Color/B&W Edits

Emulation 5 Photos

New Emulation

I emulated this photo of reflections on water.  I found this photo on a art sharing site from an unnamed artist.  I like this photo because of the color, mood, and overall composition.  Reflections are an interesting topic to look into because many times reflections are a symbol of someone's true personality, or of how one perceives themselves, or how they are perceived, such as mirrors.  This photograph is of nature, and of a certain being/thing contrasting nature.  I have captured reflections on water in my photos as well.  To emulate the "nature contrasted" theme of this photo I photographed water, from a recent rain,  captured inside of different man made objects (E.g. Pots, birdbath, dips in pavement).  With this project I have tried to capture a "moment" where reflections are captured, and a story is made.

Story Board

Proposal

I will be emulating Catherine Opie and her series, "Surfer".  I am particularly drawn to this series because of the directness of the photos.  All of the portraits are of different surfers, one per photo, and are taken in front of the ocean, presumably where they surf.  Also the blue/gray tone of the photos sets the mood; early morning, and you can almost feel the water from the ocean, and the breeze on the beach.  The subject of the photo is always the surfer with a somewhat neutral background of the ocean.  The surfer is lit well, probably with the three point lighting method.  The surfers look right into the camera, and you feel an energy from the photo as if they just want to jump back in the ocean.  Catherine Opie also has a "sister" series of a group of surfers out on the water, just black dots against the powerful blue ocean, and light blue sky.  This series is an amazing contrast to the "Up Close and Personal" feel from the "Surfer" series.  In my photos I hope to have a mix of "Up Close and Personal" photos, and photos of the subjects far away, just collections of people.  I also hope to set a mood with the colors, either warm with reds, yellows, and oranges, or cool with blues, and greens.  As Catherine Opie used surfers I plan to use musicians, seeing as Doane Stuart has a large supply of them.  I plan to photograph seperate musicians and as a final photograph, photograph them all together in their "zone".  In the portraits I hope to photograph them somewhere that has meaning to them, and their music.  I will try and capture the photos as they are making music.

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Man Ray- "Glass Tears"

This is a film print, which is obvious because this photo was taken in the 1960s, a time before digital existed.  I would say that artificial light was used, just because the photo is so well lit.  Glass beads were used as the woman's "tears".  I would say that the photographer worked alone because their is nothing intricate or difficult about the composition of the photo, that would require additional assistance.  This photo has interesting composition because it is a close up of the face with just the glass tears.  The models makeup adds to the interesting concept.

Catherine Opie- "Surfer Portraits"

These are digital photographs.  Artificial lighting was obviously used because its dark and gray outside, but the surfer is well light.  The surfer is holding a surf board, which is most likely his own.  Their don't appear to be any serious photoshop edits, but the photographer may have changed the exposure to make the photo brighter.  The photographer may have needed an assistant or two to help her carry her equipment.  This series is full of portraits of real surfers at the beach.  The setting, along with the appearance of the surfers makes this series an eye-catching one.

Clare Strand- "Gone Astray Portrait" 

These appear to be digital photographs because of the crisp, and brightness of the photo.  Artificial lighting was used because certain parts of the photo are lit more brightly than others, in a direct sense.  Their is a back drop in the portrait that is used throughout this artist's "Gone Astray Portrait" series.  The photographer changed the photo in Photoshop to make it a black and white photograph.  The photographer may have had assistance to help her set up the set, and to direct the lighting.  These photos are great because the models are all a bit "quirky" which is made apparent through their clothing.  The photos are very obviously posed, and tell a story through the models appearance.

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Nikki S Lee
Clare Strand
Phil Collins
Man Ray

Catherine Opie