Michael Bryant
Dan Mountford
Dan Mountford
Andre De Freitas
Michel Assaad
Yaser Almajed
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Sally Mann.
Sally Mann isn't included in the specific specialist technique I am planning on doing for Final Major although I would like to include some of the aspects of her work within my own work two.
Double Exposure.
I'm planning on continuing with photography through my final major and mainly focussing on double exposure. I'm planning to do this by using a traditional camera and do something more experimental to what I have done previously.
Michael Bryant
This series of photographs above is photographed by Michael Bryant. It's done using 120mm black and white film using a Holga camera. The Holga is a plastic camera of poor quality first produced in China in 1982. It was cheap in order to be the camera for the masses.
Each Holga is different and it's imperfections affect the film in an individual way. Light leaks are common, although Michael wraps his camera in velcro to minimize the leaks. The Holga is not a single lens reflex (SLR) camera. (SLR) means that when you look through a viewfinder is simply a hole near the top of the camera that doesn't line up with the lens. This causes an image shift that varies depending on how close the camera is focusing. There is no built-in light meter, so good exposures depend on his knowledge of light and film.
The shutter is operated by a simple spring that exposes the natives as many times as he wants it too. Only the lighting conditions and film speed limit how many exposures the negative will withstand before becoming too overexposed to print.
Michael Bryant scans his negative carrier that has been filed out to show the whole image with the film code and image numbers sometimes visible.
He prints his work using an Epson 7890 on photo paper or on a watercolour paper that he had first painted. I'm interested in Michael Bryant because he works very differently to majority of artists I have already looked at, also I like the traditional side to his work. It's very traditionally based and it isn't modern day techniques either.
Dan Mountford
Dan Mountford explores the use of double exposure in his photographs, successfully isolating parts of an image in camera with no help from photoshop.
Dan Mountford is a 23 year old multi-disciplinary designer. He's also a freelance graphic designer and photographer residing in Brighton, England. He is most well known for his stunning double exposure photography which he describes as 'a visual journey through out minds by calm and tidy means which the reality of everyday life does not show'. Mountford captures his dual subjects beautifully giving life to new composite images that take on unique, surreal forms. Even more impressive, the exposures themselves are created entirely by camera. No photoshop is involved.
I am interested in Dan Mountford because I like how simple his work is, and I personally think it works really well. Also I like he fact that all my artists I have chosen include birds in their double exposure photography.
Andre De Frietas
Andre De Freitas us a photographer and illustrator. He graduated from Full Sail University with a degree in computer animation, however he was more interested in illustration. While his website features more illustrations, he also takes photographs. Most of his photographs are double exposure and feature people in the foreground with a city or nature in the background. Again I'm interested in Andre De Freitas because his work is very traditional and simple. The bird in the centre of the photograph works very well within this piece and I'm hoping to do something similar to this including birds in my pieces.
Michel Assaad
I chose two photographs for Michel Assaad, this is because I liked both photographs. They are both so different, yet both work so well. If I had to choose one, I'd pick the bottom picture, only because I like the black and white effect. Although I like the outline of the bird on the top photograph I don't think it works as well. I personally think if it was black and white with just the bird silhouette just in colour it would work better. The reason for choosing the top one as well is because I'm very interested in birds and will be planning to have birds as my main focus for Final Major. Michel Assaad wanted to keep things as natural as can be within all of his photography.
Yaser Almajed
Although this photograph is in colour, it's one of my favourites out of all of them, this is because it's very eye catching and very beautiful. Personally I think it would look better in black and white but thats my own personal opinion., although it does look very pretty and bright in colour it also would stand out if it was in black and white too. Here's an example that I did to show you what I meant.
Personally I think it looks better, this is because you can see the detail more and I think it's more eye catching. Although I do agree that it looks good in colour as well I just think it works better in black and white, which is my main focus along with birds. Below is another photograph I picked of Almajed, this is because it includes a bird and it was in black and white. Also I like the fact there's a cityscape in his hat and in the bird as well. I think it works very well and I'm hoping to do something very similar to this very soon. Yaser Almajed created an app that can produce similar results to those in his photos, without the hassle of photoshop editing for his fans to create similar photographs and enjoy the process.
