Concept
I will take some close up shots of the model's face to aid in replicating Seung Hwan Oh's effects.
I will vary with camera angles and alternate between portrait and landscape shots to hopefully find which techniques are better for my work.
The time does not matter as much in this shoot as I am using my friend's makeshift studio equiptment, as they will allow for controlled conditions such as lighting and easy controll over my model
I will probably use my friend robert, as he has bright lamps and a large tripod that I can use to get a bright image.
Using Robet as a model will be very useful as he also does photogrpahy and so may aid in informing my ideas. He also lives near me so is easliy available.
I will perform all of the editing and photography myself.
Timings.
Details
Equiptment
I will be using my canon camera to take the images. I will also have to ensure that my camera is fully charged and that my video cards have sufficient space to save my images.
I will also be using a large electric lamp to saturate the lighting in the image, aswell as a tripod to allow for a longer exposure time to exaggerate this effect.
I will use photoshop to sharpen my images, and possibly edit out some of the background. This is as I intend to use a plain sheet of paper to use with the marbling set, and then photoshop it into my image, as marbling directly onto the photo paper has a less than desirable result (See physical manipulation page).
Ideas
I intend to have a more formal, direct shot of the face in close up. I will try to further stick to the parameters of Seung Hwan oh's work, to better replicate his techniques.
I will use marbling, however, I will use photoshop to layer the marbling into my image, as marbling directly onto the photo had little effect.
Results
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I have decided to use this image as the bright light is more similar to Seung Hwan Oh's work. The angle is also less basic than a simple head on shot facing the model. The model also displays subtle hints of sadness, without it being overstated, which means that if any elements of the face are visible they may be able to further my theme, without drawing the focus away from my desired efect.
ISO : 1600
Av : 36
Tv : 1/50
Combined manipulation
In this work, I decided to combine photoshop and physical manipulation. I had previously (unsuccessfully) attempted at marbling directly onto the paper. Inspired by this, I decided to marble a seperate sheet of paper creating a similar oily effect on the paper, and them edit that into the image on photoshop.
I took an image of my friend in somewhat saturated lighting, so as to create a clear contrast between the marbled effect and the rest of the image.
I wish to use my skills in photoshop to create an effect similar to that of Seung Hwan Oh, masking the face of the subject with the effect.
Marbling effect
I first inserted the image of marbled paper of my shot of my model. I then edited out parts of the marbled paper where necessary to reveal some of the image blow. The shape of the marbled paper was not to my liking so I used the blur tool to stretch and move the edges into a shape more resembling liquid spilled accross the page.
I felt the image looked somewhat unrefined, especially the heavy contrast of the effect and the image, aswell as the obvious stretch marks on the marbled effect.
To try to negate this, I turned the opacity of the effect to _ . This was to make the pattern appear more like a liquid than a pattern, to give the effect of it slowly spreading accross the page, which in this sense, the blur actually assisted somewhat. The swirls created by the inks in marbling sitting on the surface of water also furthered this effect
However, the brick wall behind was something I felt negated from the focus on the model (and in hindsight, I should have trid to find a blank background or studio like setting to take my photos).
I decided to erase the background, which was laborious work and was very time consuming, which I will bear in mind for future photo shoots so that I can work more efficiently in future by simply using white backgrounds.
I used the eraser and blur tool to keep the windswept effect on the model's hair but erase the background behind.
All in all I am pleased with my image, and believed I captured Seung Hwan Oh's effect quite well, but I also see a lot of improvement to be made in future.
For one, I need to improve my skills on photoshop when layering one image over the other, and perform more subtle blur effects, which will require practice.
I will also need to take into account weather I am truly happy with the background in my shots, as editing them out later is quite arduous.
Final Image:
