Time & the image; Conclusion

Final shoot

DSLR camera, 3x Tungsten lights, tripod, shallow bowl.

Olive oil, food colouring & red drinking squash (added flour to create a thicker consistency).

Shutter speed 1/125, Aperture F.4.5, ISO 200, WB tungsten, continuous shooting, Manual focusing.

Images that didn't work from shoot

Final A3 image

  

After seeking advice from my peers the series of three was more successful due to the presentation and the other image was considered too busy. 

The images are of a higher quality through the adjustments I've made. Even though the images are not a reflection of what I set out to accomplish (creating the crown) they are successful and even more so as they are unique. The images have captured time through this split second occurrence being captured as frozen movement, I've fulfilled my own brief as well as the unit's. This is certainly not the end of this project as I intend explore this further with different liquids and materials. 

Feedback

• May work better as individual images
• Create a set in different colours
• Upload them to an image library

Images I've previously  uploaded to an image library

http://www.alamy.com/search/imageresults.aspx?CreativeOn=1&qt=miller&search=&all=1&creative=&adv=1&dtfr=&dtTo=&et=0x000000000000000000000&ag=0&vp=0&loc=0&lic=6&lic=1&hc=&selectdate=1&txtdtfr=&txtdtto=&size=0xFF&ot=1&ot=2&ot=4&ot=8&archive=1&chckarchive=1&aqt=&epqt=&oqt=&nqt=#BHM=foo%3Dbar%26st%3D9%26pn%3D1%26ps%3D30%26sortby%3D2%26qt%3Demma%2520miller%26lic%3D3%26mr%3D0%26pr%3D0%26aoa%3D1%26creative%3D%26videos%3D%26nu%3D%26ccc%3D%26bespoke%3D%26apalib%3D%26ag%3D0%26hc%3D%26et%3D0x000000000000000000000%26vp%3D0%26loc%3D0%26ot%3D15%26imgt%3D0%26dtfr%3D%26dtto%3D%26size%3D0xFF%26archive%3D1%26name%3D%26groupid%3D152291%26pseudoid%3D152291%26userid%3D%26id%3D%26a%3D%26cdid%3D%26cdsrt%3D%26cc%3D%26xstx%3D0%26saveQry%3D%26editorial%3D%26nasty%3D%26t%3D0%26edoptin%3D%26customgeoip%3D

Online journal;                                    http://creativelens.co.uk

An article that I found particularly useful; 

                             http://creativelens.co.uk/index.cfm/articles/shooting-for-stock-libraries1/

Time and the image; research and shoots

I found myself being influenced by the cinematic approach to time;

http://youtu.be/FoI18lCV5mw

The dripping tap is used to give the audience a sense of time, in this clip time has been up via the time-lapse technique. It can also be used to highlight a slow motion scenario. I'm going to produce a still image that captures the action of the drip.

Aperture, issue 158, Photography and time, 2000- Flashback; The photography of Dr Harold Eugene Edgerton.

Edgerton used 35mm movie film camera with a synchronised flash

 

My first shoot

DSLR settings; APERTURE- F/4.5,  SHUTTER SPEED-1/125, ISO-800

Equipment; DSLR camera, Tripod, 2x Tungsten lights, Shallow bowl

Out of 300 images this is the only one I found successful. 

Second shoot

The settings were the same except the shutter speed 1/1000.

Water and blue food colouring;

Milk and blue food colouring;

ISO 400, 1/500 shutter speed

                                                                      Half a crown

I had captured half a crown, however I did not feel fulfilled by the images I had produced. The images didn't excite me the way I had envisioned. The ISO had reduced my image quality dramatically and the end result meant that I had grainy images. In my final shoot I want to explore different liquid consistencies to see if this would alter the outcome, I need a lighter environment so that I can use an ISO of 100-200. 

http://singularityhub.com/2012/02/08/high-speed-photography-captures-art-in-drops-of-water/

http://www.carynesplin.com/water-drop-stage1-crown/

Assignment brief; Time & the image

Brief

I'm going to produce an A3 image that explores both time and narrative; the boundaries of interpretation are vast. The element of time can be taken literally, technically, historically or personally depending on the outcome I want to achieve.  The narrative is either linear (it has a beginning, middle and end) or non-linear.

