Ideas 4 edited images.

I have also drawn my edited images so that I have an visual idea of what I want when I come to editing my images together. I find it easer to work with a visual add in the compassion.

1.  

I have loved this shot from a TV show for years and really want to recreate the image but instead of it being a sci-fi image it will be a war one. The person will be in uniform and in the sky there will be planes. (I am hoping spit fires.)

Lighting: I will shot the image in very bright and light that will create a shaper image of the person, I will do it against a white background so that the person is very easy to edit as all you have to do is remove the white background from the images. 

Equipment: I will have to use the camera freehand to get the angle I want looking up from behind the person, also a light meter to get the base levels for the image then adjust as needed. 

Props: RAF uniform. 

Editing ideas: I will have to find a stock image of the spitfires as I cant sadly get images of spit fires flying, this is an easy enough edit taking one images and laying it over another. Then I will have to play with the settings of both images so that they match in colour and contrast. 

2.

I got this idea after watching a film, what if Hitler never started World War Two? What would have happened if he was killed before starting war? This image depicts that possible scenario.

Lighting: Again this will be done on a white background so it will be easy to lift the person off it to transplant on to the other image. It will be done with again bright light.

Equipment: I can put the camera on a tripod for this image and reduce all camera shake and blur; also the light meter will be used.

Props: All black, ski mask, gun.

Edit ideas: Again I will have to use a stock image of Hitler, I will merge both images and play around with contrast and colour to get them looking almost the same. I will then turn the whole image black and white. I will do this as any image of Hitler will be black and white where mine will be colour.


3.

I got this idea after watching another film titled 'love the bomb' I liked the idea of that title and decided to do an image around that.

Lighting: Again it will be the same as the others all done on white to make it easy to edit in the bomb.

Equipment: I will again put the camera on a tripod to stop blur and use a light meter.

Props: Women in RAF uniform, no jacket.

Edit ideas: I have found a place were I can get a photo of a bomb so both images will be done by me. It might be hard to get the light on the bomb image the same as on the studio shot so I will have to try to sort that out in Photoshop. I am also toying with haveing the words 'Love the bomb' at the top of the image.  

4.

I wanted to have a least one of my images to have the feeling of movement in it so I came up with the idea of someone being blown back in a bomb blast.

Light: It will be the same as the others above, all done on white so its easy to edit the person out of the image and move them to another.

Equipment: I will be using a fan on the person in the shot to get there hair to fly back like they have been hit with an explosion, also the camera will be on a tripod to reduce any blur from hand shake and again a light meter will be used.

Props: Any cloths will be fine for this image, fan for hair movement.

Edit ideas: I will be going out and getting a town shot or preferably a broken down building for my back ground and the blast I will recreate on Photoshop with a smoke tool that you can download.

Ideas 6 themed images.

I have decided to draw my final ideas so that I have a guide of what I am going once I get in to the studio, this will mean I have more time to set up the shots and get the perfect image as I wont be spending time thinking of composition as that is already set out on paper, along with a rough idea of how I wish each shot to be light.

6 Themed Shots.

1.
There is one shot that I found a few years ago and I liked it so much that I wish to try and recreate it in the studio.

For this shot the main focuses is the phone so the officer in the back ground will be blurred and the phone will be sharp, this can be achieved by focusing the camera on the phone and then changing the settings such as f-stop and shutter speed to get the right look.

Light: I want to try and get the light the same as in the photo, it has a rather dark and dingy feel to it but does not intrude on the quality of the image or make any parts of the image dark. I am contemplating maybe using a coloured gel to give a cold atmosphere to the lighting.

Equipment: I will use a tripod to keep the camera steady to make sure the back ground is not to blurred and the phone is fully sharp and has no blur at all from hand shake. I will also use a light meter to check my light levels then adjust the camera until I am happy with the final shot.

Props: Table, Phone, Army or RAF uniform (with cap).

2.

This shot came from the idea of a returning solder, and there loved one opening the door to see them for the first time after a long struggle at war. Under the arm is held the cap that matches the uniform.

Light: I wish to have this done is very soft light and a gentle colour maybe a nice warm yellow, to depict happiness and joy at the return of a loved one.

Equipment: I want to use both soft boxes and the light diffuser to give a nice gentle soft light to the person in the shot, also a light meter to get the right levels for the camera then adjust as needed.

Props: Flowers, Army or RAF uniform (including cap)

3.

I got this idea after I talked to a friend who is in the army and they think they are better than the RAF. I thought it would be nice to have a funny image that could depict war. Hear we have a play fight between someone in an RAF uniform and one in an Army uniform holding a pretend gun and trying to shot down the RAF person, who  is depicting a plane.

Light: I want to have this image as sharp as possible so I will be using the soft boxes on full and not using the soft filter but an unfiltered light. I want the back ground to be as white as I can get it.

Equipment: I will use a tripod to keep the camera steady as I do not wish to get any blur from handshake or any movement, also a light meter to get the right light settings then adjust until happy with the final shot.

Props: RAF and Army uniforms, flight goggles for the RAF uniform.

4.

I got this idea after watching a film were they were in a war room and giving out orders to fighter planes and plotting there movements on a huge map. The shot will be done from above the person and over the shoulder to look down at the map and get a little bit of the person in shot, mainly there shoulder and head (from behind).

Lighting: I want the lighting to be very low level and shadowy to depict the gloom of what theses people had to face when in a real war situation. I am thinking to have one light source pointing down over the shoulder of the person almost in the same position as the camera.

Equipment: I will need a ladder in witch to get high enough to take the shot (must have a person footing it). A light meter to get the initial settings then change them as needed.

Props: Table, Map, little planes, two flags of different countries, RAF uniform.

