What is connections?
When I first chose this theme connections I wasn't sure with how I would create my pictures but after I looked at pictures load of picture ideas came into my head. Below you will see the ideas that I will be choosing to get my grade in photography, But when I saw this idea I was thinking I am just going to be taking pictures of families and I never thought of the creative side until now.
To show all of my ideas I will be doing mind maps and photo shopping progressions by using duck link, by using duck link this will show how I have created my photos on Photoshop and how much it has developed.
There is many types of connections such as human, nature and food this may seem thing a different type of topic and this is why I like it because it is different and you can be more creative with your photos and Photoshop.
Nature is the connection I am going to be focusing on but this all about how animals and plants or maybe objects link together for example a ladybird on a leaf or a bee with a jar of honey.
Human is the second connection and when I was looking at this is made me thing of many ideas I could do so I decided to do this because I believe that it will go to a high level of work, this one could be about many things in a human life such as someone's love life or there brothers and sisters and most picture that I have researched is that they are quite dark but some are happy and from this I am able to do many different ideas.
Food is the last one that I looked at, again isn't one I am interested in because there is nothing to Photoshop to do and it isn't creative enough for my standard of work but this one is just by putting food together such as strawberry's and cream or an apple and a peeler.
The photographers that I am going to be researching are Elizaventa Porodina and Kirsten Lewis because these are two photographer that inspire me because I like how they have made family connections to be quite dark but still have a meaning to them, these two photographer have many ideas that I could possibly produce and make them better in my own way. such as doing different people with writing on them to show a connection between people and religion.
I am also thinking of doing a plan where I do connections of people disappearing out of peoples lives such as rubbing out the face of one of my models and making it a old picture type on Photoshop.
Human connections.
Nature connections
food connections.
These are many of the pictures I could of done or tried to recreate but I decided to be more creative and do other ideas that I have seen or thought of, with there Ideas I have I am able to do other ideas on Photoshop that not many photographers has done.
Below there is ideas I have seen and I am going to be doing different recreations of and for all these I am going to be using my family because they are the once I know who are in relationships or who and brother and sister, who I have the biggest connection with
Elizaventa Porodina.
This is one of the photographers that stood out to me because most connections tell a story and this to me does tell a story I don't know if she wanted to do that but I can see something in the photos that she tried to do.
In my opinion I can see that there is possibly two brothers and they have been through a hard life, such as them having cuts and bruises all around the body and many types of writing all over there body. This writing could represent them telling somebody to help them or telling who ever abused them telling them not to carry on with what they are doing.
These photos I can see she has even changed the white balance to a cloudy day so that she get an effect that is dark then went on Photoshop and made it black and white. By the looks of these pictures the photographer has thought about the background in the photo so that it links to what the model or the object is in the picture, this can be a big thing when I take my pictures because if I do a random background that doesn't go with the way my models, then therefore my grade would lower because I haven't thought about the way I want to set out my picture.
In my opinion I don't think I like the way the photographer has created the theme of connections because I don't think it means anything to Elizaventa, so in my picture I am going to use my family because I love them and care about them so there I think there will be more of a meaning to the photographs.
I have chosen this photographer because I like the way they have made the picture have a meaning to the pictures and also have writing over there bodies which could possibly telling a story all about there family or maybe even how they got abused when they lived with there family and how they always stayed together no matter what happened.
In the last picture I like the way the photographer has created the composition of the photo, by placing the other persons arm on to the other person to create a connection between the two people. I also like the way that he has set the people to be at the left side of the picture and then I can clearly see what the main focus is on the picture, it creates more of an affect on the people who view this picture because they clearly can see what this the main focus.
Kirsten Lewis.
This is my second photographer I like this is possibly because of the way she has crazy ideas and is able to make them stand out, because I am thinking of doing something that involves children. With all these examples of work to work from I know it will be relevant to my projects because of my mind map and I just love how crazy and deformed it can be, in my opinion there is messages in all of these images because they could even be showing how parents now should be letting child get in the habit of smoking. his picture could be black and white to show that it is wrong or that it a dark image and it need to be set like that so it can be eye catching.
I like that they are all the same or different in there own way, but there is one or two pictures that I don't like because I don't understand why she has done that.When I first saw this knew again this isn't something I am going to do because it seems to be a connection with people and also objects and the way adults give a bad look toward there kids or any kids that are around. So in a way I think this photographer want the adults to look around them and see how children are acting these days, so he is sending a message around telling then to help them if adults see children smoking, doing drugs or alcohol. Even though I don't like the pictures that my photographer has took I will still take inspiration from the different edits that he has done also possibly doing a shoot in a studio.
