Tate Modern Gallery

I took these today on a trip to london to the famous Tate modern gallery, i did take some more photos of the pieces of art on the 3rd floor but sadly i was in a rush to take a picture of all the artifacts, so most of them were too blury, over and under exposed, to upload.

 



Levels

This lesson our task was to set our cameras to program mode, then go out and change the levels.

this is an over exposed photo and as you can see the majority of the tone is highlight tone. This is made by turning the level up on the camera, to make sure it will be over exposed, look at the camera screen and see that it's more on the positive side.

This one is under exposedand as you can see by the histogram, the majority of the tone is in the shadow side of the tone measure. This is created by turning down the level on the camera, so that it shows on the negative side.

this photo is a fairly normaly exposed, although the tones are still quite near the shadow side of the tone metre, with a little amount over the mid-point. The only reason why it has more dark colours is because this was a close up. So if I would have just taken a photo of the college in over, correct and under exposure, the normally exposed image would have a roughly equal levels, so it would look reasonably balanced. 

 

 

Evaluation

For this experiment I used a camera and a SD card. This experiment went very well, apart from when Photoshop crashed on me, but thankfully I'd saved my work three steps before that so, not too much work was lost. The part that went well the most was taking the photos, it really is so simple when you know how. I could have refined my work by using the high pass filter to enhance and sharpen the image. At the time I took this I wasn't aware of this refining technique, so that is why I didn't apply it.



Health and Safety in the Studio and Dark Room

 

• Tripping: - Camera Stand, Props, Tri-pods. Ensure the lights/fittings are secure on the stands and that there is sufficient space for everyone to move around without a tripping/collision hazard.

• Bumps: Hanging Lights, Soft Boxes / Wafers

• Electricity: Most of the cables are wired upwards and do not cause risk of tripping

• Light: Flashlight is very strong and can damage the eyes, photographers, helpers & models should avoid unnecessary exposure to flash photography.
  
  Covers need to be removed before switching on the flash lamps and fittings should be attached prior to the lamps heating up.
  
  When closing down never lay cables or anything else over hot lamps (allow them to cool first).
  
  Turn the lights down to there lowest setting and then discharge the power before switching off.

• Darkness: The low light in the studio presents a hazard in itself. Various props, wires, camera stands are less evident in the dark. When using the studio users should not rely on their usual senses. Extra attention needs to be paid, taking an extra look around before making movements, taking notice of where things are.

• Heat: The flashlights become incredibly hot and could cause severe burns. They should never be handled.

• Cables should always be laid where they do not create a hazard. Where this cannot be done gaffer tape should be used to secure them to the floor/walls.

• At the end of a session all equipment should be safely removed to the edges of the studio.

• Never leave the studio unattended.

Health and Safety in a Dark-Room

1. Don't flick the image around to get rid of excess chemicals, in case of
    the hazard of catching someone in the eye.

2. Don't let the liquid fall to the fall in case of slipping on the wet floor.

3. Wash your hands if you touch the chemicals.

4. Dry your hands before touching any electrical appliances or wall plugs.

5. Don't drink the chemicals

6. Don't eat or drink in the dark room, in case the chemicals have  
    contaminated them.

7. Make sure childeren are supervised very carefully or kept away from
    these chemicals and processes.
 

My Photo Shoot Plan and Photos

My Photo Shoot Plan

 

 

I believe this would have been a great photo if I'd set the lighting
correctly first. In other words, it's rather under exposed.

I must apologise for the quality of some of these photos, i pulled my memory stick out a little soon and therefore making them like this.

This is one of those destroyed images,
although for this project it could be
acceptable, but it is under exposed.

This one is alright, although it is destroyed. the exposure is
still low, I think I had a fast shutter speed, or I hadn't put the
lighting up as yet.

If only the exposure was correct with this one, I might have used
it, I could change the levels, but will it still be the same.

This one made me laugh, I asked my model to look scared,
this was her scared face. She looks more scarry/funny than scared.
Sadly under exposed.

