Jean-Luc Brouard & Ben Gold

Amazing photographs of trees. How do you think they achieved this look? Traditional methods / lighting, digital manipulation or both?

I saw these at an exhibition in Brighton last week.

Click here to see examples from both photographers' work. This would be particularly relevant to Y12 doing landscape photography.

Holiday Work - Y12

In order to be prepared for our work next term, you need to carry out the following 3 research tasks with detailed evaluation / links on your blog:

1. Research 2-3 photographers that have used photomontage and collage in their work. Examples could include Hannah Hoch, Martha Rosler, Eugenio Dittborn, Radcliffe Bailey, Clarissa Sligh as well as the more well known David Hockney. Find examples of their work and comment on what these transformational methods convey.

2. How does stop motion animation work?

3. Find some examples of stop motion animation that you like - this could be music videos, artists, amateurs. If possible, include an embedded youtube clip on your blog and discuss why you like it

Y12 - catch-up work

Y12 Photography

work set for my absence is to catch up on all 5 posts below, with detailed explanation of how the technique works, reflection on your own work and evidence of you using your own photography.

Make sure that this includes your own composite shot as well as a photograph transformed into two moods using techniques learnt.

Finally, I expect you to turn up with an idea and one of your own images for our final lesson this term on Thursday to transform.

All this work shoudl be complete by ALL students otherwise you will have to stay on Friday to complete.
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Treatment for short film - year 13

You need to submit a treatment on the blog before next lesson and be prepared to talk about it. This is a summary of the contents of your film. It should include:

• duration
• form (still, moving etc)
• narrative
• sound
• mise-en-scene (locations, characters, props, lighting, colour, body language, costume)

Specialten - Year 13

Please make sure that you post an entry on at least two films that you watched in the lesson, stating what it was that you found particularly interesting, effective and/or a technique you would be interested in trying out. Make sure you include director, title and year for each film.

#5 composite image

This week, we are compositing an image into a landscape, using feathering, contracting selection, motion blur filter and layers to create blur in stages through the image to maintain depth of field.

Post an entry with your plane test image, detailing the tips and tricks learnt.

On a separate post, upload your own landscape with an object composited on. Have a go!

Year 13 Photography

By Friday's lesson, you all need to be up-to-date. Below is what you should have so far:

1. Outline your interests for your personal project. Upload some images as examples.
2. Poster Art - before and after images. Explain tools and techniques.
3. Toning - What effects did you achieve in the darkroom? Post examples and annotate.
4. Digital toning - Outline three different procedures and post before and after shots.
5. Film shorts. Write an analysis of each of the three films. What techniques were effective? What ideas could you take to inform your own work?
6. Any other work you are doing which shows development. Reference to photographers or exhibitions you have seen and how they influence you.

Y12 #4 filters

Working with filters successfully is about preparing your image before applying the filter by adjusting levels, saturation and considering all variables on the filter option. Remember, before applying the filter, you may need to select a foreground/background colour.

Experiment with the filters using your own photographs and choose 5-6 that you find interesting. Post a record on your blog of the transformations, making a note of the exact variables selected.