Composite defenition

Composite definition-Definition of composite photograph : a photograph made by combining several distinct photographs either made one over another on the same plate or made on one print from a number of negatives. In editing, a composite is a video image that incorporates two or more separate visual media elements together on the screen.

Composite photo-The final outcome is intended to tell some story, or provide an atmosphere; all images within the collage having something in common that connects them. Composite pictures are usually presented as one final picture, with added elements from some other images, thus changing the meaning of the original.

Image editing software such as Photoshop is used to manipulate images to an extent determined by the artist/ retouched. There are three basic types of editing-

Colour balance, cropping and contrast

Retouching, airbrushing

Compositing

So Photoshop can be used in a similar way to what dark rooms can be in the processing of prints, as you can adjust how dark you want certain areas to be and how exposed to light the photo was.

Digital compositing is the process of digitally assembling multiple images to make a final image.

 

This is an example of a composite edit, this photo is obviously composed of many different photographs like the book stack, a boy, a giraffe and a background because its not possible that this photograph could have naturally of been taken like this so the photographer would of had to digitally manipulate the photo by using Photoshop This photo is interesting because all of the objects in this phot are not in their natural environment so its like anything can be anywhere it wants. This photo is quite inspiring to me because I like the landscape of the photo, so with my composite photos I want to have a good landscape background and completely random objects that would not normally be in that environment.

Physical images defenition

•     How does Gilliam’s animations link with Hannah Hoch’s photo-composites?

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    Gilliams animations link with hanna hoch's as they both use the same type of materials for their photography for example they both use cut outs of various materials/images and merges them all together like a collage. They both use posters, newspapers, magazines, previously taken photos, ect.

•       How is meaning changed through creating photo-composites?

   It can easily change something very important and serious like politics into something very unimportant and cheerful or vice versa.

 

•     What art movement are Hoch and Gillliam linked to?

   They are linked to the dada movement, dada was a form of artistic anarchy made out of the disgust for the social, political and cultural values of the current time-1916( Switzerland)It embraced elements of art, music, poetry, theatre, dance and politics.

This is one of Hannah Hochs photographs

 

      This is one of Terry Gilliams animation movement pieces, its from  one of his animation films called story timeto create. Hoch and Gilliam's work are both very creative and different to the majority of photographers/artists that I have researched or seen work of, as they both manipulate their images in very random ways. For example Hoch's photo above is very abnormal because you wouldn't normally see facial features on a sun, so she is using personification by giving the sun human features. And with Gilliam's photo he has used hands as people dinning at a restaurant for a sketch show. This type of manipulation can be seen as funny because its out of the ordinary, so the perfect audience for this would be children or just people who need cheering up.

 

 Photo manipulation-involves transforming or altering a photograph using various method and techniques to achieve desired results, this is usually done without the use of software. The physical adaption of images are produced through, tearing, painting, scratching, etc.

Documentary definition

Definition- Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle events or environments both significant and relevant to history and historical events as well as everyday life. It follows a single topic or story in-depth over time, By deepening our understanding and emotional connection to stories of injustice, documentary photography can capture and sustain public attention, and mobilize people around pressing social and human rights issues.

Portfolio

Definition-A photographic portfolio is quite simply a collection of work. An artist's portfolio is an edited collection of their best artwork intended to showcase an artist's style or method of work. A portfolio is used by artists to show employers their versatility by showing different samples of current work. Typically, the work reflects an artist's best work or a depth in one specific area of work. A photography portfolio can focus on a single subject. It can be a collection of photographs taken with a certain type of camera, in one geographic area, of one person or a group of people, only black & white or sepia photos, a special event, etc.

Portraiture definition

Portraiture definition- Portrait photography or portraiture is photography of a person or group of people that captures the personality of a subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. A portrait picture might be artistic, or it might be clinical, as part of a medical study.

My own interpretation- Its photos of people or living things normally taken with backdrops and normally taken from shoulders and above,like  family photo-shoot.

 I chose this photo because its a surreal portrait so it could have a lot of connotations, deeper meanings, that could be said about it. For instance he could 

This a photo of Winston Churchill taken by Yousuf Karsh, this photo has very deep and dark tones in it to create quite a serious tone within the photo, as the context of Winston Churchill would be very serious. The mood of the photo is also very serious as his expression is blank, the lighting is very muscular as well as it highlights all of his facial features and makes him appear too be brave and not afraid to take a photo.

