{"id":445,"date":"2019-01-12T19:10:06","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T19:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/?p=445"},"modified":"2019-01-12T21:24:49","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T21:24:49","slug":"assignment-2-photographing-the-unseen-item-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debraflynnphotography.co.uk\/OCA\/can-blog\/2019\/01\/12\/assignment-2-photographing-the-unseen-item-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment 2 – Photographing the Unseen – Item 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Item 2 – Ralph’s object<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Using the same methodology<\/a> as for Item 1<\/a>, I was blindfolded\u00a0and given the item to hold for 5 mins, and recorded my comments. As previously, I have not yet seen the actual item. These will be viewed once all images are complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This item although small like the previous item it immediately felt very different. It felt like it was metal, there were two long protrusions and a couple of shorter ones, there was a groove down the middle and I could feel an ‘S’ shape. I really couldn’t make out which way up the object was supposed to go or what it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sound File can be heard here <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notes made after touching \/ feeling the object<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I thought about the kind of image I wanted to make from this item, but struggled to come up with any solid thoughts, I felt very confused and intrigued, but also that the object had some symmetry about it and it was definitely metal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At first I was going to try and incorporate the hand again, but it just didn’t fit into the ideas I had. I also considered a slide, which I thought would give me the metal groove I was wanting. But eventually, I wanted to capture the confusion and lack of clarity that I had. The idea of a kaleidoscope came into my head so I looked up how to make a kaleidoscope in photoshop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found this tutorial on the internet: How to create a Kaleidoscope<\/a> – then needed to take an image to use to create my image. I found a metal colander which had the inside curves I was looking for. I also liked the idea of shining a light through the colandar. I added a blue gel to the speedlight to give a blue light and took a range of images with the colander in different positions. These can be seen in the contact sheets below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although the image chose looks quite dark in the contact sheet there was nice light spatter on the carpet above it. I was also drawn to the two ‘feet’ on the top which reminded me of the two protrusions on the item I’d felt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used this image to create the kaleidoscope effect as per the tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have annotated below the amendments made to the colander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This layer was added on top of the kaleidoscope layer and masked to merge them together. The original image was also very blue, so I added a hue and saturation layer to desaturise the colour . I also added some radial blur to the background highlights to give it a softer look. The wavy lines in the centre represent the ‘S’ shape I felt. The image can be view either way up in order to represent the fact that I couldn’t figure out which way round it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Item 2 – Ralph’s object – final image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Item 2 – Ralph’s object Using the same methodology as for Item 1, I was blindfolded\u00a0and given the item to hold for 5 mins, and recorded my comments. As previously, I have not yet seen the actual item. These will be viewed once all images are complete. This item although small like the previous item … <\/p>\n

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