Computer experiments

tone- straight images

Tone- Image bank

All of these images show tone and they are all taken in black and white, although tone can be shown in colour photographs. Tone is often shown with help of the lighting, as where the light hits will have a lighter tone that where it does not and in the hollows of whatever it is in the photograph it will be a darker tone as less light will be hitting it. In most of the images above the shadows have the darkest tone, most are black and the sun or the light source has the lightest tone, white. In the first photo there is a lot of different tones that all contrast with one another, the tree has darker tones on grey where as the grass and the sky are lighter shades of grey so they contrast with the dark tree.

Jai Maisel

Jai Maisel

Jai Maisel is an American photographer that has received any award for his achievements over time, such as the Life time achievement award from the American Society of media photographers and the Infinity award from the International Centre of Photography. Maisels work is not at controversial as someone other photographers as he tick to 'safe' things to take pictures of such as buildings, landscape and people. Maisel milt focuses on depth, form colour and tone in his photographs but in all of them it is apparent that he looks for all of the formal elements when taking a photograph.

The first photograph of Jai Maisels i have chosen to write about is the one above. In this image it is obvious that colour, reflection and form are the three most evident formal elements in this picture. I like this photograph as due to the background being very bright colours, the black bird in front of it contrasts well. As well as this this image looks three dimensional as on the right hand side of the wall there is a shadow cast from the left hand side, showing us that part of the wall is further lout that the other part. Another reason why i like this image is that the bird and wall is reflected, so it looks like there is water or a mirror in-between where the two reflections meet.

The second image of Jai Maisels i have selected to write about is this one of a forest skyline. I like this image as it shows most of the formal elements, mainly movement, lines and colour. I like how to lines above the trees are more translucent compared to the solid, dark green colour of the trees, this makes the clouds that are going over the trees look thin so we can tell that it is only a thin cover over the trees. The way the clouds for thin lines above the trees make its look this its moving towards us, so i like this image as it shows the movement of something that is usually ignored or goes unseen.

The third photograph of Jai Maisels i have chosen to write about is this one of white furniture against the white door. In the picture tone and form are the two main formal elements that are most noticeable. I like this photograph a lot as although everything is white, we can see that the things in the picture are all three dimensional due to the shadows formed from the window that looks to be the the right of the photograph. Through the use of form, Maisel is able toake this picture look three dimensional and stop everything from blending in together as everything has a shadow or slightly different tones, so every element of this photograph is noticeable.

The final photograph of Jai Maisel's i have chosen to write about it a skyline of New York, showing the sun and the clouds above it. I like this image as it mainly uses dark colours and there is a point where the bright colour starts and we can see where it spreads to. In this photograph colour and tone have been taken into a lot of consideration, we can see that colour has as there is a very smooth transition between the yellow/white of the sun, to the black and grey of the city below. As well as this   the clouds and the buildings look three dimensional due to the colour tones of them, As the clouds are darker in the centre and to the right than they are the the left, it shows where the sun is hitting them and this look more three dimensional and makes it stand out more against the blue sky.

Summary paragraph and influence;
To summarise, Jai Maisel's work mainly focus on colour and tone as most of Maisel's work is in black or white. As well as colour i like how he uses the lighting to change the tone of his photographs and to add more depth to them.
 Through looking at Jai Maisels work i have become influence into looking at the colour and tones used. In a lot of Jai Maisel's work he uses a small variation of colours and  lot of different tones of the same colour, therefore when we shot for colour, i took a photo that only has different tones of black, white and greys.

Diane Arbus

Diane Arbus

I have chosen to write about Diane Arbus, a an American photographer, as i find her work to be the most inspirational. Diana Arbus is most well known for her black and white photographs of taken of 'marginal' people (such as nudist, dwarfs or transgender people, just people that are considered to be unusual or 'ugly'. I like Diane Arbus's work a lot as she takes pictures of things that would be 'disgusting' for people to look at in the 40's and 50's, which was then she was most active in photography. Diane Arbus was known as the 'photographer of freaks' to many but i personally respect her for her work as she made a lot of thing, such as being Transgender, less of a taboo subject for many.

This first picture i have chosen of Diane Arbus's is one of her most famous of a Transgender (wo)man. I like this picture the most out of all of the ones she has taken as  being Transgender was a huge taboo topic in the 50's, it was seen as disgusting and highly frowned upon so by Diane Arbus tang this photograph i feel as though it was progress in making Transgender less of a taboo topic like it is today. In this picture Diane Arbus pays particular attention to the form and the lines on his face. When looking at form in the picture its very subtle but in certain places like around his nose and his eye you are able to see that its a three dimensional person in a two dimensional picture. And the lines underneath his eyes and on his hands provide assurance that this photo is of an actually person, not just of a painting.

