Here above I have tried twisting the camera to create this amazing affect and also I have used the zoom burst technique in which I use a slow shutter to then zoom the lens in whilst the picture is being taken to create a warp affect.
Experimenting in the dark room
Pinhole Cameras (photographic paper)
Final Five Images
Here are my final five images I have chosen to put together to make a group to use on different bags…
I chosen to do panning because they go on bags the most suited as these images below could definitley make bags look vibrant and attractive as the panning affect that I’ve used would look like stripes around the bag and all the different colours I’ve used would make people who like bags with lots of colours on attract them to these.
This image is one of my favorite shots as all the lines are sharp and the contrast is really really strong but at the same time the image as a whole It looks like water flowing as if you would take a picture using a long exposure of water and letting it go all silky, and personally it looks just like it except I’m moving my camera diagonally with m own hands on a shutter speed of about a tenth of a second. The image would be perfect apart from one white line that is strangely not going diagonally to the rest of all the lines. In photoshop I have put the contrast up a tiny bit and the saturation up just a bit.
I do like this image because all the are completely straight making the image really strong and all the different tones of greens look really nice. One big problem is that the their is dust dots all over the picture and they are very noticeable, but unfortunately I did not notice these when actually doing the shoot or I would have been able to resolve the problem but unfortunately I couldn’t. Also the lines are slightly out of focus but I couldn’t decide wether I like that as a affect or not. Also I really love that the lines go completely diagonal. Here I took this image using a shutter speed of about a tenth of a second and swiped my camera across a bunch of plants creating this affect. I developed it from panning horizontally and vertically because I thought it would look better like this and I think it did in the end. Also I did up the contrast and saturation in photoshop just a bit because it was lacking in colour in the original image.
I love this image as it really has a strong contrast in colours. The black side looks really good with all the fine white lines cutting threw the black, then you have a really sharp crisp green line splitting the black side from the white and those two colours go really great together and really make the picture. I aimed for this affect by panning my camera along a road with grass at the side on a shutter speed of 10. Overall I think this image a a whole couldnt really be improved much more because as a image to prove that I can use this technique it is fine but it can always be better because it could have more colour or more contrast.
This I really love because of all the really soft but sharp lines curving everywhere overlapping each other and creating a really beautiful water like flowing look which I think makes the image really strong in the sense that is a peacefull image. The creams and browns look really gorgous and go perfectly well together crerating a really nice contrast and I had no need to saturate the image because the deep colours were already their.
Finally I chose this image because it has a very different feel compared to all the others. This image is much more de-saturated but still has some really nice contrast their. The lines going through the picture are much thiner than in the other pictures which make it look as if everything is tangled in the picture and gives a duller mood along with the colour. The yellows, whites and greens really look nice together and the pciture as a whole does remind me of a bush with yellow and white flowers in them because the green lines are very ruff but the yellow and white lines are very smooth like flowers.
Different ways to use experimental photography
Bags often use some very bright and vibrant images and you can often create these using experimental photographing. Patterns can be create such as panning, and using other movements with your camera.
Bags
CD covers can have some really strange and weird pictures on them often and definitely need photographers that are willing to experiment.
CD
Posters such as this one with the smoke in it do require people that are willing to experiment with this kind of stuff and definitely are probably the type of advertisement that need experimental the most.
Posters
Shown by the pictures below mouse mats definitely use some very experimental imaging including macro shots of sweets and other such shots such as zoom burst etc.
Mouse mat
Phone covers also use photos and often would need experimental shots normally with a lot of colour in them.
Iphone cover
Stationary including pens, pencils, rulers and other such equipment nearly all have pictures on them which require experimental pictures.
Stationary designs
In camera editing + Instagram
In camera editing is such a popular technique for when photographers are wanting to create amazing photos, and very professionally, but for experimental use I have often use in camera editing to play around with pictures to create different moods such as gloomy moods by de-saturating the image and taking the contrast down. Also my camera allows to add creative filters or affects which actually really boost an images look but aren’t recommended for situations in which you require high quality images as the affects can often reduce the quality of an image. Some of these affects include toy camera affects, fish eye and Black and white grainy.
Instagram is a app for apple users and other such phones that have this app, in which you can apply different digital filters to your photos. One distinctive feature about instagram is that their pictures are all cropped to squares. I think that instagram would be a very interesting technique too simply play around with and personally it creates some very professional looking images and adds a lot of mood to an image making the image very strong.
