Evaluation- Photo Object

Object and Body, Objects In Time, Photo Object, Photography As Object, Still Life, Year 2

For this photo object unit I chose to specialise in photography as object. Over the past four weeks I have investigated Still Life, Object and Body, Photography as an object and objects in time. Out of these four mini units I decide to specialise in photography as an object. I felt this subject related the most to my previous work as I come from an art and design background. Over the pass few weeks I have created a body of work relating all of the topics, the weekly workshops for each of the units I found really useful. This unit has given me the opportunity to work within different photographic environments to create work in a professional environment.

I have found this unit a good opportunity to get back into to my course after the summer break. By having such a short unit with a close deadline helped me get back into the swing of working. This project I felt had its positives and negatives, the project’s positives were it gave me a chance to familiarise myself with working in studios again and using the university’s equipment and softwhere. The downside of this project was, I didn’t feel the work I produced was to the best of my ability. I could have had more attechion to detail in my the development and making of my final collages. This project was not my strong point as I work more as a documentary and portrait style of photographer, however I am open to new ways of creating work.

Overall I am happy with the work I have produced for this unit, even though I do not feel it is the best of my abilities, I have put a lot of time had effort into this project to create the work I did. I am really looking forward to the next unit which is moving image. I have never worked with video before so I am looking forward to working with a new media. Learning from this photo object unit I am going to produce more test shoots and trails before I start to create my final piece. The eight week unit length instead of four should give me the opportunity to research more in depth and produce a higher quality final outcome.

Grant Legassick- Objects In Time

Objects In Time, Photo Object, Year 2

Grant Legassick is a contemporary photographer who first worked as a visual effects artist working under many well known names in the industry such as; Tim Burton and Oliver Stone. Because of Legassick’s background in visual arts, his style of photography has clear links to his previous style of work. Legassick traveled the world developing his style of photography. During his travels, he found himself drawn to urban spaces. Legassick often uses multiple layering techniques to create a pencil drawing effect. The style of image, Leggassick creates, shows people and objects moving through time. He creates his images by using a long exposure time to create a motion blur effect.

This image (as seen below) shows the busy day to day life of a London train station. by setting his camera to a long exposure, Legassick has created a unique image of Waterloo station. in this upcoming week, i plan to take part in a studio workshop looking into motion blur. Whilst in the studio, i will investigate the way in which objects move through time, as seen in this image by Legassick.

Gjon Mili – Objects In Time

Objects In Time, Photo Object, Year 2

Gjon Mili is a well know photographer who works with long exposures. He is most famous pieces is his work with Picasso. Mili spent his career capturing long exposures in the studio working a long side Picasso to create beautiful light drawings. The method behind creating these photographs is using the camera to make long exposures. The photograph would have been taken in a dark studio with minimal lighting, during this time Picasso would have draw the vase using a light source. At some point during Picassos light painting Mili would have set off a single flash of light to capture Picasso in the background in the image.

The image is developed over a period of time, documenting the development of the image over time. This image by Mili shows the skill and elegance of Picasso’s creativity. This week in the studio I am going to be taking part in a workshop looking at Stroboscopic flash which is a simular studio set up to the one Mili would have used to create this famous image. I love the colour pallet this image presents, the warm glow of the light in which Picasso is painting with acts as a comforting night light in the darkness. Mili makes us as the viewer feel as if we are the canvas in which Picasso is painting onto. I want to create something simular in my stroboscopic flash workshop this week.

ARTISTS: PICASSO

Object in Time- workshop

Objects In Time, Photo Object, Photo object test shoots, Year 2

Today I took part in a workshop looking at objects in time. In the workshop I used stroboscopic photography. Stroboscopic photography is a series of high intensity flashes, over a long exposure time. The results from producing photographs this way is a motion blur effect (as seen below). Every time a flash is let off the camera captures the models movement at the time of the flash, so over a two second exposure the model is captured moving multiple times. Stroboscopic Photography will set off a minimum of 10 flashes per second, creating the illusion that the model is moving through the photograph.

For this workshop I wanted to look at movement in both the model and objects. For this shoot I got my model to spin around with a long scarf during the time the camera made the exposure. The results I captured show the model moving through the photograph and give the illusion of moving image opposed to a still image. I was happy with the result I gained from the first half of the shoot, but I wanted to try something different for the second half of the shoot. Since researching Gjon Mili I loved the effect he created with his photograph of Picasso drawing a vase using just light. To create the same effect I used the flashlight from my phone, I increased the exposure on the camera to ten seconds, then started drawing while the stroboscopic flash system was going off.

The camera captured every movement I made with the flashlight, creating a light drawing. Me and the group I was working with then decided to make a group shot. To do this we all stood in front of the camera while the flash was going off, we then moved out of the way of the camera as soon as the flashes stopped. Then one person in my group then drew with a phone light in the position we were all standing in. The results from this shot are below with the rest of my images from the workshop. Overall I really enjoyed the workshop, I loved having the opportunity to work with such an advanced studio set up.