To create my photos on nature, I had to go out and look for the most colourful and liveliest of plants, as I wanted to make my pictures look full of life; not something dull and uninteresting. It took me a while to get those pictures since I didn't want to settle for something mediocre, I thought that since I was already in the mindset and doing my thing; I might as well do it well.
I looked all around the the local parks and investigated every patch of grass to try and get good pictures.
http://naturebygreen.com/wp-content/uploads/g3p1-184x184.jpg - This is a picture from an urban nature photographer called Iain Green, he's been doing nature photography since he was 8 years old, and I believe I can compare my photographs to the work he's done. I might not be as good as him currently, but if I kept digging into photography a lot more, I definitely think I could reach his level of skill.
http://www.urbannaturemedia.com/web09/spring.2011.03.html This is a magazine called the "Urban Nature Magazine", the link above shows an example of the work they show in their issues, and I truly believe my work is comparable to that. The angles, the depth, the colour, the same things can be found in my photographs. I am 99% sure I would have my images featured on their site if I were to simply contact them.
The reason I think so is because I used all my knowledge in photography and spread it out over all of my pictures. I used rule of third, shallow depth of field and framing - as well as carefully setting up the lighting to make the pictures stand out; which if done right, can create beautiful photographs.
Overall, I'm really happy with all of my pictures, they all reach my standard and I believe they have what it takes to appear in a nature photography magazine. I also enjoyed walking around looking for the right sights to snap photos off and then line them up in the most fitting angle. I set myself a challenge to take pictures of beautiful, colourful nature, with a lot of concentration on a single object with a perfect angle, and I believe I took the exact images I imagined and intended to take. The picture match my imagination perfectly and I don't think I would've exchanged any of my pictures for anything else.
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Is DVD dead?
A DVD is an optical
disc storage format, which holds digital information, mostly in forms of films,
music and games. It took over the popularity of VSH and took it out of the
market as it is much more convenient in its use – but lately it’s been getting
major competition from digital software, with arguments proving that it’s a lot
more convenient than DVD, a lot faster, reliable and cheaper; but is that
really the case? In my opinion the DVD is nearing it’s doom. Digital
entertainment is simple and instant, just search for a show/movie and click
play and you’re on your way to watching what you want to. The DVD however takes
a couple of days to mail, sometimes even a week, and the alternative is walking
to the store yourself, not knowing if the copy of your show/movie is there,
especially since DVD renting stores are closing down extremely fast.
Blockbuster for one, the biggest, most popular place to get your movie just a
couple years back, is officially bankrupt due to lack of customers, and HMV is
heading the same route. The day
when digital entertainment takes over is soon, just like the time DVD took over
VSH.
But on the other hand
we have people who argue that digital entertainment doesn’t have the same
sentimental value as a DVD has, for example you could share your DVD with
friends and lend them your copy for viewing, however with Netflix that would be
impossible, and when your subscription runs out, or if your internet goes out,
you wouldn’t have any movies to watch, which is where the DVD trumps digital
copies.
You can also find
special features, such as deleted scenes and behind the scenes on a DVD which
could bring you further entertainment, while digital copies just have the movie
by itself. The DVD in itself could also serve as a storage unit, which is still
really useful, you could download movies form the internet and put them on a
disc, to later watch that on a DVD or share with others. The older generation
could also find it a tad confusing to operate software such as Netflix as it
might be quite confusing for the non-tech savvy, while they could easily
operate a user-friendly DVD.
Another rather
important disadvantage to using DVD’s is the fact you have so many unskippable
trailers and adverts before the movie even starts, which takes 10-15 minutes to
finish, that would probably takes its toll on people and aggravate them.
Overall I believe
digital entertainment is the future, it’s a lot faster, cheaper and better than
DVD’s. You only pay £6 a month for Netflix and you get a selection of thousands
of TV shows and movies. While with DVD’s you pay a minimum of £2 per movie,
which could take a chunk out of your wallet. The only future I could see for
DVD’s is to act as storage units, while people could enjoy a good movie on
Netflix and LoveFilm, until a new competitor comes into play.
