Form

Definition

•Form is a three dimensional shape, such as a cube, sphere or cone.

•Sculpture and 3D design are about creating forms.

•In 2D artworks, tone and perspective can be used to create an illusion of form.

An Example by Edward Weston

This black and white pepper nicely represents 3D photography. 

It looks similar to two naked bodies with it's muscular and sculptural form.

An Example by Jonathan Knowles

Jonathan has taken a different approach to shooting form within photography with his brighter image including analogues colours, with a background reflecting the subject. He has used flowers to create pyramid shape nicely representing 3 dimensional photography.

Jonathan Knowles is the photographer I have chosen to inspire my own work. Specialising in drinks, liquids and still life, Jonathan’s unique photographic style has earned him award-winning advertising commissions worldwide. However I am looking at his simpler images where he explores form in a calmer way. 

Image bank: 

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

Contact Sheet:

Best Images:

I feel like my first image captured form really well as I used a three dimensional glass ball as my subject. I used clear and  bright lighting for images as inspired by my research. I also avoided using a lot of shadow for the same reason. I feel like this gives the image a clearer and sharper image to illustrate form the best way possible. Additionally, I like the reflection from the window on to the ball

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I like my second image as it has lots of parts to it

Movement and Aperture blur

Definition: 

Motion blur is the apparent streaking of rapidly moving objects in a still image or a sequence of images such as a movie or animation. It results when the image being recorded changes during the recording of a single exposure, either due to rapid movement or long exposure.

Freeze Frame is an optical effect or technique in which a single frame of film is reprinted in a continuous series, which when shown gives the effect of a still photograph.   

Ernst Haas:

Ernst Haas was a photojournalist and a pioneering colour photographer. During his 40-year career, the Austrian-born artist bridged the gap between photojournalism and the use of photography as a medium for expression and creativity: Ernst Haas (1921–1986) is acclaimed as one of the most celebrated and influential photographers of the 20th century and considered one of the pioneers of color photography. Haas was born in Vienna in 1921, and took up photography after the war. 

His early work on Austrian returning prisoners of war brought him to the attention of LIFE magazine. He declined a job offer as staff photographer in order to keep his independence. At the invitation of Robert Capa, Haas joined Magnum in 1949, developing close associations with Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Werner Bishof.

Haas moved to the United States in 1951 and soon after, began experimenting with Kodachrome color film. He went on to become the premier color photographer of the 1950s. In 1953 LIFE magazine published his groundbreaking 24-page color photo essay on New York City. This was the first time such a large color photo feature was published by LIFE. In 1962 a retrospective of his work was the first color photography exhibition held at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Motion Blur Images:

Freeze Frames:

Contact Sheet:

After my previous research I looked at some images focused on portrait:

After looking at these it inspired my to shift the focus of my own photography. 

I proceeded to shoot these 3 images: 

I selected the following as my best images:

Landscape

Definition: Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes. Derived from The Dutch word landschap meaning "region, tract of land”. The first recorded use of landscape was in 1598, as a painters' term when Dutch artists were pioneering the landscape genre. It was used in the artistic sense by the English to describe "a picture depicting scenery on land." 

A photographer I have looked at is Stephen Shore. Most of his famous photography is based in Los Angeles, US. However he has travelled quite a bit and has photography from various places like Ukraine, Italy and other areas in the US. I have looked at some of his landscape photography and the following images are ones I will use to influence my own work.