5.

 This image depicts the giving of grave orders by a commander to his men on the eve of battle, I want the image to be rather dark and full of shadow to show the mood of the image as grave and dark.

Lighting: I want this image to be full of shadow and the background behind the officer to be almost black, maybe a little grey, I want the officers face to be heavy in shadow maybe only seeing the eyes. I want to try lighting it from down to up to cast shadows up the face. Maybe even the other way around, as I am not sure what effect would look best.

Equipment: I will use the camera free hand as I want there to be a bit of an angle looking up at the officer, again I will use the light meter as a bases for my settings.

Props: Table, Army uniform, army cap, phone.

6.

I came up with this idea of a solder graving for his lost comrade in arms. He/she is sat at the grave of there fried holding there dog tags. I want all of the image to be in silo wet and have a shocking white background

Light: I want the whole image to be in silo wet and the background to be white.

Equipment: A tripod to keep the camera steady to stop handshake and blur to keep the silo wet as crisp as possible, equipment needed to do the silo wet and a light meter to get the base settings.

Props: Army uniform, dog tags, wooden cross, box, shotgun.

People (event)

I decided to take my camera to an event to try out taking shots of people who were not posing and with different forms of lighting. The main problem that I had was I used the flash on the camera to give me the best shot but due to the low level lighting at the venue I got a lot of red eye. I managed to clean some of this up by using an on line program: PICNIK. I also used the same program to lighten some of the images as they were a little dark. I also used auto for most of the shots because I found while I was using the camera on manual that I was taking most of the time playing with the settings and missing some good shots. So I stuck for the moment with auto and cleaned them up later on. I used my Sony a200 camera with my zoom lens (60-300). With this lens I was able the stand at the back of the room and zoom in on to the person I wanted to photograph. By doing this I was able to zoom past people in the audience and get a clean shot of my target. I think next time I will try to use the Aperture priority setting as this works a little better in low level lighting.

Edit test.

I though I would have an experiment with editing before I undertake one of the main projects for this course. The first image of the gun is one of my own taken at a car show were there was lots of army cars. The background and the image of the soldier and the dog all came from the internet.

First of all I had to delete the backgrounds on the images of the car and the solder. I used the eraser tool on Photoshop and went around every part of the image slowly, basically cutting it out. Once I have done that I opened up the image of the background and added the two other images on to the background image as two different layers. Now I had 3 layers on the image. I then placed the background image on the bottom layer the solder on the second layer and the car on the top layer. This meant that the background would be behind both images and the solder would be behind the car.

I then had to re size the solder to make sure he was in proportion to the car. Once done I saved the whole images as a merged image.

Story Task.

Establishing shot:

'Hum I am a little hungry what should I have to eat?'

Detail:

'Haha oh yes I think I will eat you!'

Relationship:

'You are my pray and I am going to walk up to you quietly and eat you all up!'

Outcome:

'Oh yes very nice'

Conclusion:

'All full and happy.'

I used my Sony A200 camera and its standard lance to take these shots. I had to use the flash to make sure I did not get the glare of the red heat light yet I had to angle the camera to make sure it did not give me flash back on the glass.

Research 2.

I have decided to look at these two images of the Second World War as both are very iconic and meaningful during the time and even now. Each image shows a victory for both sides in the war. The rising of the flag shows victory and peace for the Allies and the other Hitler in front of the tower shows victory for the Nazi’s and dread for the Allies. Both creates different feelings the first of hope and victory the other of dread and despair yet both depict victory for each army.  

Joe Rosenthal

Hitler in Paris

Eddie Adams

He is best known for the images that he took during the Vietnam war and the most iconic image of a Vietnam General killing a prisoner (shown below) on February 1, 1968, during the opening stages of the Tet Offensive. He quotes his own image:


‘The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera.’

 Adams had to apologies to the General in the image for the dame it caused his reputation while he was alive, showing that the power of a photograph is very powerful indeed they do not lie and depict real feelings and emotions that are happening at the moment in time.

Margaret Bourke-White

When most people think of war photographer they think of men yet this women proved that women can do this gruesome style of photography as well. She was the first foreign photographer permitted to take picture of Soviet Industry, the first female war correspondent (also the first female permitted to work in combat zones).

Bibliography:

http://memorygospel.wordpress.com/2010/09/18/war-photographers-01/

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=139225

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/explorers_history/Adolf_Hitler_Paris_1940.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.solarnavigator.net/history/adolf_hitler.htm&h=465&w=353&sz=17&tbnid=b68HLUE85erNVM:&tbnh=258&tbnw=196&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dwho%2Btook%2BHitler%2BParis%2Bimages&zoom=1&q=who+took+Hitler+Paris+images&hl=en&usg=__qMXJL9PSFIWgVjx7Y8rZ3pjvlQo=&sa=X&ei=i7jaTOvHIYW7hAf05NH-Dw&ved=0CBsQ9QEwAA

Lee Millers War

Forward by David E Scherman

Conde Nastbooks

They eye of words and photographs from the front line.

Introduction by John Keegan

Essays by Phillip Knightley

Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Still life and Special effects photography

Roger Kicks and Frances Schultz

Roto Vision.

Ideas

First Ideas.

People:

Events, personal images, posed images, natural images, studio images, outside images, groups of people, single person, black and white, colour, cipher, grained images, war photography, low light shots, full light shots, shots done with coloured lights to create effects, shadow, shadow on faces to create atmosphere, shots staged to create a story or mood, props and costumes used to create story or mood, movement in an image, emotional images, close up images of a person or people, images from a distance of person or people.

Ideas I wish to use or expand on.

Studio shots, war photography, lighting for mood, shadows, movements in image, create a story with props and costumes.