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-Magic
-Super powers
-Nightmares
-Surrealism
Surreal Photography
Uldus Bakhtiozina
Uldus Bakhtiozina graduated from London Central Saint Martins College of Art and started her career in London as a reporter and photographer. Currently lives and works in St. Petersburg. In her photographs and video work, Uldus explores the subjects of self-identification, studies social roles, and their transformation in relation to the archetypes of the past and stereotypes of the present. Her visual language is characterized by fantasy. While reflecting on Russian history and major events such as the Revolution, she is being massively inspired by Russian folklore and fairy tales. Uldus is a member of the Royal Society of Arts , in London, the first Russian speaker in the history of TED and a finalist of 11th Arte Laguna Art Prize. Vogue Italia has called Uldus The Best Young Fashion Photographer and in 2014 she was named one of the strongest women of 2014 according to BBC.
Personally, i really like her work but it looks like it would take lots of time and work. I love how she captures her work and tells a story with it.
Personally, i really like her work but it looks like it would take lots of time and work. I love how she captures her work and tells a story with it.
Stefan Gesell
Stefan Gesell was born in Markshorrgast/Kulmbach and now he lives in Munich. He started in 2005 with a 3 megapixel Pentax but no he uses a Nikon D800 and a Sigma Quattro sd. I found it very hard to find to get information about him.
Personally, I really like his work, it is very detailed.
Personally, I really like his work, it is very detailed.
First shoot
In this shoot we are working on focus and testing out different camera settings. I don't have a plan for this shoot because we are only testing what we're testing camera settings and practicing are skills.
The worst
The pictures are the worst because there either not in focus or the image isn't in focus. I could improve this by staking more time to adjust the settings and i could have tried to be more careful when taking my pictures.
The best
These pictures are the best because the focus isn't as bad and they capture more emotion. Personally, i feel that this shoot was very successful even if it isn't all in focus.
I liked this shoot but it was very difficult. My friend and I had trouble with distance, keeping the camera steady and focus. In the future if I where to try this again I would use a camera mount. This would help hold the camera so I could pay more attention to things such as focus and other aspects of photography. I would also give my self more time so that Im
Cloning
In this shoot I am going to be taking lots of pictures of my friends and then editing them to clone them. I am cloning my friend.
I don't like the outcome of these pictures but I think this is okay because in my next shoot i will reflect on what went wrong. The settings on these pictures are wrong and the pictures are grainy.
The result
Personally, although this shoot didn't go as well as i wanted it still came out good. I like the overall outcome. It doesn’t look very realistic but I think this is because each picture uses a different shutter speed and ISO. In the future I would change this by trying to keep all my settings the same.
Next shoot
In this shoot i will change the background and i will adjust the settings. I will change the iso so its different and i will make it less grainy. I am going to try to take this shoot in the stairs so I can make multiple people sit on the stairs at once. This shoot should be more successful than the last.
Result
These pictures are better than my last pictures. I really like this outcome and it looks like my friend is having a conversation with herself. Because all the settings are the same it makes this picture look so much more high quality than the rest. This picture looks very sharp and I am happy with my outcome.
SHOOT 2:
For my second shoot I am going to use several images of a mirror to create many different outcomes. I am hoping that at the end these images will look very good and I hope they will all have a powerful message.
If I can’t portray each message carefully this shoot could go very wrong and just look like a load of rushed images. I really hope this goes well but if it doesn’t I will learn from my mistakes and try to make my next shoots better and more planned out.
My ISO will vary depending on what the picture is showing. Some of my pictures will be used to show certain moods and others will be used as experiments so I can test out my skills on photo plus.
If I can’t portray each message carefully this shoot could go very wrong and just look like a load of rushed images. I really hope this goes well but if it doesn’t I will learn from my mistakes and try to make my next shoots better and more planned out.
My ISO will vary depending on what the picture is showing. Some of my pictures will be used to show certain moods and others will be used as experiments so I can test out my skills on photo plus.
At first the room was to cramped and it was dark but once I changed my location and adjusted the shutter speed and ISO it was okay. I am happy with the changes I made.
Not so good
These images are way to dark so would be way to hard to edit. They where also at a bad angle so after taking these i asked my friend to kneel down and I changed the settings.
Better
These images are very good. The settings that where changed helped the pictures look a lot brighter. This will make it a lot easier when I have to edit them and because I managed to get better images I will be able to edit more than one.
Editing process for the first picture
First edit
I really like the outcome for this picture because it was incredibly simple. I also like how it only took one lesson to edit and upload everything to my site.