This one was my fault, I asked her to look happy, as in just a
smile, but she was more or less frowning. So I told her a joke and
it made her laugh too much.

I sort of like this one, although I would have liked a few others
of her looking away from the camera, all with different
expressions.

I think this was one where my teacher made my model laugh.
It's a good photo but it's under exposed.

 

We have got to the good ones now. The
soft lighting is brilliant in this one, I also
like how the lighting makes her hair look
almost the same colour, but the chestnut
bits bring it out. Plus the exposure is
perfect.

I'm not sure why I asked my model to turn
around, but I think it's better to have more
angles rather then less. 

I would have really liked this photo if it
hadn't been destroyed. I dislike how it's
distorted my model's face.

This was a good side portrait, I thought it so
good, that it is one of the images I used for my
final designs.

I found this one quite interesting, viewing it from the project brief's
perspective, it fits the bill, my model looks lost, confused and shocked.
From my own perspective it looks rather funny, because my friend
looks very un-like herself.

This image also meets the brief aim, shocked, confused and
she looks like she's following sonething or absent-minded sleep
walking or reaching out for somthing.
 

This image doesn't meet the design brief,
this is because my model is too smiley. The
I could justify this image is the shirt my model
was wearing.

This image is different because I have
my second model in the shot, all he doing is
acting as a shadow. But it also looks like
a dark other personality which my first
model reflects upon. 

This is a good example of a back portrait.
I think this suggests that she's turned her
back on everything the world, her family.
even her closet friends.

This image was to present my model's
slimness, I was going to edit this photo and
make her ridiculously skinny. The point of
this was to meet the suicide theme, she could
be starving herself.

This image is very similar to the one above
only I made sure i wouldn't be ab;e to see
the second model's hand whereas in the similar
one you can.

This photo is slightly strange which
automatically meets the design brief. I
could have edited in either a girl or boy
being strangled by my model, and she looks
at the camera sort of saying 'this is what I do'.
 

 I wish this image wasn't destroyed because she  looks happy
but then she gesturing to us that she's 'doens't know' or is 'un-
sure'. So in other words confused, about her background, her
sexuality, about general life.

Health and Safety
I had to make sure that all leads were in a safe position, which was out of range to trip over.
I had to make sure that the back drop was taped to the floor, so that it stayed the same position, to prevent any chance of my model slipping up if she moved too fast.

Bruce Webber

Bruce Webber was born in March 29, 1946 in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. He is an American fashion photographer and occasional filmmaker. He is most widely known for his ad campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Pirelli, Abercrombie & Fitch, Revlon, and Gianni Versace, as well as his work for Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Elle, Life, Interview, and Rolling Stone magazines.



When I found this amongst Webber's work, I was thankful, I hoped he might have done some more work related to this actor (Robert Pattinson), and the films he's featured in, like the Twilight Saga. But he hadn't, anyway this picture is actually one of Pattinson when he looks young or younger than in some. But the black and white effect gives it a little bit of age, but more mystery of what this guy is thinking or day dreaming about. Robert looks kinda sad or upset, and slightly angry, it looks like he's confused about something, which may be the thing that's upseting him.

Sandy Skogland

Sandy Skoglund was born on September 11, 1946 and is an American photographer and installation artist.


This is an interresting piece, there's blue lighting to act as sea,
and of course you have to have fish in the sea, so that is what
these orange things are. I can just about make out two children,
one is a sleep, whilst the other is reading a book both could possibly
be dreaming/reading/thinking the same thing. It could be a favourite
bedtime story.

Skoglund creates surrealist images by building elaborate sets or tableaux, furnishing them with carefully purchased and trained small children and other objects, a process of which takes her months to complete. Finally, she photographs the set, complete with actors. The works are characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting colors or a monochromatic color scheme.

This is my favourite out of the two, because it makes me think of food,
evidently it is made of food, this can also be annoying because when
your really craving for something naughty and know you shouldn't. But
it's interresting that you could make a whole world out of food, I'd try
and do it with smarties, that would fun and frustrating to pin every single
smartie without craking or spliting them.