Fantastic & Strange
I chose this theme because I have seen lots of pictures with strange faces and bodies. I am attracted to those photos where there is a different type of action to normal life.
The photographs above are all double exposures. I think these look fantastic and strange because it's like they are from a dream.
Research
I have made some notes about this famous photograph by Dora Maar. I think this image looks very strange.
I see that this photograph has the same face. Two faces are overlapped and flipped in the photo. This photo has a range of tones like dark black, bright white range and mid grey. It looks abstract and the photographer uses double hands also another way to look at the same face. I can see a wall or mirror is cracked. There are three lines through their hands and makes it look old. The artist is Man Ray who was a Surrealist. The negative photo of background also flips and the positive photo is the normal way up and looks better. It's a bit abstract because it looks confusing and I thought the person looks strange. It might be made in a dark room with a photogram. If I met the photographer then I would ask why have you flipped the portrait of the lady?
Photo Shoot #1:
WWW:
I like these images because they was moving and walking around also few dancing.
EBI:
The images would have been more useful if the background is white and clear because the garden background won't acpect photoshop
Sandstorm Photoshop action
I i found a video from youtube that shows you how to create an effect with different types of smoke and fire. I wanted to know how to do it but the problem is Photoshop was different on my computer. Also it looked hard to me to do this. So I asked Mr Nicholls to show me how to do it.
Experimenting with a macro lens
I decided to practice using a macro lens to get a shallow depth of field. This can look very strange because only one part of the picture is in focus.
WWW:I like these images because they are very close and mostly unfocused. I like the tree the most because it is looks very clear.
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EBI:The images could have been even better if I had experimented more with different aperture settings.
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Photo shoot to get blank background
WWW:The images worked well because I wanted the body to be against a plan background so my Photoshop action would work better.
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EBI:They could have been even better if my timing was more accurate.
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ABSTRACTION PHOTOSHOP ACTION
I decided to experiment with another Photoshop action called 'Abstraction'. First, I had to use a brush to fill the whole full body.
WWW:The thing I like most about this image is that it is cool. It is bright blue and very clear. The foreground is better with light blue.
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EBI:Next time, I will try to make the background black. It looks like the blood is travelling over the body. Also the leg looks a bit empty.
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Abstraction Photoshop action 2
I chose a photo and opened it in Photoshop to use the Abstraction action. I like how bright and dark the finished picture is.
This photo is okay because it is all blue over the body so it need to improve like the person is bright and the background need to more like dark and sparkle colour like yellow and red.
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This photo that I like most because it is more like bright but the white gap next to the body is not right. Next time I will try to do without the gap missing.
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