Evaluation

Evaluation

For this project we had to create a piece of pop art work using everyday objects like professional pop artist do which is what we have done and I feel like it was one of the most fun projects we have done. So we had to take a bright object like my yellow phone and make it even brighter with the photos we will take and edit.

With are research we had to find images that inspired us like in every project but this time it was some bright and colourful images instead of dark and depressing images like the film noir and other projects we have done like that so this was a nice change.

 Some artist that inspired me was David Hockney with his work being very bright and vibrant and looks very appealing to look at with it being so bright. And my second inspiration was Andy Warhol because his work was really unknown until he started to publish his book with all of his work in it. Some of the photos that inspired me is below. The whole idea of pop art started in New York in the 1960s with artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Clase Oldenburg.

With my ideas for this project what I did was my idea to be honest everything worked out fine with my ideas for this project I feel like I did do the perfectly well with it all. However the one thing was I bought the lucozade bottle and it was not the bright and colourful one which I thought it was so it was not as bright as I wanted with the lucozade bottle.

With managing my time correctly I feel like this was something I was really bad as I missed the first lesson so that meant I had to cathc up on work outside of lesson which did not really help as I did not have the same support as if I was actaully in the lesson so I kind of had to guess what to put with the research and other things that I missed. Also I did not know I was supost to bring in iteams for the photoshop as I was off when we were told about it so I feel like I managed my time poorly in the whole but cought up with the work by the end.

With the photos that I took I had to change the shutter speed depending on how shiney the item was and the amout of light I wanted on the item so I changed between 1/20 being the lowest and 1/80 being the highest and I feel like this made the difference with my work compared to everyone else because most people kept the same shutter speed and I changed my shutter speed on most photos. However with the ISO I kept that the same at 100 because I felt like this would give the best result overall.

With the editing techniques it was just using the same as what we have used on different project however this time we were not turning it black and white for film noir we were doing the oppersite with turning it bright and vibrent as this is what pop art is all about. So to do this I had to use three different tools levels, curves and brightness and contrast these were the three tools I used the most to make it bright and vibrent.

If I was to do this project again I would changed the items that I did it with because the headphones were a pain the edit around because of the wires being so close togerther I struggled to get in the gaps in the wires so this would be the one main problems I had. 

Editing techniques

This was the First thing i did for this photo to make it look a bit darker as i need to changed the brightness and contrast between the photo and this helped with the dark theme a lot i feel.

Then after changing the brightnes and contrast i went on to changing the levels for this photo and made it look even darker which is what i wanted but i may of made it a bit ot dark i feel.

Then finally the curves which i feel like made this picture what it is now with the fade from dark to bright and i did this with changing the curves which you can see form the side of the picture.

This is showing The levels that i have used in this photo which is making it look as lot more bright and misty which i feel like has kind of ruined it so i will need to try it a bit darker.

Final shots

I chose this one out of the three of my phone because i felt like the light really did not make it shine as much as the other ones that i took because of the different shutter speed on this one compared to the others this one had 1/50 where as the other had 1/30 and the ISO was at 100 like all the photos that i took.

For this photo of the lucozade bottle i had the shutter speed of  again 1/50 and the ISO of 100 as this worked perfectly for my phone and again for this however i did changed the shutter speed for the other photos i took of the lucozade bottle to 1/30.

For this pciture i did not want the light to make the white headphones blend with the seamless background so i had a much higher shutter speed with it being at 1/80 and this made it work ok but i could of upped it a bit more and made it look even better in my opinion and again the ISO was 100.

Test Shots

For the first photo of my phone i took it with 100 ISO and the shutter speed being at  1/50 and this showed that i should be using this shutter speed for this certain item.
For the one on the left bottom row i actually changed the shutter speed for this one as i had it at 1/30 and this made it so there was way to much light so i changed it to 1/50 and it worked much better like it did for my phone

For the photo of my headphones i changed the shutter speed a lot between 1/20 and 1/80 because it was really light and made the headphones blend in with the seamless background so i had to have a much higher shutter speed to capture less light between pictures.

