Final Image Construction 2- Karter's Blanket

This was the second image that I chose to turn into my 2nd final piece, I chose this for his innocent and happy face and the way that he was framed in the shot, being central and taking up a good amount of space. I also liked the way the blanket fell in this shot. 

The first thing that I did was to create the soft focus effect again, in-keeping with what I had done before, by adding another layer, adding gaussian blur and reducing the opacity so that you can see through this layer. 

I though tthat the colours in the photo were a bit dull, so I added a vibrancy adjuster and played with this, until the colours had more life about them and gave a warmer feel to the photo. 

After changing the vibrancy and adding the soft focus, I thought that there was too much space around the edge of the photo and that it took away from the image of Karter, so to focus on him more I added an oval, vignette mask, that blanked out the edges and that faded around the image of Karter, adding to the warmth of the photo and linking to the sense of innocance on his face.

Final Image- Karter Loves Flying

This is my first final image of Karter. I think the soft focus works really well here, as do the different facial expressions from the two images of him. It is a cute picture, that fits into the theme of love as it is a loving photograph of a member of my family. I think the photo has a fun quality about it too and really fits into the type of photo that I wanted to create, in a similar style to Anne Geddes. 

Final Image Construction- Karter Loves Flying

I chose to use one of the images of Karter where he seems to have his eyes closed, so that it is like he is dreaming. I have cut out the image of him on the bean-bag and enlarged this slightly, taking some of the background from the shot and enlarging this to cover the back of the photo. I think this is an effective way to frame the shot and makes it seem quite natural.

One of the key things that I wanted to do was to create the soft-focus effect that Anne Geddes has used, and to do this I copied the layer of Karter on the bean-bag, added a Gaussian blur to it and then lowered the opacity of the top layer, so that you can see through it. This creates the soft focus effect and I think it works really well here to make the picture warmer, cuter and with a sense of love. 

To give the picture a sense of fun, and to make it seem more obvious that Karter was dreaming, I added in a  white, thought-bubble shape, that I then filled with another of the photos that i took of Karter. This photo was changed by adding puppet warping it, meanign that I could move his arm & legs without changing his body, and then making it seem like he was flying, rather than crawling. I also added a cape, that I obtained from another found image, to make it seem like he was thinking about being a superhero. 

Compositional Expermiments- Final Photos of Karter- Blanket

 I have taken photos of karter. I did this by choosing where I would take the image so that I get a good quality photo. I also did this by looking at Anne Geddes style of working and taking some photos in this style. I have wrapped Karter up in a blanket and have taken the photos. I took the photos in different positions to get the different effects and to get the different facial expressions that he was making. I wanted to use natural light and a light coloured blanket to show his innocence and purity and tried to frame him so that he was in the centre and took up most of the image.

By doing this I wanted to acheive some images done in he same style of work of Anne Geddes. I also wanted to achieve some good images that I maybe able to use in my final peice. This relates to my theme as Karter is my nephew and I was doing love so it shows something that I love.

From doing this I have learnt new skills on a camera like making sure it is at the right focus to make my images come out clearer. I also learnt that changing the angle of the camera or the position that Karter was sitting in helps o bring out the best in the image.

Doing this has helped me by allowing me to experiment with the camera and also it has helped me to understand different settings on a camera.

I think that I will use either the last image of him sitting down, or the one where he is crawing, looking into the camera, as these images had the effect of him looking cute and innocent. I think that I will change the background though and maybe use some lighting and soft focus effects to get the final result that I want.

Compositional Experiments- Final photos of Karter- Grass

I have take more photographs of Karter but in a different way.

I placed Karter on some grass and took some shots of him just before he was about to move and while he was moving. I did this in this way because I wanted to have something that shows natural settings as I saw some of Anne Geddes work showed this. She inspired me to take this types of images of him.

This relates to my theme as it shows someone that I love.

From this I learnt how to create images using the setting around me.

It has helped me as it has shown me that I can use the natual settings around me to take some intresting and meaningful images.

This was hardest to get right as the shadows were hard to remove, as the sun was so bright, but again I wanted to use some shots that used natural light and showed him in a natural environment, such as a garden. I think I will use the one of him looking directly into the camera, as this will enable me to link with the other images that I will use. I will also try to work on lighting effects to remove the shadow and soft focus again maybe.

Compositional Experiments- Final pictures of Karter- Beanbag

I have taken more photos of Karter in this piece of work.

I placed a bean bag in a space on the grass which had good sunlight coming and which had a good background to it. Then I placed Karter on the bean bag and took some shots. I wanted to use the bright red bean-bag to frame Karter, as Anne Geddes has done using some other things such as eggs and roses. It wasn't quite as good as this, but it was the only prop that I could use. It worked best when the bean-bag seems to wrap around Karter and almost engulf him. I think one of these shots can be used and perhaps change the back to photos of red rose petals and try to blend these into the bean-bag.

This again relates to my theme of love, as it focuses on Karter, who is my nephew, and my theme is focused on family love.

nne Geddes- Ideas on composition

These three photos by Anne Geddes show some interesting aspects of composition. The symmerical way the first  one works is an idea that i really like, as well as the fact that the lighting on the babies offers a clear contrast with the black background. The use of the natural world, with flowers and things used, is also an interesting way to frame the subject. In this case it is a rose that seems to hug the baby, and this is an idea that I am drawn to. As well as this, the use of soft-focus and the way that the subjects/babies are shown as the central piece of interest in each photo is something that i want to include in my own. It might be hard to find a cute costume, but I think that I can experiment with poses & locations to make Karter look as cute as possible.