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Mind Map

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Mood Board

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Artist Research: Antoine Geiger

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What I have done this week:
-Mind Map
-Mood Board
-1 artist research

Mind map
This week I did a mind map on technology to get an idea of the potential directions that I could take my project down. It was very hard to think of things for technology that were more ‘outside the box’. If I was to do it again, I would do it physically in my sketchbook.

Mood board
I did a mood board this week on technology. This was to look at some artists and gather some inspiration for what I could do in shoots. I found some interesting images that I wanted to do shoots inspired by and artists that I wanted to research later on. If I was to do it again, I would do it physically in my sketchbook.

Artist research
I researched artist Antoine Geiger. I was very inspired by his work as he portrays his models faces being sucked into their phones and I thought this was a really good idea. I found Geiger while doing my mood board and knew I wanted to research him. I analysed one of Geiger's images and stated what I liked and disliked about his images. If I was to do this again, I would research him physically in my sketchbook.

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Reason: The reason for this shoot is to do a photo shoot inspired by an artist I researched Antoine Geiger. He was well known for editing the faces of his models being sucked into their phones.
Outcomes: I want my images to show a series of images of a person looking down at their phone and laptop. I want them to look almost emotionless to show how technology is taking over their life.
Location: Home (Knottingley)
Date: 31st April 2020
Time: 8pm
Equipment: Camera, tripod, girl, phone, laptop

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In this image, there is what looks to be two reflections of the same girl. One is looking down on her phone and on is playing on a laptop. I did this photo shoot in response to an artist I researched Antoine Geiger; as his images were all about how technology is sucking us in. And I thought this was a good was for me to do my own spin on it. I was shooting quite late at night so used an ISO of 400 to capture as much light as I could. I also used F.2 and a slow shutter speed (I used a tripod) I really like how this image turned out as I liked reflecting the different images making them into one photo.

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In this image, there is what looks to be two reflections. One is looking down on her phone and on is playing on a laptop, however her face is extremely distorted. I did this photo shoot in response to an artist I researched Antoine Geiger; as his images were all about how technology is sucking us in. And I thought this was a good was for me to do my own spin on it. I distorted her face to show how technology is also distorting our view of things and controlling us. I was shooting quite late at night so used an ISO of 400 to capture as much light as I could. I also used F.2 and a slow shutter speed (I used a tripod) I really liked reflecting the different images making them into one photo.

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What I have done this week:
- Photoshoot Plan
- Contact Sheet
- Edits & Analysis x2
- Started FMP Proposal

Photoshoot Plan
This week I have planned to do my first Photoshoot for my FMP; Technology. I planned this Photoshoot in response to an artist that I researched. I followed the planning guide that we were given at the very start and was very specific about what I wanted to do in my shoot. I think that I need to keep up with planning in detail as my previous planning has lacked it.

Contact Sheet
I have created a contact sheet showing all of the images from my Photoshoot. As I wasn’t able to access photoshop, I had to use my phone to create this. In the future, I am going to get photoshop as it is more ideal for my editing and for my contact sheets.

Edits & Analysis
This week I have edited 2 images from my Photoshoot and analysed them in detail. My edits are different to the artist that I researched as I wanted to show a different way of how we are being sucked in to technology. I did not use Photoshop on the computer to do my edits, and am not 100% proud of how they turned out.

Proposal
I have began writing my proposal this week and am currently on the second section. I am finding it quite hard regardless of the fact we do these for every project.

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Reason: The reason I am doing this Photoshoot is to show how technology has us tied down and controlled. And i want to use earphones as a metaphor to show this.
Outcome: I want the earphones to be wrapped around the hands of my model I am photographing. In a few of the images, i want her to look as if she is struggling and the earphones are getting tight.
Location: Home (Knottingley)
Date: 8th April 2020
Time: 7pm
Equipment: Camera, Tripod, Earphones

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In this image, i wrapped the earphones around my models hands. You can also see that she is almost grabbing/dragging her fingernails across the table. I wrapped the earphones around her hands to show the struggles we encounter with being tied down with the social media and technology we are using today. For this image, i used an ISO of 200, an Aperture of F4.5 and a Shutter Speed of 1/8th. I also used a tripod to make sure that my images were as clear as possible if my model moved. I edited my image in black and white to add more emotion to the image. And i think that it works better than it did it colour.

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In this image there are earphones being wrapped around my models hands. I wrapped them around her hands to make them look as if she was struggling. I chose to do this because i wanted to use the earphones as a represntation of how the technology and social media we are using are tying us down and controlling us. And i thought this was a really good metaphor to use to create this. For this image, i used an ISO of 200, an Aperture of F.5 and a Shutter Speed of 1/8th. I also used a tripod to ensure that my images were captured as clear as possible. I used natural lighting for this shoot. However i am going to experiment with artifical lighting during further shoots. I really like how this edit turned out as you can see how she is trying to get out of the earphones and i think i captured that well and the reason behind the shoot fits really well with what i actually ended up shooting.

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What have i done this week:
-Photoshoot plan
-Contact sheet
-Edits x3 & Analysis

Photoshoot Plan
This week i did a photoshoot plan for a photoshoot i was planning to do. I planned to do this photoshoot to show how technology and media has us controlled and wanted to use earphones to show this. I planned this quite well and in detail; stating exactly what i wanted to do during the shoot and the outcomes that i wanted. This photoshoot plan was better than last week in my opinion as it was in more detail and stated more of what i wanted from the shoot.

