macro photography
a01: contextual understanding
Brainstorm
artist research- Pyanek
suren manvelyan
Born in 1976, Manvelyan started to photograph when he was sixteen and became a professional photographer in 2006. His photographic interests span from Macro to portrait photography. Manvelyan's photos have been published in numerous magazines and newspapers in Armenia and worldwide.
His latest popular series of close ups of a human eye – entitled “Your beautiful eyes,” together with a similar series on “Animal eyes,” have been highly anticipated and viewed by many. They were published by National Geographic, Yahoo!, Die Zeit, |
BrassaiBrassai was a Hungarian photographer , sculptor, writer, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. Brassai trained as an artist and settled in Paris in 1924. There he worked as a sculptor, painter, and journalist and associated with such artists as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, and the writer Henry Miller.
Brassai uses light to highlight he details in each object . All of his macro surrealist photography is in black and white, to convey the message that everyday is black and white and is ultimately the same. He has taken the photograph at an angle in which part of the main object is visible so therefore makes the object distinguishable. He focused on everyday objects such as bus tickets, tooth paste and rubber bands but also more unusual objects such as cooked bacon and pieces of frayed cotton and cardboard. |
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pyanek inspired photographs- various objects and patterns
These photographs are in the style of Pyanek. I have used a macro filter to get this 'zoomed in' effect. I have taken photographs of various objects and surfaces from around my house (which is similar to my artist) like textured wallpaper and kitchen worktop surfaces, but also everyday objects like a sieve and a candle.
my top 2 photographs
These are my two favourite photographs from this photo-shoot as the macro lens has been used in a way that suits the style of the photographers I have chosen to work with. The lens has to be used at a specific angle to ensure it is close enough to the subject to pick up its details in the photograph like the photograph above to capture the intricate mesh of the sieve. Using the macro filter also creates a sense of depth in the photograph as it only focuses on zoomed in parts of the image.
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The objective of this photoshoot was to focus and move on from the textures of surfaces. This photoshoot aimed at taking photographs in a macro style of everyday objects most households have, for example an iron.
top 2
These are my two favourite photographs from this photoshoot as the macro-filter helps distort the photograph and draws attention to the magnified detail of the different objects. The subject matter links to the photographer Pyanek who focuses on everyday objects most households contain and I have chosen to focus on a worn outside tap and a fire guard around my fireplace. The second object is old and worn this creates a vintage and weathered atmosphere in the photograph. The rust and limescale build up on the outside tap also helps contribute to this weathered effect as it gives it character. The second photograph has been distorted in a way that magnifies the details but simultaneously leaves the viewer unaware as to what the subject of the photographs are focusing on.
photo-shop EXPERIMENTATION in the style of brassai/ pyanek
I have experimented with my previous photo-shoot, by using photo-shop. I have pieced together the images like a jigsaw, I am going to move on from this and focus on the images themselves. Instead of piecing the images together to look like the object I will instead give the viewer individual clues as to what the object is without directly telling the viewer.
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I have decided I am going to further my use of the 'quadrant' layout as I feel it helps contribute to the photograph as a whole because it helps aid the viewer to realize what the object is but also doesn't give away too much information. I have come to the realization that the use of metal and cooler tones like blue help create a metallic/cool atmosphere. I have decided to discard objects that aren't metallic or relates to metal as I have realized this will help define a theme throughout my photo-shoots and final pieces.
photo-shoot 3
The aim of this photo-shoot was to improve upon my previous photo-shoots and to focus on objects every household has. I have taken photographs of objects zoomed in obscuring the object itself, focusing on the pattern but also on the definitive shape of the object itself. I will do more photoshoots differentiating between the pattern of the object and the shape of the object itself.
top 2
These are my two favourite photographs from this shoot because the natural lighting naturally accentuates the highlights of each object. The use of the macro lens clearly defines the hidden detail in the match stick, that people are unable to see with the naked eye. I am going to get a stronger macro lens so I can obscure each object making the viewer unaware as to what the actual object is.
photo-shoot 4
The aim of this photo-shoot was to focus on taking macro-photographs of part of an object so they can then be pieced together, almost like a jigsaw. The pictures will be placed together but will have to be intrinsically good photographs, that will stand alone. I think this photo-shoot went well as I managed to take photographs of a range of everyday objects. Having experimented with metal objects I have realised the metallic tones and the bluish tinge is aesthetically pleasing that would be easy to replicate in future photo-shoots.
top 2 photogrAPHS
These are my two favourite photographs as they are in focus and the macro filter has been used correctly to get in as close as possible to the objects themselves. The first photograph is the strap of a watch, this is one of my favourite photographs as it is bright and the colours are harmonious and attracts the attention of the viewer. The use of the natural lighting in the second helps accentuate the natural reflective surface, this makes the photograph aesthetically pleasing.
photo-shoot 6 - ice cream scoop
The aim of this photo-shoot was to improve upon my previous photo-shoots but to also improve the use of lighting in the photographs. I would have preferred to have done the photo-shoot earlier in the day, so the photographs don't look as synthetic. I don't really like the light as it doesn't look very aesthetically pleasing and would prefer to use natural daylight that is bluer.
I feel in this photo-shoot the use of the macro lens was fine but the lighting wasn't suitable for my theme, although I've experimented with the hue and saturation on photo-shop I still feel as if I would need to re-do this photo-shoot.
photo-shoot 7 - Ice cream scoop
I've decided to re-do photo-shoot 6 as I feel the lighting was too warm for the metallic objects and wanted the tones in the photographs, and possible final pieces to be cooler. I felt the photo-graphs and subject matter were fine so decided to only change the time of day the photo-graphs were taken because of the natural lighting and the bluish tint this subsequently creates.
photo-shoot 8 - thermometer
photo-shoot 10 - compact pliers
The aim of this photo-shoot was to extend and improve the use of the macro lens. I feel as if the object represented my chosen theme of close up, macro photography that focuses on metallic everyday objects. I will definitely develop the use of the quadrant layout as this helps aid the viewer to come to a conclusion as to what the actual object is.