Experiments

In our lesson we were asked to create three different experiments to change the composition and way we look at the photograph by putting the photo in different places or adding things to the photograph.


Burial Experiment
For this experiment I used a photograph of me and changed it to black and white. I then printed this on to photographic paper and buried it in my back garden. I have left it for two days and I am going to see how the ground and any insects or animals eat and erode it. This will change the composition and what comes to our attention on the photo last. Here is the photograph I am using...

I feel this did not turn out as well as I thought it would because the photograph did not erode much and it only got soggy and muddy. I think that this is because it was on photographic paper which is thicker therefore stronger than ordinary paper. Also I think it may have eroded and would have transformed more if it was in the ground for longer than two days.

Water Experiment

For this experiment i had the idea of placing a photograph of me in a bowl of boiling water and adding different food dye to it. I was inspired to do this because I had to place my gum-shield in boiling water to fit it. I then thought that I could try placing the photograph in the water and adding red food colouring to it and leaving it for five minutes. I prepared another bowl of boiling water with the food colour ready to put in. After placing the same photograph in red then coffee coloured dyes I had these results...

I found that the darker black absorbed the red colour for example in the eyes and on the collar, where as the colour has been taken out from the lighter colours  on my arm and the upper part of the bench.
Layered Photograph  
In this experimant, I used photoshop to add and change the photograph. I used photographs off of the internet that mean something to me. I used a photograph of my brother surfing and adapted it to give the effect that he was surfing out of the cup that I am holding. I also used a Newcastle United badge on the cup and changed it to look as if it was curved and part of the cup, I used this because I have always supported Newcastle and my favourite player was Alan Shearer so I added a photograph of him and made all of these black and white. After creating this image, I tried to upload it to my blog however, it said that the image was too large to upload so I have changed the properties of the photograph and here is the result...

Adapted Photograph

For this experiment I used Photoshop to layer two photographs over eachother. I layered the picture of me over the picture of the man and changed the image of the man to fit the eyes, mouth and face with my self-portrait image. I then used the rubber tool on Photoshop to rub out parts of my image to leave parts of his image showing. I changed the bottom part of my face and added his bears and moustache from his picture. However, because I had to change the size of the image of the man, it has come out less sharp and a little blurred. Here is the result of the image.