Category: Unit 5 Experimentations

Once I had done research on artists such as Marcel Christ, I knew I wanted to do powdered paint. It was a concept I instantly became intrigued by. A group of us decided to do a photoshoot together as we all wanted to do the same technique. It took a bit of planning as we had to find stuff to place down on the floor to prevent any mess.

    

We put tarpaulin and bin bags on the floor to stop any paint flying everywhere, at first the photos were not coming out as we had hoped but after a while we got the hang of it. What we decided was to call out before we hit the drum so whoever was taking the picture could prepare themselves and take the photo on time.

Overall the photoshoot was very successful, we got countless shots that came out incredibly well. This is definitely something I would happily do again, it was fun to do and the results were great.

During the beginning of the session, we weren’t timing it right as we kept getting the blurred drumsticks but once we got the lighting right and the timing down, it slowly came together. That is where I feel like we started to truly enjoy it.

Originally I wanted to put the powdered paint into something to throw it to create an explosion, so I had looked at purchasing some paint bombs and some coloured smoke bombs to do a similar shoot to Brandon Woefel. However, I am pleased with the results nonetheless.

At first we only used one colour at a time and then slowly started to mix the colours in different combinations; red and yellow, blue and green, etc. Finally, we began to mix them all together and got some great shots including the one below.

What we did was separate the drum into quarters and allocated each colour a section. Then we tried hitting the drum in the centre to get all the colours in one hit. This is one of my favourite shots as there are so many colours making it look less plain.

After doing some research on Ian Egner, I became inspired to do light painting/tracing. Some of the photographs weren’t as good as I had originally hoped, but I still liked doing it nonetheless.

I asked my sister to hold up a multicoloured light in a completely dark room and slowly move it in random patterns.

We did try to write but it wasn’t as successful as our other shots. I had her repeat the same method to see how it looked before we mixed it up a bit.

After searching the house for a while we found a light up wand and decided it was better than nothing. Originally, I wanted to use the flashlight on her phone but it was too bright.

I really enjoyed doing light tracing, it was so much fun to try and get different patterns. Once I took the photos I edited them by changing the colours of the lights to see which theme I preferred.

After a while, I tried incorporating her face into the image to see how that looked and I actually thought this was a lot more interesting than some of the other images.

It could have gone better but it is still a result that I am happy with.

We then found some fairy lights and began to experiment with different movements; slowly and then moving it a little quicker, I made her draw with them and also just twirl them at various speeds.

In my own time, I did a few experimentations with multiple exposure. The pictures didn’t come out the way I had hoped but I still got a few images out of it.

   

The light ones came out better than I thought however it still could have gone better. I didn’t like how shaky they look but I recently bought a tripod so I am planning on retaking them in hopes to improve it.

After trying it out with the lights, I decided to try it on a more challenging subject. It did take a while due to lighting but I managed to get one image from it, which is more than I thought I would get as it took such a long time.