Time Research

Research For Final Shoot

For my time photography, my keywords I'm choosing are history, culture, society and time travel. I'm photographing buildings that have a history in them, but then have a totally different way communicating with the public now. 

I will include people in my photos to show an unexpected way of how the building is being used.

With my shoot, I plan on shooting in low light or at night time, which means I have to keep the ISO set to 400 or less, because of the noise it would create otherwise. 

As most of the buildings I am photographing are so much more taller than where I am photographing from (the ground), I will have to be careful of the distortion within my photos. I have to try my best to keep all the lines vertical, and to have a reasonable angle. The 2 pictures below are a good example of this, in which one is distorted taken from the ground, and the other being leveled. The low angle shot makes the buildings seem more dramatic, which may be a good approach compared to a boring 2D like image.

Sources:


http://weburbanist.com/2008/10/16/the-motion-blur-and-time-lapse-photography-of-12-fascinating-photographers/


http://photo.net/learn/architectural/exterior


http://www.abandoned-places.com/

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Second Shoot Contact Sheets

Project 2

Project 2

Storyboards

Storyboard Final

Dance

This is my final storyboard, I ended up going with the word "dance" because I thought it would be a really fun animation to create, and also it is something I relate to personally. It starts off with 2 legs moonwalking into the page whilst Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" is playing. I chose to only use legs because it portrays how the bottom half of the body can also be entertaining to watch just as much as the top half. The letter "D" made the perfect shape for the feet and the rest made the perfect amount of letters for the rest of the legs, which made me able to add joints. After the moon walking has finished, the dancing transitions to a dancing style of our generation which is called the "Shuffle". It is mostly leg movements, made famous by LMFAO, a good way to mix both dances together. After the few seconds of shuffling, the dancer will prepare for the finale - a backflip followed by the matrix style splits. I slowed both of these parts down a little bit to emphasize the power of these moves, a real crowd pleaser and a real head turner too. After the perfect backflip, it transitions to a jump into the splits which will stop the music, and a high pitched scream will happen. So technically it doesn't really end well for our dancer...

Blog 3

Antiques Hunter
English Rococo Silver Plate serving Dish Folgate C1890 

During the time when Louis XV (1710–1774) was the king of France, he gave way to a new style of delicacy and refinement known as Rococo. This serving dish has obvious elements linked to the style of the French Rococo but was not made during that time, it was created in 1890 over 100 years after the main Rococo period. This antique piece bears the hallmark of the Folgate Silver Company, which was in operation between 1875 to 1900.

The French Rococo style was known to include patterns such as vines, flowers, and shells, giving it the elegant and graceful look Louis wanted during his reign. This antique serving dish clearly shows the vine-like beauty around the outer rim of the dish, with its handle having a matching cover decorated with its leaf style design. The decorated handle is also removable, allowing both halves of the dish to be used as serving dishes if desired.

"Silver has always held an exalted position within the decorative arts" (J. Munger, 2003). This hand-crafted silver serving dish originating from England distinguishes itself from other media such as wood, glass and porcelain, which do not have inherent value. This antique would have justified a purpose back from it's origin, giving it a sign of wealth and status. Silver dining is very common now making this antiques value profitless today.  

Trade Me Link - http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/silver-metalware-tins/silver/silver-plate/auction-457145161.htm


Munger, Jeffrey. "French Silver in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.  
           New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fsilv/hd_fsilv.htm  
           (October 2003)


Tour: 18th-Century France - The Rococo and Watteau Overview. (n.d.). Retrieved From
           http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg54/gg54-over1.html


"France, 1600–1800 A.D.". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–.   
           http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/?period=09®ion=euwf (October 2003)

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First Shoot

My first shoot was pretty much to get an idea of what i could photograph to portray time within an image, I tried out several different ideas, but most of it was to do with water. I tried using a spray can or a can of deodorant to hopefully show the time from when it exits the can and what it looks like. I then proceeded to photograph traveling water from a hose, and lastly another main one i did was food coloring in water, what happens during a duration of time and what it looks like when it's mixing. I had some good images which turned out reasonable. 

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Weekly Task One

For this exercise, I used my phone and the light within to show the difference between having a slow shutter speed and a fast shutter speed. This technique is very handy in showing the motion of time especially when light is applied to the image. This is my results:

Fast Shutter Speed

Slow Shutter Speed