I managed to finally hang my dream catchers outside to get the sunset shining through them.
Tuesday, 17 March 2015
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
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:
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| unedited |
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| changing the levels |
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| changing contrast and brightness |
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| 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.
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.
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.
Phone Pictures
This is a compilation of all the photographs I took using my Sony xperia Z phone. Most of these were taken indoors or looking through a window of a car. My favorites are of the dream catchers. I may go take some more shots of dream catchers as I am currently making some in another project but could easily use them as subject matter as I have now decided to focus in the light as the sun sets.
Sunset and Cloud Shots
Below are the contact sheets for the 4edited images I showed in my previous post, along with all the other shots taken that evening.
Sunset Shots
These are four images which I edited after originally photographing the sunset at home in Laxey. No deep meaning behind them, I had to experiment for this project, I liked the colours, so I capture the colours. I enjoyed taking and editing them so much that I think I will go take some more shots.
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