Lorenza Photography NQ

I'm a student at college this year, in NQ photography. On this page, i'll post my own pictures but also post and explain what I do in class through out the year.

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Pictures To Edit

I really wanted to tell the story of a photographer discovering new places, here France (the beach, the port, the river with the sunset)

Even though the set is ‘simple’, I tried to play around with my point of view, the light, the exposition , the frame, the composition to give life to my pictures.

These would be my favourite photographs I will edit for my finals.

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SHOOTING - SUNSET

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First Shooting - At the beach

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Figurines

Here are some figurines I found, little photographers I could use for my tiny world’s photographs : Photographers discovering places from the south of France 

My favourite one would be this first one : 

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Tiny Words, Storytelling

I am currently in the south of France and I though it could be a good opportunity for me to shoot photographs for this project, ‘Tiny worlds’, showing different places I like going to, showing a whole different culture from Glasgow.

The weather right now is amazing, always sunny and the golden hours and sunsets are beautiful. 

Theres so man replaces I’d like to go to and shoot as, 

the beach and port

Antigone (near the city center)

Peyrou (Park)

The view from the top of ‘Le Corum’

Parc de L’esplanade 

And by walking around the city I will find all these pretty streets we have here and go on recess.

My idea would be to keep it simple with maybe one little figurine, could be a photographer figurine if I find one or a traveller, who would discover the south of France and then play a lot with depth of filed, perspectives, view points, timing of the day, lighting. 

I’d really like to create that ‘travel’ mood, discovering, adventuring and seeing all these beautiful places for the firs time.

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Viewpoints Photographs

The viewpoint from which you shoot your image can make a vast difference to how your subject is perceived. 

As photographer Ansel Adams once said: “A good photograph is knowing where to stand”.

The angle, direction or stance from which you shoot can significantly alter the mood and feel of the photograph. Even subtle changes in viewpoint can completely change the relationship between the objects in the photo and help to show things from a different, more unique perspective.

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Forced Perspective - Super Heroes

‘The Way This Man Takes Pictures With Superheroes Is Both Genius And Funny’

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Forced Perspective - Research

Forced perspective is a technique that employs optical illusion to make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. 

It is used primarily in photography, filmmaking and architecture.

It manipulates human visual perception through the use of scaled objects and the correlation between them and the vantage point of the spectator or camera.

I checked out a lot of forced perspective photography to get an idea of it and some inspiration. Here are some tips I’ve seen online in order to create a good illusion: 

Every element in the frame has to work together. Harmony and composition are the key to a convincing forced perspective shot. Composition can create a realistic 3D scene with the 2D image that a camera produces.The composition is the most crucial part of forced perspective shots. You need to place your subject in the exact spot, or else people will notice the illusion right away.If you want something to look bigger than it is, put it in the foreground. To make it smaller, put it in the background.

Incorporate light, it can be used as a cool prop in your image. 

Use Angles to Make Your Image Look 3D. With forced perspective in photography, you’ll need to think beyond eye-level. You will either need to lay low on the ground or to take pictures from above.

Create a Flat Image, if you want your image to look two dimensional, then make your subject and prop look as flat as possible. Make sure you line up everything

Interact With the Environment to Create Depth. The most common backgrounds for forced perspective include flat surfaces, streets, and buildings. In most cases, people use each location for specific purposes. Forced perspective photographers often look for flat surfaces for big/small illusions. Or they use streets and sidewalks to create an illusion of depth or height. As for buildings, for example the Leaning Tower of Pisa, pretending to hold or carry them is a common trick. You can also think of other ways of interacting with your surroundings.

Use Toys to Add Character to Your Photos. Props are crucial when it comes to turning your ideas into reality. You can use pretty much anything from toys of different sizes to real objects to create such shots. You can place a small item in the foreground to make it look bigger.

Make Viewers Wonder How You Got That Shot. Your image is an illusion, you want people to ask, ‘wow, how did you get that shot?‘ But you should make it easy for viewers to understand what they’re looking at. Get rid of any unnecessary visual elements in your frame to help them get the point of the picture right away. At the same time, you should make it difficult for them to figure out what makes the illusion works.

Use Paper Cut-Outs to Transform Objects. This whimsical images were created by Rich McCor, known on Instagram as ‘Paperboyo’. He turns everyday objects into cute images using paper cut-outs, forced perspective, and a pinch of imagination.

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PORTFOLIO - Possibility of Diptich with 2 ‘blue images’

I could select 2 go these images, as they all have a common colour, for my portfolio and use them on a same frame 

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PORTFOLIO - 5 more images

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PORTFOLIO - 5 more images

4 Digital photographs & 1 black & white print

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PORTFOLIO - 10 IMAGES

7 Digital photographs and 3 black & White Prints 

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TINY WORLDS - RESEARCH

Kim LEUENBERGER, her project ‘Exploring This Big Wild World With My Little Cars’. She received a little replica of an iconic Volkswagen minivan from her parents and it was love at first sight for the young 60's obsessed teenager she was. 

She started posting pictures on instagram and had a really feedback, so now, for the past 8 years, she’s been taking pictures of these minivans, cars... everywhere she’d travel to.

Every car has it’s own design and personality but they all generally create a vintage and retro vibe from the 60′s/ 70′s. I really love that period of time.

I realised that she uses a lot of reflected light, most of the time using water (puddles for example) but also really shallow depth of fields. 

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TINY WOLRDS - RESEARCH

JOSHUA SMITH, a miniaturist and former stencil artist based in Norwood, South Australia. He has showcased his work in London, Paris, Berlin, New York, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan and all over Australia in over 100 exhibitions.

His miniature works primarily focus on the often overlooked aspects of the urban environment such as grime, rust, decay to discarded cigarettes and graffiti perfectly recreated in 1:20 scale miniatures.

I really like his sculptures and sets, it probable took him hours and hours of work, with every little details he puts in every work. He doesn’t forget one single detail in his sets, from a bottle on the floor to a little hole in the wall or a scratch on a sign. The texture is also a strong element I would say, he uses all type of materials.

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TINY WORLDS - RESEARCH

This project will allow my to develop my skills in set building, using available light, storytelling and creative narrative... in miniature.

Here are some photographs I liked while doing my research :

TATSUYA TANAKA, art director and photographer, who has been creating miniature worlds since 2011

Everyday activities like construction work, walking the dog, getting a parking ticket, and plowing through a blizzard become delight-inducing scenarios. Tanaka also plays with pop culture references, building staple skyscrapers for Godzilla to prowl.

Some of his sets probably look pretty simple but he still knows how to communicate a story throughout them.

Everything matters, you can tell Tanaka thought about everything, lighting, depth of field, where the figurine are...

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Finding Light

I used a lot of artificial Lights as it’s been raining all day where I live. The sun came out a few minutes though and I was able to shoot a reflected light shot. The weather is meant to get better in the next few days and I will shoot more photographs finding interesting lighting and I will be posting in on my blog : )

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Light - Diffused Light

I am not sure this is exactly what my lecturers meant by ‘diffused light’ but I interpreted this way, my source of light’s been diffused passing through holes of a lamp