Friday, 29 April 2011
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Images from Mark Ryden
http://www.markryden.com/press/index.html - Bunnies and Bees 2001 is a great explanation of how he works
Thursday, 31 March 2011
There and back again
I started thinking about the process of the reversing the camera in an effort to find a good source for the projected image; Taking a specific viewpoint and projecting the same viewpoint into a part of the image - like I've done before finding available surfaces. The idea would be a kind of reprocessing of the image; taking a photo and then shooting it back out of the camera into a window in the image.
After considering and scouting for locations I come to a halt as my idea seems to not quite sit right - I thought of the other way round like I've previously mentioned; for the opposite view to be projected - so is like a mirror - or the picture looking back at you.
And then I switch back again - my main crisis was where the images to project would come from, and even though something relevant from the area I'm photographing seems to have potential for a better rounded concept - projecting from my own head will produce more interesting results.
I've been wanting to integrate other mediums into my technique recently, something to help the result reflect myself better. Painting got me into photography and now I see a way I can use to it enhance what I'm doing - better than to use cg and cut out images (Although I'm not ruling a combination out if it seems like a good idea) it would be like I'm painting directly on to the surfaces I'm projecting on to. What I paint almost doesn't matter as it's the act of projecting (not literally) myself onto a photographic scene. I was there and was free to paint what I wanted with a artistic freedom. But of course this is a fantasy, and I want the image to reflect that.
The large format shooting the result is my way to create a surreal element using some tilt
I remember at a festival in Bristol, the details I don't remember, where you could draw on a touch screen and it would be projected 30 feet on the side of the Lloyds building, in looking for this I found something even better (Making what I'm doing seem very small scale!)
http://fusionaut.videosift.com/video/Laser-Guided-Graffiti-Awesome
They draw on to the building with a laser pen - the movement of the laser pen somehow calibrated with a projector - obviously someone smart with technology worked it out. This makes me realise a huge advantage of painting what I'll project - No computers are directly involved in producing the images - From canvas to negative/positive to projection. Despite my proficiency with computers I much prefer leaving them out.
After considering and scouting for locations I come to a halt as my idea seems to not quite sit right - I thought of the other way round like I've previously mentioned; for the opposite view to be projected - so is like a mirror - or the picture looking back at you.
And then I switch back again - my main crisis was where the images to project would come from, and even though something relevant from the area I'm photographing seems to have potential for a better rounded concept - projecting from my own head will produce more interesting results.
I've been wanting to integrate other mediums into my technique recently, something to help the result reflect myself better. Painting got me into photography and now I see a way I can use to it enhance what I'm doing - better than to use cg and cut out images (Although I'm not ruling a combination out if it seems like a good idea) it would be like I'm painting directly on to the surfaces I'm projecting on to. What I paint almost doesn't matter as it's the act of projecting (not literally) myself onto a photographic scene. I was there and was free to paint what I wanted with a artistic freedom. But of course this is a fantasy, and I want the image to reflect that.
The large format shooting the result is my way to create a surreal element using some tilt
I remember at a festival in Bristol, the details I don't remember, where you could draw on a touch screen and it would be projected 30 feet on the side of the Lloyds building, in looking for this I found something even better (Making what I'm doing seem very small scale!)
http://fusionaut.videosift.com/video/Laser-Guided-Graffiti-Awesome
They draw on to the building with a laser pen - the movement of the laser pen somehow calibrated with a projector - obviously someone smart with technology worked it out. This makes me realise a huge advantage of painting what I'll project - No computers are directly involved in producing the images - From canvas to negative/positive to projection. Despite my proficiency with computers I much prefer leaving them out.
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Positive
Having forgotten about the original positive film I took on my last project after it took a month to arrive - I compared it to the negatives I've been using; And it's much better - White's are so easily blown out on positive!
So despite the cost and slowness I may try and use them again, on my next round.
So despite the cost and slowness I may try and use them again, on my next round.
Reversing the camera
I figured out that optics seem to be very interchangable - I created a projector using a camera and part of the assembly from an enlarger. This had a few good points; The assembly was lighter and with more of a structure so I could use just one lighting stand, so much more portable. I could shoot on 35mm and after developing, roll the film back in to the camera, and use its controls to move the frames - meaning i would have to make or carry around slides.
The idea of reversing the camera was attractive to me - shooting light back through the negative and lighting an area with it's image? I've thought before about taking an image from a related place and projecting it in another - what about using the same viewpoint, and projecting that viewpoint, for example in the daytime in to the night scene?
Using the 35mm wasn't flawless - the mechanism was more a chore than a blessing, and often wouldn't align well (a slide is slightly smaller than a negative, whereas the opening on a camera is the same). Therefore, for now I'll go back to use a setup that can take a slide - but still using a camera lens on the front with some kind of aperture control.
Other notes:
- Print on to acetate to get the dynamic range in the projected negatives.
- Start creating workbook properly after this friday! As this has been recorded mainly here so far :/
The idea of reversing the camera was attractive to me - shooting light back through the negative and lighting an area with it's image? I've thought before about taking an image from a related place and projecting it in another - what about using the same viewpoint, and projecting that viewpoint, for example in the daytime in to the night scene?
Using the 35mm wasn't flawless - the mechanism was more a chore than a blessing, and often wouldn't align well (a slide is slightly smaller than a negative, whereas the opening on a camera is the same). Therefore, for now I'll go back to use a setup that can take a slide - but still using a camera lens on the front with some kind of aperture control.
Other notes:
- Print on to acetate to get the dynamic range in the projected negatives.
- Start creating workbook properly after this friday! As this has been recorded mainly here so far :/
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
I came across the film 'Sullivan's Travels' for the synopsis - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan's_Travels
As my current ideas are based around a light playful comedy, I was worried that there might not be enough depth to it - but this film has a lesson in it - just to make something for amusement isn't of any less value.
I think again (and again) of Gilliams statement - " I think it's more important to be educated, to read, to learn things, because if you're gonna be in the media and if you'll have to say things, you have to know things. If you only know about cameras and 'the media"
As my current ideas are based around a light playful comedy, I was worried that there might not be enough depth to it - but this film has a lesson in it - just to make something for amusement isn't of any less value.
I think again (and again) of Gilliams statement - " I think it's more important to be educated, to read, to learn things, because if you're gonna be in the media and if you'll have to say things, you have to know things. If you only know about cameras and 'the media"
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