My thoughts on digital imaging.

For my latest project, titled 'Reimagined Skies: Blackpool' I have created a piece of moving image to accompany the final images. To do this I have had to learn the art of taking time-lapse images manually (in camera) and then how to edit the still images together into a coherent section of footage using Lightroom. I did this solely by watching youtube videos from photographers such as Gavin Holy (see youtube link below). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM7EJZ-8HWw These videos also pointed me in the right direction of a plug-in to aid the creation of TL footage in LR. One of these is a plug-in from a company called LRTimelapse which allows slideshows in LR to be exported at 24fps and 25fps. I have then also taught myself how to create a basic video which not only showcases my final images but also includes accompanying time-lapse footage. To create the completed video as a whole I had to learn basic skills using a piece of software that I had little to no experien

In lesson we were challenged to create 3 pieces in an hour, the idea was to put our acquired skills to use in the fastest time possible. We were given 1 proverb every 20 minutes and invited to use Yahoo images with the correct rights usage. The images below are my 3 rough attempts: I used the quick sketch booking techniques to roughly get the outline for each image as you can see above. To create these images I used quite a few royalty free photos and due to the nature of sketch booking I was able to make fast decisions on what was working and what was not. I decided, in my own time to refine one of the ideas (see image below). As you can see I chose to use a completely different cloud scene for my refined image, I then duplicated the image and changed the blend mode to fill the top of the composition. I then chose a different tornado image.  Reasons for using different images for refining can vary, in this instance it was because both the original cloud

In digital imaging we were shown the usefulness of using Photoshop as a way of sketch booking below is a rough example we were shown. Digital sketch booking generally utilises cutting, copying and repeating. The concept is to get your ideas down in a rough way so that you can make quick and informed decisions about what will work and what won't. The final image can be refined at a later date. The image above although done very quickly has similarities to the work of Du Zhen-Jun (see image below). Below is a quick example of how I had already been utilising this method for my current project. By photographing urban street scenes and compositing them with astrophotography shots (both taken by myself) I am hoping to highlight the beauty that we are losing due to humanities need to encroach on the natural environment. To create this type of image I can quickly sketch together a rough idea to see whether the idea is worth pursuing.