1. EXPERIMENTAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
Jess Britton
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2. When I experimented with focus, at first I made all of the image out
of focus. I made sure that I changed the focus so the images like
almost like fine art. These are the results that I got. These three
images are all quite interesting to look at, and they sort of hurt the
eyes. I decided to go out again and try to take some more. I varied
the focus levels on the next set, and made it so that only a small
amount was in focus, or nearly all of it. These images seem to
have worked better, because they look more interesting. These are
all on the next page. The second image on this page is most likely
the one image that is completely out of focus that has worked the
best. The first image is a little too bland; there isn’t much going on
to draw people in. the third image is the same, there are only block
colours , and since you can see the corridor in the background,
which looks out of place. I changed the camera setting to manual, I
set the camera on a wide aperture and I moved the focus ring so
that I could get the different effects. For the last image on this page
I could have changed the focus so that either the corridor or the
wall was in focus. To get the different focus levels, I made sure
that the camera was in full manual mode, then I kept changing the
focus ring to get the effects that I wanted. I didn’t need to change
the ISO, but the aperture need to be wide, normally something like
F4, which gives more blur. The setting that I needed to use was
AV, which I used to change the apertures.

3. These are all of the images that I took
when I chose to have a focus point.
In the first image I positioned the
camera on an angle, focused on the
tree and made sure that the
background was out of focus. I used
this effect on the bottom two images
as well, so that the front of the image
was the focus point. With this image I
decided to try something different. I
believe that this is the best image I
took. The foreground is the part that
is out of focus, the white walls are in
focus as well of the floor. Having the
closest part of the image in focus in
the most common way to use this
technique, so I experimented and
tried to see if this would work. I used
the same technique as the others, I
kept the camera on full manual and
kept changing the focus levels, I
changed them to get the background
either in focus or out, and I believe
that these works worked well.

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With this image I
decided to make
only a small amount
of the image in
focus. This is in the
bottom left corner,
and I changed the
focus of the camera
so that the rest was
out of focus, even
though everything
in the image is
connected and close
together. All I had
to do to get this
effect was to change
the focus lens
slightly so that only
what I wanted to
get in focus was in
focus.

5. With this technique, I had trouble editing them together in Photoshop.
This would have been easy if I has printed then and laid them out on
a piece of paper, but with Photoshop it could lay out some of the
images that I took. This is one of the sets of images that worked. I
only took about 6 images of the same subject, and they edited on
Photoshop well. I took a lot of photographs of a silver sign, but
Photoshop couldn’t put them together. If I was using this experiment
in my work I would cut and paste them on paper. This would probably
be the easiest way to produce this effect. If I was to do this again I
would take more photographs of the same subject and print them
out. To get this effect in Photoshop, I go onto File, Automate, then
Photomerge. I would select the images that I want to use then wait
for Photoshop to put them together as a collage. This set of
photographs worked because I believe there wasn’t that many so it
was able to put it together.

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7. When I was taking photographs to get a movement effect I found
that this was the hardest one to do. I believe that the bottom image
is the best one, but it barely captures any movement. The top two
images haven’t worked because they don’t seem to be showing
any movement. If I was to try this technique again I would make
sure that I used a tripod so that the image captured only a small
amount of movement, without the camera shaking. To get this
effect needed to have a long exposure, using the setting TV which
controls the timer. To get this effect I also needed to have a low
shutter speed and an aperture that’s lower that 200.

8. For this technique I found that I couldn’t particularly get the
images to look as they should. I used a long shutter speed
to capture movement of different people, but as I was
looking back at them I found that the whole image looked
blurry. The only photograph that I could say had worked was
the last one on the next page, this is because the corridor is
in focus and still, but there is movement at the end. If I was
to try this again I would make sure that I had a tripod, so I
knew the camera was completely steady.

9. Use this slide to annotate your best image

10. When I was experimenting with taking images of reflections I used
the auto setting because I didn’t need to change the shutter speed
or the aperture. I did however use the focus lens on the camera
on the bottom image and the larger image on the next page
because I was able to see the reflection of the tree when I did so.
I believe that these two images worked the best, simply because
the reflections were subtle, which added something different.

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12. To try this experiment I decided that I needed to use the Harris
Shutter app, since this was the easiest way to get this effect.
When I was taking photographs I made the whole image look
abstract, I moved the camera around in between shots, so that it
had a fine art finish. After I tried this a few times I decided that I
should keep the camera at the same place, and make sure that I
captured movement from other people. I believe that this effect
worked well, and the image that I took that captured movement
worked the best. This is because it captured just one person
moving, which, if I was going to use this technique for my final
images, it would create a unique image.

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14. When I was experimenting with
this technique I tried to get a
weird looking final image. All I
had to do was put an object on
a scanner, and make sure I
moved the object as it
scanned. If I was to use this
technique on my final images, I
would make sure the object
that I was scanning was larger,
so that I could produce
something that was a normal
size. Since I used small cards
and coins from my purse I
found that the finished image
was too small.

15. Use this slide to annotate your best image