Internet Returns!

I finally got the internet back! I also had a photoshoot today in which I modelled for the photographer Graham Sessions http://www.modelmayhem.com/577142

We included my dog in a couple images and I will post it in a second.

I have only edited a couple images so far, here they are:

The second Image is made of 6 images put together and edited on photoshop to get the desired effect.

It took me about half an hour to edit this image, which I don't think is too bad seeing as I have done lots to complete it.

I was surfing the internet late last night and I found a very cool website which allows you to upload and download brushes which can be used in photoshop. The brushes are very cool and allow you to create interesting designs on and as images.

http://www.brusheezy.com/brushes

I have alot of coursework to be getting on with, so I must not spend too much time on my blog tonight.

Thanks for reading!

Lack of Internet

I havent been able to post anything recently because I dont have the internet at my house at the moment. I think i am getting it on the 28th of november and then I can continue blogging! 

If you fancy looking at some images of mine then check out this website:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gemmiev/

thanks for reading!

primary research

For my college work I have needed to research the best photographers/artists to write aboutin my sketchbooks. I posted a forum on modelmayhem.com and asked people for recommendations of artists who they thought were good.

I am going to post here the artists who have kindly let me use them for my research. These artists are exceptionally talented and I would like all of you followers to check them out. :D

so far, I have these photographers who I can research:
http://michaelo.theuntappedsource.com/
http://www.bymichaelo.com/
http://www.studiobild.com/
http://www.badkarma.kk5.org/
http://www.claytoncooper.com/
http://noahhuber.com/


I shall hopefully add some more to the list when I get the research Info I need :D
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A busy half term

I have been all over the place for this last week. I went to Plymouth at the first weekend to see my boyfriend linas.

Isn't he a cutey :P

After Plymouth I went to Bournemouth with my friend Chelsea to see my Dad and to go to The Arts Institute at Bournemouth for an open day so I can apply there for next year.

After that, I came home for all of three hours, and then left for North Devon to go to Ruta's House, where I met again with Linas.

I went out for the day with Ruta on the Friday and we went to Valley of the Rocks at Lynton. Here is one of the photographs from there.

This was taken looking down the valley, I like this one because of the composition and the colours :D

Here is another image I took which is a little more 'arty'

I spent the rest of my week photographing Linas' brother Romas and his band. We went to a beach so that we could use a boat I have photographed before that the boys liked. So I thought I'd show you some beach and band photos.

It was quite hard to photograph them because they would often look away from the camera or pull a silly face, or their hair would fly infront of their faces because of the wind. However they did try hard and I'm glad they listened to me!

This is the first picture I have edited out of all of the group pictures and I may post some more later on.

Now for some beach photos.

This is an image straight from the camera, I haven't edited it at all. I really love all the textures in rock and I spent a few minutes photographing this one.

Two last beach picture and I must go to sleep!

This next one was fun :P

Spot the difference :P

I must go to bed now.

Thanks for reading!

Before and After

I attended an open day at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth on Tuesday. I am going to apply there for next year and hopefully I'll get in.

Im concentrating on my personal statement and I'm getting on with my portfolio. For my course I would be doing a module on photo editing so I'm putting together some before and after images, which I have used photoshop to edit.

Going through my images of before and after, I have looked at my images with more criticism and I am cutting down on my very best images.

Here are some of the images I have edited.

I used the actions I have on photoshop to edit this image.

I used 'boost' to boost the colours and the contrast. I also sharpened the image and then gave it a letterbox crop.

This is another picture of the same dog. I boosted the colours and cropped the image to get rid of the top part of the image. I also had to clone the top left to make it all grass because otherwise the background would be eye catching.

I also sharpened the image and made the right hand side lighter to even out the image more.

When I had edited the images, I realised the grass in the foreground is more in focus than the dog is. I am not as keen on this image as I was before because of this.

This is the end of today's post.

Thanks for reading. :)

More Darkroom Techniques :D

This Image was taken with a pinhole camera. The method is so easy to use. Look up pinhole cameras on wikipedia :D to make a pinhole camera you make a box light tight and then make a tiny hole on one side. You also have to have a flap to open so the paper can be taken in and out. then you just let light in through the hole and it creates an image on your paper. when you put it through the machine that develops it, it comes out like this.

This is the result of printing through a paper negative. A paper negative is where you peel the thin layer print off of the paper and then print through it like a contact sheet. I realy love the effect it has had on the image, it looks almost like its been rained on.

This is the solarized image that I used for the paper neg.

This image was taken with a fish eye lens.

Darkroom Technique

I handed in my street photography assignment yesterday. Now I'm focusing on a project where I'm using stereotypes as my main focus. I'm also writing up a sketchbook which has all the darkroom experiments that we have done in it. Not alot of people know much about the darkroom and what can be made by experimenting with different techniques so I thought I'd post the experiments here. :] I'm going to go get my scanner so I can scan the piccies in.

In this image I printed through the plastic which I had drawn half a picture on. My friend drew the other half of the person and we printed them side by side.

I printed this image by placing the plastic onto some photography paper and then I put the glass on top and printed through it. This is the result, above.

Using the filters in the darkroom I experimented with the contrast. This is what using the filters does to an image:

Before and After

The below image was made by putting my fingertips into some developer and then pressing them onto photography paper, I then put the image into a tray of fix for five minutes and then into the wash for another 10 minutes.

Here are some more images from this experiment:

This next experiment is called sunlight printing. To do this, you put some flowers onto some photography paper and then place some glass over the top, you then leave it there for about ten minutes and then you put it into the fix for ten minutes.

These are just a few of the experiments I have done, I will post the rest tomorrow.

I'm watching CSI now then I'm gonna go bed.

Thanks for reading.