Double Exposure.
I'm planning on continuing with photography through my final major and mainly focussing on double exposure. I'm planning to do this by using a traditional camera and do something more experimental to what I have done previously.
Michael Bryant
This series of photographs above is photographed by Michael Bryant. It's done using 120mm black and white film using a Holga camera. The Holga is a plastic camera of poor quality first produced in China in 1982. It was cheap in order to be the camera for the masses.
Each Holga is different and it's imperfections affect the film in an individual way. Light leaks are common, although Michael wraps his camera in velcro to minimize the leaks. The Holga is not a single lens reflex (SLR) camera. (SLR) means that when you look through a viewfinder is simply a hole near the top of the camera that doesn't line up with the lens. This causes an image shift that varies depending on how close the camera is focusing. There is no built-in light meter, so good exposures depend on his knowledge of light and film.
The shutter is operated by a simple spring that exposes the natives as many times as he wants it too. Only the lighting conditions and film speed limit how many exposures the negative will withstand before becoming too overexposed to print.
Michael Bryant scans his negative carrier that has been filed out to show the whole image with the film code and image numbers sometimes visible.
He prints his work using an Epson 7890 on photo paper or on a watercolour paper that he had first painted. I'm interested in Michael Bryant because he works very differently to majority of artists I have already looked at, also I like the traditional side to his work. It's very traditionally based and it isn't modern day techniques either.
Dan Mountford
Dan Mountford explores the use of double exposure in his photographs, successfully isolating parts of an image in camera with no help from photoshop.
Dan Mountford is a 23 year old multi-disciplinary designer. He's also a freelance graphic designer and photographer residing in Brighton, England. He is most well known for his stunning double exposure photography which he describes as 'a visual journey through out minds by calm and tidy means which the reality of everyday life does not show'. Mountford captures his dual subjects beautifully giving life to new composite images that take on unique, surreal forms. Even more impressive, the exposures themselves are created entirely by camera. No photoshop is involved.
I am interested in Dan Mountford because I like how simple his work is, and I personally think it works really well. Also I like he fact that all my artists I have chosen include birds in their double exposure photography.
Andre De Frietas
Andre De Freitas us a photographer and illustrator. He graduated from Full Sail University with a degree in computer animation, however he was more interested in illustration. While his website features more illustrations, he also takes photographs. Most of his photographs are double exposure and feature people in the foreground with a city or nature in the background. Again I'm interested in Andre De Freitas because his work is very traditional and simple. The bird in the centre of the photograph works very well within this piece and I'm hoping to do something similar to this including birds in my pieces.
Michel Assaad
I chose two photographs for Michel Assaad, this is because I liked both photographs. They are both so different, yet both work so well. If I had to choose one, I'd pick the bottom picture, only because I like the black and white effect. Although I like the outline of the bird on the top photograph I don't think it works as well. I personally think if it was black and white with just the bird silhouette just in colour it would work better. The reason for choosing the top one as well is because I'm very interested in birds and will be planning to have birds as my main focus for Final Major. Michel Assaad wanted to keep things as natural as can be within all of his photography.
Yaser Almajed
Although this photograph is in colour, it's one of my favourites out of all of them, this is because it's very eye catching and very beautiful. Personally I think it would look better in black and white but thats my own personal opinion., although it does look very pretty and bright in colour it also would stand out if it was in black and white too. Here's an example that I did to show you what I meant.
Personally I think it looks better, this is because you can see the detail more and I think it's more eye catching. Although I do agree that it looks good in colour as well I just think it works better in black and white, which is my main focus along with birds. Below is another photograph I picked of Almajed, this is because it includes a bird and it was in black and white. Also I like the fact there's a cityscape in his hat and in the bird as well. I think it works very well and I'm hoping to do something very similar to this very soon. Yaser Almajed created an app that can produce similar results to those in his photos, without the hassle of photoshop editing for his fans to create similar photographs and enjoy the process.
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