Exploring time

Chemical processes were the most significant discovery within photography.

Mark Magnan

http://weburbanist.com/2008/11/06/pinhole-photogram-photography-creative-photographers/

Pinhole photography

http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/round-ups/40-classic-pinhole-photos/

“Pinhole photography is a technique that mirrors the way the first cameras were used.”

http://startstudioarts.si.edu/2010/01/tips-and-techniques-pinhole-photography.html

Long exposures

http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2009/06/50-beautiful-long-exposure-photos/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2195752/Artist-takes-light-photography-grave-detailed-designs-skeletons-living-up.html

Fast shutter speeds

http://photo.tutsplus.com/articles/inspiration/100-stunning-photos-that-freeze-time-with-a-fast-shutter/

The following article really helped me understand what contexts I could use to portray the sense of time, without being too literal with the word.

http://www.robinurton.com/history/photography.htm

Narrative

Linear

Duane Michals

http://www.faheykleingallery.com/photographers/michals/personal/michals_pp_frames.htm

Non-Linear

http://zero1magazine.com/2012/07/lightning-appears-for-a-clear-sky/

http://www.kk-tf.com/

After looking into different aspects of the brief, it's now down to me to produce a print that complies with all the requirements of the brief. With a deadline of 7th December I have to plan my shoot with precision as I haven't got much time to amend mistakes.

Exhibition; Taryn Simon

Introduction

The American photographer has produced a full body of work that includes text with her images; this presents the audience with her intentions, motives and the understanding of each image. This body of work is not left to interpretation.  

‘An American index of the hidden and unfamiliar’  

http://www.dphoto.co.nz/photography-news-6900/an-american-index-of-the-hidden-and-unfamiliar-exhibition/

My work

I’m going to present my work within the style of Simon, however I’m going to be using an image I found really compelling within an exhibition that I’ve visited. I’m going to explore how they’ve created the image, the motives behind the image and the desired effect to the target audience.

Shadow catchers exhibition

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2011/january/shadow-catchers-camera-less-photography

Floris Neususs

Installation shot of Floris Neususs'work at the V&A's Shadow Catchers exhibition

The exhibition offered me an insight into photographic practises before the camera became the photographic medium of choice. The work was impressive considering there was nothing digital present; the cyanotypes of Susan Derges are vibrant, the photograms of Floris Neususs are inspiring and innovating. The exhibition really strips photography back to basics with bodies of work that keep the audience in awe; this is a well-equipped exhibition that will even challenge digital practitioners to explore chemical photography.     

'SHADOW CATCHERS, camera-less photography, Martin Barnes, Merrell publishers, 2010'

Here's an interesting forum that starts to discuss the exhibition but then leads to other topics;

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/post/36924144

Digital workshop; Imagery a historical document

Introduction

   “What the Photograph reproduces to infinity has occurred only once: the Photograph mechanically repeats what could never be repeated existentially.”
                      ― Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

The quote by Barthes really defines the image, it can be re-produced on countless occasions but the true worth is that what’s been captured, it can never be re-captured in time. This gives me a strong sense of value within photography, what we are seeing and producing are certainly periods of history without even acknowledging this fact, to even capture the fashion will be of historical value within the future.

http://youtu.be/rptbXU_qwXw

http://listverse.com/2007/08/15/15-incredible-historical-photographs/

'Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs'- Ansel Adams

Due to imagery playing an important role within preserving history, it’s important to handle images with caution and care. Here’s an interesting clip on how Glasgow university expect their students to handle work of others and their own: http://youtu.be/Mcx5l5czVTc