Joiner Photography

Before Dave told us about joiner photography, I had not heard about it before, Dave showed us some example of joiner work and also mentioned David Hockney for one to research and look at in more detail. David Hockney is a well know photographer for this type of photography. With many people using his work as an example of how to do joiner photography, to understand how to do the piece I searched joiner photography for some more example and to see if there was any tips and tricks, while doing this I came across this website called joinerphotography.com which had an article called 10 points on Joiners which used David Hockney’s picture called my mother. He talks about how the brake down of how the picture was taken and some tips on how you could archive it.

When doing research on joiner photography I couldn’t really find any other photographer apart from David Hockney that specifically focused on Joiner photography like he did, so I mainly focused on his work for inspiration.

I really this image as it has multiple textures thought and works really well with the black background, and the the bridge fits perfectly together but had the rolling dark clouds coming behind it and depth and interest to the image. Also David has done a twist on a well known landmark in London, which many people haven’t done before, but still shows the beauty of the bridge.

In the lecture Dave also told us some shortcuts in photoshop and how they work.

Control T – to transform the image by making it bigger and smaller and moving it around freely.

Holding shift – doesn’t let the image go out of shape.

This is my first attempt of doing a joiner photo, I hadn’t planned on doing it on a rainbow but saw the opportunity and took the photos, before taking the photos that would go into the joiner I took an full photo so I have a guide to follow later on, to take the photos for the joiner I zoomed in as much as I could with my lens and took photos of the same area as the full  photo going fromeft to right so when I uploaded them again I had a guide. After taking the photos I uploaded them onto my computer before importing them into Photoshop I then got a photo of the full shot to have some to compare the piece to and to also make it easier to know where each piece went before starting and then getting confused.
Unfortunately due to it being unplanned and I wanted to get the shots before the rainbow disappeared I wasn’t able to change the settings of the camera, however I don’t think the setting were far off as I did manage to change the settings after taking a couple back to Manuel as it was on AV however when I did this the images became over exposed and unusable.

Second Attempt using them same images –

Third attempt – 

For my third attempt I went to Chester so that it was going to be very different from my first attempt and would have a more interesting focus. I chose to take the image of the bridge as people and cars are consistently going over it so once I add the photos together people may appear in the photo multiple times which has happened in my photo, as well as the man with the backpack to the left he wasn’t in the photo till a couple of pictures but the way I took the photo has now moved him to look like he was there before.

If I was to change anything i would make sure I took the photos in a good order so once I upload them to photoshop I don’t have to go back and two to work out which part of the images goes where and to also make sure I take a wide shot of the image so I have something to follow if I’m not sure what goes where.

http://joinerphotography.com/How%20to/1JHowTo.html

First time in the studio alone

I decided to book the studio to try new techniques with lighting being the main technique that I wanted to try more with.

Before booking the Studio I looked on Pinterest for some inspiration and saw some lighting techniques that I wanted to try, some of the pictures also showed some behind the scenes of where the lights were set up, the camera and the model which helped with me trying it for the first time.

I started off with one daydo light as I wanted to use low key lighting I placed the light to the left of the model and placed the camera directly in front of the model, I kept the daydo light on quite a bright setting so that it would still keep the features of the model in view, I changed the ISO setting to () due to it being low light, I was then able to see the model, after taking a couple of photos I then moved the light around a bit to change the shadows on the models face.

I then move onto two daydo lights as I wanted to use continuous lighting and due to me wanting to use gels, this type of light was the most effective and easiest to add gels on without melting them or having to add extra things, e.g different lights.

I ask Fraser to be my model due to him being local and I knew it was going to be an informal atmosphere, so having someone I know helped ease it even more.

Next time I definitely want to do some more research on techniques before applying them to my own pieces of work/ photos, so then once I get into the studio I won’t have to ask for help or mess the model that I am photographing around due to me being unprepared.

Here are some of the pictures I have edited and watermarked I have many more as I took over 200 photos:

 

Women in the industry

Women in the industry have mainly been sexualised by the way they look and the way they act from movies to video games but also has times really changed for equality in any industry?

Over the last few years the image of women has changed, however this is still a major issue that many big name celebrities and feminists have tried to over turn. For example Emma Watson has been one of the main feminist that I have heard of over the past year with her standing behind many organisation and stands.

Going back to how women are seen in movies and video games, over the last couple of days when watching some YouTube videos different adverts, one that continued to come up which is for a mobile game called “Legacy of Discord – Furious Wings” the reason I’m going to mention this is it shows one of the female characters levelling up however she is only in a bra like top and knickers with some accessories as well, which in many cases is how women are seen in movies and other media related things(e.g magazines and music videos).

Another main media site that shows this is YouTube, due to the vast variety of content that is on there, personally i’d say that music videos is the biggest influence of this, with many artists and backing actors/dancers wearing reviling clothing, for example Rhianna, Ariana Grande, Beyoncé are just some of the artists that I could think of, however they are also big influences to young women that look at upon them for confidence and power, with Beyoncé being crowned queen of pop.

The other side you could look at is many industries and careers are still very male dominance, for example when doing research on photographers many named like Ansel Adams and Marco Grob come up and you have to look deeper to find well know female photographers, over years like many things time are changing but at a slow pace, however more and more women are becoming at the top of their game and representing strong women how can achieve anything, for example Doreen Spooner went through her career surrounded by men as she was the only female staff photographer in her era and faced many other challenges along the way.

For women in any industry its different as roles are different for each job, attitudes are different but also I think women need more confidence to also make change in their desired career if they want to succeed to the best they can.