I have chosen this photographer because it has a strong connection to family dead or alive with the photographer doing this it makes the viewer think about what could of happened or what has happened I also like how he has kept the black and white theme through out the pictures this gets the effect that the photographer wants to keep a certain theme and that is something I might do with my work.
In the second to last picture in my gallery, I can see that there is a very good composition set in the picture because all of the kids are holding the other kids arms and that can show a connection that they are close, when a person looks at the photo I can see that they all all possibly brothers and sisters.
My first plan for my photo shoot...
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Shoot 1
Worst
This is my worst one because I don't like how I have ripped the clingfilm, I should of improved it by taking more time ripping the clingfilm and adding flowers or something to show they are being set free from each other.
Best
This is my best picture because I like how that I haven't kept a distance from them and zoomed in to get a closer picture of them hugging and shows how tight they are, but one thing I would change is the white balance of my photos but I will still be able to change the white balance on Photoshop to make it in to a perfect photo shopped picture.
I also like this because it shows an connection between my mum and dad in the picture, showing that they will be together and they have a bond that they can never break.
Photoshop.
Progression...
I have decided to do another photo shop on this because I wanted to do other ideas so I could come up with to make my editing different, I decided to turn there head to be smudged because in a way it shows that they are disappearing or fading away together and I like how I show these connections in Photoshop because I can make them mean something to me and make them have a story behind them.
Out of both of my Photoshop I prefer my first edit because I like how I have made the back ground completely black and made sure I have blended the odd colours and edges into the curls of the picture to make my picture more creative.
shoot 2
My second plan of my project I am going to be using clingfilm again, because I find that it makes the picture more better to look at and there is more going on in the picture I also see that it makes more of an connection to show there more closer together than we think or to show that cling film is easy to break and people can escape. If I want to make my photos more better I will put the clingfilm, Vaseline, tights around the camera to see a different affect in my work and see how well it turns out.
The person who I got inspiration off was Kirsten Lewis, because her pictures was dark and also spooky so therefore I decided to take her ideas of her pictures being spooky but yet linking it to family.
Equipment: camera, clingfilm, model, tripod.
To make my shoot better I have done my shoot but when it has gone less lighter and it turned out very well for me.
Worst.
I don't like this because it isn't the best picture out of all of the ones I have took, because it is out of focus and from this I can tell that the shutter speed was slow that's why it looks how it is, if I could re-take this picture I would get a tripod make sure that it is steady and get a nice still photo.
Best
This is my best photo because I went out when it was darker and re-took some so that it would look more how I wanted it to look. When I took them the shutter speed was really slow but it made it add more effect, its made it more misty and I also like how I have wrapped the statue and my model in clingfilm to show that they are attached to each other even if they are dead or alive.
Photoshop.
Second edit.
Shoot 3
My third plan, this will be all about the connection of mum and son/daughter, I will be taking this in a house and using the natural light.
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Worst.
This is not my best because it is out of focus because my cousin didn't stay still and also the camera seems like it was very fuzzy, but the lighting isn't the best.
Best.
This a picture that I can do so much with on Photoshop and do many things because the lighting is good. Also my little cousin is still and there is no movement within the picture, I also like how i have caught the connection of the mum smiling at her son.
Photoshop.
My next steps...
For my next steps I want to carry on doing picture that involve my family because I want it to be important to me as well as making it something that everybody likes because I feel like connections wouldn't be the same if you didn't link it to your life as well.
I am hoping to make my pictures make more progress as I go on through out my shoots such as taking more photos for my shoots, also doing more edits on Photoshop.
In my opinion I think that my picture are going very well because I have an idea for every shoot that I am going to do, with me doing this I am able to let my project flow quite quickly.
shoot 4
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Worst.
I don't like this picture because my mum and dad are laughing and ain't as serious as I want then to be, also this picture looks a little bit pixlated and looks a little bit dull but that could be changed in Photoshop but again it isn't my favorite picture so I wouldn't use it.
Best.
I like this picture this most because you can see the connection between the both of the people, this is good for my editing because I can do many things with my work that I have took.
MY EXAM
For some of my exam I am going to be doing some edits of my second to last shoot and then I am going to go to my last shoot and doing something more creative, because I didn't like the way I edited the wring onto my model on Photoshop I am going to be drawing the writing on there face so that it looks more effective when you look at it, with me doing this I am going to make sure I take pictures as I go along so the examiner can see what I am going to create my picture.
Everybody is the same.
shoot 5
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