Project Proposal

Unconventional portraiture

Dismorfobina by Natalia Pereira

Environmental Portraiture 

Surreal Portraiture

Illustrated Project Proposal

Concept Idea and Issue

I want to do surreal and unconventional portraiture to display peoples insecurities to do with body image, and the idea of "body dysmorphia", either turning people into what they want to be or how they think they are. It can also show different attitudes to things such as gender identity. 

Background

I have decided to focus on body image within portraiture, using surrealism, physical and digital editing to change the way the people in the photographs look. I want to do this concept as it is an interesting look into unconventional portraiture photography. I can also find out about other peoples insecurities and it can help people to feel less alone and trapped about what they perceive to be wrong with them. I would like to first take a picture of them normally and then take the second picture with the physical distortions which I can then edit to show the differences between reality and fiction.

Photographers Research

I knew I wanted to do portraiture but I was inspired specifically by the project "Dismorfobina" by Natalia Pereira. Where she had taken rubber bands and used them to distort the face. She did this to explore the standard of beauty set out by the mainstream media and how that affects people's self-esteem. This is very similar to what I'm doing about peoples insecurities. Another photographer I researched is Giuseppe Mastromatteo who does surrealistic photography, specifically "Indepensense", I looked at him because of the way it seems like the models are hiding in his photos. The last artist I looked at was Justine Kharmara, she did the photos where the man's face is swirled around. Nicolas Bruno is another photographer that has inspired me for this project, he does photography based on what he sees during sleep paralysis, this kind of photography would require lots of editing to do.

Illustrations

These images have influenced me, the first because its like the woman is wearing a mask to hide her true identity, and the second as you cannot see the mans face because of the way it is edited into a swirl.

This image by Guiseppe Mastramattto shows the woman wearing a mask to hide who she really is, this may have connotations to women putting on a "mask" of makeup before leaving as a shield against personal insecurities about the flaws within their face. This also has connotations to hiding your real identity behind a fake persona both online and in reality.













This image shows a man whose face is obscured by a swirl, the swirl covers the eyes and the mouth which could connotate lying as you can tell from the eyes and mouth if someone is lying, as a smile is the best way to tell if someone is lying.

This image shows multiple pictures of the same man overlayed with slits cut out so you can see the other layers. This creates a distorted effect on the photos.

Techniques

The techniques i hope to explore during this project are sequencing and wide angle and close up and slow sync. My photos will also include a lot of physical and computer editing including layering multiple pictures within photoshop.

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Zoom Technique

Zoom

Definition

A lens allowing a camera to change smoothly from a long shot to a close-up or vice versa by varying the focal length.

Most entry level digital SLR cameras are supplied with a zoom lens allowing the user to switch from wide angle shots through to telephoto.   Zoom lens’ are highly flexible, however certain photographers will purchase specific lens for dedicated purposes.

Image bank

My images

My images were of Jade, I was sitting away from her at first and then zoomed in towards her and took two photos which showed this, there is slight distortion on the face which is what is supposed to happen as the middle of her face, around the nose area seems blown out compared to the first picture.

Macro Technique

Macro

Definition

a macro photograph is one in which the size of the subject on the negative or image sensor is life size or greater, although most of the time we will end up looking at a large size image of a really small insect or flower, for example.

Image bank

My images

My first pictures are of flowers, one with a bug inside which is what I was trying to focus on. The pictures are very close to the subject which makes it a macro image. The second pictures are macro pictures of Jade's eye and ear, I like the ear picture the best as you can see the small hairs that are hard to see with the human eye.

Wide Angle and Close Up

Animated GIF Technique

An approach taken when using wide angle lens e.g. 18 mm – 24 mm and shooting the main foreground subject close up.  This approach will render interesting outcomes as the lens distorts the foreground subject.

Wide-angle lenses can be employed when shooting close-ups for a unique approach to working with foreground elements, unusual perspectives and extended depth of field. These combinations can create some of your most dynamic landscape images.

Manual camera settings (to fix the exposure), Manual focus, Direct the shoot (composition/framing and where the moving elements will move from and to are important, Photo-editing software

Animated GIF Technique Work Diary

•       post listing exactly how the images were produced.

•       Analysing the visual outcome (how does the photograph look?)

•       Is it an expected outcome or otherwise, why does the photograph look this way?

•       How  might I improve my image.

•       Progression: in the progression section identify whether you would wish to pursue this technique within your personal investigation.

Animated GIF Technique Image bank 

 (target 5 images linked to the technique)

 Technique straight images 

(target 5 images linked to the technique)

f 9

focal length 22

1/90

ISO 100

f 5.6

focal length 22 

1/90

ISO 100

                                         

f 6.3 

focal length 22

1/90

ISO 100

Brief

Brief for transition week from Georgie Duffy

Animated GIF Technique

Animated GIF Technique

An animated GIF is an image encoded in graphics interchange format (GIF), which contains a number of images or frames in a single file and is described by its own graphics control extension. The frames are presented in a specific order in order to convey animation. An animated GIF can loop endlessly or stop after a few sequences.

how the images were produced.

1. take pictures using a burst shot
2. import to photoshop
3. open timeline
4. create video
5. drag into timeline 
6. adjust duration
7. put on loop
8. save to web
9. loop forever
10. save

Image bank 

My images 

I used a tripod for these pictures and took them using a burst shot making a series of pictures close together in time. I then edited these pictures into a gif, which looks smooth, but it doesn't loop, which I need to fix.