AO1-CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING:
Develop their ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.
Brainstorm ideas
My idea is 'Glow in the Dark'. My intention for this brief is to get a series of photos of different people painted with glow in the dark/neon paint to create a luminous effect and will be applied in diffent ways to make each photoshoot different.
Mood Board
NADINE SCHÖNFELD
Nadine Schönfeld is a German photographer from Berlin. She became a photographer in 2009 and focuses mainly on taking pictures of people in the fields of fashion, beauty and portrait. Schönfeld has a blog that she uses to update her latest collections of photgraphs. Her glow in the dark photography really stood out and inspired me, she not only had still photohraphs but captured the colour of the neon paint through movement as well, making the the photos much more interesting and fun. I really like the way she made the neon paint really stand out and highlight the features of a human face, for example the eyes mouth, she even includes the eyebrows and nails in some of her work. Schönfeld not only uses a black background in majority of her pictures but also uses different coloured backgrounds e.g. pink and blue, which makes the models appearance much more visable and giving the picture more beauty. I especially like how she captured the colour when the person moves because it gived the photograph more life and excitement.
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HIB SAIB
Hib Saib is a brazilian photogrpher, he specialises in neon paint photography. Saib stands on the top of the list of neon photographers, being acknowledged by many famous websites like Hypeness and Earth Portal for his work “Colourless”, “Imperfection”, and “Neon” . I found his work to be very creative, for example in a lot of his photographs he empashises the glow of the lips, making them stand out to the rest of the more subtle flicks on the face. He incorporates very bold and vibrant colours to his work which gives the photo more of a focus and creates more excitement as you look at it against the dark background. What I like about his work is that it looks very artistic and really grabs the eye because of the bright neon colours an the way he paints them onto peoples faces.
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SARAH LEAL
Sarah Leal is an Brazilian artist who worked on a series of photographs of hands and face. She mainly focuses in photography and fashion and her glow in the dark series was inspired by neon artist Hid Saib. In some of her work she uses two models and gets close ups of their neon painted faces, which shows a connection between the two models, capturing the beauty and the difference of each one , she highlights the lips and eyelashes to show off their main features. I like how she uses two people in her shoot because it shows emotional bonds and adds more to the picture. She also incorporates hands into her pictures which shows off different ways of using the paint and gives an artistic look to the photographs, she also uses hands to link to the connections and emotional bond people share.
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Sketches
AO2- CREATIVE MAKING:
Experiment with and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.
Hands experiment
I decided to experiment in the style of the photographer 'Sarah Leal', using hands. I used my fingers and a thin brush to apply the paint onto the hands. The green paint represented the veins in her hands and the patched of orange and red were to add colour and create a bold, messy look, showing off the structure of her hands. The bright glow in the dark colours stand out against the black background and gives a fun and out of the ordinary look, which captures the eyes. I also got my model to move her hands in different positions and shot at different angles to get a different perspective and to be more creative with my ideas so that I could get an extraordinary, quirky outcome.
Photoshoot one
For my first attempt of 'glow in the dark' I started off rather simple, I used a wide paintbrush and put neon paint at the end of the brush, I then used my finger to flick the paint onto my models face to give it more of a controlled splatter and did this multiple times all over the face with different colours, the colours I used were orange, pink, yellow and white (which shows up in the uv lighting as a pale blue). For the models lips I applied the neon orange paint to give it a bold colour, so that the shape of her lips would stand out and not fade away, I also added white uv paint on her eyelashes to show off her features so her face didn't get lost. I used a blacklight, against a black backdrop, to light the model so that you could see the uv paint brightly in the dark room. The glow in the dark effect made the model look like she was part of a galaxy, making the pictures much more quirky and unique as the bright colours and neon lips create an intergalactic look.
Top Photograph
This photograph stands out against the others as the angle of the model creates a different dynamic and transforms the models face into a galaxy. The UV light brought out the flickers of paint on the higher areas of the model's face and shoulders and the angle highlighted the foreground while leaving the background in darkness, which creates an interesting photo and added depth to the image. The contrasting colour of the lips adds another dimension to the image, and defines the model's facial features so that her facial structure isn't lost to the background.
AO3- REFLECTIVE RECORDING:
Record in visual and/or other forms ideas, observations, and insights relevant to intentions demonstrating an ability to reflect on work and progress.
Photoshoot two
For this shoot I was inspired by the photographer 'Nadine Schönfeld'. I used a wider range of colours and applied the paint on the main features of the models face and hair so that the model didn't get lost into the dark background and her face would stand out more. I applied green neon paint with a sponge on the roots of her hair to outline her head so it would fade away into the darkness. I also applied the green paint to her eyelashes with a clean eyelash brush which I also used to add pink neon paint to her eyebrows. I them used an eyeliner brush to apply the white neon paint on the line of her eyelids like eyeliner to define her eyes, and then applied the same white paint to her lips to make them stand out and look full and show off her facial features. I included her neck, chest and hands and used more bold colours and applied more paint to those areas using a paint brush, sponge and my hands to create a messy look so the colours blend and contrast. However I used a toothbrush to apply little flicks of paint to create a more spacey look on her face so that the paint didn't take over from the bold colours applied on her main features e.g eyes, eyebrows and lips.
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I'm very proud of the outcome of this photo. The contrast in texture of the paint (the paint is brushed into the hair and splattered onto the face) again highlights the high points on my model's face and the brushed out areas accentuate the areas that are out of focus and seem to add movement and softness to the image. the facial features are very defined as the paint is a block of colour rather than smaller dots meaning it picks up more light, and the cooler colours i used on them contrast with the other shades in the picture and the dark background. |
Photoshoot three
Photoshop experiment
Photoshoot four
For this shoot I changed the application of the paint and my technique, as I applied the paint more boldly, creating appealing patterns that add a different mood to the picture.
Top Photograph
Here I experimented with different patterns which add a different mood to the types of photos i ended up with. The lines of contrasting paints create movement within the picture. I still used the splattered pain technique as I enjoyed the outcomes of it in the previous photos, and I really like the combination of the two techniques in this photo as I think it creates a lot of different moods and effects within this picture. This time I kept the hair dark in order to create an image where the focus of the photo transitioned into the darkness of the background as I think this looks really interesting. |
Photoshop Experiment
Photoshoot five
Top photograph
Here I combined all of techniques I mentioned above and I am very hapy with the outcome. I used two models in this shoot as I was inspired by Sarah Leal, and I think this adds more of a story to the photos as the interraction between the two and their body language and colours are intriguing. The photo creates the illusion that the two are almost attached, and this makes it interesting to look at as you find yourself trying to work out who is who and what is happening within the picture. |
Photoshop experiment
AO4- PERSONAL PRESENTATION:
Present a personal, informed, and meaningful response demonstrating critical understanding, realising intentions and, where appropriate making connections between visual, written, oral and other elements.