Multiple Exposure - Techniques

1. Change camera settings to raw.

2. Take two or so photographs of the desired object.

3. Click on settings and go to image over lay.

4. Select the desired images and opacity and overlay them.

5. Upload the photos to photoshop.

6. Change levels and curves.

7. Upload to blogger

Animations - Techniques

1. Take photos of something developing or changing.
2. keep the camera still each time and keep the lighting the same throughout.
3. Upload the photos to Photoshop and change levels and curves.
4. Click on view timeline.
5. Create new layer.
6. keep creating new layers and make one more layer visible each time.
7. Change it so that it plays continuously.
8. Change the size to 20 and the resolution 72.
9. Save to web as a gif.
10. Upload to photo bucket.
11. Copy the link to the blog.

Animation - Work Diary

To create these animation images in a few of my personal shoots I took photos of the process of something happening for example eating a cake and a strawberry. I then put the photos together in order to show the progress of this happening. At first it was difficult to get the hang of doing the timeline of Photoshop but after a few tries it became easier and I started really liking the results of my animations.


I think this animation works really well however to improve it I would use a tripod and mark on the background where the cake should sit as the slight movement in composition and lighting is noticeable during the animation.


Here is another example of my improved animation of something being eaten. Although the camera was kept still in this animation the background colour still changes however this is not as nociable because of the faster tempo.

Animations - My Photos

Research Log

1. Christina Otero

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cristinaoterophoto/

Christina Otero is a Spanish photographer who mainly focuses on close up portraits and often uses food items in her work. She has been exhibiting her work since she was 15 and discovered her interest in the subject from watchingAmericas next top model. This photographer will influence my work because of her unique and individual way of composition and make up.

2. Maruss Nilson












http://www.marcusnilsson.com/Pictures/?c=78
Marcus Nilsson's work is based around many different theme for example 'food porn'. He has done shoots for vogue and some of his work is seen as controversial. This photographers work may influence my work in that he contrasts healthy and unhealthy foods and colours.

3. Francesco Tonelli

http://www.francescotonelli.com/
Francesco Tonelli is a food photographer from Italy who's interest in food photography came from his knowledge and interest in food. This photographers work will influence my own because of the way he photographs the foods against dark background and shows the foods in a broken way which makes them more appealing to the audience.

4. Gareth Morgans

http://www.productionparadise.com/photos/london/gareth-morgans-photography.html
 Gareth Morgans is a commercial photographer of which a lot of work revolves around food photography. I don't think that this photographers work will influence my own as he uses a quite straightforward and common style of photography.

5. David Griffen

http://davidgriffen.co.uk/
 David Griffen is commercial photographer who mainly focus's on food photography. He lives in cornwall after moving from Australia 8 years ago. I will use this photographers work to influence my own work as I really like how he uses the pouring in the photo as I think this makes the food very enticing.

6. Jean Cazals

http://www.jeancazals.net/
 He has been awarded the best food photographer 2012 and has won numerous other awards. He is a London based food photographer. I like this photographers work because it is clever and different and i would like to take influence from it.

7. Adriana Mullen

 http://www.adrianamullenphotography.com/
Adriana Mullen is a food photographer originally from Italy. She combines a passion for both food and photography in her work. I don't think that the work of this photographer will influence my work because it is quite boring and straightforward which is not what i really want to achieve with my project.

8. Stephen Hamilton

http://stephenhamilton.com/
Stephen Hamilton is a commercial food and drink photographer whose work is likely to have been seen by everyone featuring in cookbooks, magazines and packaging etc. I would like to take influence from the way that this photographer uses bright clashing colours as this makes the photo stand out and eye catching.

9. David Munns

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/20336635791658074/
David Munns is an award winning food and beverage photographer based in London. I like this photograph and would like to take influence from how the composition and setting is homily and the cake seems homemade.

10. Michael Kay

http://www.productionparadise.com/member/london/michael-kay.html

Michael Kay is one of the UK's most experienced food photographers, now based in a studio in Wimbledon. I like how this photographer sort of isolates the fruit in the photo and uses a range of different fruits which slightly link with each other due to the similar tones.

