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This is a video on Dawoud Bey, a photographer who roams the streets of various American cities, but mainly his community in queens, photographing the people in said community. Some could argue that Bey's work links to street photography. However, although bey's work is photography that records everyday life in a public place, what makes his work different is that street photography is with strangers and Bey takes pictures of people he knows and has relationships with. All of his subjects are people within his community that he has made efforts to creates bonds with, so majority of them are comfortable with him taking pictures, which is reflected in his work. I think he does this type of photography to represent his community in the right way, rather than it being seen for its stereotypes. Queens is seen as a ghetto and crime filled place, and Dawould uses his photography to show that in reality it isn't like that at all. It's filled with normal people, who live life just like everyone else. |
WWW: I completed the task. I like the turnout of the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 11th and 12th photos. In the pictures named, I think the lighting compliments the person and the outside backgrounds are fairly nice. Also the colours in the pictures work well together. I really liked taking the pictures outside, because the lighting was way easier to work with and it gives the pictures a natural sense. Also the blurred outside backgrounds look way better than the inside blurred backgrounds, which hardly look blurred at all. This task has given me a sense of the type of what photos I am going to take for this unit and for my homework, which I guess means it was helpful and useful.
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EBI: I would like to retake some of these pictures. Even though i think the colours all work well together, I don't like the colours as individuals. I would rather have darker clothes with the black background or white, and blue clothes for outside rather than turquoise. Some of the lighting in the pictures are just absolutely terrible. They make the camera look blurry and, the wrong facial features have been highlighted and the others blurred which, makes the pictures look very low quality. But I will fix that after editing them. I think I would rather take pictures in black and white and outside, because I think that natural lighting is better and would look even better if it weren't in colour, because it really allows the shadows and highlights to pop. I need to work on the angles as well, they all look and feel very samey, it would be nice if they were more diverse. I also would rather not to take pictures at school and in the school all the time, because once again the pictures end up all looking the same I would 100% love to take more portraits, and try master it and improve my skills. Because I definitely think I could produce really great portraits if I took my time, and really took into account all the factors, but because there was a time constraint I couldn't explore all my ideas, but I think i could do that very well with no time restrictions or outside of school very well.
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WWW: I like the colouring on these pictures a lot more than the original ones, but that is about it.
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EBI: The editing didn't really improve the lighting, so I would really like to re take the photos. Next time I am going to take my time and effort rather than rushing to finish. Also I would like to make edits that actually change the photos, because some of these don't look like they have been edited in the slightest, even though they have.
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WWW: I really like the angle of this picture, I took it with the camera lower down than all the other pictures and it just captures the light perfectly. Also, it looks like a school photo that you wish the school photographers would take for your school account, which I really like because it gives it a more professional vibe. I also quite like the colouring in this picture because of the shadows and dark parts of the t-shirt work well with the background. The lighting on the face hits perfectly, highlighting the important features. EBI: I would like this photo even more if it wasn't taken in school uniform, because the uniform isn't self expressive at all, so it would be nice to capture the persons personality through the photo. < I have chosen this photo to develop in the dark room because it is my favourite, and I'm interested to see how the lighting and shading will turn out after being inverted and printed and developed |
WWW: I really like the naturall look of some of the pictures, they were all just taken randomly whilst I was spending time with him, so they are very candid and spur of the moment which i think works well when doing documentary photography. Yet some look very set up, even though they aren't, which I think is quite interesting, it makes the pictures look good so I'm not that mad about it. .I like the lightitng in almost all of them, and the ones I don't I will just fix it after editing them. I love the colours, they work so well together and they are just nice colours in general. I think the composition of the photos are really good aswell, he is always the main focus, and where your eyes are drawn first, which is what I wanted so I'm glad it turned out well.
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EBI: If I had more time and ideas I would take way more pictures from different angles and of different people as well. I would also do outfit changes for him, as the pictures all look a little too similar for my liking. Also I would prefer that the art in the 5th picture wasn't there, its distracting and ugly.
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WWW: I still thtink everything from the previous www but then I also now love all the lighting and colouring in all the pictures, it's perfect and just how I invisioned they were going to turn out.
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EBI: I think some of the filters could be a little too over bearing to other people, even though I really like them, so maybe I would tone it down a bit.
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This is the paper negative -----> The process I took to developing this photo into a paper negative was that I took it into the dark room and put the shiny side of the image facing up and the same with the paper which is used to develop the photo onto. I then put that under the enlarger for 5 seconds. Then took the paper, not the paper negative, and dove that into a solution, where the picture then emerged. I then dove it into 2 other solutions, which i believe cleaned thte chemicals from the first dive. And then hung it u to dry. After i let it dry for a while. I used a photo squeegee to remove any access liquids. |
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WWW: I managed to use a different song for eah picture. I like all the ones that include the sun, because they work well with the subjects skin. Thde colouring in some of them are nice.
