Extreme 2

Using some bright images that I took, using the horizontal text mask tool I typed a letter over my image then copied it and pasted it onto a blank document to spell out the word extreme. 

EXTREME

This is an image I created for task we were set. Our task was to take pictures of objects that looks like a letter or we could create the letter ourselves using objects, from this we had to create the word "extreme". This task was based on a previous winner of the FujiFilm Student Awards 2011 and the theme was senses. the image was taken by Kelly Anne Tilson which is shown below.

Jill Cole

Jill Cole makes work to do with The National Forest. She started her work last March and it is now near completion in January. Her aim is to reflect a moment in time by looking at 'what the forest is about'; the focus is the landscape. She wanted to do this work to add to her portfolio. Her research involved her looking at the history of The National Forest, she began with exploring and looking at a variety of areas within The National Forest and noticed that it was near large cities; she questioned how much the area is about the trees. When she visited the location she thought the following words - change, diversity, time, layers, conflict, incomplete, embryonic, multiplicity, catalyst - these were her early thoughts. She said, "in a few years time The National Forest will look very different." She went through a number of different maps - "like a place it hides as much as it reveals" - Liz Wells talking about maps. Her main focus/area of interest was still looking at the trees and land usage. "We are having to intervene to turn thing back into their natural state" - talking about replanting trees. She saw that some areas had to be taken down and destroyed to rebuild and replace the landscape. She made a video to experiment with sound and video. 

In the early stages she first documented the site and instead of using her usual film camera she used a canon mark 2. Secondly she paired up her images to experiment with them and created another video. Then, thirdly, she looked at the idea of photographing the fruits of the forest. She then went on to layer her final images, she layered two images together then she believes went well with each other.

The three above images are from - in my opinion - some of her best work. They are from a series of her images called 'birds'. The colours are all very similar (greens, yellows, browns) all colours that we associate with natural and trees and stuff. The images are all very clear and in focus. They were created over 18 months from 2007 - 2008 on British military land. They were part of a national bird ringing programme where the birds are caught during flight in a fine net supported by two poles. It was created from a larger series of work based on military training land. 

FujiFilm

Film types

Superia 200 - Excellent skin tones, perfect for natural subjects

                    - Refined sharpness for image quality and clarity

                    - Good results from a range of daylight conditions 

Superia X-TRA 400 - High-speed image quality whatever the shooting conditions

                                  - Excellent skin tones for people shots with added beauty

                                  - Subtle fine-grain quality even when enlarged 

Superia X-TRA 800 - High-speed versatility from a wide range of shooting conditions

                                  - Excellent gradient balance, highlight-to-shadow detail even in a low light

                                  - Good processing stability, constant, high quality results when developed

Superia 1600 - Super high-speed versatility, amazing results even in demanding situations
                      - Fine grain image quality, remarkably sharp
                      - Excellent processing stability through processing and printing

Superia Reala - Excellent for enlargements
                       - Good for mixed lighting conditions both on location and in the studio
                       - Accurately reproduces a broad range of flesh-tones

Neopan 400 - High-speed black and white with superior image quality

                     - Extremely fine grain, high quality

                     - Highly resistant to static marks

Pro 160NS - Fine grain quality
                   - Wide exposure stability
                   - Superb skin tone rendition

These are just a selection of the wide range of films that FujiFilm produces, for my final images I'm using Neopan 400 as I want my final images in black and white.

FujiFilm

Introduction 

For this assignment we have been asked to try to capture the word 'extreme' in a photograph. We must use Fujifilm and we have a month to capture a minimum of one image. We can submit as many images as we want however they are only looking for one as the winning image.  We will be documenting our progression using our blogs including research, ideas, etc.

Relevant ideas - Poverty, war, action, wealth, weather, extreme sports, opposites (rich/poor, fat/skinny), poverty, etc.