Week 10 Studio Tutorial – Photographic Essay
This weeks tutorial was based on the subject of Photography.
We learnt about how the skill of photography can play an integral roll in the design field. How you showcase you idea, emote a feeling, capture the essence of your work to others. “the art of presenting your work”
Within the tutorial lecture I think it is important to note that photography is an effective tool of communication, a form of expression and education.
The aim of todays class is Creating photographic essay that captures the essence of life on the UNSW campus in the autumn of 2019.
With much gusto, I leapt out of my seat and started the assignment in ‘capturing that essence’
After the running about and walking up 1000 stairs later, it was time to edit the photos.
The the editing process was done using adobe bridge.
I have not had any experience in editing photos or using adobe bridge. But in saying that I found it enjoyable in creating and editing photos. It was quite a relaxing process. I
The photo series is called Savage as life at UNSW can be savage. The perspective has a theme - I call it up your nose.
I used a Monochromic styled edit with the edits of increase shadow, clarity and decrease temperature. Having a chilling yet bold effect.
PHOTO 2: SAVAGE BIN CHICKEN
Within the heart of UNSW I found a print of a bin chicken against a wall.
temperatures, shadows and contrast tools to edit
What did I want to emote:
Sad savageness - the lack of wildlife on campus is none existent
PHOTO 3 & 4 : SAVAGE BUILDING
temperatures, shadows Exposure, whites and contrast tools to edit
What did I want to emote:
Bright bold and stark building - hostile bare, but glowing
Black and White, contrast whites and highlights
PHOTO 6: SAVAGE REFLECTION
Increase whites, exposure and decrease saturation and temperature
Black and white, increase black shadows and increase white
Increase temperature, decrease of saturation and exposure and a tint of green
Overall this was an enjoyable stress free tutorial learning about the basic fundamentals of photography. And may I add how interesting it was to transform a photo and create a different photo entirely.
For next time I will focus more on getting better perspectives, angles and the elements within each photo. I will also look into looking at lighting and shadows. something to explore further in the coming weeks. Something I will look into in depth for next weeks class !