Intitial experimentation with diptycs

 

Here the images chosen reflect each other pretty well, the left, a hidden bathway between the sunkissed bushes. The colours reflective of a warm summers day. The two trees acting almost as a frame for the image and draws the audience to explore the image. The image to the right is obviously very opposed to the summery image on the left. The colour palette is alot darker, alot more nautral and dulled down. The  path deviding the second image is muddy and sepourates the muddy dead grass thats not at all close to the vibrancy of the image to the left. The trees are bare and lifeless. 

This image also seems to work well together. The depth of feild i kept the same in both images. The one on the left the white jumps out from the green background, the focus very much a mix of in and out, with onle some of the flowers in focus. The image on the right is a different 'flower' more like small pinecones, alot more harsh to look at and a big contrast to the soft small petit flowers of the image on the left. The depth of feild between the images are pretty similar, and the colours of the in focus items contrast each other perfectly, the darkness of the winter images compaired to the bright and freshness of the summery images. why the angles of the flowers are different, i still think these images contrast very well in comparison of both of the images. While the image on the left has a slight blow out to the highlight in comparison to that on the left, i think that little bit of brightness makes the rest of the image appear more dull and adds to the effect.

With these images, i tried to move away from the obviously in your face similar imagery between the two and im unsure if i like this as much as the other images. Here the images are more apposing of each other. One filled with masses of greenery and the central of the image is taken up by the focus of two dadilions. The colours are bright and vibrant which contrasts to that of the winter image which is filled with doom and gloom to some extent, while the depth of feild here is completely different between the images unlike the two dyps above which have been the same between the same images. The image on the left is alot different, with its shallow depth of feild and a completely different structure to the image.

While the images are alot more different to the images above, apart of me still likes the effect that is created by the images being different. Maybe i should experiment using more different images for more of a contrast, or maybe a mix of both styles as i would need more then one version. If im going to continue myself towards the idea of a book basis rather then that of just prints. 

love/not photo winter images 1

Here are some of the first images ive taken for this project under the winter part of the 'he loves me he loves me not' comparison. The weather was a typical wintery, grey day which was the contrasting weather that i wanted to the summery light images i took earlier on in the year.  I tried to focus and remember some ofthe more prominant images from my summer images, however i found that abit more difficult to take the images as i worried to much about compairing them to earlier images. In the end i decided to stop thinking of the other images and just take images, and to see if there will be a relationship between the images that i took now and those a few months ago and i was actually supprised at home some of the images reflected perfectly with each other. 

 

love/not photo summer images

Here are some of the images that i took over the summer period. These images would be perfect for the 'he loves me' part of the diptycs for the specific superstitions. The only downside with this idea as the summer has passed i cant really take any more 'he loves me images' until the seasons change into spring and the flowers and trees start to grow. 

I like alot of these images due to the bright warm colours, and the light creates a very summery and happy feeling to these images. I think the next priorety for this 'superstition' is to create images that relate and reflect the same style of images, but with a winter, darker, 'more dead' style to the images. I want to create images that have obvious silimaritys structually but remain different in such a way that the contrast is vast.

Naoya Hatajeyama

Naoya Hatajeyama uses repetition in alot of his work, creating grids of similar but slightly different images to make a statement about time/space. Also, alot of his images include reflections in water which also creates the effect of repetition within the image as a singular. When added to a grid these images become far more stunning as they appear to form geometric patterns and shapes. they almost take on a quality of the magic pattern books where matrixing of the brain allows new images to be formed.  I do like the use of the reflections in the images but it wouldnt be very appropriate within my 'step on a crack' images. However it maybe more appropriate within one of my other susperstitions that i look at. 
Many of his images look at the change caused by time (images of the same locations repeated and yet the lighting/time causes the images to be different) or space (images taken in the same general area but ranging in movement of the camera or finding repetatitve shapes but not exactly the same. as a whole the images make for an interesting look at how other people use repetition in there images and make use of grids to adds a different twist to the images, and its effect on the audience. 

Lack of posts..

the lack of posts is a result of panicing with my other project and trying to get it up to the standard of this blog, ive found it rather difficult in the last few weeks to juggle both projects for time wise, expesh after i was used to having one module a week which gave me a structure for which module im doing when, now it kinda feels like i have to do both at the same time which makes me panic. However i think now im getting back into the swing of things and really need to push forward with my ideas for this project, so far ive done alot of reserch and not alot of photos which i feel i need to get out there again and start to take more images and experimenting with my different ideas for more superstitions rather then just the two ive focused on alot so far.

