Fuji film developed ideas!

Developed idea

My idea has changed for this fuji film brief as i was really struggling to get hold of models that would let me tip a bucket of water over their head! I had a big bag full of polastyreine balls so i thought i would fill up as many glasses and clear containers that i could and place them in different places around the house: stairs, cupboards, table. This was to show an extreme amount of polastyreine! I then wanted to try something different and decided to photograph the memorial graves in Burton to show extreme courage and passion to of given up their lives for their country/meaningful people being remembered.  

I have finished my film and now i'm just waiting to get it developed and see what the final outcome is. I have unfortunatley missed the deadline to send off my images to fuji film but atleast i have some to show.

Jade Birchnall talk

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We had a talk by Jade Birchnall who used to study photography at Burton College and is now studying photography at Manchester Met university. She prefers to use medium format film cameras so the majority of her work is taken on film. She said she 'found herself' whilst being at uni, her favourite camera, style of photography etc. She is in her last year and is getting prepared for her final show presenting all of her work. 

She is currently doing a series of portrait images of nuns and is attending their nunnery a few times a week to get to know the ladies better and gain a comfortable relationship with them. These are two images i have managed to get off her tumblr website of the series. 

Sister Catherine 

Sister Catherine used to be an professional speed skater! 

• She has also done a series about her Grandmother who is sadly suffering with dementia. She showed us a short video that she had put together with some of the images of her grandmother,brother and things relating to dementia. She went to do a photo shoot of her grandma and secretly recorded the conversation (telling her grandma it was a light reader)and she had selected parts of this playing in the background of the video. 

This is one image from the series showing some notes of what her grandma did in the day so she can be reminded of her week. As Jade was talking about her work it was nice to hear her laughing and having a bit of a joke about how her grandma forgets everything, she knows it's a series condition but there's nothing that can be done about it therefor it was great to see her coping with it in the best way she could. 

• Another set of work that Jade is working on is of elderly people in an old peoples home. She has had many visits to the old peoples home allowing herself and the residents to get comfortable with each other to make the photo shoots a lot easier and relaxed. She was explaining to us how a lot of the residents have dementia like her grandma so they may forget who she is when they first meet her again. She did a set of portraits of a selected few old ladies and gentlemen in a chair in the corner of a room as she was advised to select and area to do the photos so it wouldn't disturb, get in the way or confuse the residents. She realised after these photos were taken all of them looked very unhappy, bored and sad. So she went round again 'capturing the moment' of happy smiling faces so they could put the photos up in the home as a gift from her to say thank you. 

 

Lucia- a brief paragraph about how Jade describes the visit.  

Jade described uni as a great place to be to broaden your experiences, experimenting with different cameras, materials, techniques and finding a style that suits you. She was saying how she is now finding a place to do the end of year final show and it's entirely up to them where this is shown. This is something i'm really looking forward to doing and i can't wait to experiment with different cameras and types of photography.  

Developed Idea

I have chosen the 'weather' idea to do for this assignment. I'm choosing three types of extreme weather: Heavy rain, Scorching heat, Snowfall. 

I am going to  create these images by using a model and props.

Rain: I will get a model to stand outside in an open space, not much going on in the background to create a distraction and i will get someone to slowly tip a bucket of water over their head. This will create a waterfall running down their face which i think will look really good if i can capture the moment just right!

Sun: I'm going to get a model in the studio and create a light drawing just of their face. I want to shine a bright light just on their face to create the sunshine look. 

Snow: I may also use the studio for this one, it will probably work out easier. I will buy a big amount of white feathers and get someone to drop them on top of the model to create a snowfall effect. 

I will use colour film to create the bright vibrant colours from the sun photo shoot. I haven't yet decided how I'm going to present these photos, whether i will keep the negative effect round the edge or not. This is something i will experiment with when my images have been developed. 

Jill Cole Talk

These images are a few from a series that Jill Cole did representing birds, showing how they get captured. She is a photographer we have researched before and i find these images interesting as there different and unique, something that hasn't been done before.

We had a guest talk by Jill Cole. She was explaining her current work on the National Forest, layering photographs from different images in the National Forest. We did an assignment on the National Forest last year so this talk was more aimed at the first years who are currently in progress with this project. I cant find these images on her website or on the internet because she hasn't finished them yet, there are in working progress. 

Neil Craver photographer

I love this style of photography! Under water photography is something I'm really interested to get involved with and experiment with and Neil Craver's work is amazing to look at. I wanted to find images that have been focused on the face of the model as i want to tip a bucket of water of some ones head (extreme rain) and capture their facial expression through the water falling. The models in these images look very graceful and natural in the water environment but i want to create the opposite by getting my model to pull a very exaggerated/surprised/shocked face appearing through the mass of water falling over their face. The colours are very natural which works well due to such a natural environment because if these photos had been over edited it would of ruined the delicate feel of them. 
In the second image the model is overpowered by bubbles covering her face which would represent the extreme weather above the water having a downwards impact under the water e.g heavy rain slamming into the water mixing it up and creating bubbles. My images will have the similar water effect to Craver's work but portrayed in a very different way, rather than the model already being in the water, the water will be added to the model. 

Candice Milon photographer

This is a small series of photos i got off the millenium website that really interested me and linked in with my idea. The two left images are similar to what I'm wanting to create, relating to the weather and in this case wind. I'm going to do exactly the same thing as the top left image but instead of the models hair blowing up i want the fan to be at the side of them so their hair blows sideways. I will do this shoot on location which may prove to be difficult as i need a plug for the fan but i will work a way round it. The bottom left image works really well describing weather as you can see the wind blowing her hair and the natural landscape background with the clouds. I like how the model in this photo is placed at the bottom left to really make the landscape behind stand out. The colours are all very natural which shows they haven't been over edited giving them a fresh clean look. 

The photo itself has nothing to do with what I'm wanting to photograph but the colours have a huge similarity to one of my image ideas. I want to portray the summer season so colours are essential to this image so i will HAVE to use colour film. I want to get a model in front of a plain background or room and have a single bright light highlighting their face to create a 'sunshine' effect. The orange,reds and yellows of this image are typically shown as the sun and i hope to create the same harshness of colours for my image. 

This image automatically makes me think of wind especially as it's taken high up in the sky where it's most windy. You can see her hair being blown around in the wind and by having the grass and cloud landscape as the background creates a more interesting and EXTREME image. I'm going to experiment with creating something similar to this as it may portray wind better than a fan blowing on some ones face. I could get someone to climb a tree on a fairly windy day and take a photo of them, seeing the leaves and their hair blowing in the wind. I could also go to the top of a huge hill and capture the wind blowing my models hair about. This would look really good as i would be incorporating the model (man made) and the natural landscape (natural) together showing that the weather is natural and un-controlled. 

Different fujifilm types

These are a few examples of different types of fujifilms that i have screen grabbed off the fujifilm website. There are so many different types of films to choose from down to the size, colour, texture etc. I prefer to use black and white film as i really like the detail and shading that desaturated film creates. To me i always associate film as being black and white as film is old fashioned and reminds me of the olden days when colour film wasn't around.
 I'm going to practice with black and white film but i also might experiment with colour (depending on time) as my images may benefit from this being as my idea is weather and the colour may enhance the seasons.