Connecting Essay

 This is a light graffiti photograph I have taken using a sparkler, I have taken this photo by extending the exposure on my  camera which means that the photo takes a photo of all of the light it sees. I think this is a good example photo as you often see infinity signs when looking up light graffiti which is why I felt I would take this photo. Although this photo did not turn out very well because the lighting in the street was too light meaning you can see the cars in the background and also the person who drew the light graffiti for my photo is visible however I do think this is a good example. I also think this photo would have been better if I had left the shutter speed a little longer as that would mean that I would have captured a few more traces of the infinity sign whereas it is quite weak in the image due to only being traced once or twice.

This is a photo I have gathered from the internet, this photo shows light graffiti of an infinity sign which has been drawn using a sparkler. I can tell this was done using a sparkler as you can see the sparks coming off of the shape. I think this is a very good light graffiti image as the photographer was able to leave the shutter speed off for a good amount of time which has therefore meant that the shape is very solid due to being traced many times. I also think this is a very good photograph because the person tracing the shape has kept within the shape fairly well meaning you cannot see a line going from the shape out of the composition. This photo has been taken with the infinity sign slightly lower than the centre of the photo and also towards the left of the composition. I think this is quite unusual however I like it due to it being unique and it also means that the shape stands out and contrasts with the darkness in the opposite corner.

These photos are very similar due to both images showing a light graffiti infinity sign drawn using a sparkler. This is very effective in both photos because I think this is a very easy sign to trace and using a sparkler means that we can see the sparks coming from the sparkler which just adds more to the photo. The composition of these two photos is also similar due to both of the shapes being positioned slightly to the bottom left corner. I also feel that this is a very effective place the position the shape as the contrast between the shape and the dark corner makes the shape stand out and create a very good image. There are however a few differences, for example, my image is much lighter than the image I have collected from the internet and within my image, the shape is not as bold as in the internet image.

Connecting Essay

This is an example of one of Hid Said Neto’s photographs, he is the photographer which has inspired the majority of my work however this is one of my favourite images, I like it because he has used a child which is quite unusual and this photograph also contrasts the some of his other photos because he has not applied the paint in a specific technique in this photo. In this photo he has smeared the paint over the child’s face rather than applying it to appear like makeup like in his other photos, I think this technique of smearing the paint is very effective using the child because it shows a more playful side to the child whereas if he used the techniques from his other images it may not have been as effective as this is a more mature way of applying it. Similarly, if Neto was to smear paint on a maturer model, it would not have the same effect. This example of photo fits into my exam topic of ‘creative use of light’ very well because to create these images you must use a UV light to make the paint glow and this has a very good effect. This is also a very creative method to use for my photography as I think that you must have some sort of skill to apply the paint in a way that makes the photo look good.

This is one of my photographs, for this I have applied UV paint to my nieces face and then used a wet-wipe to smear it slightly. I applied the orange paint over small amounts of other coloured paints which were already on her face and then smeared them slightly over the areas in which I had not applied the orange paint. I have then composed this image so that my model is looking directly into the camera and the top and bottom of her face are both cut out slightly. I think this is a good way to compose this image because it means that you notice the detail in her face and the paint with it being so close up to her face. I also like this image because my model has very dark eyes which I think makes the image look deeper and this also contrasts with the colour all over her face. I think the paint looks very good because it is very bright due to using the UV light. 

These two images are very similar in many ways. In both images the model is a child which in my opinion makes the UV paint look more natural being smeared on as you associate children as being messy whereas if I was to use an adult model I would have applied the paint in a very different method. I also think the composition of both of these images are almost identical, this is because in both images the model is centred slightly to the right and in both images, it is composed so that the top and the bottom are cut off slightly. The models in both of these images are also looking straight into the camera and pulling very natural facial expressions. However, there are some differences between these two photographs. In Hid Said Neto's photograph, the model has very light eyes whereas my models eyes are very dark, although this is very different, both of the photographs work very well. The colour ranges of the two images are also very different due to Neto's image being very blue whereas mine is very orange and slightly brighter. 

Straight Images

Work Diary

During todays shoot I have focused on sparklers to create light graffiti. This was quite a successful shoot in the end however it took some time to figure out a good shutter speed as my first few attempts were either too quick or too slow and I feel that it took me too long to find a good duration. However once I had sorted this, I produced some good images. It was useful that I had a range of people who were willing to help me at the time as it meant that I had some images where there were more than just one sparkler and they were also at a variety of heights. If I was to do this shoot again I would make sure I had brought more sparklers as I ran out which meant that I could not take ay further images.

This is one of my images of sparklers to create light graffiti, I felt that this was a very good image because I left the shutter speed very slowed down which meant that I was able to capture all of the light from this image and think this has only worked so well because the sparkler was moved a lot rather than just staying in a smiler place, this has meant that almost the whole composition is full and once this is edited I think it could be a very good image. 

This is another of my images, I also think this one has came out quite well because it is very unusual due to you not being able to see the person in the image. I also think the shape which has been traced is very unusual and this could be a very good image once I have edited it. I need make this image much darker due to being able to see the background very clearly and the objective of this photo is for only the sparkler to be visible. 

Exam Proposal

In my final exam I would like to replicate a speeded up video of me applying paint to a bunch or flowers, I then want to see how it would look to play this backwards on itself as I think this may look effective. I will then flick paint onto the second bunch of flowers and create another speeded up video of the flicking paint. I will then use water guns to spray UV paint on my self and create another shoot where the paint will be 'splattered'. At the end of all three shoots, I will also take some final photographs.

What ill need :

A bunch of flowers
Black towel
UV paint and light
Paint/Makeup brushes
Water guns
Black top/dress
Sponges
Ribbom

Print Techniques

Black and White

 Repetition

Duotone

Soft Focus

Selective Colour 

Photojoiner

UV paint video