Video Installation Evalatuion
The whole process started with me researching different successful installation artists so I could get inspired. The 3 artists I talked about were Rachel Whiteread, Allan McCollum and Pascal Dombis. All 3 differed in styles; for example Rachel is a sculptor, Pascal is a digital artist and Allan does surrogate paintings, which was interesting to research. After snooping around, getting ideas, I've come up with an idea of having a person fighting his inner self just to accept it's help in the end, showing people that it's okay to accept help from others, however, sadly I didn't have enough time to execute it so I went with plan B and decided to go with a person clapping his hands and powder going everywhere, having everything but the powder in black and white to let the viewer enjoy the visual experience.
Something I enjoyed the most has to be the actual researching, as I got the chance to view all kinds of different installation art which really caught my attention. It made me think about how endless a human mind can be, the variety of different ways people can portray their art is truly mind blowing; some were even ideas that would never cross my mind in a million years. Truly astounding.
The only thing I didn't like about this project was the fact that I didn't have the time to execute my initial idea, mainly due to my own fault. I believe it could've been something people would have enjoyed a lot; but unfortunately not enough planning went into the idea so it was dropped.
An annoying thing that happened was the whole editing process, loads of hiccups with Final Cut which would mess up my files and not render properly, a frustrating experience indeed, I was forced to render my video in 240p which destroys it's original captivation.
After showing my video to the whole class, I gathered some important pieces of feedback, I was told that the colours were very interesting to look at as well that they appreciated the fact that same amount of effort went into filming as well as editing. I was also told that the editing was used well and matched what was going on the screen. Main piece of criticism I got was that the quality was bad and the video would improve by a lot if it was just rendered in better quality, and I completely agree with that. I could see people getting offended due to the whole mess that was made during the filming, since it was dry powder it made quite a mess and I could see clean freaks stressing out over that. The quality of the video is also rather offensive.
In conclusion, I found this project to be somewhat satisfying but all in all a very interesting experience. It got me to think outside the box to create something others wouldn't really think of. The classmates also came up with some remarkably captivating work, it shows how vast the imagination of this class can be. If I had the chance to redo the project, I definitely would, to make sure everything goes well in the editing process and I have my video rendered in high quality.
Something I enjoyed the most has to be the actual researching, as I got the chance to view all kinds of different installation art which really caught my attention. It made me think about how endless a human mind can be, the variety of different ways people can portray their art is truly mind blowing; some were even ideas that would never cross my mind in a million years. Truly astounding.
The only thing I didn't like about this project was the fact that I didn't have the time to execute my initial idea, mainly due to my own fault. I believe it could've been something people would have enjoyed a lot; but unfortunately not enough planning went into the idea so it was dropped.
An annoying thing that happened was the whole editing process, loads of hiccups with Final Cut which would mess up my files and not render properly, a frustrating experience indeed, I was forced to render my video in 240p which destroys it's original captivation.
After showing my video to the whole class, I gathered some important pieces of feedback, I was told that the colours were very interesting to look at as well that they appreciated the fact that same amount of effort went into filming as well as editing. I was also told that the editing was used well and matched what was going on the screen. Main piece of criticism I got was that the quality was bad and the video would improve by a lot if it was just rendered in better quality, and I completely agree with that. I could see people getting offended due to the whole mess that was made during the filming, since it was dry powder it made quite a mess and I could see clean freaks stressing out over that. The quality of the video is also rather offensive.
In conclusion, I found this project to be somewhat satisfying but all in all a very interesting experience. It got me to think outside the box to create something others wouldn't really think of. The classmates also came up with some remarkably captivating work, it shows how vast the imagination of this class can be. If I had the chance to redo the project, I definitely would, to make sure everything goes well in the editing process and I have my video rendered in high quality.
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
Tuesday, 12 February 2013
Video installation artists
Rachel Whiteread:
Rachel Whiteread is an English sculptor who focuses her work in a form of casts. She was the first woman to win the Turner Prize back in 1993 and a lot of her work is being exhibited at the Tate Modern. Many of her works are casts of ordinary domestic objects and the space those object do not inhabit, such as the area underneath the furniture.
Her best work, as well as most controversial, is called "House". It is a concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian Terraced house. The main problem people have with it is that it's a simple idea and could've been executed by anyone, those same people believe that art is only art if it looks like Picasso or Van Gogh. In my opinion it's a very interesting idea, the fact that no one ever did that before just proves that not everyone can do it, it takes true imagination to think of pouring concrete into a Victorian house to make a sculpture of it. A very nice idea with great execution.