For my test shots that i took all of them is in ISO 100 as this was the best way to make it detail from where we were taking the photos and for this photos we were taking for some of them we had a different shutter speed as we had to find the right shutter speed to make sure the image looked as good as it could as the light form the lights with the seamless background would make the image unseeable.

proposal

Proposal

For are pop art work we need to take photos of something bright and colourful so one picture that I’m going to take it’s my phone because its bright yellow so it will show off the colourful theme of pop art beautifully. Secondly I’m going to take a photo of is my headphones with them being white it will blend well with the colours in the background with it being all about being bright. And finally I’m going to take a photo of a Lucozade bottle because they are always bright and colourful with them trying to sell there drink to people they want to make it stand out and they do it with colour and that’s what pop art about standing out with colour.

Some of the work that inspired me was some of these objects already being done apart from the photo but I found a photo of the Lucozade bottle in one of the google image searches for the inspiration so I thought if I change the bottle and change the colour why can’t my one look that this. Also I have the headphone and I sore a lot of white objects being photographed so that’s what I thought to use headphones as there white and will stand out for that reason.

Some things I will have to take into account is lighting as I will have a seamless background I will need to make sure there is no shadow on my work as it will make it harder for me to edit my work as I will have to cut round the shadow as well. Also I will have to watch people walking by with the wires so they don’t trip over them and make sure it’s a safe place for people to walk past.

pop art research

When did it start?
The whole idea of pop art started in New York in the 1960s with artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist and Clase Oldenburg.

Where was it used?
Pop art was often used in the form of screen prints of everyday objects that were colourfully presented. they used simple techniques to create there work such as a silk screen process which was established in the 1960s.

Who were some of the famous artists
One of the famouse artist was David Hockney with his work reflecting his interest in california. He is regared as one of the people who help establish pop art as a form of art.
And below is some of his work that he has done.

Another artsit was Andy Warhol who was discovered for his work in the 1970s but before he got really big for his art work he was producing books every week with his art work in and this was how he got to where he is.

And again below you can find two piece that he did that was in his books.

What are the features of a pop-art image?

some of the features of POP art photography is that its:Bold, simple, everyday images and virbrent block colours. The bright colour scheme also allows us to us the avant garde art to emphasise certain elements in the piece of work that is on display.

What constitutes a pop-art image?

 with pop art its mainly focused around bright colours and an everyday image this is what makes the pop art genre so relateable and why a lot of people try it in there spare time because all you need is an object and a white background so its easily done.

What product could use a pop-art image in its advertising?
i know when the iphone 5c came out they used a lot of pop art for there work with the new backs of the phone because it was all about having a bright colour on your phone with this new case of the iphone.
another one is coca cola who used it back in the 1950s-1960s with there drink and when the finally changed to a can instead of a glass bottle they used it because of it virbrant red colour on it 
and this is one of the images of the popart they used.

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What equipment do you think you will need?

some of the equipment i will need will be a camera a seemless background and a virbrent object 

and a couple of bright lights i personally think this will be all i need for this project. 

Memory test

Q1 – Detail two reasons why we change the ISO

1. If the shutter speed is to low it may cause the photo to become blurry

2. Also the sunlight because the camera lens is very sensitive and it will look very bad if you use a high IOS when it’s really bright

Q2 – Explain the difference in depth of field between a wide and a narrow apature

1. DOF this is where the photo from front to back is making the background out of focus compared to the whole image so the background may be out of focus.

2. The aperture of the photo is how much the lens opens up to let the light in so if you have a small aperture then the photo will be in better focus compared to a large aperture which will give you a out of focus DOF

Q3 – List four consideration you’re had to take into account when producing your pop-art photography. For example, depth of field, shadows etc)

1 Consideration is the light if its right for the seamless background which it might not be as it may produce shadows on the background of the image.

2 Is health and safety with all the wires being left around to power the redheads so the wires will be plugged in and will be going across the classroom so someone could easily trip over.

3 The ISO is another consideration because if it’s a really bright day you will need a low ISO for the best detail where as if it’s a really bright day you may need a high ISO so the light won’t affect it so much

4 You could manually focus the camera and this will help with making sure the item you wanted to capture can be.

Q4. Describe when would you choose to use the ‘A’ and the ‘P’ modes on a camera

A is for the aperture and is all about controlling the DOF and will allow you to achieve a high shutter speed

P is for program and is basically automatic and you only really control the ISO.