Series and Sequence Folio Layout Activity

 Series and Sequence Folio Layout Activity

I was given two different folio boards. Documentary and cultural. I was to rearrange these photos for each board into different series and sequences that I thought would work well together. 

For the cultural one, I did two different ones. I picked out images that I thought went well together and placed them into groups. I then decided on what I thought would work well for the start of the board and then the bottom. I ended the board with the girl dancing as I liked that the board ended with motion. The only images of movement are of her dancing which I thought would be nice to end on. 

For the documentary one, I decided to start the board off with Maori carvings and then the Marae. As I looked at the images I noticed that the documentary was based on a funeral. I decided the place the images the way a funeral would normally lay out. You arrive, tell stories and memories and then you say goodbye. This is why I ended the board with the burial and family/friends hugging and saying their goodbyes. 

These are the results of the activity. 

Blue & Golden Hour Photography

 Blue & Golden Hour Photography

Blue hour photography is when the sun is just below the horizon line. A short period before or after sunrise and sunset. It's called blue hour as the indirect sunlight is evenly distributed creating a blue tone to the image. Blue hour usually lasts an hour but may vary depending on when and where the photograph is being shot. 

Golden hour is when the sun is low on the horizon. Right before sunrise or sunset. It creates a perfect light in your photograph. It creates a nice warm tone and glows in your image. This is used to create nostalgia and happiness within your images. 

Blue Hour

Blur Hour

Golden Hour

Golden Hour

Daguerreotype Photos

Daguerreotype Photos 

Daguerreotype photos were the first original form of photo available to the public and were popularly used around the 1840s and the 1850s.

Daguerreotype images are very scratchy and are darker (usually black and white or with brown tones). 

To create my daguerreotype images, I opened my original image in photopea and edit my images to be black and white. I also edited my images to have less of a contrast to them using levels and a gradient map. I also then placed different overlays and effects on my images. I used two different dust and scratch overlays and also a dusty/old paper overlay. This helped to create the effect of a Daguerreotype.

I decided to use these images as I thought they would be fitting for this effect. My theme is changes throughout the years focusing on the 1940s, 1980s, and 2020s. I used these images as they are a part of my "olden day" area and thought they would fit this effect more. I also thought this effect would help show that they are meant to be my older images. 

I really liked how these images turned out and I think they would be a good fit for on my board. 

Art Week 5

 Art Week 5

For panel one, I still need more images to collect for my board. Over time I have been collecting images although some images don't fit on my board as well as I wanted. I have made a plan on paper of what images I still want to collect and I also started planning images for what I will have for boards 2 and 3. I also started planning on how I could connect these images to each board and how I will create them to work together well with my theme of changes throughout the years

Lesson 2: I watched a video on double exposure and learned how I can create a double exposure in my images. I think this is something I still need to work on as I don't think I executed the final result correctly. Trying to get the edges smooth and not too sharp is something I struggled with the most. Especially in my images, as there is different lighting and contrast in my images which made it difficult to select all the outside space in my image. 

Lesson 3:

My Kaupapa is changes throughout the years.

What is working well? Linking my photographs back to my artist models is working well and executing their style. 

What needs to be developed for my panel 1?

Learning to link my photographs together better rather than having them look like random series on my board.

Any artists or techniques I could use?

Using the black and white technique would be good for my theme. Contrasts and using different lighting to show my theme better. 

Lesson 4:

My annotations on my new contact sheet:

Images I plan on editing next week which could work for my boards: