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Using the schools old film cameras, I created a different kind of response to Kabis. To the right is an image of the camera I used. I loaded them with photo paper and took portraits of a model in the studio. I then developed it in the darkroom, and once finished I pulled it into photoshop and inverted I, which is the image on the left. I then experiment with lowering the contrast and increasing the brightness, in the style of Kabis, which is the image on the right.
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This image conveys Michael Caine to have a mean and intimidating persona. He is dressed in a suit which is primarily black, and he takes up most of the frame, leaving not much room for the white background. Secondly, Bailey's composition makes him look dominant because he is looking down at the camera, and the viewer feels inferior. He is also looking straight into the camera which adds a personal element, as though is directly judging the individual viewer. Finally, the light is brightening only half of his face, the other half is quite shadowed, which again adds to the focal dark tones and emphasis his intimidating characteristics.
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This image conveys Jean Shrimpton coming across as angelic as well as unobtainable. The overwhelming colour in this image is white, and her right shoulder blends into the white background. The light is pointed directly onto her face and only a little bit of shadow below her chin, creating a kind of angelic glow to her face. The composition has been carefully selected where she is above the camera, directly correlates tot he idea that angels live in heaven in the sky. Her eyes are the focal point of the image, her makeup is quite heavy around the eyes and the viewer is drawn to them. She is looking away and this symbolises her un-obtainability and belief that she has a high status.
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This image shows Andy Warhol, an artists. He comes across as inquisitive and interested. This image has quite a lot of contrast, his clothing is black, but the right side of his face is bright and white.Theres quite an even balance of colour in this image and the viewer is forced to question his personality, does he appear content but is masking his negativity? He is looking directly at the camera, and the inquisitive look on his face may also be representative of his work. Artists are constantly finding inspiration in their surrounds, so maybe this look conveys his curiousness.
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The main light:
With my subject in place facing the camera, I placed the main light just above her head and to one side. I looked at where the shadows fall and adjusted the position of the light until I liked it. |
The fill light:
This light is much less intense than the main, which is a good thing, because the fill light should not match or overpower the main light; it should be just enough to fill in the shadows as you see fit. It is placed the opposite side of the first light. |
The hair light:
The final light is positioned above the subject and pointed down to strike her hair. Notice that the light doesn't have to be perfectly centered above her head, it's okay to have it off to one side a bit. This final lights fills in any fill gaps in shadow. |
Muhammed Ali
In this first response task, I was required to create a collage, in the style of Ben Watts, depicting Muhammed Ali. We were given lots of resources to use; masking tape, pictures of him, coloured paper, quotes and oil pastels. I used all of these resources to create my piece. I noticed that in Watt's work, he often has a central image of the subject, with some smaller ones surrounding it. So I used a portrait of Muhammed Ali and stuck it onto some orange, and then blue paper, to make it stand out. I then stuck down some smaller images around the central one, using masking tape around the edges . I also noticed that Watts uses pops of colour in his work, and so I cut out some neon paper and stuck it on the left of the piece. I finally used some of his quotes: "I'll be champ of the world", "I am the greatest!". |