Possible Shoots
F22 1/200 ISO 400
F5.6 1" ISO 100
After several live and studio shoots, I have selected these images as being possibilities to turn into typography images, as each one involves both a core, subject image and elements that span out from the central image. This will enable the layer mask being put over to pick out certain aspects of the image that would not necessarely be included if only the letters were cut out of the image. In my opinion, I think the photo's with branches and roots splaying from the tree's will be most successful when creating the images, as it should create a very unique effect, that enables the majority of the image to still be displayed.
Photoshop Process
Final Images
In order to create this piece I began by choosing a font that I felt appropriate to the image. I was looking for one with a heavy thicknesses ion order for the picture to be shown underneath, however I wanted the word to remain clear. I also felt it was fitting to have something that flowed slightly rather than a simple imact or ariel, as it appeared more relatable to the theme within the picture. I found that once I had written the text, the letters were not joined together which I felt would not create a fluid vision of the picture, so I used the alt:left/right arrow, enabled me to individually move each letter closer to one another, to make them join.
Once both images were put into photoshop, I began by changing the colour of the text to white in order to make i stand out from the background, and then went on to poistion it over the place in which the most of the light could be seen, as this was the only part that would be shown on it in the final image.
After doing this, I then went on to selecting all of the white text using the magic wand tool, and creating and saving a path for me to use in the future.
I then proceeded to delete the text which I added in order for the full origional image to be shown. After this, I added a layer ,ask to the image, which would allow the square part at the bottom to remain, presenting the source of the light. I then went on to reselect the path I had previously created, whist clicked on the layer mask itself. In doing this, it allowed me to use the image to fill in where the text used to be.
I then went back to the layer mask and selected the area I wanted back in, by using the net tool, and then rubbing out the part of the layer mask I needed using the brush tool.
In order to make this image stand out, I continued to create a new layer, and then fill it white as a background.
Cropping th image down put the whole image into scale and adding some suttle effects finished the image off with the tone I had imagined for it.
This image was the first trial of using this technique, and in my opinion it worked successfully. The theory behind it represents the light from behind the darkness, as the sparks that only last a split second were captured amongsth the darkness. The addition of the lighter at the bottom, shows the source of the sparks, and gives a clearer meassage of what the image is trying to portay, along with an added element to the image's composition.
This image works particularly well in giving a similar message to the picture as the artist. The representation of growth and development as the roots span out of the central object, portrays the idea of growth from something tiny, to being widespread. The word "roots" has a double meaning, as it is both representing the description of the picture, as well as bringing up the orgiginal meaning of the beginning of the tree's cycle. In order to improve this, I think I would have incoorporated the tree within, to symbolise the whole scene of the tree's life.
I took this photo a while ago on a seperate shoot to the one I did in response to Ian Barnard, however I feel it can reflect the message of movment very thoughroughly, as the light trail left by the movement of the dancer means a clear sense of progress within, which in shown within. By inccorporating typography wihtin the piece, it adds a certain uniqueness to the picture, therefore contrabuting to the depth that can be seen within it.
This image is my personal favorite out of all of them, as themessage portrayed is strong and makes an impact on the eye, by dispaying the message of obstruction from the outside world, The technique used by Ian Barnard works espeacially well, as the barbed wire blocking the full view is complete, with the view being cut out. This reflects how the sense of being enclosed and therefore the inability to see the whole picture is in reality, where the whole view is not always clear for some.