This photograph is another one of my favourites taken by Diane Arbus. What i like most about this photograph is that although they are twins so they look similar and they are dressed the same, they have completely different facial expressions. The one on the left looks expressionless, making her look quite sad whereas the town on the right looks a lot more happier. I like this picture as it shoes that in the case of people that are the same in so many ways, like twins, everyone feels differently, which is a good message to show as a lot of people just assume children are happy but they're not. In this image tone is used very well as it shows the hollows and defines their faces, making them look more three dimensional.

This images shows a young, skinny boy holding a toy grenade with a slightly worried look on his face. I like this picture as i believe it shows the problem of child soldiers. The way he's holding a toy grenade and has  very worried look on his face shows that children do not want to be soldiers, they are raised with all of thee violent toys like guns and grenades they are being raised to fight in wars. The use of form in this picture shows the the shadows of the tress behind him making them look more three dimensional and the dark tones of his shorts make him stand out against the light tones of the background.

In this picture it shows two 'regular' sized people and a 'giant' person in a living room. This is another one of Diane Arbus's photographs that show 'abnormality' in society. I like this photo of Diane Arbus's  as it shows something that people don't like to see. People try to avoid looking at things that are different or unexplained as it 'scares' people, so by Diane Arbus taking a picture like this it would be weird for people to look at as it shoes the differences in society. In this picture Arbus uses depth to show the heigh of the 'giant' compared to the 'normal' people next to him. Also form is used to make the people look three dimensional in a two dimensional photograph.

Summary and influence paragraph;
To summarise Diane Arbus's work, she takes black and white photographs of topics that were very controversial in that time. She looked into the abnormality of people and the reaction people had when looking at it. Out of the majority of photographers i have looked at, i like Arbus's work the most as she looked at the tone and form of the photograph as well as trying to make taboo topics less of a big thing in society. From looking at Diane Arbus's work i was influenced to look more into the tone of my photographs. As in Arbus's work there isn't a lot of contrast between the tone of the subject and the tone of the background, so when we did the shot for tone, i ensured that some of my photographs only had a slight contrast between the subject and the background.

reflection- straight images

Research Log

Edward Weston

http://www.edward-weston.com

Edward Weston has a very similar style in all of his photographs but he takes pictures of a lot of different things, such as natural forms, nudes and architecture. There are a few people that do not like his work as they find his pictures of nudes to be very controversial, however i find it interesting the way he uses different tones and shadow to make the two dimensional picture appear to be three dimensional. I think Edward Weston's work would be useful when looking at tone and form as it is apparent from all of his photographs that he takes these formal elopements into great consideration.

   Ansel Adams

   http://www.anseladams.com

 
                                         
Ansel Adams is semi-famous photographer. His work is mainly in black and white and he is known for using shadows to create photographs that include the formal element, form. I like Adams work as it he takes a lot of formal elements into consideration before he takes the picture. Ansel Adams work will be useful to me if we ever take pictures based around form, tone, line or depth.

                                                        William de Wiveleslie Abney.

http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/William_de_Wiveleslie_Abney/A/

William de Wiveleslie Abney was a famous british photographer. The vast majority of his photographs were in sepia and the main subject of which his photographers were of was architecture. I like his work as he mainly focused on he lines and the depth of the photograph. William de Wiveleslie Abney's work would come in useful when it comes to taking photos of depth and also form as he uses the shadows to make the buildings/walls look two dimensional.

                                                               Elliot Porter.

http://www.cartermuseum.org/collections/porter/index.php

In contrast to Ansel Adams, Eliot Porter shows form and depth by using colour and tone. I like Elliot Porters work was he often uses tone to show that something has three dimensions in a two dimensional photograph. he uses darker colours to contrast against the lighter colours and often edits them to be more vibrant that they may originally be to show the person looking at it the beauty that colours can hold. I would look at Elliot Porters work if we had to ale photographs of colour or tone as i could take inspiration from hims use of editing and lighting.

Diana Arbus

http://diane-arbus-photography.com

Diana Arbus is an american photographer that only takes pictures in black and white.

There are people who dislike Diana Arbus's work as she sometimes photographs people naked however i personally find Diana Arbus's work inspiring as she always photographs controversial subjects in society. I feel that due to all of her pictures being in back and white it means that whoever is looking at the photograph is able to focus more on what the photograph is trying to portray.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN

Henri Cartier-Bresson is a french photographer that mainly takes photographs in black and white. I like Henri Cartier-Bressons work as he pays a lot of attention to the shadows and lines which create depth and form to the photographs he takes. I would look into more of Henri Cartier-Bresson's work when looking at form as the majority of his photos it is obvious that he has taken the lighting and shadows into great consideration.

Jai Maisel

http://www.jaymaisel.com/recent-work/

Jai Maisel is an American photographer and graphic designer. Jai Maisel is most well known for his use of colour and light in his photographs. I like Maisels work as he doesn't just take pictures of one subject, like buildings, he takes a variety of pictures with subjects ranging from people to architecture, but each picture he takes it is obvious that he is good at capturing for and colour, which would be useful if i were to looking into those topics.