11. Annabelle Breakey 

http://www.annabellebreakey.com 

Annabelle Breakey is a commercial food and drinks photographer. She works for many big companies including Starbucks, Mcdonalds and Burger King. She started shooting in 1990 after she received a BFA in photography from the academy of art university. I would take influence from this photographers work because it is unique and shows things that the eye wouldn't normally pick up on like the splash of the drink.

12. Paul Underhill

http://www.paulunderhill.com 

Paul Underhill is a commercial photographer from Bournemouth Dorset. He specialises in events photography however does also do some commercial photography. He has had an interest in photography since he was a young child. I don't think I would take influence from this photographer because his work doesn't focus enough on the food it more centres around location and models which is not really what I aim to do for my photography.

13. Bill Brady

http://www.studio212photo.com

Bill Brady is a food and bevarage photographer with 14 years of experience. He has worked for companies such as Walmart and Heinz. He prides him self on creating photos that 'deliver a feast for the eyes' I like this photographers work as he makes the food look very appealing and appetising.
14. Charles Ward

http://charlesward.com/site/

Charles Ward developed a keen interest in photography in his early teens and now has a studio at Earls Barton. He went professional in 1985. I would like to take influence from this photographers work due to his modern style of photographing food.

15. David White

http://www.davidwhitestudio.co.uk/professional-photography/food-photography/

David White specialises in documentary style food photography showing food in all stages from being raw,in production and then the plated dish. He often travels round yo restaurants, farm shops and food producers to show the food in context. I wold like to take influence in his work as it tells the story of the food rather than jut showing it in its end form.

16. Steve Payne

http://www.stevepaynephotography.co.uk

Steve Payne has a photography studio in London which specialises in high quality food and drink photography for packaging and advertising. He has over 20 years experiences and up to date modern technology in his studio. I would like to take influence from his photos like the one above as I think this is an interesting and attractive way to photograph food.

17. Philip Webb

http://www.philipwebb.co.uk

Phillip Webs main clients include Marks and Spencer's, Ocado, Waitrose and John Lewis. His studio is based in London and he considers no greater luxury than crewing a narrative from light, composition, tone and texture. Once again this photographer not only shows the finished food item but some of the processes it goes through to get there so I would like to take influence from this.

18. Mark Sykes

http://www.marksykesphoto.com/#/photography/FOOD%20PHOTOGRAPHY%20LEEDS_010.jpg

Mark Sykes creates photographs for both commercial and advertising clients  in and around the Leeds area. He uses eye-catching photography in order to advertise products. I feel like this photographers work is a little obvious and unoriginal so won't really take influence from it.

19. Jonathan Pollock

http://www.jonathanpollock.com 

This photographer uses close up detailed lenses and dark background in order to reach the desired affect. I will definitely take influence from this photographers work due to the use of the black background making the food really stand out bight and obvious and generally making interesting and eye-catching photographs.

20. Andy Grimshaw

http://www.andygrimshaw.com

Andy Grimshaw is a food and still life photographer. He uses a range of different backgrounds and photographs natural foods as well as tins etc. The composition of his work is what makes it interesting and I would like to take influence from this.

Photographer two - Marcuss Nilson

I have chosen this photographer due to the vast unique differences in all of his work. I have found that some of his work is positive and nice however one or two pieces of his work would come across as controversial. He also creates very simple yet intriguing photography that I would like to take influence from for my own personal project.

 This is an example of one of the photographs that has a happy positive feel towards food. It is natural and very bright and colourful. This photo uses quite bright lighting and shows the different features and imperfections of the chosen fruits. It also gives the audience an idea of the wide variety of citrus fruits available. In this photograph Marcuss has chose the compose the photo so that the background cannot be seen meaning the entire focus is on the fruit shown in the photograph.

Again this is an example of Marcuss's 'food porn' style of photograph with a positive feel to it. It feature foods that are commonly known to go well together and the contrast of natural healthy foods and chocolate which is seen as a treat food makes this an interesting photograph. The foods are scattered centrally so its clear that they are the main focus of the photograph. The background is a surface that could possibly be a work surface for a chef as appose to a studio background as this gives the audience a more all round view of food photography.

 This is an example of Nilsons work which I think would be seen as controversial. Unlike normal food photography this photograph does not really entice the audience as it shows the food in its natural form before it has been prepared. This does however allow the audience to get a more realistic view of the food they are eating but could be seen as offensive to a vegetarian or the like.

