Halloween Inspired Photography.

The final peice pictures for my latest project. I used the theme "halloween" and took inspiration from Diane Arbus' pictures of abnormal looking people and the locations she uses to take these photographs.

A mask I found in the loft. It had rotted away over time which I think looked good on the photographs.

I used a fast shutterspeed to capture the leaves in the air. Because the shutterspeed was so fast, I had to use flash to get enough light into the picture. When I looked  back at the image, I didnt like the orangey/yellow colours which is why I made the photograph black and white and put more contrast onto the photograph.

Taken with a low aperture (F3.5) to get a sharp focus on the subject and the field behind blurred.

Photographers Research

I really like the idea of  photographers"shooting at the hip" in busy places such as cities. Two photographers; Daido Moriyama and William Klein are being exhibited at the Tate at the moment that use this style of photography.

Daido Moriyama uses a small compact camera to take his images and later edits them to be black and white. He wanders around the city he lives in taking pictures of absolutely everything. All of his photography is down to chance as he doesnt know what the photograph will look like until he's took it.

William Klein uses the same style and presents his photographs in books. The majority of his photographs are taken in New York showing the less glamous side to it, than it is known for.

Growing Up.

Part of my final piece for my college project. I used parts of videos I made when I was younger to make a video of me growing up..

Photography Day Course- October 2012

I attended a day- long photography course through the company "go digital". It was mainly about aperture and focus points. I learnt so much that I never knew before and now use the skills I learnt in my photography which has improved it a lot. These are some of the pictures I took on the course.

Diane Arbus

DIANE ARBUS

 In my college essay I am looking at the photographer Diane Arbus. One of the pictures she is most famous for is this photo of Cathleen and Colleen Wade taken at a twins and triplets Christmas Party.

In my family there are identical twins called Kate and Danielle Wilson. I asked them to match the pose of Diane Arbus' photo of identical twins. I used a plain coloured background and flash to focus all the attention on the subjects like she did.

I also told the twin on the left not to smile as much as the one on the right to match expression of the faces on the twin's photo.

First Go At Wedding Photography

My Uncle Paul and now Auntie Kimberely got married on Saturday 13th October. They hired a photographer but said I could shadow them and take my own photos.

water (college video clip)