Abstraction
What is Abstract Photography?Abstract photography is unlike most other types of photography - rules, such as composition and accurate focusing hold no values. The abstract photographer uses his creative imagination to create stunning works of art.
Abstract photography is a popular form of art and the rewards for a good abstract photographer are most worthwhile. Art buyers pay large amounts for good abstract work. Abstract photography is a process of using colours and patterns combined to create an image, with no true meaning or no clear subject involved. Abstract photography is not necessarily going to mean the same thing to everyone. Abstract photography leaves more to the imagination and helps us concentrate on texture and colour rather than the whole subject. |
We started looking at a picture and discuss about what questions should we write down about the meaning, the photographer, the position of the camera when it was shot and the spherical object in the middle, into pieces of papers.
My view about the image. I believe that the most important thing is not the sperical object but the composition of booth, the projection, the spherical object, the shade and the bit of projection being projected into the object. Pinterest's Abstraction Page |
The Formal Elements
Focus: The whole of the image is in focus however there is a couple of patches of lighter and darker tones in the water which are easy to spot o the left and right of the pier.
Light: All the upper part of the image predominated by the light from the sky. This light highlights the white tones of the ship's bridge however the rest of the ship seem to be quite dark and dull. Another light area is the middle of the pier probably made by the worn down of it with the use it has taken over the years.
Line: The most important lines that attract your attention are the ones of the pier which went you see the pictures they instantly point your attention to the middle of the picture.
Repetition: Again the interest is focused in the pier with the repeating pattern of the wood planks, quite interestingly at the start of the pier you can easily distinguish every single plank but as you go up and up in the photo this pattern dissapears and generates a monotone rhythm, like a beat increasing to a point where you can only hear one single tone.
Space: Te picture takes a lot of space when we compare the size of the boat and the fact that we can see the horizon makes someone feel liberated and free
Texture: If you were to be able to touch all the elements of the photo you'll be able to feel the rough surface of the wood, the cold and rusty touch of the ships metallic parts, probably feel the cold weather and the sandy soil beneath the pier.
Value/Tone: This is a monochrome photograph but it has the full range of tones from really dark to the really white tones.
Light: All the upper part of the image predominated by the light from the sky. This light highlights the white tones of the ship's bridge however the rest of the ship seem to be quite dark and dull. Another light area is the middle of the pier probably made by the worn down of it with the use it has taken over the years.
Line: The most important lines that attract your attention are the ones of the pier which went you see the pictures they instantly point your attention to the middle of the picture.
Repetition: Again the interest is focused in the pier with the repeating pattern of the wood planks, quite interestingly at the start of the pier you can easily distinguish every single plank but as you go up and up in the photo this pattern dissapears and generates a monotone rhythm, like a beat increasing to a point where you can only hear one single tone.
Space: Te picture takes a lot of space when we compare the size of the boat and the fact that we can see the horizon makes someone feel liberated and free
Texture: If you were to be able to touch all the elements of the photo you'll be able to feel the rough surface of the wood, the cold and rusty touch of the ships metallic parts, probably feel the cold weather and the sandy soil beneath the pier.
Value/Tone: This is a monochrome photograph but it has the full range of tones from really dark to the really white tones.
All my attempts at Abstract photographyPhotograms
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Chemigrams
I made these by mixing up the way you use normally the photographic chemicals which are developer, stop and fix. For example put some fix on it then put it on the sun light later then add some developer or stop and leave it for a while in the sun. To finish up leave the photographic paper to dry. |
Sutcliffe Park Trip
Margate Trip
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Evaluation
I really enjoyed the trip in general thou the weather was disastrous, having to withstand rain wind and cold. Firstly we went to the Turner Contemporary were we went to visit the exhibition of "Dorothy Cross: Connemara" by the Irish artist Dorothy Cross which she get her inspiration in the natural world. Left my favourite picture. Right my least favourite picture.
Diptyc: Doors
Class work with shadows
Smoke set of photos
Final piece
I wanted my Final Piece to be different to all the work I have done before by exploring new ways of taking pictures and i came out with the idea of using smoke which i thought it was a great idea but it turned out to be harder that it looked.
In order to take the smoke set of photos I rolled pieces of paper in a tube and burn them, at firs it didn't do anything because I had the tubes burning upward, after hour and a half of trying ways to get smoke I found a way which it simply was to place it in horizontal which turned out to be effective as it created a good trail of smoke upwards. To produce my final piece I've taken the best 8 pictures of the Smoke set and put them in mounting board. I cut 8 holes in the board in two columns of 4 and sticking the pictures at the back of the board with masking tape making sure all the images were centred and straight.
I really enjoyed making this piece because it quite fun to play with the smoke making shapes by using my hands to make little currents of air.
In order to take the smoke set of photos I rolled pieces of paper in a tube and burn them, at firs it didn't do anything because I had the tubes burning upward, after hour and a half of trying ways to get smoke I found a way which it simply was to place it in horizontal which turned out to be effective as it created a good trail of smoke upwards. To produce my final piece I've taken the best 8 pictures of the Smoke set and put them in mounting board. I cut 8 holes in the board in two columns of 4 and sticking the pictures at the back of the board with masking tape making sure all the images were centred and straight.
I really enjoyed making this piece because it quite fun to play with the smoke making shapes by using my hands to make little currents of air.