Motion Blur
A bit of information on motion blur:
Motion blur is the apparent streaking of rapidly moving objects in a still image or a sequence of images such as a movie or animation. It results when the image being recorded changes during the recording of a single frame, either due to rapid movement or long exposure.
Some amazing examples of motion blur:
Zoom burst
Heres some information on this technique and how to achieve this technique:
Zoom burst is a photographic technique, attainable with zoom lenses with a manual zoom ring.
Using the technique involves zooming while the shutter is open with a relatively slow shutter speed, generally below 1/60th of a second. For this reason low light or small apertures are required. It is also possible to achieve a similar effect with either computer software likeAdobe Photoshop (after the photo has been shot) or a photographic filter. In these cases the shutter speed can be as fast as necessary.
Photographs taken with this technique are characterized by blurred streaks emanating from the center of the photograph. The effect is nearly identical to a motion blur image in which the camera is traveling towards the subject. For this reason the zoom burst is typically used to create an impression of motion towards the subject.
Heres a few examples on this technique:
Drawings Transfered to Photographic paper
Whilst experimenting in the dark room I came up with the idea of cuting a strip of paper to the size of a negative strip and drawing a small picture on the strip about the width of a negative. After drawing a small picture on the strip I put the strip of paper underneath the light box and exposed it onto a piece of photographic paper test strip to get how long I needed the exposure to be and then finally created the full thing with a few drawings and this below is how they turned out.
I was pretty happy with the results and I found out that the finer the line you did the drawing in the more the picture looked sharper afterwards but overall I did enjoy experimenting with this technique and would be something interesting to take up to a higher and more detailed level at some point.
Ethan Jantzer
Artist Ethan Jantzer creates photograms that take photography back to its roots. Moments of boredom while working at a photo lab led Ethan to experiment with raw film and lights and to hone a process he likens to creating a sunburn on film. Just about any object sparks his interest — fish, twine, grass — and he uses liquids such as Gatorade and Windex to achieve the colors he wants. Whether he’s creating a short movie or experimenting with subjects and techniques, Ethan loves the what-if hunt that keeps this art form fresh.
How do you create your photograms, and how did you first come up with this idea?
The medium and basic process of creating an image without a camera dates back to the 1700s. The photogram is how photography began. The techniques I use to create my work is rather unique though and is something I’m always refining. The way a photogram is produced is best understood when you think of it as a sunburn on film. If you were to lay in the sun with a leaf on your back, at the end of the day you would have a sunburn in the shape of that leaf. I essentially do the same thing using large sheets of photographic film or paper.
Most people that study or have studied photography have created photograms. It’s often just a quick exercise used to illustrate how light-sensitive materials work. Years ago, I was working in a professional photo lab, and on my lunch hour I would sneak into a darkroom and mess around a bit. One day I started exposing raw sheets of film to various lights, creating small color studies of sorts. Those “Hey, I’m bored… what happens if I do this?” images quickly led to lots of experiments with sheet film and the basis of my unusual process.
In total darkness, I lay objects on top of or in front of large sheets of photographic film or paper. Once the composition is in place, I flash light through colored liquids like Gatorade or Windex. This burst of saturated colored light creates shadows that are captured on the film or paper. By combining multiple flashes of light from various angles, I am able to create unique photographic images. One thing I really like about the process is how it forces me to pay attention to subtle changes in an object’s form or texture. I guess the same could be said about the images. The lack of detail makes us address or at least acknowledge the often overlooked and subtle details.
Photograms
What is a Photogram?
A photogram is a photographic image made without a camera by placing objects directly onto the surface of a light-sensitive material such as photographic paper and then exposing it to light. The usual result is a negative shadow image that shows variations in tone that depends upon the transparency of the objects used. Areas of the paper that have received no light appear white; those exposed through transparent or semi-transparent objects appear grey.
The techniquie is sometimes called cameraless photography. It was used by Man Ray in his exploration of rayographs. Other artists who have experimented with the technique include László Moholy-Nagy, Christian Schad (who called them “Schadographs”), Imogen Cunningham and Pablo Picasso. Variations of the technique have also been used for scientific purposes.
I really like the look of photograms when I first saw them mainly because of their simplicity and the fact that you could make up such abstract and quirky scenes out of all sorts of bits and the process of doing photograms wasn’t as long winded as other dark room processes.
I will be sure to be having a go at this technique but here are some images I like:
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