Close-up
I have chose close up for my mock exam as I am interested in the theme for many reasons, I like the way in which object appear when they are close up, in close ups we can really zoom in on the subject matter. I like the way in which the subject matter is made to look different when we look really close up, I believe that it can show more in terms of emotion, texture, and detail.
Man Ray was an artist and a photographer He also did paintings and sculpture. May Ray has created various types of photography including photograms. I can see that almost all of his work in black and white, I am going to look at his photography and in particular his close-up photography. I like his work because its very interesting the way he takes his photos
These are my first set of photos that i experimented with close-up. I
WWW. I think this picture worked really well because The composition is good, the face is framed well inside the image. At first I wasn't sure if the frame of the mirror worked well but now that I have observed it closely I like the curved shape which it has made and also the colour as it is clear. I like the fact of that the background is just plain black and theres very little of the background in this image so it highlights the face more.
EBI. This image would look better if i had a plain mirror and you couldn't see the pink outline, also if a bit of her nose was not in the reflection of the mirror but other then that theres not much i would change about this photo. |
WWW. This image worked well for me because its an unusual photograph because i took a picture of something thats not usually classed as beautiful and I made it look interesting.
EBI. I would like to improve this image by making the photo more focused inside the flection also i would like to have a plain mirror and maybe try with a different shaped mirror i also dont want a background i would like to get closer to the toe and only have the toe in my image so i would like to experiment with a macro lens. |
Final piece
I enjoyed working on the theme close-up because It really caught my eye. This project has made me think about how you could photograph something in an unusual and natural way. After looking at Man Rays close-up of eyes I I went on and tried out my own different types of experiments on books by taking pictures of them from all different angles but keeping them close-up. I enjoyed doing these images but i decided on doing another object which was still facial features but i focused on extreme close-up features on lips,eyes,ears and noses. To add an extra element to my work was by using a mirror, by using this mirror I got a reflection which made the image look more interesting. When taking these images I focused on the facial features and the reflected image, so I made my own version of close-up so when you look at the image it makes you look closely because you want to know which one is the real and which is the reflected. Its unusual and its inspired by Man Ray who is known to make images look surreal. Looking at this image now I learned to make interesting and exciting images simply by looking at simple images such as the facial features and the reflections. I decided on changing the colour of 2 images to highlight the colour ones and make them stand out more.
I really enjoyed doing this project because it has allowed me to focus on one simple image and it showed me that photography is many different things and can also be simple images.
I really enjoyed doing this project because it has allowed me to focus on one simple image and it showed me that photography is many different things and can also be simple images.