This portrait is of Amanda Lepore a model taken by David Lachapelle. The photos mood id very bright and cheerful as the lighting is just directly on her face and there are no dark tones in it, so therefore its very feminine. This photo looks to be based on Marilyn Monroe as its very similar to how her portraits would be.

Landscape definition

Definition-Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. 

(Landscape)-all the visible features of an area of land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.

The Zone System

A way of controlling your prints’ tonal range. The process begins by previsualising your subject as having up to nine tone zones between but not including, pure black and pure white. The tonal range of final prints is adjusted by light readings at the shooting stage, and development at the processing stage. Created by Ansel adams and Fred Archer

F64Group-was a group of seven 20th-century San Francisco photographers who shared a common photographic style characterized by sharp-focused and carefully framed images seen through a particularly Western (U.S.) viewpoint.

Pictorialist- is the name given to an international style and aesthetic movement that dominated photography during the later 19th and early 20th centuries.In general it refers to a style in which the photographer has somehow manipulated what would otherwise be a straightforward photograph as a means of “creating” an image rather than simply recording it. Typically, a pictorial photograph appears to lack a sharp focus (some more so than others), is printed in one or more colors other than black-and-white (ranging from warm brown to deep blue) and may have visible brush strokes or other manipulation of the surface. For the pictorialist, a photograph, like a painting, drawing or engraving, was a way of projecting an emotional intent into the viewer’s realm of imagination.

Pre-visualisation-The concept of previsualization in photography is where the photographer can see the final print before the image has been captured. Ansel Adams dedicates the beginning of his first book to previsualization, and is often quoted as saying “Visualization is the single most important factor in photography”. Understanding then the significance of this approach is of high value for photographers of all kinds, as it has the potential to unlock greater creative vision, and give greater control (and predictability) over the print process.

Aesthetic- the principles of the nature and appreciation of beauty.

Joiners definition

Definition- In the early 1980s, Hockney began to produce photo collages  which he called "joiners," first of Polaroid prints and later of 35mm, commercially processed color prints.

Joiner Photography involves the use of two or more separately taken images of a single scene to create a larger one by physically overlapping them or by digitally merging them. It differs from montage photography in that it looks to expand the area of view of the photograph as opposed to insert several elements into a given picture frame. From this point on there are many directions to take the image in terms of shape, viewpoints, subject, narrative, time and style. These all involve more personal choices by the creator and provide the potential for a more intimate and individually driven photograph.

This is one of David hockneys joiner photos,  It looks like it has been taken in a european country, as the roads are made of that unstable pebble stone and the cars look quite dated, but that depends on when the photo was taken. This photo is interesting because it looks lie the photo has been taken sat slightly different times of the day as some of the leafs are a darker colour compared to others. This could be from the shadows casted or it could be different rates of exposure in the photos, as some of them could have been taken with different shutter speeds and aperture. The thing that i dislike about the photo is it has some blue/grey sections in it and they let down the photo as they take some attention away from the actual main joiner, but if that space was filled with a colour the same as the pavement then it wouldn't draw an attention away. To improve this photo i would try and fill in the blue spaces with the colour of the pavement of just take some more photos around that bit so that it actually fits into the rest of the photo and the scene. Also i would add some more stuff into the photo so that it has more going on and so there's more to look at. I would add some people into so that the photo looks more natural and more like street photography, because at the moment it looks like its been set up to look deserted and like theres nothing actually going on. The problem with people being in the joiner is that it'll be harder to join all of the photos together as people are quite small and the cars already looked really jumbled, so people would be worse. The photographer could take the photos of a bigger size so that it would be easier to join up, but then it would decrease the effect that all the little separate photos give. David Hockney did influence my photographs a little bit as i did take them mostly of the outside of buildings and trees as i find these the most interesting scenes for joiners because you can find a lot going on. 

Movement/motion definition

Freeze frame definition- An optical effect or technique in which a single frame of film is reprinted in a continuous series, which when shown gives the effect of a still photograph.




Motion Blur definition- The apparent streaking of rapidly moving objects in a still image or a sequence of images such as a movie or animation. It results when the image being recorded changes during the recording of a single exposure, either due to rapid movement or long exposure.



Shutter speed definition- the nominal time for which a shutter is open at a given setting.

Aperture definition- The unit of measurement that defines the size of the opening in the lens that can be adjusted to control the amount of light reaching the film or digital sensor.

ISO definition- measures the sensitivity of the image sensor the lower the number the less sensitive your camera is to light and the finer the grain. Higher ISO settings are generally used in darker situations to get faster shutter speeds.

SLR Camera

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