Personal Project #3: Multiple Images
My popplet:
I used a site called popplet (shown below) to show different ideas of multiple images like collages and image sequences.
It explains what each one means and has examples of images.
To see the popplet on a bigger page just click the expander on the bottom right hand side. Popplet was a really good site to use because its an easy way of bullet pointing different things about each type of image.
I used a site called popplet (shown below) to show different ideas of multiple images like collages and image sequences.
It explains what each one means and has examples of images.
To see the popplet on a bigger page just click the expander on the bottom right hand side. Popplet was a really good site to use because its an easy way of bullet pointing different things about each type of image.
Below are 3 examples of multiple images that me and my friend Emma took using the app 'Blender' which is where you can take two completely different pictures and then combine them together to create one original different image. What is so amazing about this app is that it's so simple and easy to use yet it creates really cool images. Photoshop can 'blend' images together too but blender is a quicker and simpler way of making two images in to one image.
Using Andigraf
In our photography lesson we used an app on the ipad called Andigraf. This is an app where you can take a series of pictures and make really cool effects.
My homework
We got set some homework where we could create one or more images that are linked to the multiple image theme. This could be making a collage or making a series of pictures that could make a story.
For my homework I decided to take an old picture of me and my best friend and try and recreate it, this involved going to the same place, in the exact same spot, attempting to do the exact same pose. The reason why I choose this for my homework was because it was different. It was a fun way to see how much me and Izzi have changed and even how the park has changed slightly.
The original photo was taken in Mountsfield Park when we were around 4 years old.
The original photo:
For my homework I decided to take an old picture of me and my best friend and try and recreate it, this involved going to the same place, in the exact same spot, attempting to do the exact same pose. The reason why I choose this for my homework was because it was different. It was a fun way to see how much me and Izzi have changed and even how the park has changed slightly.
The original photo was taken in Mountsfield Park when we were around 4 years old.
The original photo:
The remake:
It was really funny because we had to try and run to the swings before any little kids because the park was so busy. At one point we were in the middle of sorting out the poses and these two girls came over and just stood staring at us until we moved and at times when one of us stood up from the swing to look at the original picture, a parent and their kid would steal it, when it was clear we were doing something.
This homework was great fun but it was also really challenging since we obviously have grown so it was really hard to get into the same position because we were much taller. Also because we were so small our legs were in the air in the original picture so the picture couldn't be the same size either. Another problem was getting the right angle, it was hard to get a close up without our feet being cut out or being able to get the same background with all of the same features, and trying not to get the two poles in the picture.
Out of all of the pictures we took, there was only one that looked the most similar to the original photo.
This homework was great fun but it was also really challenging since we obviously have grown so it was really hard to get into the same position because we were much taller. Also because we were so small our legs were in the air in the original picture so the picture couldn't be the same size either. Another problem was getting the right angle, it was hard to get a close up without our feet being cut out or being able to get the same background with all of the same features, and trying not to get the two poles in the picture.
Out of all of the pictures we took, there was only one that looked the most similar to the original photo.
Effects..In todays lesson I attempted to try different effects on the photo to make it more alike to the original picture. I used photoshop and downloaded 'photoshop vintage actions'.
Not many of them really worked well as they all made the picture a completely different shade that was really un-similar to the original photo. To see the images bigger, click on them. |
Our failures:
My Image Sequence
Another homework was to create an image sequence.
An image sequence is when you take a series of images that create a story. For example; Red Riding Hood. You could go to the woods and photograph someone in red. You don't even have to tell the story of Red Riding Hood but it reminds the viewer of that story. I got my idea from looking at Duane Michals' images because in a lot of his image sequences he makes little stories like the picture on the right: A guy is walking one way and another guy walks the opposite direction. Both give each other a strange look. Who are they? Do they recognise each other? Could they vene be the same man but separated by time? Are they both real or is one of them a ghost or apparition? The image creates a story and a mystery and that's what I tried to do with my image sequence. |
My Image sequence was about a book.
A book that meets different people and goes different places but ends up where it started again. The story: The woman has this book, and accidentally leaves it on a bench, then someone else finds it and drops it while walking, it then gets kicked around and ends up somewhere different found by a new stranger, and makes its way back to the place it started. |
One of the things I would do differently with this image sequence is not blur the photo as much because I think that the photos have been blurred a bit too much.
Homework
My homework this week was to walk up/down my street and take photos of rubbish, trees, car doors etc. The idea was an exercise in noticing repetition and pattern and seeing interesting images in the most unlikely places. I decided to do mine on cracks in the pavements. It's amazing how some of the cracks actually make shapes like 'Y'.
"NO BORING PICTURES" Homework
Our homework this week was to take NO boring pictures meaning no pictures that are quite common etc. It was inspired by John Baldessari's statement. I tried to be as different as I could, all the pictures I took were quite random but they were not the clique type photos. I took pictures from different angles to make a really simple thing seem different, which brings up the question 'what is it?'.
I really do like some of the pictures I have taken but I think to improve I could take more pictures that seem like the 'popular' type photo but add something different to make it original like changing the colour of the image to create a different mood. |
My final idea for the image sequenceFor my final idea I want to finish my retaking pictures idea. I want to develop it by taking 3 images, one of being the original photo, the next of being the original photo in front of where it was taken and then the image of me and izzi copying the picture. On the right is a sequence of pictures by Irina Werning. This is where I got some of my idea from, to retake old pictures.
To add more effect to the image(s) I will try to edit them as best I can to make them look identical as possible to the original picture. I will be have been/will be using my Lumix camera to the pictures. I will be taking the picture and my mum will be holding the photo. The problem.
Like before, we were competing to get onto the swings before kids did, we even asked a family if we could use it for 5 minutes and as soon as they got off, 2 little kids came running over and even an adult, he could see what we were doing but didn't care. So this made it really hard to get a good shot, I couldn't get the picture in a place where it lined up with the background as the swings kept moving because of the kids. Even once we were done, the family that we asked to move for a second, gave up and left. I felt really bad.
Which photo worked best?
Out of the 3 that I took, the first 2 seemed to work best, the only problem in the first shot, was the a kid is in the background and noting is lined up and in the 2nd shot you could see the hut in the background like in the picture, and so again nothing was lined up. The 3rd one just didn't work at all because there were things in the picture that were not meant to be and it was wonky. To improve this, I could edit some of the details out to fix it and make it fit a bit more.
This will be the picture I will be using as part of my image sequence: Evaluation:I think my final piece has worked well, and is what I imagined it to be like. However, if I was to do a piece like this again I would try to make each photo a lot more like the original, and have better angles so everything is lined up.
I think that my final piece does work and shows the change from then and now, and also the change in the park. Improvements: For future ideas that are similar to this I would maybe try using a tripod so that the camera is much more steady and can be positioned into the right place and it would be a lot easier to get the right angle, this would make it easier (if I was using a photo against a backdrop again) to move the photo into the perfect/exact position to make it more professional looking. I would also try to get better lighting such as going to the location at a certain part of the day to get a more similar lighting to the original and also use different effects to the picture after to make it more alike to the original picture. Trying things after my final piece Below are the photos, (the original and the remake) I used photoshop to layer the pictures, like on the right hand side, and also did a cool effect to the orignal photo on the left hand side layering two of the same pictures and making a cool effect. |