“…through this photographic eye you will be able to look out on a new light-world, a world for the most part uncharted and unexplored, a world that lies waiting to be discovered and revealed.” - Edward Weston
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Edward weston shoot 1
props: plant pot, fruit, vegetables plan: 1. set camera in AV mode 2. turn shutter speed up to a high setting (So not much light will get through) 3. put natural form in plant pot 4. zoom in (So no unwanted subjects will be in focus) 5. get subject in focus 6. take photograph |
Edward weston shoot 2:
props: black and white card, light box, chairs, tape, fruit and vegetables plan: 1. tape the black card to the white card (To get a more steady structure) 2. place the tow pieces of black card in a L - shape holding up by chairs 3. turn light box on white colour setting ( To get a shadow effect for the natural form) 4. place natural form in the center 5. put camera in AV mode 6. place the shutter speed at regular (To get enough light) 7. take photograph |
Nature educates us into beauty and inwardness and is a source of the most noble pleasure.
If I give someone a horsetail he will have no difficulty making a photographic enlargement of it - anyone can do that. But to observe it, to notice and discover its forms, is something that only a few are capable of.
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How he creates his work
I use a Canon EOS 90D camera with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM fixed lens. The only reason I even know about the technology is because my colleague told me that's what I needed and would be the biggest bang for the buck. The rest of it is all by feel. I have absolutely no photo training. For me that suffices because I'm not hung up on technical stuff. Just looking for ways to capture information for my paintings. (Email From Dennis Wojkiewicz) Why this artist? The final artist in the Abstract Nature project is Dennis Wojtkiewicz. This artist differs from my other artists because her is a painter but he takes photographs first with a Macro USM fixed lens because it gives the natural form extra detail that the fruit on its own. However, there are similarities in his use of his frequent use of the seven elements of art and principles of art that emulate some of the other photographers I have studied. Who is he? Dennis Wojtkiewicz was born in 1956 in Chicago and is most famously known for his paintings of fruit. Why the quote? The quote is from a direct email response from Dennis W himself. From the email, I was able understand what equipment & techniques he uses such as the lens he uses to get the detail from the natural form and how how he focuses on capturing of the detail for his photographs Why this video? This video is inspirational to me because because it shows the best of this artists work. The painting that are featured on the videos show the detail and colour that has been put in by Dennis Wojkiewicz. The paintings show harmony by the colour mixing well together and by the artist not contrasting between warm and dark colours as frequently as other photographers and artists do. |
slice your fruit evenly and thinly so that your subject gets exposed with light through the transparent fibres.
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place your subject on the transparent surface and place the light source underneath to expose light through the fruit.
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Place your camera on a tripod for your photographs to be in focus and tilt so it is facing the subject and the set up.
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Turn your lighting source on underneath the subject and take multiple photographs of your fruit.
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Editing step 1:
Firstly, I adjusted the temperature, tint, brightness, saturation and contrast so that the lighting source can be more seen through the transparent fibres of the fruit. By doing this I was able to expose my fruit and show small details. |
Editing step 2:
I removed the background from the original photograph which was a clear material that was used to allow more light to be exposed. To make sure the edges of the Kiwi were not rough I increased the feather tool to 14 to get less rough edges. After that I added another layer to be the background chose a of white to allow the subject to stand out. |
Editing step 3:
To make a pattern, I added more layers by duplicating the subject multiple time and arranging them in a regular pattern to try and fill up the white background |
Editing step 4:
To add a contrast between some of the subjects, I changed the colour for more vibrant exposure and less vibrant exposure. Firstly, I changed three of the subjects to black and white so the remaining subjects could stand out better. Then I adjusted the saturation on two of the subject to add more contrast to my edit. |