extra ordinary
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Powerpoints exploring the photographs, experiments and research.TRANSCRIPT
Photography – Final Major Project Robyn Louise Ha:on
Defini&on: Extra Ordinary Beyond what is ordinary or usual, highly unusual or excep@onal or remarkable,
"extraordinary authority“ "an extraordinary achievement" "her extraordinary beauty" "enjoyed extraordinary popularity" "an extraordinary capacity for work“ "an extraordinary
session of the legislature"
Mind Map – Extra Ordinary.
Portraits – The head to Neck.
Camouflage – Animal Print.
Colours – Black and white to be the main colour.
Projec@ng images onto skin
Ar@st Research – Alex Lucka.
I chose these photographs as they drew me in with their flawless skin tones. I am also interested in the idea of the women being covered in unusual objects crea@ng a sense of mystery.
This photograph truly intrigued me as it looks like a projec@on as been used onto her chest and I have been learning to do this at college and it is a skill I really enjoy. This image is very elegant because of the pale colours used to set a nice calm vibe and as for the texture on her chest looks like the reflec@on from an ocean, sea or water. The red on her lips stands out the most because of all the fair colours around her, red is also the colour for danger but in a women's case its red lips@ck this could signify power. Also the colours that are shown on her skin tone, hair colour, and eye colour all blend in with the natural coloured background this could be classes as camouflaged.
My Extra Ordinary Photographs
Here I got a friend of mine to have a leopard print pa:ern onto her face I chose to take this photo in colour as it shows the bright colour of her skin and natural colour of her eye. I used nega@ve space because I thought her best feature was her eye. Why did you choose leopard print?
I put this on in black and white to get the detail of the eye, also put the flash on which helped get all detail in one photo. Also used nega@ve space to concentrate on the eye.
My idea to wrap the hair around the face was to make the face more interes@ng also with the animal print emerging down the face. I used the camera angle so it would focus on the eye as it was the models best feature.
The hair being wrapped all over the face bases a feeling of being trapped or not being able to escape that’s what I feel this image represents. Also puTng them in black and white give the photograph a sense of darkness.
Light Box experimenta@on.
Evalua@on.
My inten@on when taking this photograph was to capture the eye in close up and layered over a photograph of the face. This image really reminds me of being posed also the colour being in black and white gives the photographs more darkness. Both photographs are sharp in focus as I needed the lines and curves of the images to be perfect so when I placed them onto each other you could see them both properly. If I was to reshoot my photograph I would have tried some different techniques like using nega@ve space or camera posi@on. I think the strong pa:erns on the image is the outline of the eye also the eyelashes, because there black they stand out more onto the pale bits of the image.
Bela Borsdi
Bela Borsodi was born in Vienna 1966. A[er studying graphic design and fine art he started to work as a photographer. In 1992 Bela moved to New York and in 1999 he focused on s@ll life photography, which is s@ll the main direc@on of his work. Bela lives and works in New York.
Secondary research.
My Photography
The photographs I have taken are inspired by Bela borsdi as I used the accessories idea in a different view, in a not so sexual view as the photographs the ar@st produced. I think the weakness of these photographs are that they were done in a rush and do not have all the detail and effort I would have liked but also doing them in a rush is another technique that has been used in my project as exploring techniques is a well benefi:ed idea.
Evalua@on I took these photos inspired by Bela Borsodi because the jewelry is something that really struck me as it would any girl who enjoys fashion, The photograph has its ups and downs, its nega@ves and posi@ves In this image It contrasted really well against the models skin colour as she is a pale white and puTng the image in black and white the dark colours make the white colours brighter, the weakness are that some people may find the angle of the image slightly abnormal because its not normally what you would look at when you flick through a magazine or a book for example. I think these photographs really stand out because of the harsh tones of the black and white colours.