Thursday 15 December 2011

Experimenting with Photoshop

Original image.

I think all these different edits show different moods and tones. This one is quite abstract and looks sketchy.

This edit looks quite similar to the original, but is slightly darker. The commuters look gloomy and dark, the stereotypical view of commuting in London.  Everyone looks to be in a hurry and with their heads down.

This image looks similar to the one above, but with the illusion that its raining.

SLR Light Paintings




Not all of the photos we took were light related. Some were to show the slow shutter speed setting.


This is to show that the camera will capture every movement you make when its shutter speed setting is slow.


This image is effective in showing the objective. Movement and light are both captured well.

Patrick Rochon Light Painter Analysis

Patrick Rochon creates images using a human figure and 'paints' around them using a light source. These works are made by having the camera set to a slow shutter speed which can range from, in Rochon's case, 1 second to 30 minutes.

                                     

I really like the image above because of the way Rochon has used colour so effectively. For the photograph on the left of the group of people, I think he would have set the camera to a long shutter speed to assure he was able to capture everything he painted. 
The colours used are from the same family with blues, greens and yellows and the figures stance's are positioned similarly. There is such a lot of detail in each photo, which shows that the camera shutter speed would have been set to a long setting; Rochon himself has stated how he has used minutes to create the images, rather than the standard amount of a few seconds at a time.
The different dimensions of the light on the four figures is really effective because it just highlights the shape of the body, without completely covering it all with light.


Rochon does not just create light paintings of human figures. The photo above looks like a computer edited image, which really shows his skill in making such imaginitive and inventive pieces. He may have made this image by using his light source sort of randomly, by drawing a unsystematic illustration, or he could have done a series of similar looking pieces, perhaps in different colours, sizes or shapes.



In 2007, Rochon took part in creating a television advert for car company Honda in Japan. It took 3 days to make, using photography and video to capture the special effects made by the light paintings. I really like how all the different colours reflect on the car and make it look like it's moving.
More of Rochon's work on the Honda advert: http://www.patrickrochon.com/archives/469



Sunday 4 December 2011

More Developmental Ideas

The following photos of the trees just before darkness are inspired by the Starn Brothers. Many of their works are concentrated on light streaming through the branches of the trees that are dark black with the light background.







I also realised that many of our Christmas decorations have a huge link to Light: