More possible final pieces

possible final pieces

This was just an idea i was trying out for masking but I think it looks really good, i like how the previous layers are more transparent than the on ontop of it. I also like that the background is black and white, when i edited this picture i had to cut out the person on the far right, then use the clone tool to get rid of my model as he was on the background picture, then i made the background black and white. After i did this i increased how transparent they are. I think that having the runner get more opaque as he runs worked really well.

These are some more practice photographs i got for my high shutter speed photograph that i will use in my final piece. I am still thinking about what position i want my model to be in when he is in mid air. I will try so photographs from behind him, infornt of him and below him when he jumps. I will get a range of photographs and choose the best one for my high shutter speed photograph for my final piece. unfortunatly i couldn't get any panning practice shots as it started raining and hailing. I did try to get some long exposure photographs but it was to bright so it didn't work. I will be taking some of these when it's darker and I will also be using a filter on my camera which should help me get some long exposure photographs.

Practice photographs

I thought i would create some masking photographs before i actually try to make one for my final piece. So i went out on a practice photoshoot and got some pictures of my model running and jumping. My first picture has one less layer which makes it look more spread out and the second one has one more layer to show in more detail how the model was running and jumping. I've seen both used in BMX photography so i thought I would make one photograph that is more spread out and one that looks really bust because the layers are over lapping each other and there are more of them. Overall i really like the photographs and i will definatly be using this technique for one of my photographs in my final piece.

Final piece idea

For my final piece I’m thinking of having a picture for each line of a nursery rhyme. I’m thinking of doing the nursery rhyme Jack be Nimble.

This nursery rhymes originates from an English pirate called Black Jack. He was well known for escaping from the authorities. This is why the first line of the nursery thymes is “Jack be nimble”.
Candle leaping was a sport or an old tradition that used to happen at English Fairs in the 16^th century. Candle leaping came about because of a dangerous game where people would jump over fires but it was banned and replaced with candle leaping.

It was said that jumping over the candlestick without putting it out was good luck and a way of fortune telling as well as a sport. Black Jack could have jumped over the candle sticks because he believed it gave him good luck which helped him get away.

 

Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over,
the candle stick.

 

Ideas for photographs:

Jack be Nimble:

 Jack running- fast shutter speed

Jack being chased – fast shutter speed-heavily edited-chased by object?

Jack be quick:

Jack running- long exposure

Jack running- use masking

Jack jump over:

Jack jumping from a roof- long exposure or masking

Jack jumping- blur background-panning

The candle stick:

Jack jumping candle sticks- edit the flames so the look bigger- masking

Panning is where the camera is moved in the same direction at the same speed as the subject matter. The subject matter should be in full focus but the background will be blurry. This is another technique I will use in my final piece.