Fifth Shoot

Using a Bronica ETRS medium format camera I was able to produce 15 images.

I find that the multiple exposure images from this shoot was simply too surreal or gave the wrong message to the audience however the motion images that I have experimented with are very strong. 13 and 14 are too detailed and show the identity of the model which isn't what I wanted and 12 was poorly timed. However 11 was perfectly timed, doesn't show details and has stages in the exposure giving it the impression of a multiple exposure instead of a 1 second exposure.

Forth Shoot

I was using a Bronica ETRS medium format camera. Very few of these images were exposed or developed successfully.

From this I found that it would be a lot harder than expected to take strong images as a lot of these are much too confusing, I would class most of them as surreal pieces. Some of them have a strange bubble effect over them which is most likely from the development stage. If not enough developer was used then this might happen. Since as I cannot confirm how this effect occurred and most are not as strong as previous images I have taken so I won't be using any of these.

Third shoot

I wanted to test some film that I have never used before because of work by Paul Himmel where the grain makes a texture on the image and diffuses the detail in the image. I was using Ilford Delta 3200 on my Olympus OM10 35mm camera. Due to the effects that appeared during the last shoot I was really interested to see the result. 

These show that the camera still works as it should and the effects in the last shoot must have just been an anomaly. Attempting to recreate some of Himmels work was unsuccessful so I decided to attempt my own style again. Two images have appeared to be quite strong however I am unsure if they are strong enough. 

 I find this image very angelic if you take it that the hand is her own. If not; and you take it as it is someone else's hand I think this image becomes quite sinister. It feels like someone is trying to claim her or take the innocence from her. This could even be interpreted as a child becoming a woman.

I really like this image because of it's simplicity. The subject is only on the right leaving the left as space to emphasis the importance that her standing there might communicate. Focus on the subject is very soft, which is a feature of the film and the amount of grain that it produces. I think that it might have been more effective if I hadn't cut the models curve off the edge of the frame but I still think its very effective.

These images are still too similar to the sort of work I have previously produced. I think that I will continue with the multiple exposure work as the images are very strong, appealing, test my ability on taking the images and selecting which are best overall.

Second shoot

During this shoot I was using a Fujifilm OM10 35mm camera with film I have used before. However something has happened inside where a large portion of both rolls of film has been exposed to light causing anomalies on most of the images. This might be because the door wasn't shut properly or some dust stopped the door from shutting as I know the camera works because of recent use. Some of these images are made stronger by this occurrence however I don't feel that I will be able to produce this result again and therefore I don't think that these images are appropriate for this assignment.

Experimenting with Shoot 1

Since as the double exposure was so effective I want to try overlapping my images digitally.

To make this image I have used 4 different images and adjusted opacity levels on every image whilst having a base image at 100%. I dislike this image because the more images I started to add the more it seems to just turn into a 'mush' of greys because of the blacks and whites overlaying each other. Doing it digitally is very different to in camera methods because it uses the black areas to expose the next image whilst digitally it just adds everything together.

Since as using different images didn't work I am wondering if using the same image placed differently will make any difference.

The greyness of the image is quite different as there are very defined whites and blacks however the image isn't the right choice as I think there needs to be more going on.

I have chosen an image with more lines and shapes however it still looks strange because all the main features blend together. To me it simply looks like a dodgy job on taking an image and editing it.

I really dislike using Photoshop for this work because it doesn't produce the appeal that a real double exposure would on film.

I am wondering if I could use several images from this set in an enlarger and create a multiple exposure through to the print.

I am very impressed with this piece as there are whites, blacks, mid-tones and the images match up really well. It looks like the two hands are trying to reach out to each other because the body and arm also looks uncomfortable suggesting that one person needs help. I used img10, img15 and img23 from the contact sheets. It was a 22 second exposure at grade 4 and a 7 second exposure at grade 00. This is called split grade printing. Split grade printing is usually used when a negative is especially hard to achieve blacks, whites and the right mid tones. First expose at the high grade to define the depth of the blacks and then expose the low grade to fill in the mid tones in areas where there should be detail.

First shoot

Using a Bronica ETRS medium format camera I was able to produce 38 images. Using meduim format allows me to scan and print my images a lot larger than the conventional 35mm.

I feel that I have produced some strong images from this set however they are very similar to the sort of work that I produced in my last assignment where I studied the female form. The image that really caught my attention was the second image. A double exposure. Maybe I should research into this and practise this again.