Typology

Typololgy is a study of types. In Typology the most important thing the photos must have is the framing to be dead in the centre and completely the same as the other images.  It is used as a technique to make a image showing the diffrent types of each item photographed.

To do the typology we went around the campus and took some pictures of objects which could show diffrences. For example I shot stones, bikes, trees and bushes. I then did basic editing including levelling and curves to inporove the overall quality of the images.

Mark Tweedie

This artist does pin hole photography he uses many diffrent subjects to make his photos.

Idris Khan













Idris Khan appropriates images for his own use. His work consists of about 15 images in one photo.


The technique he uses to create montages is called Appropriation.


It is quite similar to our work we have produced in the lesson as we used the same technique however it is slightly different as his are black and white.


I like his work as they look like drawings not photos which I think makes the photos quite interesting to look at.


The Images he used for his own work are the photos of the photographers Bernd & Hilla Becher, bellow is the original set of the images.




If you look carefully in the photos of Iris Khan you can see all of these images in his photo just faintly in the background.


The effect of layering the images as a montage makes the photographs appear as a moving picture which can be confusing for the viewer.


Using the Flash workshop image we created were successful as the images already have montage we did not use Photoshop used just a flash gun as they are already quite freaky. The flash images were successful as the opacity because the dark room is dark and fully black all of our flash images came out with a dark background so when changing the opacity to make montages it is very easy to take the picture with the background and adjust it in the montage for a correct fit without having to remove the background where as if it was colour on a black image it would be more of a inconvenience to use.


The Photographer work is good for layering pictures on top of each other as in each of the pictures from the real artist Bernd & Hilla Becher the object is always haing something changed on to it each time in each of the picture making it more good to develop a montage because it is showing you the changes in each of the images.

MONTAGES


WHAT WE DID;




The technique we used to make the following manipulated images below is called Montaging using Photoshop. To make the images we first had to select four images and place them into Photoshop. We were then told to combine the images into one so using Montage Photoshop I changed the opacity of some of the images and kept the bottom image on one hundred percent. I then dragged the images onto the background image (100% opacity image) using the move tool and made them each layers. Lastly I manipulated the layer ordering and the place of where I wanted them. This created a montaged image. And to improve the image I adjusted the levels of each image which made them darker.


While experimenting on Photoshop I found out changing the opacity more on some of the images gives the picture a more creepy look and quite interesting feel.


EVALUATION





I enjoyed this technique because it is not a very complex technique to use and its very effective. However I disliked the placing of the images as the background is still over the other images even if you change the opacity. So next time I do Montages using Photoshop I will use my skills in photoshoped to take the magic wand tool and remove the excess background giving a plain and clean image when it comes to placing the image onto another picture it would be easier to place the image where I want it without a background getting in the way slightly of the main picture removing the to have rigged edges on the sides.




This technique successfully enhanced the images. It gives more depth to the picture. If I had a project topic of human portraits I could use this technique to create fearful and frightening images, by scary faces into the background of each corner..

Photoshop Montage Part 1

 ORIGINAL IMAGES

MANIPULATED PHOTOS