city centre has been showed well because of the layering and the levels of focus to out of focus.my intentions came from my inspiration artist, Stephanie Jung. I feel I have incorporated her work into mine by the fast movement of the pubic walking below the buildings of York. Qualities:Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it look? What do you like about it? What are the strongest and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of view?I like the quality of this image as it has a deep depth of field focusing in on the York Minster. This makes this building stand out the most in the photograph and instantly this is the first thing you look at, but the contrast of the focus background to the out of focus layering of the public makes this picture seem one. I used the burn tool to make the buildings stand out and to make it contrast with the ghost shapes of the people walking down the streets of York. It makes it look mysterious and this has been done by the double exposure and layering effects during the post production stage. Double exposure images are all to do with post production and this is what completed my image.

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How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with additional work? What would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake further experiments? If so, what would they be?I will continue developing this techniques but with other significant buildings, or more urban eroded buildings. It will still need to be in a city centre or where people or cars move so I can still get the movement in the foreground. I would like to improve my work by keeping all the buildings in focus and just having the people or cars out of focus. I would also like to explore not only using the opacity levels to create these double exposures but to also use some of the other features such as addition, multiple, deep light etc.

Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were set. Do they match the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using specific examples. I have produced one main image and from that I produced three more experimental images connecting to the Harris Shutter techniques. These do look good but don’t quite fit into the theme that I originally choose. It was good to experiment with new techniques but I just kept my favourite image that was the double exposure. I have experimented with double exposure a lot, as you will see further through the evaluations, and I have become more and more confident with producing them. It fits with the brief of an urban theme because of the city location and I have focused looking at urban buildings and how they structure a city. In this particular image I have succeeded in making my final image to still focus in on the urban buildings but show the movement and the people who walk through everyday.

Multiple Exposure

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I changed the colour of just one of the layers using saturation ad the brightness. I also layered it with a black and white version of the layer and then changed the opacity to show the contrast and making unusual colours.

I love how the bus was captured in one of the photographs I took originally. Because it has been exposed with other pictures without any other vehicle in them makes it stand out and almost look like a ghost bus.

I burned into the picture where big ben is and the top of west minster to make it stand out from the was of the crowds of people. My theme is to focus on the buildings and structure in cities but incorporate scenes of people and cars passing through showing the building stand proud over its city what it makes therefore I wanted to make it stand out and giving it some depth in detail and colour did this.

Again I have introduced many images exposure together to make this ghost scene of people. I like when one people overlaps another creating a whole new shape and colour.

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Evaluate: ideas eg analysis, results; How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results have you got? I am pleased with my results, just like the last photograph I have managed to keep the building in the same position on each layer to keep it in focus white the foreground of the photograph is ghost like and showing the movement throughout the city. This exceeded my intentions I wanted in this photograph. I wanted to experiment with the same technique I used above to see if it works with other buildings.

Qualities:Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it look? What do you like about it? What are the strongest and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of view?I like the way Big Ben is in focus and by layering of two similar photographs I can get a ghost like feel in the foreground as the people pass though it city. I like how I captured a bus passing though and because it has been exposed it looks ghost like just like the people. I didn’t use many layers because this part of London is quite busy therefore there would be too much movement and the bottom of the picture would have looked distorted.

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How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with additional work? What would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake further experiments? If so, what would they be?I could improve this picture by layering one or two more similar pictures and by using the opacity levels I could create more of a distorted, ghost effect in the foreground. This picture looks like all the people are in one image, showing the ghost effect has not worked as well, therefore more layers would make this effect stronger.

Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were set. Do they match the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using specific examples. The image I have produced does fulfil the brief and match the Urban environment theme. I experimented with the final picture changing it to black and white and tried to do another Harris Shutter effect. This picture was to experiment with the first technique in the above photograph and I liked it so much I choose it one of my final three photographs to evaluate. The more you experiment the more you can see what works with and this can improve later work. I would like to use this in my final set of images. It is an effective technique that gives a picture a lot of power if done right.

Multiple Exposure

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Harris Shutter Development

This whole image is largely inspired by Stephanie Jung. Her double exposures of busy cities overlapping to create a fast moving and almost blurred look is what I was inspired by and tried to re create myself. This picture is made up of 5 different image. All focused on the same spot but slight moved and the movement below creates, again, the ghost scene. This time even the buildings and flags have moved with the crowds showing how sometimes over the years even buildings get forgotten and placed into a blur.

I have learnt with this picture by slightly moving the camera a bit at a time you can create a big difference. And with the more photographs you layer the more detail you with loose. There is a lot more ghost like imagery in this picture than the other two before it.

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Evaluate: ideas eg analysis, results; How well do you feel you have realised your ideas and intentions and what results have you got?I intentionally wanted to recreate the Stephanie Jung style which consists of many layers to create one photograph, these layers are slightly moved to one side to create this distorted effect. It creates a repetitive butclever effect that shows all the layers in a city, good and bad. I feel I have done this well and created a similar effect that Stephanie Jung created.

Qualities:Consider the aesthetic qualities of your work. How does it look? What do you like about it? What are the strongest and weakest elements from an aesthetic point of view?I like the look of this photograph. It shows the layers all piled up on top of each other to create a similar effect that Stephanie Jung created. Unlike the other two images, this image even makes the buildings look as if they have moved slightly, but if you look deep into the photograph you can see each layer, as if you were stripping back each layer within the city. The ghost like people, like the other two photographs are still there and this effect has taken place a lot more here because of the amount of layers. I like how the layers have also carried on the bunting all along the city. The weakest element in this picture would be the colours. I would brighten the colours so the yellow bunting can burst though and the back and white buildings can contrast together to make the ghost like people sink into the foreground more.

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How could you improve your work? Could you develop your work further with additional work? What would you try to achieve with this? Could you undertake further experiments? If so, what would they be?I would improve this image by changing the colour slightly. It is quite dull so brightening the picture would make the bright colours such as the yellow bunting stand out. Exciting colours will make this picture look more exciting. Having a different shade on each layer could create a unusual but exciting effect, this could be an effect I could develop and undertake further.

Finally you should consider if the images you have produced fulfil the brief you were set. Do they match the theme? Are they experimental? Explain your answers using specific examples. This set of images fits with my theme, Urban environment, because it is based in an urban city and because the buildings that make the city. The more layers and the slight movement from the camera creates a more distorted photography but you can still see each layer. Each layer is like a different time and you can see the people moving through while the buildings stay in the same place. Despite them being photographs of a typical cityscape, layering each singular image on top of another gives the landscape an exciting twist to it and makes the photograph more experimental.

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