Camera Phone Photography

I am always excited by unique ways of creating new images.

When I found out about the instagram app on the Iphone I was  immediately inspired and interested in doing some of my own.

I also felt as though it was a part of the era we're living in now. Much like how polaroid camera's are always thought to belong in the 80s.

I will be doing some more instagram photos as a project on the side of my college work.

Camera Phone Photography

Fashion Shoot

When planning my fashion shoot I was inspired by so many idea's. I ended up having the idea of 80's rock n roll glamour fixed into my mind. I decided planning on who I wanted to model for me and what I wanted them to wear as soon as I made up my mind.

The jacket really stands out in these images. I feel as though a piece of the 80s actually exists in the image because of the era the jacket came from. I also like the reds, blacks and blues that clash with each other. I used a white back drop as I wanted the colours and the leather jacket to stand out as much as possible. The bandana and sunglasses were used to give it more of an edge.

Architecture shoot

Today I sent my Photographs from the architecture shoot to the Rector of Castor church.

I thought it was about time to upload the rest onto my blog.

Text and Image theme

When I look back on my life, it’s not that I don’t want to see things exactly as they happened, it’s just that I prefer to remember them in an artistic way. And truthfully, the lie of it all is much more honest because I invented it.

Clinical psychology tells us arguably that trauma is the ultimate killer. Memories are not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics; they can be lost forever. It’s sort of like my past is an unfinished painting and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again.

It’s not that I’ve been dishonest; it’s just that I loathe reality.

For example, those nurses – they’re wearing next season Calvin Klein, and so am I. And the shoes – custom Giuseppe Zanotti. I tipped their gauze caps to the side like Parisian berets because I think it’s romantic, and I also believe that mint will be very big in fashion next Spring.

Check out this nurse on the right, she’s got a great ass. Bam.

The truth is, back then at the clinic, they only wore those funny hats to keep the blood out of their hair. And that girl on the left – she ordered gummy bears and a knife a couple of hours ago. They only gave her the gummy bears.

I’d wished they’d only given me the gummy bears.

Self Portrait

I done a couple of self portraits last week and this one in particular was one of my favourites.

Fashion Brief

I started my fashion brief today in college. I was put in a group of 3 and I sorted out when I was going to be in the studio to do a practice shoot and a final shoot.

I had many ideas of what I wanted the final images to turn out like however It left me changing my mind every 20 minutes.I then went on to brain storm many style icons as I could think of. I looked for inspiration in people such as Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and Lady gaga. I wanted to contrast the clothing and makeup with contemporary and old fashioned styles.

Architecture Shoot

I thought this was one of the best shots I got while photographing the church in Castor. I loved the black against the windows. I also liked how the windows at each side of the building were different shapes. The sharpness of the photograph is another nice quality. 

What I've Been Up To.

Lately I have been playing around with lots of picture taking techniques. I have been visiting many locations with my 35mm I have taken from the college. The pictures I have taken mostly consist of Street and Architecture photography.

I have also borrowed a Holga and intent to work on taking pictures for my analogue work book.

Today however I have been focusing on Lumen prints however they haven't gone according to plan so I have decided to do some more tomorrow with different objects.

London Photography Exhibition

I went to the Steve McCurry and Post Modern photography exhibitions on the third week of being at college. It was planned be myself and a group of people on my course.

Week 2

Monday

Monday consisted of talks about the college and the colleges equality policy. Not much photography work was accomplished.

Tuesday


Tuesday still consisted of different college talks about information. However was shown where I could pick up Photography books in the library. At lunch I decided to head into peterborough town centre to capture some shots on the film camera I have booked out of the college. Most of the pictures taken were of gravestones and the city cathedral.

After lunch we went over health and safety in the dark room. My notes consisted of instructions such has, gloves and aprons should be worn etc. Basically a run through of things we had to take care of.


Wednesday


On Wednesday we were taken into the studio, where again we were taught about health and safety in the studio, and how to set lighting on a tripod correctly. Also the use of taping wires down from the lighting etc so people can't trip over.

After Lunch, I developed my film in the dark room. Firstly I developed all my film onto a contact sheet, then chose a picture off of the contact sheet (after finding the right amount of time exposed to light) to develop. I lost one of my films in the dark when developing, making it a lesson to not forget in future when using the dark room.

Notes

Developing prints in the dark room.
Put the prints into Developer and constant agitation Stop water for 1 minute. Add to Fix for 5 minutes. Clean then Dry.

Starting BTEC National diploma 3

Day 1

I started my BTEC National diploma 3 course on Monday 5th september. We were given film camera's to use and play around with. It was one of my first times using a film camera, therefore found it difficult to obtain the right composition and lighting. After going out into peterborough town centre taking pictures from the film camera I had been given (phenix 35mm) We had to take the film and put it onto a reel, in a container (forgot the name) need to revise. I found this most difficult as we had to do all of this in a black bag without looking, in the end I had to have assistance. We were then taught about dark rooms and how to develop our photographs.

Notes Taken From My Note Book


Develop film-13 mins at 20 degrees celsius. (agitate not aggravate as I kept saying for 1 minute, then again every 30 seconds for the remaining 12 minutes. - The next step is to stop, and add to water for 1-2 minutes, then add to the Fix (HYPO). Clean then Dry.

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Day 2

The second day We had to develop our prints.
Forgot notes however will find right times and post.
We also had to present our work. I chose to use a power point presentation to display my work, and write notes for myself to talk about them. I need to remember to keep saving my work through, because I forgot to save the night before meaning some of my work didn't get seen.
We were given homework to search for a minimum of 5 famous photographers and present on a powerpoint.

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Day 3

The third day we started with the presentation of our photographers I chose to present Linda McCartney, Ansel Adams, Andy Goldsworthy, Jill Greenberg and David Chapelle. I also noted down more photographers that other people had shown giving me a total of 54 photographers.
After we were taught how to contact print, which involved picking one of our best developed shots and contact printing it. My prints came out under exposed, but however I believe it was because my shutter speed was up too high and not at the hands of my contact print.
At the end of the day I booked a Film camera out to practice on over the weekend, making sure it is returned in on monday. I also got 2 film rolls to use.