Project Brief

For this project we were allowed to chose our own brief so I decided to expand upon my last project in a way. With my last project I dabbled with face paint and found that I was quite good at it, and that also I really enjoyed it as it also involved me becoming more organised with preperation for shoots and I felt my shoots weremore constructed which I enjoyed. However within this project I am not just focusing on face paint but I am focusing on media make up so I wont just recreate characters, but I will focus on other aspects of make up, for example, natural make up, indian wedding inspired make up etc. Also within this project I intend to also use costume to bring a character of the media to life e.g. with indian wedding style make up I hope to also use bindis and saaris. The issue I face with this project is the funding factor however I have found that with face paints you can buy them in bulk for a much cheaper price, also concerning costume, you can buy them on online stores like ebay for a small price. What I will have to be careful of is that all my utensils already arrive in time.

For this brief I havent really researched photographers that influence me because even though I will have to find some during the contextual side of this unit, I am not bothered about being influenced or finding work like mine because it makes my work original.

I think the thing which people may think is that I am focusing too much on the preperation factor as opposed to the actual photography. However I anticipate that with the photos I take and the editing I will do that I will be able to create a character or represent someone in the media. With the images I take I hope not to just display the work I have done concerning face paint as that is not the goal I have intended, I intend to make a character with a setting a mood, their own story, however, I want to fray away from people thinking this is a project on story telling because that was my last project and that is not what this unit is about.
I have had a few ideas on what shoots I will do and I am very excited for all of them:

• The Joker and Harleyquinn - a shoot which shows them as love interests, both showed in their evil manner. Perhaps a location shoot as opposed to in th studio, maybe the location in the city
• The Black Swan- a shoot which will show her after she has completely turned crazy (during her show), this shoot will be completed in the studio as I will use form to show her darkness 
• Two Face- a shoot which will show his two different sides, in the studio as it will keep attention drawn to the face
• In Detail Tiger- a shoot I anticipate to do on a child as it shows how they hide behind the face of something else so often, a shoot for location, hopefully on streets
• Day of the Dead- a shoot which I hope to hae a few pepople of for to show it as an event, a shoot I will complete in the studio so I can use an appropriate backdrop that is plain and will draw attention to the detail of their face 
• Pop Art- a shoot that shows a woman in distress, also displaying popular figures from previous a previous culture, an on location shoot to demonstrate the setting of every day life 
• Indian Wedding- a shoot which shows a cultural version of a classic event, which demonstrates their traditions concerning the look which they have, a shoot for the studio to capture the essence properly as a location shoot which I can afford wont do it justice 
• Natural- a shoot which shows a person as a normal person, something which can be bypassed by the media often, this shoot I will do on location in the city and I will make all shoots seem candid to represent the natural vibe 

Im very excited to start this project and I am also happy with the fact that I have a plan, I am glad I have something to stick by and I will think of more ideas a long the way, using the media as an influence as opposed to a personal photographer.

Close Up Image Bank

I like the close up in this image as you can see all the details of the snakes eye, I like how the photographer has also included the scales around the eyes to show that it is a snake. This image almost seems surreal as the detail of the eye looks drawn, however I know that it is actually the eye. This picture is also quite intimidating because it is almost as if the eye is staring you down. I like how the color has been kept in this picture because it enforces that it is a snake as opposed to it being put in a a different filter and the audience of the photo thinking it is an alligator.

In this image the close up is again of an eye however this time it is a human eye, this picture is very intriguing because it has captured what a person cannot notice through looking, the camera has truly captured the unseen, almost acting like a microscope. I have seen a few pictures like this and I really like every single one, I like how the color of the iris molds against the black hole and makes it seem eternal. I like this picture next to the one above also as it shows the difference between human and animal, they are interesting to look at together. 

