Digital Photograph Experiments

Security camera experiment:

Tilt Shift Experiment:

Initial Digital Photographs

Covert and Obscure Moodboard

Initial ideas: Life

I find this idea the most inspiring and it has the biggest range of possible approaches to take.

For secondary research I will be using Pinterest and Behance to look at images relating to my chosen theme and to create mood boards. For primary research I will be taking pictures of possible ideas that I want to use for my outcome.

The artists I will be looking at are Sally Mann, Barbara Hilski and Justin Quinell.

I would like to experiment using black and white film, drawing/cutting into the photographs by hand and using different tutorials in Photoshop.

Rankin Inspired Photographs

These are my Rankin inspired experiments:

I used black biro pen to scribble out all of the image apart from my eyes.

Here I used a felt tip pen to doodle on my face, I then added some masking tape around the edges of the picture and coloured the picture in with a bit of pink chalk.

I ripped up some newspaper and stuck the pieces around the edges of the picture, I then blocked out my eyes with a piece of masking tape.

For my final experiment I used the sepia effect when taking the image, I then ripped up the picture and stuck the pieces back down on a different page.

Rankin Analysis

This photograph was taken by Rankin for his project called 'Destroy'. For this project Rankin took many pictures of different artists which he then gave back to them so they could 'destroy' or edit them in a way that portrays there personality. These images were then put into a book and are being sold to raise money for the 'Youth music' charity. 

Rankin is a middle aged photographer who has done work for many different companies such as Nike,  Swatch and Vogue. In 2001 he launched a magazine, 'AnOther', that focused on fashion and originality. He has also published over 30 books and his work has been in many galleries around the world.

This is a photograph of Kylie Minogue taken by Rankin. 

It is a close up of the top half of her body from the side. The picture has been made black and white before the singer has drawn over the top of it in red, using make up possibly nail varnish. She may have used this as it is associated with beauty and its an everyday object that she uses. The arrangement of the picture is pleasing as it is very expressive. Kylie has focused the make up in circles around her chest area, this could be because of her battle against breast cancer that she is trying to express through the picture.

The photograph was most likely planned by Rankin as it was taken in a studio and he probably wanted to portray the subject in a certain way. There is no dramatic lighting effects but the main light is behind the subjects head. The photographer has also edited the brightness/contrast of the image to enhance the colours and made it black and white. 

The photograph captures a good mood as the artist is listening to music through headphones and the abstract doodles over it could express how she was feeling. This also gives it a very violent feel to it.