Definition & Theory
Texture = the feel, appearance, or consistency of a surface or a substance.
Pattern = repeated decorative design.
Artist Research
Aaron Siskind
Siskind's an American photographer widely considered to be part of the abstract expressionist movement. In his autobiography he wrote that he began his foray into photography when he received a camera for a wedding gift and began taking pictures on his honeymoon. He quickly realised the artistic potential this offered. He's work focuses on the details of nature and architecture. Siskind uses black and white to draw your attention to the texture in stead of colour.
The image of the bricks shows that texture and pattern is all around use even where you don't aspect to see it.
The second image shows how things can look good after time if you see it from a different point of view. I like both of this images and hope to get images inspired by these that are simple yet effective.
Image bank
My images will be similar to those above only I will converter in to black and white.
(AO:1. You must ensure that several of the visual ideas/inspirations within the image bank are pursued. )
Contact sheet
Best images
Worst images
The three images above are to all to dark. The first and last could be improved, using photoshop to brighten up the image, as you can see the outline of the leafs, but you can't see the texture of the leafs.
The middle image can't be improved, as the image is at the wrong angle to see the texture. Although you can see the spotted pattern.
AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.
My idea for texture and pattern was inspired by both nature and man made objects. I was inspired by Aaron Sskind's images. Not all the images tuned out as I expected but I do thing some are a good representation.
The best images
The top image of leafs in front of a brick wall captures the texture of both the leaf, the wall and moss on the wall. The colours are also contrasting. It also shows the pattern of the leafs. Araron Siskind inspired this image as it's taken from everyday life.
The over leaf was shoot using a light box to capture the detail of the leafs pattern. I will use photoshop to make it black and white to focus the viewers attention on the pattern and texture of the leaf.
The picture of the carpet shows how rough the carpets texture is and the pattern of the carpet. It shows that texture and pattern is everywhere. I won't use photoshop to change this image as I don't know what could be done to make it better.
The last image has the soft texture of the fluffy ball, which makes the viewer feel relaxed. The hat itself is a bit rougher which is a nice contras with the white fluffy ball. I will also not change this image as I'm not sure how I would make it better.
AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.
With regards to some of the images that did not come out as I expected, This was an experiment and the photos that weren't done in the studio were done with an iPad.
To improve my images I decided to import some of them into photoshop and use this to create black and white images with more contrast. How this was done is shown below in a sample image.
The screen grabs selected show how Photoshop was used to create a high contrast black and white image.
AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.
My research of Aron Sikind's helped me get ideas of how to approach this topic.
I believe I produced a decent atempt of images inspired by texture and pattern. As well as Aaron Siskind althought some were experiments which don't relate to much to his work. The final images produced were refined by developing the contrast and converting them into black and white images.
I believe I produced a decent atempt of images inspired by texture and pattern. As well as Aaron Siskind althought some were experiments which don't relate to much to his work. The final images produced were refined by developing the contrast and converting them into black and white images.
I don't believe all my images are strongly inspired by Aaron Siskind but some do capture his style, the leaf against the wall. The final images were adjusted by converting them into black and white to look like Siskind's work.
please add to the teary section it is a little brief e.g. texture and the action of light, pattern and regular, irregular, natural, etc.
ReplyDeletethe best images in AO4 after editing are good except for the first leaf.. I think you need to review your contact sheet and select other images as you have some good ones for pattern and texture.. You are slipping on the annotation as AO2 and AO4 are empty... current grade D as the blog is incomplete, there is the potential for you to get a B if you address the above changes and edit the images to a high standard.