In this image the close up is of a dogs nose and because the detail is so strong of the texture of the nose, you can imagine what it feels like, slightly scaly yet smooth due to the wetness which you can see from the shine hitting off the nose. I like how one part of the picture is very sharp and as it drifts off into the left, it becomes slightly out of focus, I do not see any deeper meaning to this however I like the effect. I also like how this photo has been left unedited as it is of an animal and animals are a thing of nature and i believe things that are a product should be kept to their natural form or if edited, only edited to an extent where it seems unnoticable. 

I love close up images of flowers and when I did mine they were mainly of flowers, I feel they picture well. I like how you can see them in detail and in a certain light you wouldn't usually see them as they are merely just below you. Also I feel the beauty of a flower is often bypassed and with a technique such as a close up, I feel the beauty of a flower, or even a weed like this dandelion, is truly captured. The close up on this image makes the petal of this weed seem fluffy and pretty and deny it of the fact that it is an ugly party of nature. I love the composition of this photograph and again I love the fact that it has been left unedited. 

 In this image the close up technique allows the audience to see the pattern with a kiwi, I would have preferred in this picture if the green of the kiwi was slightly enhanced, making it jump out a bit more as I feel that would of made it a little less boring to look at. Also I think the close up technique could of been used in a better context within this picture, for example, a few seeds could of been photographed and the texture of the fruit surrounding the fruit could of been captured in the shot as well, I would have preferred that.

I think my favorite topic for close ups is natural things, such as this elephant, a product of nature. Like the image of the dogs nose, from the close up of the elephants skin, I feel like I can feel the texture which is very interesting. The way it has been kept unedited, the color helps imagine what it would feel like, quite rough. From this image you can also see the elephant has eyelashes which I didn't know they had so this is quite interesting for me to look at, I really like this picture. 

Close Up

Wide Angle

Wide Angle Image Bank

In this image the person in the plane is very close up and this creates an exaggerated perspective for the background as the clouds seem smaller than the person which we know as an audience isn't true however it becomes aesthetically pleasing. What I like about this image is that there seems to be no end to the picture because the clouds seem to continue, I also like the curve as to me it represents the earth.

I like this image as the polls on the bridge seem bigger than the cliff in the background and the lines of the bridge seem very continuos and as the depth from the length increases, everything seems to becoming smaller, this exaggerates the depth within the image. I like how deep this picture actually goes as like the picture above it seems like there is no end as if you look in right hand corner, everything seems to continue very small in a distance.

I love the landscape in this image and I think the lines aide exaggerate the perspective of the background and you can see the background becoming smaller and smaller, I really like this effect. The clouds stay in alignment with the lines and continue right down with the depth. I think this picture is really beautiful and it is a picture I would put under the topic of personal reflection as it is a picture you look at and feel at peace.

In this picture the dogs nose is very big and right at the front of the image, this makes the rest of the dog seem very far away, it even makes his eyes look significantly bigger. I like how you can see the whiskers which people don't usually associate with a dog so it is interesting to see, its like the dog is more detailed in the more focused parts, for example, you can see like shapes like snake skin on the dogs nose. I love the use of wide angle in this picture as it makes you see things you may not have before.

I absolutely love the use of wide angle when shooting landscape, it provides a much more distant view into the photograph and produces and infinite vibe to the picture which I really like. I also like the use of wide angle in landscape pictures such as this as I feel it is like a point of view picture, I can see exactly what the photographer saw. I really like this picture, I love the colors and how subtle the picture is, but yet still so beautiful.

I like this picture as the wide angle brings height to the picture, the way the Eiffel tower goes in after each base hits the corner of the photo makes it seem very high (even though we already know it is). This picture makes it feel as if you are really standing looking up at the Eiffel tower. I like how you can see the top of the tower as it seems to pin point the sky and almost cause a reaction of clouds around it. This picture is very interesting to look at.

Sequence / Animation

Focal Length

Exercise 1 

28 mm 

100mm

300mm

Exercise 2

300mm

100mm

28mm