 In this photograph the pigs trotters and ears, parts not typically used in catering are shown in the photo with ingredients such as onion and garlic. This could be illustrating the current news portrayal of food in how that it is all being processed and bad foods are being used such as the horse meat scandal. This photo also illiterates and reminds the audience that also of the food they are eating are real living things which by the time you buy it the shop it is unlikely that you would be able to tell this.

Influence - I would like to take his controversial ways of photographing raw meat and use it in my own work in order to illustrate what is being eaten instead of trying my best to make the food look appalling whilst remaining to have an attractive photograph.
This photograph shows how I have taken influence from this photographers work because I have chosen to use maggots to show that there is not just a positive and attractive side to food as this photographer has shown with the dead animals. The lighting in the photographers work is also quite dull except on the subject itself which is shown in my photograph too.

Summary - Overall this photographers work is not particularly pleasing to the eye however his composition makes the photos more attractive considering what they are of.

Personal Shoot 2 - Work diary

In this lesson I took my ideas from last lesson but changed the objects in my photographs to fruit. This went really well due to the huge range in brightly coloured and interesting shapes available in the supermarket. I took both groups of the fruit together and on there own in order to have exactly the shots I need for when it came to editing. What worked really well with this shoot is that the colours of the fruit clashed and showed out against each other and the plain white background. Something I really like about this shoot is that the fruits colours and shapes are entirely natural. In order to improve this shoot I would experiment with using different backgrounds just so that I get some different photos.

I think this photograph works well as it is clear what the fruit has spelled out, to improve however i would try and place fruit next to each other a bit closer size as it does alter the shapes of the letters quite a lot. I would also try and keep the background as close to a white shade as possible so it is easy to put the photographs together to make a word.

What I like about this photograph is that none of the fruits that can be seen are whole so this makes it an interesting abstract style photograph. To improve this photo I would just mix the fruit up a little bit as in the top right hand corner the red fruits do not stand out against each other. If I were to do this shoot again I would use even more bright and exotic fruits as I think these have worked out very well.

I have developed this from my first shoot as I felt the letters are an effective way to present the food. I also created an animation which worked really well and therefore will continue this technique throughout my work.

Connected photographs…

Animation - Image bank

In this photograph both the man turning the page and his head can be seen through the use of animation. This makes a far more interesting image and story than if it was just a motionless picture of the man. The picture gives the audience a good idea of the characteristics of the man through location, props and lighting. This photo has used the rule of thirds and the man is in the first third despite the fact he is the main focus point. The other two thirds are taken up by the location, helping the audience get a wider view of what the photograph is trying to show.

In this photograph the model is completely still however the flickering of the lighter is seen in the animation. This makes it the main focus point of the photo and make it a far more interesting photo than if it didn't have the animation. This photo has quite dark negative tones and lighting so the light of the lighter is juxtaposed to this and could be signifying the light at the end of the tunnel.

In this photo the ladies eyes move as the looks at herself in the mirror. I think this makes a really interesting photograph as the shot is complex as we are looking at her looking at herself in the mirror. Her eyes moving make this photograph have an eerie feel to it as pictures are often stationary. Here black eye make up, red lipstick and dark clothing also present an eerie feel to the photograph. I love how in this photograph there are many focal points such as three different reflections of the women's eyes as she moves them.

In the above animation the movement of the ladies hair and the fur on her jacket are moving and she is completely stationary. This image illustrates how the wind can blow about fine things like hair and fur but would not a this level affect a person. The animation makes this a far more interesting portrait than if it was motionless and helps to capture more of the information behind the image.

In this photograph the mans jacket is seen blowing in the wind however his whole body remains stationary. This photo comes across as a bit like location portraiture as the man in the photograph seems to be of a high status and seems to be looking up at something that could be perceived to belong to him. His costume of bow tie and stern face also support this.

This is a very interesting and eye catching photograph due to the fact that it not only shows the use of animation but also shows a view of the world in reflection and normal. The lights of the cars as they travel past also make this photo interesting and unique. The only thing |I don't like about this photograph is that the car mirror moves and in order for this to be a more successful image the camera should have remained in the same place.

Personal shoot 2 - My Photos