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EBI : I don't like most of them if I'm honest. I hate the colouring, I hate the look of majority of them, they just look strange and the lighting in some of them are terrible. I would like to retake these and focus less on the songs and more on the overall look of the photots. I think this is some of my worst work yet.
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WWW: I like the backgrounds in some of them. My favourites are the ones in front of the art (from the six form students), they give an interesting backgrounds and colouring. I also like the lighting on some of them, especially the ones that cast a shadow on one side of the face but highlights on the other. I think doing this task was helpful in building my confidence with working with people also it is practice for taking pictures.
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EBI: These pictures will be even better once I edit them to change the colouring on some of them slightly, and the ratio of some of them too. They would have been even better if I had more time and was more comfortable whilst taking said photos. Also as I have said before, if the subject weren't in school uniform, because it restricts the creativeness and doesn't show the personality of the subject as much as the photos could. As well as all of that, the weather was defiently my downfall for the outside ones, it wasn't sunny, the wind was messing up the shots and it was incredibly difficult, so if I were to do it again, I would with better weather and then I am sure they would turn out much better.
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WWW: the lighting and shadows in majority look pretty good.
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EBI: I feel like some of the collouriing looks off, and overbearing. But its difficult to get right because the colouring on my latop is different to my phone and I edit on my phone. But yeah i don't really like these edits all too much, and want to redo them, but maybe with an editing software on my laptop.
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Out of the photos from yesterday, this one is my favourite. It is effective because the background gives a very interesting and colourful aspect to the image, the colours although unusual, actually work quite well together. I also am quite fond of the lighting in the picture, it makes the picture work because majority of the image is filled with warm tones, and the lights are slightly yellow giving a nice subtle glow and highlights to the persons face and hair. Also the subject makes the picture effective, because he is looking away, making the photo seem natural and like he is not posing for the picture even though in reality he is. Despite all the small little aspects that make this photo effective, I think the average person would say this photo is alright, and that it's not that interesting other than the background - because it is definitely the most rememberable part of the image because its so wacky, abstract and unique (if someone were to identify this image by memory, they would remember the art first). Although people who take photography would most likely recognise the different elements that make it work so well.
This task and image has taught me the importance of background within pictures, because although the background may take away from the subject, that doesn't necessarily matter, even though it is a portrait |
WWW: Photoshop was actually relatively easy to use and the balance of light and shadow works really well in black and white. I actually might actually prefer this image in black and white, rather than its original colour. EBI: Everything I said when i first evaluated this picture as well as the others remains true, other than the editing comment, because clearly it has been edited. I would prefer the subject to be more expressive of themself and who they are as a person rathehr than just another student at thomas tallis school |
WWW: Some photos look really nice and my visions were conveyed. Te colours are vibrant and work well with the subejcts age.
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EBI: The lighting in some of these are actually atrocious, so I have to fix that when editing them. The lack of the subjects face is probably what I hate most about these pictures. Such an adorable subject and I can barely see his face. Framing and angles were not very varied and or interesting.
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WWW: I love the warmer toned pictures, they give a home like, calming feel to them. I still love the colours. Also the choice of subject. I also brightened some of te photos so that the subjects features are more visible.
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EBI: Everything I said in the previous ebi, remains the same, But honestly the only way for these to be better is to redo them all over again.
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< This is Tyler Mitchell, a 23 year old, very influential and incredible photographer. He grew up in Georgia, America, but he didn't get inspired to do photography until he travelled to Cuba, where he was inspired by the colours and beauty of the county. Tyler focuses on portraying black people in the correct way (without the harmful stereotypes). Mitchell is very well known for being the first black person to photogrpah for the cover of vogue as well as his works with celbritys such as Beyonce and Harry Styles. As well as that he has done a lot for the black community with his work, and I think it is important to recognise that and recognise his work just as much. |
WWW: I like the use of light and shadow in these photos, and the various framing of the subject, the person isn't always in the middle of the photo which I really like, It just makes the pictures feel more varied even though majority are taken in the same space and they are all the same person in the same clothes.
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EBI: I don't think I took enough photos, so I think it would have been better to take more, because it would increasingly get better as I went on. I also think these images would be better if we weren’t not in school, and not in school uniform, all the images taken in school look the same to me. Also Tyler Mitchell does close ups and head shots, and I did hardly any of those so next week when we refine this task and do it again, I am going to do that.
