Final photos to use for mounting:

Experimentation in photoshop for my layout:

For my mounting, I will be presenting my photos on black mount board. Each photo will be raised as I will spray mount them onto it’s own individual white mount board, before using double sided tape to stick them onto the black board.

Final layout presentation:

My plan:

Contact sheet:

First of all, I went through the contact sheet of this photoshoot and divided the photos into three groups:

1 or 2 stars = Red- the worst photos and I will most likely not use them.

3 stars = Yellow- photos that aren’t the best quality but I may use them.

4 or 5 stars = Green- my best photos and will definitely use.

This supported my organisation skills within the photoshoots so I could keep a structure.

Above I’ve put together some images that I may decide to use. The first set of images are photos from light room and the second set are from photoshop, which dive deeper into surrealism.

I picked the images I liked the most using a colour system and placed them in a separate folder.

Why did I choose these Images?

I chose the Images that stood out the most to me, while also taking into account how they would fit together once I print them. Since my way of presenting union was through the concepts of surrealism, I chose Images that I believed most represented this art movement.

I chose a few photos from my photoshoot which took inspiration from Mourants ‘Aomori’, because they remind me of dreams or thoughts of the past. The blue monochrome images make these images look and feel ancient and precious, like a dream that you want to keep remembering. Even though this is not surrealism, it still links with the ideas of surrealism though its ‘dreamy’ look. I also chose some edited photos, which I based the edits off real surrealist photographer (like man ray).

Below I explained, in further detail, why I picked some of the photos.

I picked this one as it instantly stood out to be as being a blurred memory. I took this image using a long exposure to create this effect. The bench is the only relevant thing in this photo, adding meaning to it and making the viewer question the meaning behind it. maybe it was where a loved one sat? or maybe its been taken as it brings back nostalgia?. This photo creates many questions which is why I like it.

I picked this one as I feel like it can break the eerie feeling that a lot of my other photos have. Its also very dream like as we all which we could fly.

I picked this one as the eye is very common in surrealist art work and photography.

I picked this one again because the eyes are what the viewer most likely will pay attention to. This is because at first glace you see the eyes looking straight into the camera, then you notice that the hand should be covering the eyes, so it makes the eyes the most dominant part of this photograph.

I chose this image as Its very surreal in the way the reflection is incorrect. The tree acts as the body of the person, or even the soul.

Virtual Gallery

Above I put together two virtual galleries, using photoshop. I used the distort tool to line the photos up on the wall. I decided to do two separate virtual galleries as I like how my photos based on Mourants project turned out, but I didn’t think it fit well with the rest of my images.

Above I used power point to decide how exactly I will lay out my images.

Beach shoot –

This was a short and very minimal photoshoot where I used my little sister as a model with a sunset in the background. These photos were taken down at St Ouens beach during sunset hours. My aim was to arrive at the beach at a time where the sun was set enough to capture silhouettes of her as she walked along the beach.

This shoot represented the theme of ‘UNION’ as it shows the union between the various blend of colours in the sunset. All the different hues and shades of yellows, oranges and blues. These colours give me a sense of peace and comfort, tranquillity filling the air, knowing in these moments I can be free and relax without any worries whatsoever.

The second way it represents ‘UNION’ is the connection between nature and mankind. My sister walking along the beach brings two things together in union as she spends her time out in the nature taking it all in and enjoying being in her surroundings.

Another connection I want to mention is how both the sunset and my sister bring me Joy, comfort and peace. spending time with my sister makes me feel at ease in the same way that being surrounded by a sunset in nature also makes me feel.

I took these images using an iPhone 12 pro camera and had my sister taking a natural walk along the beach. There was no direction involved when taking these images it was all raw and natural.

Photoshoot –

These are the 3 photos I’ve decided are the best to edit out of the group of 46 images. They were easy to shorten to 3 photos due to some images being to inappropriate to have for this project, and also the overall quality of the photos were not good.

Edit 1 –

Final edit –

Edit 2 –

Final edit –

Edit 3 –

Final edit –

Virtual gallery and evaluation –

This photoshoot was definitely not the most successful, however it did show what I wanted it too. Its difficult to differentiate between the kind of relationship that my sitters have.

In some aspects, this is impactful, because it leaves an open end for anyone to interpret and relate too in any way. The natural lighting worked very well in this shoot and extenuated exactly what I wanted it too, with only a few tweaks to the highlights and shadows through editing.

I started off by making a mock-up on Powerpoint.

I then colour-coded the images I used and cropped them.

I then made this joiner in Photoshop.

After finishing putting this joiner together in Photoshop, I changed the brightness and contrast of each of the images. I also added another image fragment to the bottom left.

I made a few more small tweaks and this is my final result:

I also made a version using Gaussian Blur:

I have taken the same photograph of my mum and dad on the couch at slightly different angles and times, so that I can create a joiner that displays different perspectives at the same time.

Photos Used

How?

Photoshop:

Firstly, I created virtual copies of the images I wanted to use to create my joiner. Then, I cropped my images, so that I could overlap these images onto one A4 sheet of paper to display different perspectives.

Then, I imported the images into photoshop and adjusted the size and positioning of them, until I liked them.

At first I experimented with having them in line and I used the opacity feature to do so to get them in line as best as possible.

However, I had already done this in my previous photoshop work of combining facial features, so I wanted to try something different and not have them all in line.

Next, I wanted to experiment the blending tool in photoshop to see if I could make my image more fun.

I did this by selecting which layer I wanted to alter and then selecting normal and using the arrows on my keyboard to change the appearance of that layer.

Evaluation

I think the creation of these joiners using photoshop went well, as I was able to present different perspectives all at once, similarly to cubism, which I have previously researched and done work based around. I also enjoyed experimenting with the blending tool as it allowed me to add different colours and tones throughout my image as well as perspectives, which some cubist also do in their work.

The concept of these joiners is that all the pieces are unified together, just how my mum and dad are unified together. It also takes a lot of time to take these photographs and edit them together, print them out and piece them together in an aesthetic way, which also symbolises time and how the union of marriage and family will last until the end of time.