Test Shoot - Chess

This is probally the Shoot i am most unpleased with personally, i really dont think they came out right, i am definatly going to have to rethink my approach to it, i think the lighting is what has messed it up for me, too dark of a background on some, too light on others and the chess peicies being too close togeather. So i will definatly be redoing this shoot before the handin date.

The Black and White toned ones i dont think work, i might just keep it in colour, or just make the chess peices in black and white, and the background in colour. It would keep with the 'seeing in black and white' feel then with my Ally and Enemy twist to it.

I actally love the colours in this one, the slight green tint really plays off the cream and brown of the chess peices, Thats something else i really need to figure out and that is which chess peices i am going to use, which one makes you automatically think of 'chess' for this one i tried the queen, i think it could work if there was a little more head room.

I do like the perspective and tonal range of this one, the black and white actally works and you also get a sense of it being chess with the prawns and checkered board.

As i said i fell this was one of my weakest shoots out of the three and am going to have to seriously have a think and redo it later today or possibly tomorrow.

You can't win them all huh?

I'll have you updated sooner or later, stay tuned.

Test Shoot - Silence is Deafening

Yesterday i met up with a good friend of mine who was going to help me with my Silence is deafening part of the project, we had quite a good time, even though he kept complaining about lying on the dirty ground underneath a bridge, so in the end i moved him too a rock but that didnt look right and just led to more complaining.

I'm quite happy with how these photos come out, However there are only a handful that would work for my inital concept drawing, and some of diverations from my drawings.

^ This specific one works both portrail and landscape, i'm not too sure which way i'd pefer it if this was to be of my final peices, the landscape one probally has more drama about it.

During doin this shoot i had one photographer in mind on how i would like the work to come out like and that is Lara Jade.

Here are Lara's Deviant art & Flickr accounts. I've been a huge fan of hers for some time now.

Unfortunatly i dont think this one looks right, he dosnt look injured or murdered, he seems very posed and awake, but i still think the picutre it's self came out very nice.

Now then, i do like this one and fits the theme i was going for perfectly, BUT it was not one of my ideas, or atleast it wasnt portrayed like this, once again i feel that the shot came out rather nicely.

haha, I moved my mate to a set of rocks because he was complaining about lying on the dirty ground, so i made him lie contortedly on the rocks close by, but i had a hard time getting a good shot in with the bridge in the background because it was so close, i think i could of made it quite nice if i could of gotten it in, but once again it looks posed, but also looks painful.

I have also taken some for the 'Seeing in Black and White' but ill post them later today once i have a good look though.

Soon it will be onto the post manipulation stage on whichever of the photos i choose.

Till later, bye.

Test Shoot - Ice

I have started to experiment with ice and how to make the most out of it, I have found out that ice actually photographs very well especially on a dark surface, i did try it on a white on and as you can see (one of the photos) it just didn't work, but i also feel if i put too much light onto the ice then it will not look right, low-ki lighting may be what i need to fulfill the ices potential.



^ This one was without a flash and works quite well but the odd colour really throws me off, obviously i could fix that in photoshop but i would prefer it to do as much as i could in the photography stage and not the post production.

^ These two have been experimented with a flash and i think it makes the ice look beautiful, the light brings out all the reflective qualities within the ice its self without reflecting much else such as the one without the flash.

I wonder if i would be able achieve the same effect with normal non-flash high-ki lighting?

^ I tried it upon a white surface at home just to get a jist of how it would look i was intrigued with how the light played off it from the flash so i thought a white background would compliment it well, but in practicality it just does not work at all, its like complete overkill on the senses too bright, I know if i done this properly the lines of the tiles would not be present but i am still quite sure that it would still not work on a pure white background.



^ Close up of the ice, i am quite sure this wouldn't work for my cigarette idea but it's still quite a nice effect, maybe could be used in aid of digitally putting the cigarettes in the ice

I feel that i will be able to archive the 'Blowing hot and cold' quite nicely now all i need are some of the cigarette and some finals of the ice (which i have in the fridge at home waiting for me to go take some more pictures of them, i might even try drilling into on of them and placing the cigarette inside.)

Tomorrow i have planned to get my Silence is deafening one complete or atleast the photography part done, i have a friend of mine modeling for me, i will update this tomorrow when i have some test shots.

Until tomorrow, toodles.

Juxtaposition Week 2

So it's the start of week two, and i am very close to fully cermenting my concepts for my three peices, during this next week i am going to be doing some photography tests and decide upon the color schemes i wish these pieces to take. I am having a little bit of trouble with the 'Blowing hot and cold' i've got my idea for it done.

Final idea's

Blowing hot and cold




The idea for this one was to have a cigarette in a block of ice, I would also light the cigarette so it looks like the ice is burning from within kinda thing, not sure how i am going to go about it just yet, weather i should actually going to freeze it with the ice or if i am going to digitally put it in afterwards. obviously i would have to put the fire in digitally because i couldn't exactly put a a lit cigarette in ice huh?


Silence is deafening



Would you be talking if you found someone murdered or whom had committed suicide? i didn't think so, That is what i based this idea around, the silence there would be in such a situation, i am wanting to create a very eerie feel for this peice, i have not yet decided if i am going to shoot from a birds eye view or if i am going to do it from a low distorted angle with the person closest to the camera, i have someone in mind who i want to do this photo with and i think he's available next wednesday for us to have a go with it.


Seeing in Black and White



Ally.. Enemy.. You can't really get much more black and white than that can you? I chose to represent this with a game everyone knows and loves and that is a Chess board, the classic ally and enemy scene played out on a checkered board. The angle is what is going to be important with this one, i will HAVE to make sure i light it properly as well, i am more than likely going to use my macro lens for this one but it might distort the background too much in the process and i might have to settle for the standard lens.

Juxtaposition Ideas

Welcome to Through my eyes, the personal blog of designer Joseph Eshmade.

For my first post in these niftly little blog of mine i am going to talk about a breif i've just started which is Juxtaposition, to produce three photo manipulations of a specific saying. They are Silence is Deafening, Seeing in black and white and also Blowing hot and cold.

For those that didnt know:
Main Entry: jux·ta·po·si·tion
Function: noun
the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side; also :the state of being so placed

When i first started to mind map these sayings, i found out that it was going to require a little more thought than i first imagined, it was alot harder to think of diffrent ideas apart from the most obvious ones that have probally been done 100's of times before, i so started to take my mind maps onto further tangents and seeing if i could relate them back to the topic.

i have only been working on this project for about a day, i have only a handful of ideas so far for each of the subject.

Ill update this after i have developed my ideas generated via my mind maps which will be when i have a final idea in mind and how i will be able to achive it effectivly.

later,
joe.