3D Modelling

So part of this project is to show off what I can do with all the technical words and reasons for doing it. So for this I have used part of my 3d model of a study space and I have tracked a camera around the building. I originally had made it so you would look through a camera as I used direction keys and the mouse to direct the camera around the space. This wasn't smooth, it was jerky and unrefined. The program i used to record the screen, and run blender (which is what i used to make my 3d model) lagged my laptop out half way through the walkthrough so I needed to try and minimlise and smooth out the walk through.

Below is a screen shot of a path I created using shift A, path and then make the route. To make the camera follow the path I made I clicked on the camera, added an object constraint, follow path, nurbs path. As I wont be adding any keyframes to animate the camera, I will make the camera track an empty axis. I will then add keyframes to the empty axis to make the camera look at different points. The camera will track the empty axis when i click on the camera, then empty axis then use CTRL T, track to constraint. i had issue but found that the if the camera didn't follow the path then i had to hit animate path in the object constraint panel. i hit i and location, to set ppoints on the empty axis.

Edited Dreamcatcher Shots

images edited. I find the photoshoot that I did of my dreamcatchers

More Cloud Lapse Edits

above are screenshots of editing the image as well as saved images showing the changes and crops.

above are three images, the original, a screenshot showing an edit and the final cropped and altered image.

screenshots and then the final edited image are shown above.

another edited image.

Dreamcatcher Shots

I managed to finally hang my dream catchers outside to get the sunset shining through them.

Dreamcatcher Shadows

Got round to taking some shots of my dream catchers with a portable lamp shining through them to help create shadows. I haven't managed to edit them to make them usable for anything remotely professional looking but I can see an advantage to creating shadows and photographing my dream catchers and eyes of mexico (the diamond kites) using a studio lighting set up because as soon as I had shadows in the background with a dreamcatcher in the foreground, it made the image more interesting and appealing.

Editing the Cloud Lapses

Image on the left is the original.
Below shows the different changes I made to the image, this includes changing the levels, brightness and contrast and cropping the image too. After altering the colours I experimented with different crops.

Some more edited images:

unedited

changing the levels

changing contrast and brightness

cropped slightly

I cropped most of the tree on the right out of the frame because I didn't like how they would overlay and created that blurry line. I kept some of the thinner branches because it allowed me to crop the image into the square format.

Research and Response

So I serious lacked research to back up why I took my sunset shots. Originally it was just because it was pretty and on my way home from the market hall, and to the market hall in the mornings, I often see the glorious colours in the clouds as the sun sets and rises.

Research-

Matt Mollow
I find Matt Mollow's  work aesthetically pleasing because he has managed to capture all the fantastic colours that I only get to see if I am lucky, most of the time the colours I get to see are washed out and pale, especially in comparison with his work.

Joseph Rossbach

Although I dont enjoy Rossbach's work as much as Matt Mollow, the results in his work is a far more realistic approach as to what I am able to capture myself. I live near a beach so shots of the sea is possible, although capturing a sunset set not as easily as the sun rises on my side of the Isle of Man and I know I wont be awake to see the sunrise.

Harri and Deepti
So far it is just an idea, but if the weather doesn't improve so I can get outside and take some more sunset shots, I will try and create sunsets using cut paper and shine light though them. Not sure if I will do this but i have research and I have bought some fair trade paper that is handmade which is coloured, so hopefully the light will interact nicely with the colour.

My DreamCatchers
As I have considered taking some photographs of my dream catchers that I have made, I feel like I ought to look at the different weaves and styles that can be used. The first image show my little bit of dream catcher research along with the original images that sparked my interest in taking more photographs of the dream catchers.

Response
Below are the contact sheets for the photographs I took using my Lumix G3 camera. Saved as jpegs as I would have run out of space on my sd card, my intention is to overlay some of the cloud images that i took and combine them using photoshop to try and make cloud lapses like photographer Matt Mollow created.