Evaluation

For this project we were asked to create a pop art image of our choice but we have to bring in some objects from home to shoot in lessons with using the Redheads and Soft boxs. I were asked to produce a series of suthentic and considered photographic images based on my research and my personal photographic knowledge, for example the camera settings for shooting pictures by using the Redheads, Solfboxs and backdrops, We were told to put up and to create our own pop-up prodect studio by using these from what we have learnt this year.
Pop art came around in the mid 1950's after there was an international phenomenon in various cities. Pop art evolved from growing interests in the world to an art movement of its own dur to artists such as Andy Warhol and David Hockney. While i was researching i found some images that inspired me to create the final image that i did for example my final image is of a person but while i was researching i found a nice pop art image of The Beatles and its of all of there faces put they have been made into a pop art image.

And below are the final images that i have created:

With this assignment my ideas were to create a pop art image by using an old record but once i had done finsihed it i dont think that it looked very good so i ended up getting a picture of my cousin that i took and i used that instead of the records.

While i was doing this assignment i had to take a few things into consider which were to finish everything before the deadline and i also had to make sure that i keep track of time and to not get behind on work in lessons and out of lesson at home. we didnt really have much time to do this assignment so we had to produce our final images quickly and we also had to be careful that we wasn't over editing the image because it is quite easy to over edit image and then at the end they might look good to you but to other people they might have a different taste and not likt the image as much as you do. While we were shooting the pictures using the self made studio that we had to create we then had to make sure the camera settings were right so once we had finished and put them onto the computer they looked how we wanted them to so i ser my camera to ISO-100 Shutter-125 and Aperture-F4.
Once i had finished shooting the images i hnad to put them into Photoshop and then i found this reallt good website that shows you how to turn a picture imto pop art: http: //www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/pop-art/ and i found this website really easy to use because it takes you through the different steps and explains how to do them as well. Also once i had created them into pop art images i then double clicked onto the layer and then it opened a pop up box called Layer Style where i then changed the Patern overlay which i then had to make so it is different on every picture and i also then had to change the Opacity on the patern to be able to see the pop art image underneath it.

In conclusion next time i would make sure i have different test shots for the photograph of the person and i also to mamage my time carefully to keep up with how much work we had to do and also i will change the colour of the background on the final images so they are all different. From this assignment i learnt how to create a pop art image and i learnt never to over edit my pictures.

memory check

Q1 – Detail two reasons why we change the ISO

1.  From Bright sunshine at 100 ISO - Indoors at night 1600 ISO so it changes how light the picture will be because the ISO changes how sensitive the camera sensor is.
2.  Low ISO is realy detailed and a high ISO is less detailed.

Q2 – Explain the difference in depth of field between a wide and a narrow apature

A wide aperture mean that the background of the image will be really blury however with a Narrow aperature the image will be more in focus and the background wont be as blury and you will still be able to see whats in the background but its blury.

Q3 – List four consideration you had to take into account when producing your pop-art photography. For example, depth of field, shadows etc)

1. Not to go over the top with the editing/ colours
2. To make sure there isnt any shaddows by using the red heads and the soft boxs properley.
3. We made the background all one colour so it was easyer to edit in Photoshop 
4. to make sure all of the images were fully detailed.

Q4. Describe when would you choose to use the ‘A’ and the ‘P’ modes on a camera

A- When your shooting a flower where you want the flower to be im focus and the backfround to be all blury.

P- When you want to adjust the aperture and the shutter speed that fits the best exposure for the scene.

Creating my pop art image

for my finale image i chose to use the image od the record:

After i chose this image i put it into Photoshop and then i used the Magic Wand tool to get rid or the white background and then u just used the rubber to get rid of the bits that it missed and then i used the pen tool to crop round the record so i didnt miss any bits around the side that i dont want. After i had finished this step this is what the image looked like:

The next step was to make the image into a 'Threshold' and to do this i got help by using this website called http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/pop-art/ because i had never done this before.

I found this website really helpful because it is really basic to understand and it has step by step instructions that shows you how to make your own image into a pop art peace. 

My pop art photography contact sheets

Proposal

To product my final image i will have to use White paper, Blue tack/ tags, table, wall or board to stick sheet too, two Red heads (lights), camera, SD card, object that I'm photographing, a computer with photoshop and a tripod.

What i am going to do to get the correct lighting for my studio set up is set the object in the middle of the peice of paper and then i will use red heads or soft boxs to light up the top and sides of the object so there isnt any shadows coming off the object and i will have one at the top because i will be taking the image from the top looking down so i can see the full detail of the images and i will also get someone to be my model for me so i can take pictures of their face. 

To produce my Pop Art assignment i will have to bring in my own props for example i am going to bring in:

• Old Film Camera
• Old tapes
• Headphones
• Phone and lens
• Bottle
• Chocolate bar
• PC keyboard
• slinky 
• Someones face
• Record 

The things that u will have to take into consider are that i will have to use a low ISO which is the light intake and a lower ISO means more detail, that's very important because these images are being blown up to A3 size. My ISO will be at 100. The shutter speed will be whatever because it doesn't really matter when its on a tripod and as for the depth of field it needs to be shallow because we don't really want the background in so the aperture will be wide which is about F4. WHile i am editing the pictures im Photoshop i will have to be careful not to go over the top with the colours overall on each image and to start the editing i will use the pen tool to cut around the edges of the final images and then i will drop them onto a white background. Next i will have to use different Colour over lays and Gradient overlays and to get to this you have to double click on the layer that you want to change and then the Layer Style will pop up.

Then i divided a page into 4 boxes equil size and then i put four images onto each picture with all different styles of editing to show what i can do while trying not to go over the top with them.

Seamless back-drop research and item list

Item list:

• Table
• White paper/ white fabric
• Camera
• Red heads
• Tripods
• props
• blue tack
• SD card
• Computer with photoshop

PopArt research

Pop art is most associated with the artwork of New York artists of the early 1960s such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Roseniquist and Claes Oldenburg, however the artists that drew on popular imagery were part of an international phenomenon in various cities from the mid 1950s. Pop Art evolved from the growing interest in thw world of popular culture, to an art movement of its own right, due to artists such as Andy Warhol and David Hockney. Their pop art was often in the form of screen prints of everyday objects, colourfully presented. Some of the famous artists of Pop Art are Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Roseniquist, Claes Oldenburg and David Hockney. In the Pop Art images they used everyday objects such as Games Consoles, Kitchen appliances, Cars, Coka Cola and Shoes and also cartoons. I think that the Pop Art photos were created. They used different ways to create Pop Art pictures such as they used to screen print then by using a special sort of ink and also they used to hand draw them which they usualy used hand drawn one in comics. Pop Art images could be used for a number of different things such as Cartoons, Photographs in art galaries and they could use them as posters and t-shirt designs. The products that pop art could be used to advertise are Fizzy drinks, Childrens toys, Cartoons and Album art.
For this assessment i will need:

• Camera (Cannon 1200d)
• Tripod
• Red Heads
• Props: e.g: Old fashioned camera, Old tape cassets 
• White backdrop
• PC computer with Photoshop on