Edits
I edited 3 of my images from the photoshoot i did this week. I edited them using the Lightroom app from the App Store. I only did basic lighting and saturation edits to lighten up and brighten my image. I cropped my image quite a lot to get rid of some of the unwanted background and have my focal point clear. My favourite edit that i did was the black and white edit because i think it works better than in colour and for the idea behind the shoot in general, the black and white adds more emotion and depth to the image.

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Doctor Who is a sci-fi series that has been airing for over 50 years. I am going to be reviewing an episode from season 7, episode 7. In this episode there are 2 main characters; The Doctor and Clara. The whole of this episode is based around WiFi and how an intelligence has gained the control to capture the minds of people and virtually suck them in when they log in to a certain WiFi. I thought this would be a really great episode to use for a Photoshoot idea.

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Reason: The reason for doing this Photoshoot is because I want to capture some images to do a variety of WiFi edits. I am also doing this shoot in response to my research/episode.
Outcome: I want these images to be self portraits and be quite close up of my face. I want to do this as during editing I am going to be doing a pop colour of the eyes and layering with words.
Location: Home (Knottingley)
Date: 15th April
Time: 12pm
Equipment: Camera, Tripod, Ringlight

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In this image, it is a self portrait that i photoshooted and edited. In this edit i am in black and white with only my eyes in colour. I turned the saturation up on my eyes to enhance the green. The green and the black and white work really well together. I layered text over my image. The text says "free wifi" and "wpa2-personal" I edited this image using Photoshop, and i really like how it turned out.

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I dont like this edit as much as the other one, however instead of layering the text over the face i layered it over the eyes. I dont like how this edit turned out as the skin looks grainy.

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What have i done this week:
-Photoshoot plan
-Contact sheet
-Edits & analysis

Photoshoot Plan
This week i planned to do a self portrait photoshoot. I planned for a self portrait so i could have more of a variety of models in my project and during this time its hard to do so. I planned this in detail stating exactly what i wanted to happen; stating that i wanted them to be close up and why and what i was going to do in the editing process.

Contact sheet
I have made a contact sheet showing all the images that i gathered during this shoot.

Edits and analysis
This week i have done 2 edits that i have also analysed in great detailed. I really liked how 1 of them turned out with the text layering. If i was to do them again i wouldnt have done a self portrait for this idea as i dont feel comfortable infront of a camera.

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Reason: The reason for this Photoshoot was to gather some images to edit in the style of a previous Photoshoot that I did with text layering.
Outcome: I want my images to show my model dull and lifeless while wearing a headset used for gaming. I will also be using wires and wrapping them around her.
Location: Knottingley (home)
Date: 30th April 2020
Time: 8pm
Equipment: Camera, tripod, ring light, phone

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In this image you are able to see a woman wearing a headset with wires being layered and wrapped around her. There is also text layering in this edit. The text i used to layer was; gaming, communication, talking, obsession, wires, headset and online.

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What have i done this week:
-Photoshoot plan
-Contact sheet
-Edit and analysis
-Episode review

Photoshoot Plan
This week i have planned to do a photoshoot with using my mum as my model. I think i had a good idea and the outcome was good overall. I planned the shoot in detail before hand stating what i wanted to do.

Contact sheet
I have made a contact sheet this week showing all of the images that i gathered during this shoot.

Edits and analysis
I edited my images after doing my shoot. The edits came out okay however i think i could have done better with the text layering and the whole shoot in general. I wasnt 100% happy with how my shoot turned out.

Episode review
This week i did an review on an episode of Doctor Who that i used for inspiration for a shoot that i had done previously in my project. I was quite happy with how my review turned out and it was very knowledged and detailed about the episode and how it links to my project.

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Reason: The reason for this shoot is to do a photoshoot involving text bubbles and messaging.
Outcome: I want my model to be looking at her phone to show she is recieving a message. I also want her to look upset.
Location: Knottingley (Home)
Date: 30th April 2020
Time: 8pm
Equipment: Camera, tripod, ring light, phone

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In this image, you can see a girl looking down at her phone reading something she was sent. You can also see text bubbles above the phone. I did this show what she was looking at. This fits in with my project theme as she is using technology and is being bullied over social media. I really liked doing this shoot as i was able to tell a story while doing it.

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I have made a few tweeks to my edit from previous. I have experimented with this image in black and white and having only the text in colour to add a bit more of a dramatic feel to my image. I really like how this turned out.

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What have i done this week:
-Photoshoot plan
-Contact sheet
-Edit and analysis

Photoshoot plan
This week i have planned a photoshoot using my sister as my model. We planned to have her recieving a message on her phone which we would then edit to show as a text bubble. I had to make it clear in my plan what i wanted and in detail; e.g use a ringlight and a tripod for best results, look upset etc.

Contact sheet
I have made a contact sheet this week to show all the photos that i have gathered from my photoshoot.

Edits and analysis
During the editing process, i did 2 very similar edits of the same photo. One was all in colour, and one was black and white with just the text in colour. I really liked how they both came out but the black and white was more dramatic and fit better for the purpose of the shoot. I struggled finding which blend mode to use so the edit took a while.