Time-lapse

I really enjoyed capturing the water droplets from the tap and so I decided to continue this theme and look at Lord V who I previously studied in my AS project. I like the way he captures water droplets as well as the reflections of flowers into it. I set up my own scene and using his technique, captured my own photograph. My photograph is shown in my project book, but some of Lord V's images that I particularly like are shown below.

Measure of Scale

Measurement of scale was one of my initial ideas when I began looking at Measurement. I began investigating into the measure of scale and came accross Toby Allen. He has photographed a series of images and edited the scale to make them appear cartoon-like. I really like this effect and decided to produce my own photographs using his technique. Some of his photographs are shown below.

I particularly like the photograph below of boats on the river. I decided to use my own river photographs and use Toby Allen's technique.

My own photographs are shown below which use Toby Allen's technique.

Measure of change

I thoroughly enjoyed looking at Sam Taylor Wood's photographs as I am very fond of her techniques and style of photography. I also think she has clever ideas, and ways with the camera. I came across the fruit bowl sequence which shows the measure of time and how fruit decays. I thought the idea would fit in very well with my project so decided to do my own 'fruit bowl' sequence and measure how quickly the fruit decayed and changed over time. My photographs were successful and can be seen as the full sequence in my project book.

I also looked at the measurement of how something can changes position through the use of scanograms. My favourite scanogram is that of my hand and elongated fingers. By moving my hand along with the scanner, it picks up the movement and scans the moving image, resulting in a very long hand. It shows how my hand moved and changes position throughout the process. My scanograms can also be seen in my project book.

More Time-lapse

I was particularly happy with how my first time-lapse photographs turned out, so I decided to continue on this heading - I have previously studied Sam Taylor Wood who has done a series of photographs capturing a young girl dancing. Within these photographs, Sam Taylor Wood captures the girl in the air and 'freezes time', I really like how affective these photographs were and so I decided to use a similar technique and photograph water droplets from a tap. My photographs are shown below.

I particularly like this photograph (above). I altered the photographs from their original states (shown in my book) to make the images appear clearer and the water droplets more obvious. I like how successful this has been and it is very similar to the frozen moment photographs by Sam Taylor Wood in the way that it appears frozen. I also like how the light has reflected into the droplets, allowing them to be even more clear.

Time-lapse photography

I have decided to move on to a different element of measurement; this element being the measurement of time. I was struck by one of Dan Heller's photographs which captures the lights on a car travelling along road - done by extending the camera's exposure time. It inspired me to try my own long exposure photographs, using the same ideas as Dan Heller. Some of my photographs are shown above.

Measurement of Size

Measurement of size does not just have to be size of objects, it can also have a personal meaning. The photograph below shows how we can take the measurement of size very personally. Eating disorders, stress and pressure can all have effects on how we see our own size and how we can try to alter this.

Measurement of Size

After looking at the basic aspects of measurement, I have decided to delve deeper into the title. One aspect of measurement that I particularly wanted to look at from the initial title, is measurement of size. I think that this element of measurement has many different aspects to it, and so will provide me with the opportunity to take some interesting photographs. Some of my own photographs I took based on the measurement of size are shown below.

I particularly like these two photographs (above and below) because of the angles I have used, and the use of light within them. They are both very bright, and I have used a similar technique in both of these images however, they are also quite contrasting. This contrast between the colours, shapes and lines makes the photographs very intriguing.

More Measurement...

After carrying out my initial ideas for this project (the photographs below of the tape measure) I continued to develop my ideas and photograph other basic aspects of measurement. Here, I have photographed clocks, scales and the photograph below displays another element of measurement - how measurement can affect us. I have photographed a girl measuring her leg, body measurements can affect us all in a variety of ways.

I particularly like my photographs of clocks. I like the way they are so reflective to all light. I will continue to photograph clocks as I feel they will make my project more interesting and provide me with some intriguing photographs.

My Initial Photographs.

My initial photographs explore the basic aspects of Measurement; for example, the measuring tools and measuring objects. I first thought of tape measures when I embarked upon this project and so decided to photograph them. The following photographs are just some of my initial photographs. You can see more of my first ideas on my Flickr photostream, by following my Flick link.

My Initial Ideas...

At first I did not think that Measurement was a broad enough topic to study, but took it on for a bit of a challenge. However, after much research into numerous photographers and elements of measurement, I realised that it has much more depth than I first thought.

I have decided to display my work through the use of a book and this Blog. I will be displaying my research in my book, along with all of my photographic references and my Blog will include the majority of my own photographs with annotations alongside them.

My Blog also has a direct link to my Flickr, where all of my photographs are displayed.