Final piece

Final piece

Photographer Brandon Kidwell inspired my final, his creative double exposures show a combination of man and nature working together to create an amazing compositions.

    

I decided to create an analogue double exposure for my final piece, I feel a double exposure is the most basic way to manipulate film. The final result turned out really well, both exposures are visible in the image and the composition has worked really well. My final piece portrays one of the most basic ways of manipulating film to create beautiful, yet surreal results. To improve my final pieces I could experiment with coloured film to see the difference between the results.

This idea strays from my original idea, I wanted to broaden the idea of cameraless photography to include other analogue techniques. I feel my final represents my idea as it shows the manipulation of film, which cameraless photography is based on.

My final pieces:

These are other pictures from the photo shoot that I didn't decide to use as a final piece but turned out really nicely:

Experiments with different kinds of film

Revolog Volvox

With this film bright green dots appear in different shapes and sizes all over the picture. The dots are also more visible in darker parts of the image and will give the picture a three dimensional effect.

Black and White Matchbox Camera

Match Box Camera

I created a camera using a small matchbox and a roll of film. I used black and white film which worked really well, although the pictures are not sharp, you can still see the person. The image looks better further away, but as you enlarge it becomes fuzzy and unfocused. To improve this experiment I could photograph landscapes, street or nature. Furthermore, to obtain a clearer image I could make the pinhole smaller so that the image is clearer.

The results:

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Matchbox Camera

Matchbox Camera Colour Film 

A matchbox is an analog handmade camera. It works by letting light enter through a small hole to reach the photosensitive film. It then records the image you are hoping to capture.
Since I used cheap film, the image turned out blurry and unfocused. Some of the images were over exposed as I was unsure of how long to leave the shutter open.

Experimentation with different pinhole cameras

Pinhole Cameras

Biscuit tin camera:

To create these images i taped a piece of film paper to the inside of the biscuit tin, i then took the tin outside and exposed it for around 10 seconds.

These were the results:

Cereal Box Camera:

I stuck tow cereal boxes together and covered the outside with black card to ensure no light enters the camera. I next used a pin to poke a hole in a small piece of metal, which would act as the shutter. I took the camera outside and exposed it for around 2 minutes.

In these images, i don't think the pinhole was lined up with the film in the camera, causing part of the film to not be exposed.

However, in this image, the film was over exposed. 

Box Camera: 

This camera is very similar to the biscuit tin camera, however the pinhole was on the side instead of the top, making the images much clearer. 

 In both of these images the film has been ruined before i even took the picture, however the rest of the image still came out much clearer and in focus than the rest of the pinhole cameras. I plan to use this camera in the future, taking more experimental images in more interesting places.

Coffee Tin camera:

I exposed this image for too long, making it very fuzzy and difficult to make out what it is. 

This second image is much easier to make out, as i exposed it for less time.

AV

AV stands for aperture value, which makes the aperture the priority. This mode is basically for controlling Depth of Field. The larger the aperture, the shallower the depth of field. A shallow depth of field makes the main subjects standing out. As the aperture becomes larger, foreground and background start to blur.
Examples of AV:


My own images:
To take these images, I used an aperture of around f/2, which blurs most of the background, making the focused object the dominant part of the image.

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TV

TV stands for time value and chooses the shutter speed to be the priority. A fast shutter speed allows less light to be captured, a slower speed will do the opposite. Faster shutter speeds are used for freezing images in their moment of time. Slower speeds can allow for moving items to “drag” across your image. 

Example:




My own images:

I used a fast shutter speed to capture these images, around 1/500, to give a crisp, focused result.

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