The technique for these photographs is light painting, I created these photographs by setting my shutter speed to bulb, my aperture between f.14 and f.20 and an ISO of about 200. I chose these 2 photographs for my final images because I really like them, they're creative and although there isn't a specific 'drawing' in either of them, they stood out to me and for that reason, I chose them for my final images. I tried loads of different things with light painting but nothing really worked out and the main problem is that I don't have a tripod, that and I can't draw. I really like just pressing the shutter and getting somebody to go mad with the light and then see how it turns out!
The second technique I have chosen to use for my final images is projections, the settings for these varied depending on the image being projected but my ISO was always high. I really enjoyed experimenting with this technique because you can be really creative and project almost anything and make it look good. For this, I projected a lot of different things onto my friend, ranging from animals to buildings then just funky patterns just to see what looked the best and which ones showed up better. Personally, I think all of my projection photographs are good but they are all very different. The only thing I would be sure of if I was to do projection photography again would be to ensure whoever I am using to project an image onto is wearing light colours so it isn't obvious they are stood there, to the point there is no projection but also not too much light clothing as it can appear as though there is nobody in the photograph, unless obviously that is what I am trying to achieve.
The final technique I have chosen to use is double exposures and I've chosen this mainly because I really like how they look once they've been created, they're really funky and look really effective. To create a double exposure you just have to take a couple of photographs of different things then in photoshop, lay one over the other to create the effect. For one that I did, I just took multiple shots of my friend with a projection on her and each time I got her to move across the background, so that when I put the shots together it's as if she has been cloned. I really like double exposures and each time you end up with something completely different which I think is really good. If I use double exposures in the future, I will definitely have a look at the sort of things I could create and take that into account and just be as creative as I like because there's no right or wrong it's just about experimenting and seeing what you end up with and what looks good. For my second one I just used a photograph that I took in Times Square and then a photograph of Poppy with a projection of a New York street and put them together. I then put a black and white effect onto it to make the photograph of Poppy stand out more in the centre. These final images for double exposure really stood out to me and also I have used a very bright and colorful photograph and then a black and white one so they're more varied.
These are the images I have produced for one of my double exposure final images, I really like the images themselves because of the projection, I don't think it would have the same effect without the projection, it's really abstract and just gives it an edgy feel to it. These are just the screenshots to show what I began with and what I worked into, to create a more appealing and exciting image that will work for a final image. I'm happy with these photographs and the outcome.
These are the two photographs I used for my second double exposure, as single photographs I really like both of them and considering they both feature a piece of New York, I thought that it would work well putting them both together to create my double exposure.
Projections
Light Painting
Double Exposures
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