Brian Duffy

http://www.duffyphotographer.com/reportage/#bwg7/315

Brian Duffy takes photographs in a lot of different styles and of a lot of different topics. 

Some of his pictures are about controversial topics and society, some of his photographs are nude, both of these types of his photos cause people to argue gains his work but Brian Duffy also takes a lot of pictures of famous people, supermodels and has taken pictures for Elle magazine. I like his work as although he takes a variety of different pictures he always pays attention to form and colour.

Gyula Halasz (Brassai)

http://www.atgetphotography.com/The-Photographers/BRASSAI.html

Gyula Halasz or Brassai as he's more commonly known, was a famous Hungarian photographer who usually takes portrait photos of people or photographs or landscapes usually taken in black and white. I like Brassai's work as in his pictures of landscapes he focuses a lot on lines, depth and form and in his portraits he focuses a lot on the lines and the form on the faces which make them look three dimensional in a two dimensional photograph.

Robert Capa

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353

Robert Capa is most well known for his photographs during the war, of soldiers and of civilians. All of his photographs are in black and white and tend to have a main focus in the middle of the photograph. I like Robert Capa's work it it would be most useful when looking at movement in pictures as in a lot of his photographs the background is blurry so it appears that there is a lot of movement going on in the background.

Annie Liebovitz

http://annieleibovitz.tumblr.com

Annie Liebovitz are a famous american photographer that specialises in taking photographs of celebrities, eating she is a portrait photographer.
Annie Liebovitz is most famous for her work with Rolling Stone magazine, especially he shoot with John Lennon and his wife, that he insisted join them. The shoot was famous as Lennon was clinging to his wife in the photograph and he said that it captured their relationship exactly, but he was shot and killed five hours after her shoot with him.

Yousef Karsh
http://www.karsh.org

Yousef Karsh is a photographer famous for his portraits of celebrities such as Albert Einstein and the Queen. A lot of people like his work, as he has a great use of tone and all of his photographs ae in black and white, therefore i would look at Karsh's work for inspiration if we were to take more photos of tone and texture.

Jerry Uslesmann.

http://www.uelsmann.net

Jerry Uelsmann is an american photographer famous for his black and white photographs of surreal subjects, like the photograph above that shows a tree growing into hands holding a giant nest. I like Uelsmanns work as they are very different from a lot of other photographers and he uses special effects in his photographs, to make them surreal but he does it so well that it is unnoticeable. I would look at is work when taking photographs of texture and tone as it is obvious he pays great attention to the lighting in his photographs.

Man Ray.
http://www.manraytrust.com

Man Ray was a famous american 'modernist' artist,  most well known for his portrait and fashion photographs. Man Ray was also known for being a painter, which is obvious through his photographs as they are very creative. In all of Man Ry's work, it is obvious that he pays a great attention to detail and i would look at his work for inspiration when taking photographs of shape.

Wolfgang Tillmans.
http://tillmans.co.uk

Wolfgang Tillmans is a famous German 'fine art' photographer. Wolfgang Tillmans work is described to be 'diverse' and it is said that he has a distinguished observation of his surrounding and he his always looking into the foundations that photography is based on. I think the his work would be usual when looking into a variety of topic as all his is work is very diverse.

Alexander Rodchenko.
http://www.moma.org/collection/artist.php?artist_id=4975

Alexander Rodchenko was a famous Russian artist, photographer and graphic designer. Rodchenko is described to be one of the most versatile artists to come about after the Russian revolution. Rochenko inmost famous for his photographs of buildings and structures. I would look more into his work if we were to take most photographs of lines and shape.

Ellen von Unwerth.
http://models.com/people/ellen-von-unwerth

Ellen von Unweth is a famous portrait photographer that specialises in showing 'erotic femininity' in her photographs, which is apparent as most of her photographs contain nudity, while these photos are very controversial and not liked by many, i think her photographs will be useful when taking photographs of form.

Martin Parr.
http://www.martinparr.com/

Martin Parr is a famous British photographer, known for his photojournalism. I like his work as he always takes photos of moments in time, his work includes many photographs that just show day to day life. i would like into his work if we had to take more photographs of colour as al of his works contains bright colours.

Edweard Muybridge.
http://www.eadweardmuybridge.co.uk

Edweard Muybridge is a famous british photographer that is most well know for showing movement and motion with a series of photographs. i like his work as it is a different way to photograph movement rather than just capturing it in one photograph, so i would look into his work more if we were to take more photographs of movement.

Erik Johansson.
http://erikjohanssonphoto.com

Erik Johansson is a famous swedish photographer  that is most well known for his surreal photographs. I like his photographs as they are all of regular situations, like walking the dog, but there is always a surreal twist to them, I would look more into his work when taking picture when looking at colour as his photographs are all very colourful.