Synopsis of Photo Essay

PHOTO ESSAY – Synopsis

Title: Starin’ at the world through my rearview.

The theme of my photo essay was a series of pictures taken from the passenger seat of a car while driving through the city. By inserting different political images and images of current events into the rear view mirror, I suggest that although we are focusing on what is on the road ahead of us, what is in the news and tragedies throughout the world are always in the back of peoples minds.

To further illustrate this I have de-saturated the colour in the city images to bring out the colour in the mirror images. This drawing peoples attention to the essays central theme, which is what is reflected in the mirror e.g. 9-11, the Iraq war and the Tsunami etc.

Finished Image Editing in Photoshop

Final images to be used in my Photo Essay - titled "Starin' at the world through my rearview."

Photo Essay - Final concept

Had an idea to insert unrelated images in the rearview mirror as a substitute for the real reflection. These images will represent the thoughts of the person in the car or what is in the back of that persons mind.

PhotoEssay

This was a sample of one of my ideas i chose not to use, The idea was to add images of old-fashioned people or objects to reflect the time the buildings were built.

However decided this concept was not as strong as others.

Sidney Nolan

Went to the Ian Potter Gallery last Sunday.

Liked the Ned Kelly painting series and the series of paintings of a riverbed.

However, thought overall that many of his paintings had too much detail and therefore made for bad compositions.

Probably preferred the exhibition of last yeras VCE student artworks and photography.

A few photos and ideas for photo essay

Starting taking a few photos. The first idea I had is photos from the perspective of a passenger in a car while driving through the city.

The second idea is simalar but the images were taken in a carpark.

My final idea is to focus on 4 different city buildings from different eras of Melbournes history and having each one represent a theme. eg. The Orica building would represent buisness and technology.

Photography - Zoe Wetherall

Really liked this Melbourne photographer by the name of Zoe Wetherall.
Especially like the use of bright colours and the composition of the images.
http://www.zoewetherall.com/

Cool AD

Found this ad while reasearching for my marketing assignment.

Really liked the concept and use of colour.

Website

Political Poster

Stop the Slaughter
Issue: Whaling
I have created my poster in a traditional political poster style, using a strong slogan and minimal text. It uses identifiable visual images such as stylized wave prints and a samurai to signify the connection to Japan, rather than more obvious text references.

Photomontage assignment - Self Portrait as Machine

When creating a visual representation of myself as a machine I decided to focus on one particular side of my personality, the physical/worker, inspired by my recent work experience as a builder’s labourer. Therefore my machine only uses materials found on a construction site, primarily tools or materials that I had experience using during this time. It also represents other aspects of my personality such as my liking to be active, being very hard working and the desire to achieve results from what I do. Furthermore, the machine represents what I aspire to be.
I chose a yellow and black colour scheme as these are common colours in the construction industry. The background was chosen as the cranes in the background blend well with my image giving the machine a sense of movement and that it is flying through the air. It has also been darkened in order to help my image stand out.

Parts used include:

• A jackhammer as the machine body


• Hammers and spanners as the arms


• Scaffolding as wings


• Protective head gear (ear muffs, safety glasses and dust mask)
  A saw blade as the head/hair

Background ideas for self portrait

Decided against the above image as the colour scheme clashed too much with that of my machine.

Had an idea to use a background image of concrete cracking as it is symbolic of the power of a jackhammer. However due to the scale of the image it made the machine look too small.

This image was ok as the colours matched that of my machine, the quality of the image was not too low therefore appeared pixelated and could not be used.

Decided that this background suited my machine best as allowed the machine to appear as flying. The lines of the crane and bulidings also lined up well with the wings of my machine making the image look good composition wise. The image was darkened to allow my machine to stand out.

Machine Self portrait

Basic Structure for self-portrait. Uses a jackhammer and scaffolding which to me represents hard work. Both parts are also significant to me as during my time of work i had experience using both.
The yellow and black colour scheme was chosen as it reflects the theme e.g. signs on a construction site.


I wasn't 100% happy with the above machine. Believed that the machine needed have more of a shine to it. Also the hammer was not in line with the spanner and scaffolding. I also wanted the glasses to stand out more.

Sketches for political poster

Above is the basic composition i want to use for my political poster. Uses traditional japenese images such as the great wave at Kanagawa and a Samurai to identify the topic (Japenese Whaling).

• Yet to think of a slogan
• Will use a white, blue and light brown colour scheme. Samurai will stand out being black. Also to reinforce the concept of death/slaugher red blood will spill from whale as seen in the above sketch.

Transmorgrified Exhibition by Will Holt

Went and had a look at the exhibition opening last Thursday. The latest in a series of exhibitions i have seen by this artist. The paintings are developed using a distinctive technique in which multiple layers of paint are baked in the sun, allowing the paint to crack gaining very interesting textures. These paintings often resemble landscapes/sea scapes such as the ocean but are abstract therefore could be interpreted in many ways.

Sketches for mechanical self-portrait

Decided that i wanted to create my machine-self portrait entirely out of tools, or construction related materials.

Sketch1: Uses safety gear worn when on-site such as ear muffs,
safety goggles etc.

Sketch 2: Uses the structure of a jackhammer and scaffolding wings
give the machine a structure similar to an insect such as a bee.

Chamillionaire animation

Was experimenting with drawing in Flash using my WACOM tablet. Image is of a rapper named chamillionaire, my idea was to try and create an animated video clip as a side project. As animation is what i am particularly interested in. Has been animated to talk and nod head.

Schweppes Burst

Schweppes Burst slow motion balloons Ad

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pRFfJJjLpqw&feature=related

Really liked this ad from a graphics and video art perspective.

Game On

Went to see the Game On exhibition

at ACMI a few weeks ago.

The exhibition allows you to play

a range of games consoles showcasing

the history of videogames.

Rough Sketches

When portraying myself in machine form a decided
I wanted to show I was active and hardworking.
Due to the fact that during the holidays I had a
job working as a builders labourer I decided to use
tools/machines such as the jackhammer or angle
grinder to portray this. As they have alot of moving
parts ect.

I also wanted to use springs/suspension as legs/feet
as jumping high is an attribute I would like to posess.


A few sketches and rough ideas for assignment1.

Modern Britain

On the 24th of Feb I checked out the Modern Britian Exhibition at
NGV.


The exhibition showcased a collection of artwork from artists working in Britain, during the period 1900-1960.


I particularly liked the collection of futurist paintings as they are
more abstract and stood out. I also liked the sense of movement/ symetry and colour compositions.