For our first workshop of the year we were challenged to take
photographs which captured a certain element. We had to think about shape,
form, tone, lighting and composition and embed meaning and a message into each
image. We also had to think about what the photo signified, what does it stand
for.
We were told to take three different photographs which all that to represent
something different. All the photographs are unedited.
A Found Object.
I wanted each photograph to connect and work together but
all have different meanings. We decided to focus our photos around a camera.
It's a found object. Although rather than just taking a standard photography of
the camera as a still life we decided to play around with shadows and lighting.
We began to notice that the shadows created by the camera and lens looked
slightly like an eye. We explored this further trying to create shadows against
a white background. Holding the light at different angels to show less or more
definition.
Out of all the photos we took this is my favourite. It looks slightly like the camera lens is projecting the shadows onto the wall.
Out of all the photos we took this is my favourite. It looks slightly like the camera lens is projecting the shadows onto the wall.
Physical.
Centring around the idea of eyes we decided to take
photographs of my own eye as something physical. Again we wanted to play around
with the lighting to create emotion and depth. We wanted the eye to dominate
the photograph and really pull you in. Using lighting we created shadow on half
of my eye. This is the end result. I think the picture not only is physical but
shows a lot of emotion and could be part of a narrative.
Emotion.