Her work can be found here:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/slideshow?wi=1&tab=works&wp=1&aid=2319&ws=date&wv=list
Allan McCollum
Allan McCollum is an American artist who was born in California and now lives and works in New York. In 1975, his work was included in the Whitney Biennial and in the late seventies he became especially well known for his series, Surrogate Paintings; which can be found here http://allanmccollum.net/amcnet2/album/surrogatepaintings1.html
He has spent over 40 years exploring how objects achieve public and personal meaning in a world constituted in mass production, focusing most recently on collaborations with small community historical society museums in different parts of the world.
Some people might think his work is rather boring as it is quite repetitive with simple patterns recited over and over again, and I can't say I disagree with that. Most of his work is just the same 1 object pasted repetitively. It isn't something I find very creative since it ranges from just a black square in a frame all over the wall or just a random block on the floor, I don't see how this is considered art. But since he's famous I guess he's doing something right.
His work can be found here:
http://allanmccollum.net/amcnet2/album/album.html
Pascal Dombis
Pascal Dombis is a digital artist who uses computers and algorithms to create repeats and loops of simple processes to create his form art. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions around the world and is a part of several public and private collections. He is well known for his excessive use of simple algorithmic rules and when those rules are put in an excessive process, new and unpredictable forms are usually created.
Personally, I am on the fence about his art, since it is digitally created he could just get his software to create random patterns and it would be considered art, when in reality it's a bunch of lines tangled together to create a pallet of jumbled colours, almost as if a child messed around on canvas with a bunch of paint.
Don't get me wrong, some of his art is some real eye candy, but most of it is the same thing. If he could keep up art that looks pleasant to the eye, I wouldn't have any problem with it, but since most of it is repetitive, that's where the complaints come in.
His work can be found here:
http://dombis.com/category/works/
Rachel Whiteread is an English sculptor who focuses her work in a form of casts. She was the first woman to win the Turner Prize back in 1993 and a lot of her work is being exhibited at the Tate Modern. Many of her works are casts of ordinary domestic objects and the space those object do not inhabit, such as the area underneath the furniture.
Her best work, as well as most controversial, is called "House". It is a concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian Terraced house. The main problem people have with it is that it's a simple idea and could've been executed by anyone, those same people believe that art is only art if it looks like Picasso or Van Gogh. In my opinion it's a very interesting idea, the fact that no one ever did that before just proves that not everyone can do it, it takes true imagination to think of pouring concrete into a Victorian house to make a sculpture of it. A very nice idea with great execution.
Her work can be found here:
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/slideshow?wi=1&tab=works&wp=1&aid=2319&ws=date&wv=list
Allan McCollum
Allan McCollum is an American artist who was born in California and now lives and works in New York. In 1975, his work was included in the Whitney Biennial and in the late seventies he became especially well known for his series, Surrogate Paintings; which can be found here http://allanmccollum.net/amcnet2/album/surrogatepaintings1.html
He has spent over 40 years exploring how objects achieve public and personal meaning in a world constituted in mass production, focusing most recently on collaborations with small community historical society museums in different parts of the world.
Some people might think his work is rather boring as it is quite repetitive with simple patterns recited over and over again, and I can't say I disagree with that. Most of his work is just the same 1 object pasted repetitively. It isn't something I find very creative since it ranges from just a black square in a frame all over the wall or just a random block on the floor, I don't see how this is considered art. But since he's famous I guess he's doing something right.
His work can be found here:
http://allanmccollum.net/amcnet2/album/album.html
Pascal Dombis
Pascal Dombis is a digital artist who uses computers and algorithms to create repeats and loops of simple processes to create his form art. His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions around the world and is a part of several public and private collections. He is well known for his excessive use of simple algorithmic rules and when those rules are put in an excessive process, new and unpredictable forms are usually created.
Personally, I am on the fence about his art, since it is digitally created he could just get his software to create random patterns and it would be considered art, when in reality it's a bunch of lines tangled together to create a pallet of jumbled colours, almost as if a child messed around on canvas with a bunch of paint.
Don't get me wrong, some of his art is some real eye candy, but most of it is the same thing. If he could keep up art that looks pleasant to the eye, I wouldn't have any problem with it, but since most of it is repetitive, that's where the complaints come in.
His work can be found here:
http://dombis.com/category/works/
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