Funny Selfies

 on Wednesday the 24th September we were shown this picture of 8 Victorians, it is a very unusual picture because of the faces they are pulling. It was not often that Victorian people were photographed in this way. they were usually photographed looking there best.

after we were shown this we were asked to take inspiration from it and create our own images like this. 

These are my inspirational creations 

photography 17/9/14

On Wednesday 17/09/14 Niall sent us out to take a few photos. I think these are some of the best ones I took. At first when we were told we were doing photography I was not really looking forward to it and didn't really have an interest in it. That was until I
 started looking at different photographers and started taking photos. These are the first few photo I took and I began to find it good fun and i liked the different  things that you could do with the camera.

The top left is the first photo  took when we went out that day. I actually really like it, which i was surprised about. I like how I can control what the viewer of the photo see's. like how they can only see the view point through the the bin and the cannot see what is happening around about it.       

Here is a picture of a park picnic table. I chose to photograph the table in this way because I liked the way the two pieces of wood take you further into the picture. I also like this picture because of how interesting the old paint and wood looks at the front of the photo. I also like the view point I took this picture because it makes you think a little because it does not look like a picnic table from this angle .  

I think this photo (on the left) is very interesting and different, I took this one from a birds eye view. I think it will make the viewer think a lot because it is hard to figure out what it is. I like the depth of this how close the right hand side looks and far away the left side looks.  




I really like this picture because it is a picture of such a simple object. I think the reason it looks as interesting as it does is because it is from an unusual angle. There is not many people would look at a cone from this angle in every day life.

I also like this picture it is from an ants view point. I really like the texture of the sand stone wall on the left hand side I also like hoe the left hand side is in focus and the right hand side isn't it makes the left hand side look as if it is sticking out.

I really really like this picture because of the way the steams of the leaf are lighting up and the edges of the leaf are really dark. I really like the colours I love how good they look together

I also really like this picture. i really like the contrast between the skin tone and the vibrant purple hair. I also like the reflection of the computer screens in the eye.

Well established and Popular art

Last Thursday at college we were shown a video of an artist called jack vettriano, who was a millionaire because of the amount of paintings he had sold but the weird think about him is that he is not considers as a well established artist because none of his work is displayed in any art exhibitions.

Why is this?

I think the reason that vettriano and other artists are not established because they sell there own art and do not hold any pieces back from the public, where as artist who are moving there work through art exhibitions and art dealers they do not release all of there paintings to the public so that there work looks more rare and also so the other pieces of art by them increase in value. I think art critics and dealers are just high end business men who want to make big money.

Where as I think vettriano and other artists like him just paint likable situations and scenarios that people can relate to and dream about themselves being the person in the romantic scene. 

Photography

 Here is two examples of photos I have took at college. In these photos I have been plying with depth of vision. In the picture on the left I have concentrated the focus on the flowers behind the fence. which I really like because it gives the picture more depth. Where as in the picture below I concentrated the focus on the fence posts in the foreground which i think also works but I do not think it works as well as the other picture. I like the colours in both  because I think the turquoise in the foreground works well with the bright and vibrant pink greens and reds in the background.