Event Photography

 For my on location event photography I chose a football match featuring my home town Chesterfield FC and Bradford City. Inspired by aged, antiquated football photographs, I set out to capture images which could then in post-production be turned into these outdated looking photographs.

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Istanbul - September 2013

During 11th - 25th September I went on holiday and stayed in an apartment where my grandparents used to live in Istanbul in Turkey. Whilst there I saw and visited a few places in Istanbul including Kadikoy, The Grand Bazaar and the Bosphorus Bridge. I wanted to take my on location Street Photography in Istanbul due to the recent developments and events that had taken place there, I also wanted to capture the Turkish culture and way of life. Some of these photographs are from my collection of Street Photography and some are personal snaps.

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Toning and Colouring/Duo-Tone

Different colours and tones can help to instil images with subtle moods and can be used for expressive purposes. Toning has been used by photographers for a long time and can now be emulated in digital photography using software such as PhotoShop. Below are two images I toned copper and blue:

A duo tone is an image that is made up of just two colours and typically these colours are black and a spot colour. The Modes on PhotoShop allow the photographer to create one-colour (monotone), two-colour (duotone), three-colour and four-colour (quadtone) images. Below is my experimentation with Selenium Duo Tone:

Fashion Photography Workshop

For this workshop, Fashion photographer Talia White came into college and gave a presentation featuring her own work, different lighting situations and tips for fashion photography and locations including preparation and code of conduct for this genre. She then took us out on location to photograph her model Ashleigh Holder and we were allocated 15 minutes of shoot time. I edited the below photographs using PhotoShop CS6 and Silver Efex Pro 2.

Gum Bichromate

This process was introduced in 1894 and is valued for its high degree of artistic control it gives the photographer over the aesthetics of the final print. It produces colour tones and an almost painterly-like appearance.
I created these Gum Bichromate prints by coating paper in a potassium dichromate solution, placing a variety of objects on the paper and then exposing it in sunlight for around 15 minutes.

Tri-colour Technique

The technique I used to create my tri-colour images was similar to Ducos du Hauron’s images in that I used the same three colours, however utilized PhotoShop to combine all the layers.

For this technique, I took two sets of three images; one using a red filter, one green filter and one blue filter. I tried to make sure each scene did not change in composition and I did this by using a tripod. I made notes during those exposures to help me determine which filters were used during which shots.

I enjoyed this workshop as I found the film work integrated with digital software easy to do and creative. I liked shooting on black and white film whilst also utilizing PhotoShop to edit. This effect this process created added a retro vibe to my images because of the desaturated tones.

Infrared

The effect of infrared is created as digital cameras can see infrared light, even though humans can’t. This means the light we cannot see is captured by the camera and creates images that are unique and have an otherworldly look to them. This can be easily produced using PhotoShop and the end result is largely based on the type of image being used; outdoor scenes and bright colours work best and that is what I used when experimenting with this technique.

I achieved my final infrared print by de-saturating the image, adding Gaussian Noise and using a Photo Filter Layer - I chose the Cooling Filter LBB to create a cool image rather than a warm toned one.