After completing Level 2 I am now embarking into Level 3 . For level 2 I chose for my two themes to take Portrait and Nature pictures . For these I used my children for inspiration for the portraits and was fortunate enough to be able to take advantage of two trips to Cornwall to take pictures of sunsets and sunrises on the wonderful beaches they have there.
This time I'm looking to take pictures of Urban and Architectural scenes for my two themes.
For my first theme I am very interested in a photographic technique I have recently discovered called Tilt Shift or Miniature faking so will be choosing from Task 1 , Urban and Rural Landscapes . This effect gives the picture a sense of having one selected area in focus which is slightly enlarged whilst the rest of the picture is in a blur . By doing this you can create, if you've correctly composed your picture, an image that shows an effect of the objects in the main focused area of being in miniature , as in it looks like models rather then actual people or objects .This is an effect that I have on my own camera , a Nikon D3100 , in its menu within the many different effects there's one called Miniature. This allows you to select a specific area to be processed which is saved directly to your camera's memory card. I am not sure if this process can also be found within Photoshop but will be investigating into this. Below are a few examples of Tilt shift / Miniature faking images. As you can see in the first and last examples the light has greatly effected how the images look. In the first the brightness at the top of the picture helps keep your focus on the middle section by intensifying the blurring effect so it almost fades away. In the last image the light greatly effects again by being more subdued so again you are drawn to the focused area , due to the darker surroundings making it to stand out more.
For my first theme I am very interested in a photographic technique I have recently discovered called Tilt Shift or Miniature faking so will be choosing from Task 1 , Urban and Rural Landscapes . This effect gives the picture a sense of having one selected area in focus which is slightly enlarged whilst the rest of the picture is in a blur . By doing this you can create, if you've correctly composed your picture, an image that shows an effect of the objects in the main focused area of being in miniature , as in it looks like models rather then actual people or objects .This is an effect that I have on my own camera , a Nikon D3100 , in its menu within the many different effects there's one called Miniature. This allows you to select a specific area to be processed which is saved directly to your camera's memory card. I am not sure if this process can also be found within Photoshop but will be investigating into this. Below are a few examples of Tilt shift / Miniature faking images. As you can see in the first and last examples the light has greatly effected how the images look. In the first the brightness at the top of the picture helps keep your focus on the middle section by intensifying the blurring effect so it almost fades away. In the last image the light greatly effects again by being more subdued so again you are drawn to the focused area , due to the darker surroundings making it to stand out more.
The above shot is of London street scene I'd found during my research. It was taken by a David Jones , please see a link to his Flickr account . http://www.flickr.com/photos/cloudsoup/. This has been manipulated with Photoshop. I particularly like the idea of having people in the pictures as well really adds to the effect.
The above picture of the tennis court was created by a Vincent Laforet, here is a link to his web site . http://www.laforetvisuals.com/. . I will be posting further research into his work soon.
The above image I have made the main point of focus around the cars to the left and to the car driving up the road to a roof top car park. I have increased the colours , contrast and brightness. By doing this I feel it has enhanced the effect of the whole scene looking like a model.
Below I have simply used the above image as a template and simply converted to Black and White. As you can see this has no where near the same impact as the above picture
Below I have simply used the above image as a template and simply converted to Black and White. As you can see this has no where near the same impact as the above picture
For the second theme from Task 1 I have chose to do Architectural interiors and exteriors. I will attempt here to emulate the work of Adam Lawrenson and John H Maw. Below you can see some examples of their work.
With this in mind I have chosen to do the courses shown at the bottom of this post, as it involves manipulation which will tie in with both themes.
Equipment to be used
I will be using my camera a Nikon D3100 with it's kit lens , a Nikkor 18-55mm DX , a Tamron 70-300mm F4/5.6 DI LD Macro Lens and my Veldon DF-50 Tripod. I will also be using various lens filters.
Health and Safety
For the first theme the safety to myself and my equipment will be a concern, as I've to get to a high vantage points to get the desired picture to make the image work for me, possible places will be from multi car park roofs . With this in mind I will be taking extra care and will, when possible, be taking some one with me to help look for any potential hazards. As with all picture taking great care will need to be taken to ensure that not only myself is kept safe but to any general public who maybe in the area are too , so will need to take great care that myself and my equipment don't cause any hazards to anyone.
7512-93 Level 3 Certificate in Photo Image Capture and Manipulation.
Unit 305 Photo image capture
Unit 215 Digital Image Manipulation.
