Work Record Shoot 1

Plan for his shoot
The plan for this shoot and the other shoot is to use both shoots in my final pieces in with each photo chosen from the shoot being manipulated in a few different ways. I am going to use 2 photos from each shoot. So as a result i end up with a collection of the same 4 photos edited 3 - 4 different ways.

For this work record i am looking at emphasis and highlighting. I am planning on showing the beauty people see when they look at you. I'm going to show this perspective to then directly contrast the other work record.

Research influences

Jessa Fairbrother - Constellations and Coordinates
She is a British photographer and she uses the body to explore meanings and experience that can come through in stitches. She pierces and embroiders her pictures to extend the image beyond its restraints.

I have taken a lot of inspiration from her series titled 'Constellations and Coordinates'. I really like how in the series she uses the flowers to frame and emphasis parts of the images. I think i am planning to use my photos in the same way. One of my ideas is to stitch on flowers in circles and curves in the photos to emphasis a certain part of the facial structure or to frame the photo in the same way. As well as this i have thought about using the clockwork from work record 2 to make composite images with the same photos. All of of this is to emphasis facial features which is how im planning on having my own take on the idea, like Jessa Fairbrother does in her work however she uses the whole body and not the face.

In the first image she has embroidered an oval donut shape onto the back, this draws in the eyes of the viewer to this specific part. From there the C curves of the arms almost pull you into the image to the full dark oval which reminds me of the moon. Then you have the overall framing curve that implies a spherical shape but is broken by the body, which them pulls you into the start again. This whole system creates depth in the image and the blue embroidery breaks up the negative space around the subject.

The second image has the same use of pulling the eyes in and only if you were looking carefully would you have noticed the silver embroidered ring of flowers in the silver hair. This forces the view to take a longer time over the image as they don't want to have missed anything, this creates mystery and therefore intrigue in the photo. In this photo unlike the one above there is a set colour scheme of silver and white as the embroidery is all these colours, even the hair has this colour.

In the last image i have chosen this one has the most embroidery however doesn't look out of place. This is because the colours have a set scheme with these almost fire colours, where they are bursting out of the negative space to frame the photo. I really like how the way the flowers help emphasis the shapes created by the body. so the arch on the hips, the rectangle on the spin and the circle of the head.

Contact sheet (s)

Straight images - originals

I really love this photo because of all the lines and creases in the face for the different curves. For this photo i used ISO 100, F stop 8 and shutter speed 1/125 seconds. This photo has been taken from Work Record 4 as i didn't have the type of photo i wanted in this shoot.

This next photo i really like because of how sharp the curves of the outline of the subject is. I used ISO 100, F stop 7.1 and shutter speed 1/125 seconds. I like how there is depth to the photo where the in the foreground you have the pointed glasses that stick out, then you have the subject that is third dimensional then the flat background.

AO2: including computer experiments ( if carried out during the exam ), physical experiments ( if carried out during the exam)

Base Photos from this shoot

How they where edited to from the base.

In the next photo i just used the spot healing brush over to remove any gum and distracting paint marks from the brick wall on the background.

Base Photos used from the second shoot.

Computer manipulation 


The photos below are edited using Photoshop. I used the cogs from work record 2 in my component 2 blogger to show the sharpness of some of the curves the facial structures made. As well as this i did it because i wanted to show how the facial structure if made by cogs and metal could look like in parts. I did this but also kept in mind the idea of emphasising certain parts of the face.

They were edited further to the final pieces as shown below

The first thing i did was use a cog from the shoots in work record 2 in my component 2. I then used the transform tool in photoshop to shrink the piece to fit where i wanted it to go.

I then used the blur tool to uses around the the edges which allowed the piece to fit and look like it was more apart of the photo than before.

I then repeated this process to the pieces i wanted and putting and adding them into the correct places i had chose.

AO3:

I like how the mechanisms of the face came out however the one of the young female side profile, was probably the weakest in the series. As the piece i choose didn't quite fit in the section i choose to put it in however it still shows the idea and what i was planning on going for.

I also ran out of time and was able to do the physical manipulation which links to the artist above. I think that if i have done that first instead of doing the writing i would have completed it all. However i have learnt from this and i am now more aware of how long a physical manipulation can take.

AO1:

My work doesn't link to the research in this post however is does link back to my work record 2. This shows that i wanted to go back and improve on what i did. I like tho how my work does highlight and emphasises the curves and parts of the face i wanted to bring forward. The idea of showing how some people can be seen as robots really comes across in this. However i needed to have practised the idea more as the first edits where not as good as the others. This is because the piece i wanted to put in may have not fit in the area quite perfectly.

I like how in the first edit it looks like the skin in that section has been removed to show the parts below. The next edit reminds me of how a jaw works. The third one is like you can see the cogs in the eyes and how the person is like a machine. The last one looks like the skin has been put back on however that is the only part that cannot be hidden.

AO4: emphasise how the work has developed and how it has been influenced by prior research.

I think that that my final pieces really show the idea of how things work however while still being part of the idea of highlighting the parts and curves of the face.

Final Pieces

Final evaluation

Overall i think i could have done with more practice and i think that some of the edits suffered for the lack of experience. I also ran out of time because i didn't relieve how long a physical edit took to complete. However i think the idea i was going after is still effective.