Latest Plan for Next Shoot

Where I'm At With Panel 3

I love the look of the bottom line of photos. Used David Carson as an artist model. I played with focus, having Logan and the background in and out of focus. Also the layout of the photos mimic how Carson presents his photos.  

Im still unsure of the second line of photos, and potentially I might take them out. 

I plan to look at installation art and incorporate the blanket and the pegs, as I have used them throughout my folio. I want to show human presence without Logan physically being in the shots, similar to the ones in the first line on my panel 3. 

Latest Shoot for Panel 3

I decided to start playing with focus in my panel 3. I find it really hard because I am such a perfectionist, but Im getting there. 

New Plan for Panel 3

LATEST

These are my latest photos for the start of panel 3,  I used the idea of Human Presence Implied in the photos without Logan, with the blanket in motion it makes it seem like there is someone in the shot, but really there isn't. 

Recent Shoot-Arjan Benning

I took some photos using the ideas of Arjan Benning, where he used pegs to make letters. I thought I would just experiment with the pegs first, then see if I like the look of the letters next. I love how these turned out, especially the hand ones. So I'm thinking that I will do this again maybe on different parts of the body, like face, arms and back. I didn't love the face ones i've done so far, but I will take some more, maybe with bigger pegs and make them work. 

Artist Model Drawing Task

 Focal Point

 - In these photos an my drawings the focal point is the move moving the rocks, because there is a white boarder, it draws the eye to the image. Also the pyramids along the back draw the eye to the middle of the photo

Eye Level View

- The eye level view is perfect because it shows everything that is necessary in the photo. If it was from a birds eye view, the focus would be taken away from the man and put on the pyramids because it is the biggest part of the picture. 

 Landscape Format

- Allows the Pyramids to be seen in the photos. If the photo was portrait it would make the background smaller, and less a part of the picture. Which would make the concept irrelevant.

 Symmetry

- The photo is quite symmetrical not in the way that its the same on both sides, but in the way that the subject matter is very evenly placed, apart from the man.

 Rule of thirds 

 - The landscape of the Pyramids is along the line of the rule of thirds, so it does apply here.

 

Worksheet

1. My work is about the struggle of being in a dark state of mind. The blanket represents the pain and pressure from society to be the best. I want to develop this further with Logan breaking about of the blanket, and showing him as an individual, with the blanket standing next to him, side by side they work, but one cannot try and take over another.

2. Duane Michals, Eileen Cowan, Bill Brandt, Walead Beshty.

3. Sequences for Duane Michals. Eileen Cowan for the strong black and white contrast. Bill Brandt with the close up of hands and face. Walead Beshty is for the photos that I have taken but not yet added to my blog.

4. Panel 1 - FINISHED.

5. Dont have enough photos to have extra, I will work on taking some more over the next week or two.

Latest Shoot + Proof Sheet

I re-took the latest photos, and I prefer these ones a lot. I've used Duane Michals and Kellp Nipper, also with references to David Hilliard and Eadweard Muybridge. These photos use sequences and stick to the high contrast and difference between the darker and lighter pictures.

Panel 1 Plan with Artist Models

This is a plan of my first panel , with all my artist models.

Artist Model Research - Duane Michals

Duane Michals is an American photographer, who uses slow shutter speed and sequences to show philosophy and emotion. He also uses series and multi-exposure in an innovative form. Michals began his work in the 60's where he was inspired by photojournalism and wanted to communicate and show narratives in photo form. He did this by using 'frame by frame' layout, also in a grid format. Michals uses text throughout his images to title a piece of work or the person in it and to push a statement across to the viewer.
Michals work has been exhibited in many exhibitions in the last 50 years, including The Museum of Modern Art-New York, Odakyu Museum-Tokyo, International Center of Photography-New York, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography-Greece.


In this picture below Michals uses the grid, frame by frame format to position the photos. He uses text to Title the photo with the models name and the year in which the photo was taken. He uses black and white to show the strong contrats between the colours. this also shows alot of positive space, with the background, his hair, and skin being lighter than the rest of the photo. Making these areas of the photos really light makes the darkness in his eyes and mouth really stand out. Also his photos are very symmetrical and even, where the object or person is placed in the same place in all three photos, but still manages to show movement.

               

I have used his techniques of slowing down shutter speed and creating movement in a still photograph. By my strong use of positive space, show similarities in my work and the techniques of Michals. I've decided to not use black and white in my photography as I dont like the look of it. 

Latest Shoot - Duane Michals and Eileen Cowan

This is my latest shoot. I've used Logan with a plain black top on and a light background to make the photos look of high contrast and harshness. 

I really think using an all white background is a contrast in what i have done in the rest of my work, where I have used black and negative space. I think these relate well with Eileen Cowan's work as my photos are showing high and obvious contrast between positive and negative space.

Duane Michals uses slowed down shutter speed quite prominently in his work which is the technique i was experimenting with in these photos. I want to develop this further and go back to my original idea of using sequences in panel 1.

New Photos Taken

These photos are the latest of what I have taken, I looked at Eileen Cowan and her use of positive and negative space, and I think for my concept the negative space works perfectly and suits.This also relates to Anne Nobles, 'Rubys Room' artwork. She uses people and their faces and shows a lot of texture through food and liquid.

Im next going to go back to the sequences idea and I need to relate this back to my concept.

My panel 1 is 3/4 finished, well I have enough content to cover  the lot of panel 1, but I just need to work on sizing and composition of my images on my board. Also to use the sequence idea on my first panel mean I can develop it further through my folio.

These are the proof sheets from this shoot.