Project 2 Shoot 1

Here are the images from the first shoot for DSDN144 Project 2 - Time.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/liamgilbertsondesign/sets/72157631741711550

So far I have only composed one of the sets of images into a final composition, though it was enough to show me the general aesthetic of the kind of composition I have attempted to make. I found that the image painted on the canvas did not show enough of a progression through the painting from start to finish, and was not particularly interesting as a composition on it's own which I thought was because the painting did not have enough layers to mix together. I did find however that the progression of time was evident in the surroundings of the painting, with the movement of the artist and the paint on the palette. I want to do another shoot that includes both this progression of time with the artist and their tools, and also a painting that has more layers.

DSDN144 Project 2 Precedents

Here are a couple of time lapse videos I found that look like good examples of the process I want to use for my shoots. Bear in mind that my intention is not to create a time-lapse video per se but simply to follow the process of making one and superimpose all of the frames shot into one image.

This is a time-lapse of a Colorado artist Jeff Jagunich, who does a lot of these kind of videos for his illustrations and paintings. This is the right idea for the techniques that I want to use, although I imagine I'll have to set both the camera and the canvas up as stationary, otherwise the final image will just be a blur. I do think that the type of image he is drawing would work really well because of all the colours - through the blending I would do in photoshop the colours will hopefully mix together so that the image would look different from the final product.

Another video of an artist drawing for a time-lapse, this time by Alex Young. This would be an interesting composition to see done with the technique I intend to use, as I think it would show the progression from start to finish very well with the opacity of the lines drawn toward the end. I do really want to add a lot of colour to the pictures though, as I think they would make for a better photo.

I added this video because i think that it would work really well if all the frames for the video were superimposed down to one image, as you could see the movement of both the stars and the camera, and the blending of dawn, night, and dusk all together. I am interested to see what it might look like if I choose to make the camera move at a steady rate throughout the composition.

DSDN144 "Time" Final Images

Here are my final images for the DSDN144 Project "Time"

For “En Process” my motivation was to capture the creative processes of an artist while making a composition such that we can identify particular techniques and processes used in the making of a final product, and the change in time over it’s creation – in this case, the graffiti-ing of the walls of my home.

For this concept I chose the art of graffiti because in the making of a graffiti piece there are often many layers in the building up of a finished piece, and often many mistakes that you would not usually see that are shown using this method.  Firstly a time-lapse is set up in front of a bare wall before any painting has been done, and is set to take photos as the piece is progressively finished. Then the photos are superimposed into one composition to effectively capture the artwork “en process”.

These images are an attempt to identify the techniques and the process of the artwork; the darker and fuller colours show where the piece was started, and both the final layers and the mistakes will appear as ghostly transparencies. They are such that the final images are not a snapshot of a final product, but more a hybridised reflection of the initial and final points, and the time and techniques used in between.

Shoot 2 Proposal

The idea behind this project is to capture the creative processes of an artist while making a composition such that we can identify particular techniques and processes used in the making of a final product, and the change in time over it’s creation.

For this concept I want to photograph artwork that has many layers that make up a composition, so that in the final image creates a new and different composition that relates to the final product, but does not exactly mirror it.  Firstly a time-lapse would be set up in front of a bare wall before any painting has been done, and is set to take photos as the piece is progressively finished. Then the photos are superimposed into one composition to effectively capture the artwork “en process”.

These idea is to identify the techniques and the process of the artwork; the darker and fuller colours will hopefully show where the piece was started, and both the final layers and the mistakes will appear as ghostly transparencies. The final images will hopefully not be a snapshot of a final product, but more a hybridised reflection of the initial and final points, and the time and techniques used in between.