photographer studied: Steve Irwin
Steve Irwin is a Film maker and photographer, based in Cardiff, South Wales. "Steve's work looks at the tension and coexistence of nature and the man made." his photography is often described as surreal, dream like and contemplative. his work references early 17th century compositions that consist of decaying objects. He takes iconic buildings and skylines and creates abstract scenes. his work explores how climate change affects large cities. He layers rust and other forms of decay over the city scape images and this could be to show that even brick and metal wont last forever.
He uses both digital techniques and analogue when creating his artwork. he uses things such as scratched negatives and chemical staining and also digital layering and blending.
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My personal response to Steve Irwin:
To begin, i opened a new document in adobe word. i then opened my landscape document and scaled in correctly.
I duplicated the image that i had placed to create a new layer i then hid the original photo and turned the duplicated one to black and white and adjusted the colour settings and levels this was to adjust the tonal qualities in my image.
I then duplicated the black and white layer to create another new layer, with this layer i then inverted the image.
- ADD INVERTED IMAGE
Once i created the inverted image i applied a layer mode, this is used to blend layer information together. this one below is called 'hard light and has left the sky from the black and white layer, i turned my colour layer back on and this has caused it to bring parts of the colour through the image.i tried a few differed layer modes before i found the one i liked best.
This (below) is the filter i decided to use for my recreation. i really like how it kept the clouds dark and only brought some of the colour through on the buildings.
i then used the magic wand tool to trace around the sky and make it lighter. this is so that it isn't the most dominant part of the image.
I then opened a textured layer (rust) and copied it to my composite.
once i copied this layer over i added a layer mode to it.
after adding the duplicated layer and flipping.
finally i added a layer mask to add a circle to the textured later and the coloured buildings, i deleted 2 of the layers from the circle so only 2 layers are left. and this is my final outcome.
Comparison:
I personally think i have developed a good understanding of composite imagery and created a good image. i have noticed that Steven makes the textured layers the most prominent part of the image and makes them quite harsh and dominant in the image, whereas with mine it is more dominant on one side rather than across the whole image. i have however created a good effect with the textures over my image and used darker and lighter textures. i also left some texture inside the circle i created whereas Steven has completely got rid of all texture and just left the original image with a layer mode.
strengths and weaknesses:
i personally think that a strength in my image is that it is visually effective, overall it turned out really well, i think i got the textures right and also the layer modes on the textures, however next time i may experiment more with the inverted layer and more of the modes on that. i also would play about more where my circle was placed as i didn't really do that.
Comparison:
I personally think i have developed a good understanding of composite imagery and created a good image. i have noticed that Steven makes the textured layers the most prominent part of the image and makes them quite harsh and dominant in the image, whereas with mine it is more dominant on one side rather than across the whole image. i have however created a good effect with the textures over my image and used darker and lighter textures. i also left some texture inside the circle i created whereas Steven has completely got rid of all texture and just left the original image with a layer mode.
strengths and weaknesses:
i personally think that a strength in my image is that it is visually effective, overall it turned out really well, i think i got the textures right and also the layer modes on the textures, however next time i may experiment more with the inverted layer and more of the modes on that. i also would play about more where my circle was placed as i didn't really do that.