James C Christensen- superstitions

While looking for different superstitons i came across the work of James C Christensen. Most of his work is not really that specific for my work he focuses alot around the idea of fables, tho one of his peices is entitled superstitions. Inspired by the world's myths, fables and tales of imagination, James C. Christensen wants his work to add up to more than a beautiful - if sometimes "curious" looking work of art. The image is a large scale print with so many superstitions and explinations, everything has a reason for being in the image. 

"I don't consider myself a superstitious person, but, knock wood, I've never had to deal with a lot of the problems these characters do. Their town is built over the ocean on crumbling pillars, so they can't afford to do anything to incur any kind of bad luck.

And, although our own houses may not be built on sand or stilts, life in the modern day age, in its own way, is nearly as precarious as the one I've pictured. They get rampant pestilence and we get power spikes which ruin our RAMs and ROMs.

Life is precarious. Who hasn't worried about walking under ladders or seeing that black cat cross our path? It was really fun to see to what extremes we will go, as a human family, to avoid bad luck. Best of luck, everyone! "

-James Christensen

Rather a similar stance to which ive taken with my imagery, hes created a story of a mythical town based around the idea of superstitions. In total there are 72 superstitions in the one image, and the image comes with its own key:

1.  Moon Luck

 2.  Falling Stars

 3.  Wishing Stars

 4.  Red Sky at Night

 5.  Candle in the Window

 6.  Stork's Nest

 7.  Chimney Sweep

 8.  Relic Bones in Walls

 9.  Swallow and Nest

 10. Don't Stomp That Spider

 11. Widow's Peak

 12. Tossing Burnt Toast

 13. Poor Little Number Thirteen

 14. Leaving Fruit in the Tree

 15. Hanging Eggs Outside

 16. The King's Healing Touch

 17. Catching Leaves

 18. Oranges

 19. A Frog in the Mouth

 20. Lizard-Licking

 21. Sneezing

 22. Four-Leafed Clover

 23. Knocking on Wood

 24. Two Crows

 25. Horseshoe

 26. Beware the Black Cat...Maybe    

 27. Protected by  

     the Cross

 28. Tossing Salt over

     Your Shoulder

 29. Spitting for Luck

 30. Broken Mirror

     Syndrome         

 31. Butterflies

 32. Three Magpies Means

     a Wedding

 33.  A Kiss for Luck

 34.  Mistletoe

 35.  Holly

 36.  Ivy's Lucky for

      the Groom

 37.  Roses for Luck in Love

 38.  Something Old,

      Something New

  39. Something Borrowed

  40. Something Blue

  41. Rice Thrown for Luck

  42. Long Hair

  43. Throwing Wedding

       Cake

  44. Throwing the Bride's

      Bouquet

  45. Third Finger for the

      Ring

  46. Dropping a Spoon

  47. Robin Redbreast

  48. Walking under a Ladder

  49. Crossing One's

      Fingers

  50. Garlic Protection

  51. Opening an

      Umbrella Indoors

  52. Wishbone

  53. Feather for Luck

  54. Rub a Hunchback's

      Hump

  55. Don't Scare That Toad

  56. Beetle Work

  57. Six Fingers Are Lucky

  58. Different Socks

  59. Itchy Foot

  60. King of Mackerel

  61. Put a Knife in a Mast

  62. Always Enter a Boat

      from the Right

  63. Whistling on a Ship

  64. Throwing a Broom

  65. Women on a Ship

      Are Unlucky

  66. Cats Are Lucky on

      a Ship

  67. A Peg Leg is Lucky

  68. Porpoise Protection

  69. Seagulls Ashore

  70. The Kingfisher

      Weathervane

  71. Swans' Spirits

  72. The Hare's or

      Rabbit's Foot

I actually admire being able to fit 72 different superstitions into one painting. I also really like the use of the key, maybe there would be a way in which i could fit in some sort of key into my book? something to look into at a later date. 

Julia Peck

Julia peck is a photographer i decovered while looking at my other project. Her images based heavily around nature. Using different cameras and technique Peck managed to create these dream like worlds inside images of plants and other folliage.  I really started to look into her work in relation to my project on he loves me he loves me not, and how i was portraying nature and the use of depth of feild.  Her play with light and movement is apparent, as well as a play on depth of feild. the colour in these images are not bright but have a mellowed out vibrancy that reminds me almost of the 70's