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This is my favourite photo for a couple of reasons. The idea for this photo really utilised the surroundings - the leaves were a great addition to the photo as is let us include colour whilst using natural lighting at the same time, which is difficult to do since majority of the colours are inside the building, far away from windows making them overpowered by artificial light. I also like the fact that subject is slightly hidden within the photos, although the subject is the main focus, the leaves are actually what is in focus which is slightly ironic but its also just refreshing to do something different rather than your standard picture where the subjects is in the middle and in focus.Speaking of being in the middle that is one thing I would really like to change with the photo Is the fact that the subject is in the centre, it gets boring, I want to try get out of that mindset of the subject being centred, which I tried to do in these set of photos but I want to do it more. Another thing that I don't like is as I've said many times is the school uniform, there is no personality and all my images taken at school look more or less the same, it gets boring. The colours in this image also don't work well together, the reds and oranges with turquoise ruins the image, so I would prefer to have the person in their own clothes, so that the turquoise wouldn't be there.
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WWW: I really like that majority of these photos have no signs of uniform in them, the fabric being wrapped around the person was really effective in masking the fact that we were taking these in school, and I have said so many times how I hate the fact that the school is the main focus of the pictures I take usually, so it was so refreshing to see pictures with hardly, to no indication of them being taken in school. I really love the lighting in majority of these as well, especially the sheen the light gives the fabric. The colours work well together and with the subjects skin tone. The position of the subject within the photo varies which is probably my favourite aspect of the photos. Overall I give these pictures as a collection, a solid 7/10.
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EBI: The lighting in some of the photos is way too much and the pictures are over exposed, some don't have enough lighting and look really plain and boring. So I would retake those specific photos if I could. They get repetitive after a while because we used the same fabric multiple times so if we were to do it again I would use something different each time. Also only one of the pictures include a leisure activity (running) and usually Tyler's photos include a lot of leisure activities within them. The props were using in a very boring and simplistic way as well.
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In my opinion this photo is my best and most successful photo, out of the ones I took in response to Tyler Mitchel. It is my most successful because of many things. The colours compliment each other very well, the pinks, greens and browns are reminiscent of nature (trees and flowers) which I think is a nice concept that matches the subjects mood and facial expressions, calm and relaxed. The subjects skin tone works well with the colours as well, they don't wash their skin tone out, the colours actually make the subjects skin look glow and less pale. The framing, although I don't like how subjects are usually dead centre of portraits, I think it works well in this instance. As well as that the picture only shows the subjects torso and head, which is exactly how Tyler fames his photos, majority anyway, so that met the criteria we had to follow. I also really like the casting of shadow on half the subjects face, it makes a strong contrast to the other half of the photo. Speaking of the other side of the photo, the light in it is so affective, especially on the fabrics folds and wrinkles. And obviously it contributes to the contrasting of the two sides. Another thing is the fact that you can not see the subjects uniform, which was probably the most important factor when it came to taking these photos, it makes it look as if it is part of a real photo shoot rather than school children playing around with cameras. Of course there are things I don't necessarily like about this photo, however overall I'm pleased with this photo as a whole.
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WWW: This weeks work, was much better than last weeks. The framing in all of these photos were head and torso which I think was the biggest win of this attempt. Also I love te ligting in all of these potos.
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EBI: If these were more interesting. I can't stress this enough, these are so boring, better than last time, but they lack so much creativity. I need to learn how to take risks. There was a lack of coloured backgrounds and the prop use was abismal. I can identify where I go wrong, and have for the last 2 attempts, but I don't actually apply it when redoing the task. These photos look good but don't reflect the assignment properly, atleast in my eyes. 0 creativity, I hate it.
