I really like Tony Howell's work as i'm quite inspired by abstract photography. I find it interesting how you can create a completely different image from something simply by zooming in, editing colour and shape. The first 4 images aren't very abstract in my opinion but i think this was what Howell was aiming for in his work. He has concentrated more on the colours and shapes in the photos to create a sharp clean look. These photos are amazingly detailed and this is what i really took into concideration when i was creating a similar image. I think the bottom two images are water droplets on a flat surface and he must of used a macro lens to capture the detail of the shape and colour.
The dandelion photo is my favourite as i love the detail of the water droplets on the seed stems against the more out of focus dandelion head. The crisp blue background shows off the detail more, you can see this at the very ends of the seeds blurring out onto the blue. I also really like the composition of the image too as it's very much focused on the stems and seeds of the dandelion which gives it the abstract look. As you can see from these images he closely works with colour making it one of the main aspects of his photography. For this style of photography i think it works extremely well as you can really play around with the colour enhancing it if you want to create even more of an abstract look to a photo. The two bottom images of the water droplets are fantastic as he has even captured the colour in the water from the reflection of the sun and lens creating multicoloured streaks of light in the water. This is something i would love to experiment with if i can get my hands on a macro lens! Tony Howell is definitely a photographer i will be looking into again in the future for inspiration of abstract images.
Snibston talk
We had a talk from two people who work for Snibston, they showed us a website that they were getting involved with and creating. The website was all about layering photographs and creating a show of images easily projected onto large objects e.g the side of a building. They were doing a show which needed to be shown outdoors and wanted it to be shown on the side of a building so this website was great for them to create to make this work. This talk wasnt exactly what i'm interested in but the website will be handy to try out at some point to see how it all works and i may need it for use in the future.
A bit about Snibston
Snibston is an interactive museum with an historic Colliery railway, outside play area and a country park and nature reserve area. The Snibston museum established in 1992 following closure of the Colliery railway. This museum is the showcase for Leicestershire's historic science, technology, design and fashion collections. A substancial collecetion of material relating to coal mining is held in the Mining Study Centre at Snibston. The resources include technical aspects of the industry, digested copies of films produced by the National Coal Board, oral history interviews and a series of maps, photographs, document and books relating to Leicestershire's industries and transport systems. The grounds of Snibston discovery park form a mini country park covering 40 hectars of mixed habitats. The grounds include the former colliery spoil heap which has been reclaimed to form woodland and an open rough grassland area. At the heart of this area is the Grange Nature Reserve, the Grange became Leicestershire County Council's first Local nature reserve in May 1993.
http://www.leics.gov.uk/snibston.htm - Snibston website
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