georgia freeman - art foundation: interaction

Oraya Outcome Zine

By Georgia - April 16, 2018

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Oraya Outdoor Shoot Edits

By Georgia - April 13, 2018

development of selections from previous shoot in Lightroom/Photoshop

Playing around with settings and levels/hues in Lightroom and Photoshop I edited the pictures to create a series of photos of which I was happy with and could potentially develop even further through mixed media collaging/drawing/painting/editing.

A main technique that I continued to use was changing the hue of the blues in the photographs to make them more appealing to the aesthetic I was trying to achieve. I would make them more green and bump up the whiteness/brightness of the lighting. I also increased the general brightness of the highlights in the photo to make the subject stand out more. Also, this helped to brighten the glow of the lights on the clothing/coat, therefore increasing the focus on the detail of the model and outfit.

One tool that I enjoyed using this day for these shoots was my rectangular prism. I have gained a lot of inspiration online for cheap ways to improve/change/add more creative elements to the composition of photographs. I've used a prism in my photography for a while now and really love the effect it makes and how it can draw the surroundings from behind the camera back into the layout/cropping frame.

Increasing the brightness of the lighting in these photographs really helped to highlight my idea for this shoot, which is presenting how the lighting/surroundings/environment interacts with the subject and how the subject interacts back with this. Little details in these photos helped to complete what I was looking for, such as reflections in her glasses bringing what she can see back into the picture and using the prism to achieve this too. I love the vivid colours in this shoot and using Lightroom helped me to increase the saturation of these.

To improve further, I would like to try and think more about the outfits the model is wearing and also accessories and experiment with props that the model could be holding to have the subject interact with the environment more...for the carnival it could be things such as toys, lights, sweets, candy floss etc. If I was to try a similar shoot in natural daylight outside, I could try and shoot with surrounding flowers and have the model how the flowers, look at them, smell them etc...all things we'd naturally do in that situation but not necessarily think of it as an 'interaction' or not think to record/document it.

- G

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Oraya Outdoor Light Shoot

By Georgia - April 13, 2018

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Development of Studio Shoot

By Georgia - April 12, 2018

developing my pictures from the previous shoot further through drawing and editing in Photoshop

I wanted to explore portraiture through drawing again so decided to do some digital drawings, using my Wacom tablet and Photoshop I wanted to create a basic, digital outline of Oraya and then use this as a base to work with which, I could then overlay onto other drawings, pictures, scanned sketches etc.

To improve the previous line drawing, I thought about how I could start to put colour back into the composition, this time using the clothing as a statement. So picking a colour that reminds me of the subject, I filled in the top that she was wearing. To develop this further, I could try layering the line drawing on top of a plain block coloured background instead of having a plain white background.

Next, I went on to see how to change how we perceive that person and how we can recognise and interact with the person's figure and silhouette before they speak and before we get close to them.

I played around with 3-D editing in Photoshop and duplicating the picture to make the image appear to have a lot more depth and movement than the original, then adding vibrant colours in to highlight the contrast between the figure and the surroundings. To improve further, I would like to try and print this onto acetate to see how it would interact with the surrounding light as it is held up in daylight or to an artificial light source.

Inspired by the artist 'Dela Deso', I went on to create this vivid drawings, with a slime effect to them. I was very interested in the effect that his artwork created and how the drawing is still interacting with the subject even through post-processing and how the 'slime' follows the contours of the model. To improve further, I would like to print this off on a very large scale and display that and also, print of the original picture/edit of Oraya without the overlaying 'slime' and then make a solution/gel/slime/jelly and recreate the effect in real life. I could even use spray paint to create the drip effect?

DELA DESO;

Some of Deso's work that inspired me;

Sources;

http://www.digitaldeathandgrime.com/

https://nesthq.com/installation-041-deladeso

http://desolateputoface.tumblr.com/post/59117405657/kawaii-grime-o-vision-deladesocom

http://www.ufunk.net/en/illustration/grime-pop-culture/

http://www.protisedi.cz/article/8-bit-screwed-pastel-world-deladeso

- G

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Gel Lighting Studio Shoot

By Georgia - April 12, 2018

exploring use of gel lighting to create coloured photographs in the studio and experimenting with different colours interacting with the surroundings and how it creates different moods

For this shoot, I wanted to experiment with how the lighting in the studio could interact with the model and what different moods/effects it could create. At the beginning, I stuck to using plain white studio lights, having 2 in front of the model at an angle, going off when the shutter was pressed to fill in all of the shadows and make the model fully lit. However I wanted more contrast in her features, so I had one light brighter than the other so that it would power over the light of the left and cast a nice shadow on the left side.

(I then imported these photos into Lightroom and Photoshop, increased the bright/contrast and got rid of any marks that were showing on the plain white background in the studio and got rid of any wrinkles/creases in the studio backdrop by using the content aware tool. I preferred how clean this made the photos look, so I'll carry on using this method in the future.

Developing this studio shoot further, I went on to switch out the colour of the lighting to gel lighting, making use of the pink, blue, red and purple filters. With her particular skin tone, the blue didn't work how I wanted it to, it was making the pictures come out too green and this wasn't the hue/effect I was going for, so I stuck to pinks/purples that gave a nice warm hue to them and were closer to what I was trying to achieve.

Whilst in the studio I thought that I'd also see what shadows/effects I could produce by just using one studio light, I loved how this came out but to improve further, I would've liked to have used a camera that worked better in a low lighting situation so that the subject was clearer, sharper and that less grain was visible. However, I do enjoy the outcome produced and know next time that I could try other things to improve it such as using a tripod or turning up the studio light a tad, and making the shadows darker through post-processing rather than just through the lighting at the time.

To improve on all of this further, I would like to try another studio shoot but plan out more in advance very specific types of photos I would like to produce and how I could use the lighting in much more adventurous ways instead of how I have previously used.

- G