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Since I had to change mine, I wanted to do something like this, a mixed up collage of only a small select amount of images. This idea is much more interesting and original (as in not the same as others in my class) and it has a nice look to it. Mine however will be different because mine will be in colour, with have multiple images, and not the exact same shape, but it will definitely be heavily inspired by it. |
These are the new final images I chose for the project. There is not much variety with these photos, but it works because it works with my idea. These photos do not actually represent any of the photographers some of my other work has inspired, and they don't follow the typical style of your average documenting communities photo, they are very staged. Which is why these are some of my favourite photos, they are very me, not heavily inspired by anyone, just purely my ideas. |
I wanted to analyse this image mainly because it is one of the few images that Nick Meyer has taken, which is focused on a singular person and not their surroundings. This image reminds me of a prisoner because of the woman's orange t-shirt (like a prison uniform) and face tattoos, which is what made me drawn to it. This photo looks very candid and unplanned and as if the woman in it looks so unprepared for her photo to be taken, which is probably why it is such a successful image, it doesn't look planned in the slightest. Another thing that stuck out to me is the blurred and minimal background, it really makes the woman the centre focus and doesn't take away from her presence at all. The colours in this photo are very coherent, they work very well together and are all similar colours, just in different shades. As well as all those things, another prominent and noticeable thing is the woman’s appearance/ age. All of Meyers images of people are of old, wrinkled, not conventionally attractive people - which is interesting because of the fact that most photographers would go out and look for "beautiful" people according to societies standards. What I'm getting at is its just refreshing to see photography of people who aren't just attractive and thats why they get the job, he's found interesting people who don't match the beauty standards but still make for an incredible photo. |
This is Zoe Leonard, she is an American artist who works primarily with photography and sculpture. She has exhibited widely since the late 1980s and her work has been included in a number of seminal exhibitions. We are looking at her photography work of shop fronts/ documenting places in order to take inspiration from her and create a response to her work. I feel like she could be overlooked by the average person, but if we look at and analyze her images we can see that they look like they are from another time, even though they are contemporary. So I believe she is a useful artist to look at and study. She is very affective with her work and although it is a basic concept, just taking photos of shopfronts, she executes it brilliantly. |
I chose these images for no specific reason, they had a similar vibe and style to all of them so I thought it would be easier to evaluate as they can all be grouped together very easily/ there is many similarities between them all. They are all of shopfronts, they are all of closed shops with shutters, they are all taken from the same angle, they all have the same aspect ratios, they are all obscure shops that most people won't have heard of, they all look dull and neglected almost.
The main differences of these images is that they are in different locations as well as having different colouring. some are red, some are blue, some are in black and white, some have a sort of cream colour, others are more of a maroon - a good variety but still not in a colourful way. Other than that these images are almost exactly the same. I believe photographing a series of shops can document what may be happening within a community, however I don't believe these images do that. At first glance there doesn't seem to be a story or a narrative behind these images, they seem more like a collection. But if you want to think really hard, and this is a long shot, this could be representing that a lot of small business's are being shut down for what reason i don't know, maybe because of lack of income or because of covid or even both. So if that is the case then yes these images are doccumenting what is happening within |
WWW: I completed the task at hand, and it was easier than expected which was a major plus. The pictures are much better than usual as I didn't use my terrible Iphone 6s, I used a much newer iphone causing the photos to be much higher in quality. I managed to have a running theme within the photos which was "Barber's/Hairdresser's" and it is very clear and obvious which is good because then my idea was conveyed properly.
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EBI: These photos would be even better if there were no ugly cars blocking the shops, if all of them were open, if they all shared a similar colour scheme and if it wasn't so cold outside when I had to take them. Also I think these shops would be quite interesting if photographed at night, which I would have done if they didn't all close so early.
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WWW: I think the 2D collage is very cohesive and well constructed. The cut out windows allow the piece to come together as one. The colours are relatively similar which means they look like a singular image almost, not much like a collage. I like
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EBI: I would rather they weren't barber shops, as they aren't really my style or thing I have never even been to a barber shop. I would much prefer if they were bright and colourful shops that I relate to in some way or another. Also the cars in the images almost ruin the feel to this project I think, so I would prefer them not to be there.
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WWW: Not much went well, I am beyond unimpressed with this piece. The only decent thing about this piece is the colour scheme, I like the blacks and reds. EBI: These pieces look sloppy and so rushed, you can see how badly they have been cut but if take the image from a lower angle you can't see the shops behind the ones in the front. I also don't like that they are barber shops. A well as that I do not like the fact that I was unable to include the pieces with cut out windows; they took the most amount of time and looked the most interesting but when it came to making a cohesive piece they did not fit in well. The lighting of the pictures don't match each other giving it a somewhat less unified. The framing feels to tight but there was limited card to work with so I was unable to make the shot any wider, If i had more card I think the final image would look much better. In all honesty the initial flat collage I made was better than this final piece - the flat collage was coherent and harmonious, this 3D one looks to be an arts and crafts primary school project, its a mess. |
WWW: The composition was somewhat interesting. The colours are cohesive
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EBI: I could have included all the photos that I had taken of the shopfronts, if the card wasn't so plain and boring, if the images were brighter and less dull as the contrast I was trying to go for just didn't work and it made the photos look colourless rather than darkly coloured. It is also so boring, there is nothing too interesting about this piece; It looks like a school project
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