Into Colour

Still getting my head around using after effects, just figured key framing out, so I'm only using basic techniques at the moment.

Panorama in Motion

Using After Effects in ADOBE for the first time using the panorama from the previous project. Going from black and white to colour.  

Still trying to get my head around the program, first sort of experiment. Maybe explore from this?

The Beginning and the End of the Panorama

So I finally finished the panorama after slaving away. 

Possibly if I continue with this, or if I have enough time, I might do a transition from the wilderness to the city. 

Or another idea was to cut up the images into slits and have a sequence between the wilderness and the urban landscape.

I was thinking of presenting this as a screen piece. I took an image from Time Out website of a gallery space called 'Screen Space'

I tried to paste my own image into other gallery spaces, but i couldn't really get the angle right ect. so I just gave up. 

A space I was considering was the Ian Potter Gallery at Melbourne University.

All the Thyme in the World Part III

Yes once again another shoot of the same boot, but I think it may not be going so well, the boot I mean. 

I'm trying to add more items to reveal more of the identity of the previous owner of the boot and who they are/were. 

I didn't go into the studio this time, just in my house so you can kind of see my piano in the background.

I also tried a new set of objects. The items are from various childhoods and a photo of a baby. I'm not sure if I'll continue with this or where I'll go if I continue with them

All the Thyme in the World Part II

First shoot in the studio wasn't so much of a success, still learning the parts of the studio but I think my second a attempt was much more successful than the first, so that's the one I'll post!

I used light painting to light the areas I wanted lit, and I used different torches to light in different shots. Not sure if I prefer to not show the torch in the shot.

Plan to do more still life work using different objects and light sources. To be continued..... 

All the Thyme in the World

For my photography class I have created a 'herb boot', since for our project we can choose to photograph objects in the studio. I chose to create this boot to give it a new life that it needed. 

Who said you can't buy time?

Its one of my Dad's old gardening boots which has been collecting a number of spidery residents. Also it brings me back to gardening with my Mum, where we would use my Dad's ratty old shoes to plant daffodil bulbs during the Autumn. 

It was a little too early for daffodil bulbs so I decided on herbs because of the smell of the thyme and the use of the herbs after I've finished using it for my project. 

The Humble Scanner

Our teacher showed us the amazingness of the scanner, going home I was all inspired to scan billions of objects. I'd suggest cleaning the scanner bed first though since any smudges will come up, or else you can edit them out later, also I did it at night (since there's not a dark room in my house) so the objects seemed to float in space which can look pretty cool and creepy. I was happy with some of the results, some, not so much.  I think the results have to do with the quality of the scanner, my one at home is also a printer so I couldn't change specific settings which is probably why some of the objects came out a little blurry, might try again with a better scanner, eventually.