With it being October this shoot was a way of showing something more creative and Halloween themed. I also used this image to test a few tools that I hadn’t yet used.
I will be creating several simple photos in the shoot because it shows my understanding of the editing processes and it shoes some of my editing skills. If I could change this shoot I would take more time when selecting what to delete.
With it being October this shoot was a way of showing something more creative and Halloween themed. I also used this image to test a few tools that I hadn’t yet used.
I will be creating several simple photos in the shoot because it shows my understanding of the editing processes and it shoes some of my editing skills. If I could change this shoot I would take more time when selecting what to delete.
Editing process for the second picture
Second edit
I don't like this shoot because I feel like it doesn't fit. This photo wasn't very successful but my final photo/ photos should be better. I honestly think it just looks like I've edited a poo on her face.
This shoot was more of a recap on how to edit items onto images because over the half term I forgot a lot of my key skills that I need to come out with strong shoots.
This shoot was more of a recap on how to edit items onto images because over the half term I forgot a lot of my key skills that I need to come out with strong shoots.
Why I’m not carrying on with this shoot.
Personally, as a photographer I don’t think this is my style of work so I’m finding it very hard to enjoy making these images. For an artist to really connect with there work and get a strong outcome they have to enjoy there work but I’m not. This have really impacted this shoot because I don’t feel like I want to do it so it’s like I can’t really be bothered. Next time I decide what shoot I want to do I will take more care in picking.
My next shoot
Working in the style of an artist
Erin case
I copied this information from my portraits page. Although I have previously tried to do work in the style of Erin Case I want to retry working in that style. Personally, i feel that my last work was fairly poor quality and I rushed it. This time I a, going to take my time ad think very carefully about the images I will use. Also, instead of using images off the internet to insert inside of my friends face/ body I want to use my own images. I think this will be more effective because I can try to put meaning into my work.
Who is Erin Case?
Erin Case is an award winning visual artist. Her work is based in Midland, Michigan, with a focus in collage. Erin's work has already garnered International attention. Her work was featured in 42 separate locations across Canada for Art in Transit's International Collage Exhibition.
What does she do?
Erin takes normal portraits and removes sections to swap them for a image. This is usually a picture of someone with there face removed and swapped for a landscape.
Personally, I think she is a good photographer. Her images are very clear and easy to understand.
Who is Erin Case?
Erin Case is an award winning visual artist. Her work is based in Midland, Michigan, with a focus in collage. Erin's work has already garnered International attention. Her work was featured in 42 separate locations across Canada for Art in Transit's International Collage Exhibition.
What does she do?
Erin takes normal portraits and removes sections to swap them for a image. This is usually a picture of someone with there face removed and swapped for a landscape.
Personally, I think she is a good photographer. Her images are very clear and easy to understand.
The shoot
In this shoot I have taken lots of varied pictures. I will pick a few to use for this shoot and I will use the rest at different dates. I took these images so that I don't have to keep wasting hours taking the same pictures of just peoles faces. This will help me a lot in the future of this photography GCSE.
The Worst
I don't like these pictures because the backgrounds are to busy, the lighting isn't good or there are other objects in the pictures that I don't want to be there. I learnt from these images and changed the area I'm in and adjusted my camera settings. After I took these images I changed the F stop and the ISO. My camera lens doesn't work on manual but its a really good lens and it really helped me get a good outcome on my other images.
The best
Personally, I really like these images because the lighting is okay, the people are in focus and you can see more emotion. These pictures where quick and easy to take so I took them in my own time instead of in lesson. If I could change any thing about these pictures I would make the emotions more varied.
Editing process
First, I got the image of Pyper and used the select tool to delete her face and the background. Next, I uploaded the image of the beach and changed both images into layers. I copied the beach onto the image of Pyper and moved her above it so that you could see her. I then realized that I don't have an image of a cloud so I found one of the internet. I cut and pasted everything making sure the layers where in the right place.
The final image
The plan
In this lesson I have 40 mins to upload my pictures. I have taken them so that in the future if I can use one in a shoot I wont have to use a hole lesson taking photographs. This shoot should be fast and simple. I know the hair wont match but I think it will still look weird and cool.
The worst
Although the people in these images really liked them I knew I could do better. After taking this image I changed my lens and background. The next images are a lot better.
The best
I really like the outcome of these images. The background reflected the light in all the right places and the shadows are only slightly noticeable. These images where really easy to take. The lens worked really well out it was very awkward because it would only work on a few settings. I left my ISO quite low because the flash was on.