M E D I A 203 Advanced Digital Photography
WEEK 5: Avoiding the Obvious, Power Point and Aging Images. Take six photographs from unique angles, do a Power Point presentation on J. W. Von Goethe's Color Theory, and age three images using a crumpled brown paper bag. All images are clickable for enlargement.
D I F F E R E N T P E R S P E C T I V E
A G I N G I M A G E S
P O W E R P O I N T P R E S E N T A T I O N
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE "ZUR FARBENLEHRE" |
P H O T O A N A L Y S I S
The picture at the left doesn't look unique in it's perspective, however, it represents a radical departure in view point. I used a photograph of this mountain a few weeks ago as a subject for Photoshop HDR toning on a single image (see week three). I took the photo from my porch lamenting the fact I couldn't get the water in the foreground. A few days ago I had an epiphany. I went up to the attic, and voila, captured the water in the foreground. I had become stuck in a rut. Which is what this week is about.
Interestingly, a perspective that is little used by both humans and animals is the one of simply looking up. Unless you're a bird, to whom death comes from above. The tulip is a version of looking up, Buddha and spider web are from the ground. The GTO is one of my slides on a light table with the camera looking through the lupe. It was done with Fuji's legendary Velvia, hence the vivid color. My cat is seen through a magnifying glass. Am I looking at her, or is she looking at me?
No particular meaning was intended other than something interesting to look at. I thought the bones would be apropos for aging. The whiteness provided a blank canvas for shapes obtained by overlaying a crumpled bag. I had to use hardlight blending mode for the second and third image as an overlay produced little visible effect. The blue flowers provided a nice abstract background of color, shot with shallow depth of field and longer focal length. I added a burnt edge effect. If I had it to do over again, I would find some angles from above, and could always choose another subject for aging. The possibilities are endless.
The research into Goethe and his ideas of color perception was a mixed bag of surprise and overwhelm. I came here for art, not science. Thankfully, so did Goethe. I knew him from his literary works, but did not know he was so in to color that he considered his work in this area the most important of his many careers. That is saying a lot, since he is considered one of the most influential men in history. Hopefully, no scientists will look too closely at my interpretations. Next time I'll dissect Einsteins theory of relativity as it pertains to exposure bracketing.
Interestingly, a perspective that is little used by both humans and animals is the one of simply looking up. Unless you're a bird, to whom death comes from above. The tulip is a version of looking up, Buddha and spider web are from the ground. The GTO is one of my slides on a light table with the camera looking through the lupe. It was done with Fuji's legendary Velvia, hence the vivid color. My cat is seen through a magnifying glass. Am I looking at her, or is she looking at me?
No particular meaning was intended other than something interesting to look at. I thought the bones would be apropos for aging. The whiteness provided a blank canvas for shapes obtained by overlaying a crumpled bag. I had to use hardlight blending mode for the second and third image as an overlay produced little visible effect. The blue flowers provided a nice abstract background of color, shot with shallow depth of field and longer focal length. I added a burnt edge effect. If I had it to do over again, I would find some angles from above, and could always choose another subject for aging. The possibilities are endless.
The research into Goethe and his ideas of color perception was a mixed bag of surprise and overwhelm. I came here for art, not science. Thankfully, so did Goethe. I knew him from his literary works, but did not know he was so in to color that he considered his work in this area the most important of his many careers. That is saying a lot, since he is considered one of the most influential men in history. Hopefully, no scientists will look too closely at my interpretations. Next time I'll dissect Einsteins theory of relativity as it pertains to exposure bracketing.
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