Image Process continued..

The finished product.

Once all of our pieces were complete we printed them onto A3 lustre paper in order for them to be hung and displayed in the gallery.

We moved away from hanging with nails and bulldog clips. I think this was a good choice as I feel they were too big and overpowering for the size and delicacy of the work.

Hanging with glass headed pins.

We hung the pieces at eye level with 10cm around each piece in order for the different concepts not to interfere with each other.

In context.

It was interesting to see different artists and photographs that have different influence on people within the group as the majority were different and allowed us to be introduced to new projects we may have never seen before.

Second wall.

I think this project was the most successful so far in terms of hanging and worked well together in the space provided.

Image Processes

For this image lab topic we were told that we had to choose a photographer who's work we had seen in an exhibition that was appealing to us and we liked for certain reasons and write about this photo.

We were told to write about the Image itself such as Name, Author and size. The process of the image, how it was created (what camera, paper etc.) and the context of the image.

Image process template.

I chose an image that I had seen at the Brighton Photo Biennial 2012. It was by photographer Tony Bowen.

5952: East Sussex - Regret.

I had to email him to find out the details I needed about this particular series of work as there was little to no information on the internet as he is only a local Brighton photographer.

Copy of the email to Tony.

I felt the questions in the email above were relevant to the piece of work that I wanted to create and in understanding the reasons behind the way he did things for this project.

Tony Bowen's Website.

Doing this image lab enabled me to find out new process that photographers go through in order to get their desired effect. It also allowed me to see the thought process into not only the process of the production of the photos but also what went on afterwards. 

Layering continued...

Re-arranging the prints.

We took our images and put them into photoshop where we were aiming to create 2-3 large scale prints consisting of a collage of all our prints.
We had problems creating a perfect collage as some of the pieces weren't originally made A2 size.

Printing our large scale prints.

Once the pieces were printed we had to carefully role them to hang them in our exhibition area.

Improving our Hanging skills.

This mean't improving our skills from the previous hangings. I think we managed to work better as a group when hanging this collection and felt it was the best we had done. Although there were still a few mistakes made they weren't as noticeable and were nothing compared to those we had made in the past. 

The Final Product.

Layering images.

This weeks image lab continued on from the copying lab a couple of weeks previous. We were told to use our images in order to create an A2 sized images in photoshop that defined ourselves in any way we liked

Layering two different images.

Changing opacities to create desired affects. 

I chose to create my image with low opacities to give it a different affect to that of bold images and so that everything blends in together seeing as they all represent me as a person. I also think this helped separate my personality from everyone elses. 

Hanging continued...

Our task for this week was to finish off hanging our exhibition from last week making sure all pinhole prints and collodion images were composed in a way we thought appropriate. 

Putting nails into the wall to hang the clips off of. 

We had to measure out equal distances along the wall making sure each image had four equal places to be hung off. 

The finished hangings.

The Wet collodion images were hung using the same composition as the Pinholes which I think worked well and allowed for a symmetry within the exhibition. 

Wet Collodion Hangings.

Front on.

Looking back on the hanging process I feel the way in which the images are hung reflect the process in which they were made successfully. The way the Pinholes are hung allow you to see they were made in a large round object like the bins they were created in. 

Seeing the work coming together after weeks of work allowed me to see all that went into just one collection of work.

Hanging.

This week we've gone back to continue progressing on with our first 3 weeks work. We learnt how we should hang work. The best positions, heights and the reasoning that goes with it.

Measuring the height of photos in relation
to wall space to work out distancing.

Using a LED spirit level to make sure the
work is hung in a straight line.

We spent time deciding how high to hang the images and the best heights for audience viewing to do with eye level etc. We then decided in terms of light that lights each wall which images should be positioned where and what goes next to each other in terms as narrative and tones.

After this we spent a considerable amount of time choosing pairs of images to be hung together. We decided upon this by looking at tonal qualities within images, comparisons of depths of fields and narratives and so on.

I'd never hung my own work before so didn't really know what was expected of me and the best way to go about the process so in this respect I found this lab very helpful.
It opened my eyes to not only the different ways of hanging, for example, using bull dog clips and nails or using glass headed pins. It also showed me all the different elements that need to be considered such as lengths of images and average eye height for people.

Copying.

This week we learnt about the process of Copying and the reasons behind it. We brought in items that meant something to us or related to our identity to copy.

We had to test the lighting with a light metre in order to make that the light was the same strength from both lights and flashes.

Adjusting the shutter speed to
match the light metre. 

Once we had done this we placed our items on on a board on the floor in order to keep the background the same. 

Arranging objects to be
photographed.

We photographed all of our objects but as we didn't have a macro lens they weren't as precise as they could have been and as were wanted. This however could be changed in the editing process.

I think this process is a useful one to learn about and will be helpful to know about for potential future experiences.