Unit 2 - Identity
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Chris Egon
Chris Egon is a British photographer who takes photos of blurred abstract city art his city images can look quite dark and out of focus his is the stile he like to take his pictures in most of his work is very main stream but a vast majority of his work is abstract and abnormal.
His work is also very dark and meek which shows a sense of sadness. His art also shows the colours you don’t think about when you walk past every day. He also tries to show the chaotic scenery of London. I will also set my shutter speed to longer time so the les can take in all the lights.
Also I will uses a tripod on some of the pictures so the can be less blurred but for some I will not use a tripod but for some I will not used the tripod for some because on some of the pictures he blurs them on purpose so you can see some of the vibrant colours in the photo. I think this is an interesting way to show the chaotic and interesting city we live in.
Another reason I wanted to do this artist is that is because I have got more with freedom what and how I take the picture also I can do it where I want to do it. I also am going to going try and go to some of the places he takes photos to make my photos look similar to his.
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Photoshoot plan
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CONTACT SHEET (RAW IMAGES)
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For my photoshoot, I decided to go to places like Mayfair and Oxford Street this I because it is busy with cars, which helps for long exposure because they make light trials when you take a picture with a slow shutter. Also I when in the dark because you can see the light better on the camera. However, on some images I dint set the shutter speed correctly so it didn’t catch the light trail that the cars light make. I also took a tripod to make the pictures steadier so I can have a nice clear images this Is because if I don’t use the tripod the images will be blurry because the shutter is open for a long amount of time and it picks up shack really easily.
DEVELOPMENTS -
EXPLORING DOUBLE EXPOSURE
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When I edited my photos I decided to use a double exposure technique I also make them sand out more by using the burn tool to make the colour stand out more the I also pulled the images out a bit to make them more abstract. Also I tried to make the light a bright as they can be and the background as dark as it can be using the burn tool. Also I double exposed the images onto each other to make the photos more interesting and abstract. However, had to crop some of the images because the white car lights make the images to bright and overexposed which comes out badly when you used the burn tool.
DEVELOPMENTS -
EXPERIMENTING WITH MIRRORING AND COLOUR LOOK UP
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When I edited my picture I made sure to to double expose the image on to each other so that my images will look more in in the style of my artist since he makes the pictures symmetrical I also made the texture blue-ish since the artist does that aswell.
Contact Sheet - redraft exploring long exposure and colour
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For my photo shoot I decided to go to oxford circs and Piccadilly circus. This is because there are more bright lights which is good for long exposure. When I was taking the pictures it took me a will to get the setting correct since when I leave it open for to long I lets a lot of light in And when it close to fast I am unable to capure any of the moving light to take the photo.I had to find the correct angle where the was not to much white light which meant the picture was to over exposed I tried to solve this by trying to avoid taking pictures of white light but it was very difficult as you can see most of my pictures are over exposed
Further Developments
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When I edited my photos I used the burn tool to make the light stand out I also did double exposure to make the pictures more abstract in the style of Chris Egon. I also cropped some of the images since on some of them there was a lot of empty space and you could not see the light that clearly. Then after I used the burn tool and the crop tool I used the light tool which can make the light brighter so it stands out more. However, I was hard to find good picture because on a lot of the pictures I took a lot of them were over exposed which meant they were to bright.
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Experimenting with double exposure
For my developments I decided to double expose the pictures in the style of Chris Egon this meant I double exposed the picture so my image so would look abstract and strange like Chris Egons work. I also merged too images together to make them more interesting.
Contact Sheet
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For my contact sheet I decided to go to Paddington basin to take the to take long exposure and discorded photos I went there because there is a lot of bright lights when I was taking the long exposure images it was hard to get the light in to the lens without it gat to much light and becoming over exposed.
Exploring and experimenting with layering
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Process log
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When I edit my pictures I used the burn tool to make the colour more visible I also double expose to make the picture more abstract in the style of Chris Egon. I used the burn tool again to get rid of some of the back ground light then I change the propertys of the picture to make it more blue like Chris Egon.
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