Harris Effect - My Attempts

At first, I quickly attempted to get an idea of making a Harris Effect photo in photoshop, using photos form my Time lapse/stop motion & my Light painting. I then had a dedicated photoshoot for this effect. In this i took photos of a candle and its flame and also the smoke after the candle is blown out. I created three final images.

Harris Effect

The Harris effect was created by Robert Harris of Kodak. It creates a photo through three different exposures each one using either a red, green or a blue filter. When these photos are put together the parts of the photo that remain the same will come out in full colour whereas the parts of the photo that have moved will come out in the three separate colours. I am going to attempt to recreate this effect.

Light Painting

I did some light painting to experiment with some styles of photography and to get some experience with some interesting ideas. I used torches being thrown in the air and spun around on a string to get some interesting effects, I also tried running around with it and illuminating different areas and different times although these effects didn't work as well. I edited the best ones in photoshop to bring out the colour and crop to a more suitable size and i also tied putting them in black and white which I think worked reasonably well.

Pinhole Camera Position

This is the view that my long exposure should capture with the sun rising over the tree in the background.

This is my pinhole camera in position 

Making the pinhole camera

I started by removing the lid from the can. I then cut out a circular top from card and made a light proof lid with the use of gaffer tape. After creating the lightproof lid, I put a pinhole in the side and made a shutter cover with electrical tape.

Stop Motion

For my stop motion, I intended to make an image of a floating person wearing shoes that continually changed colour. To do this, the model had to jump many times and after each shot i needed to spray slightly more of the wellington boot. I used four different colours and then repeated these colours in a different order to create a random looking effect. I intended to keep the camera still and take the photo from the same position.

I was quite inspired by this video by blu and the way the paint changes and grows.

I think that it worked quite well although the clouds came out at some point which made the some of photos darker than I was hoping and although I didn't plan on the position of the camera changing I think it adds to the composition.

Shoot like Cartier-Bresson

Pinhole Camera - Shots and Ideas

These are some pictures of existing pinhole cameras that I can draw inspiration from for my my 6 month pinhole exposure and an example of a pinhole camera in a discreet place. I am going to capture the movement of the sun over the exposure, this means that the camera will have to face south. 

Multiple Exposure

For my experimentation, I chose to make some Multiple Exposures using photoshop. As fallen leaves have quite a striking colour and texture I thought that they would make a good thing for one of the part of a multiple exposure. I also took some photos around Lincoln and used them for the rest of the photos. For my final photos I used a photo of a swan and one of Lincoln Cathedral. 

Artist copy

For my artist copy, I emulated the style of this set of photos by Jean Faucheur. He is a french photographer who's work generally takes simple photos and rearranges them in different ways to make an abstract effect. 
I feel like my piece worked okay and represented the style I was intending to emulate.

Brainstorm

Photography

I am going to study Surreal and Art photography for component one. This will allow me to use experimental techniques and use photoshop.

Space

This photo makes use of lots of space in the form of the water. The cool colours of the water are relaxing and the large amount of space makes a larger point of the red lifebuoy. It adds interest in the buoy, for example why is the pool so empty? What's off to the right? What's all around the water?

This photo has a lot of dead space it in, the dead space behind the plane gives it the effect of going very fast without having motion blur involved in it. 

This photo has lots of space in the depth of it with the only focal point being the padlock. The chain is also fairly prominent even though it's out of focus and the whole rest of the photo is using the large aperture to create a feeling of depth. 

My Photos 

I took this photo as it has space in depth, the scroll of the violin is the focus of the image and the background ground is blurry due to using a large aperture giving the effect of depth.

In this photo I used a lot of empty space, as the subject matter of the photo isn't very dramatic the photo seem quite empty. It makes it seem as if something is missing form the photo and makes you think about what it could be.

This photo has some dead space and some active space, it has more dead space though. The idea space along with the slow shutter speed makes it seem like the dog in the photo is moving very fast. 

Photo Analysis

Examples of Surreal Photography.