Project 3 - Final Photos.

Project 3 - Final Shoot.

Here is my final shoot.

Open publication - Free publishing - More exposure

Project 3 - Shutter Release.

And of course I cannot forget to mention the feature that made my photos so successful was my shutter release cable. Creating very still and focused photos.

Project 3 - Lamp Colours.

Here are the different lamp colours I experimented with. (one broke during the process)

They all gave me a very strong colour and gave me more than satisfying results :)

Project 3 - Lamp Torch.

So because I wanted to use coloured lamps, I searched for some kind of torch that I could use that I coud attach a lamp to. I bought this one but the plug did not match the lamps one so I had to make my own one. I figured it could be very simple and I decided to make my own one. I bought a couple of extention cables and a lamp clamp. I cut the extention cord and attached the inner chords to the clamp and it worked!

Here are both the worklight I tried to use and lamp torch I made:

Projet 3 - Shuffling Costume.

Here is a good example of a common shuffling costume worn by a lot of the dancers. Those glowing lights represent the concept that I would like to explore but much more intensively.

Project 3 - Inspirations.

Here is some light exposure work that inspired me in my project.


Light Dresses by Atton Conrad:

 

Cars Lights:

Light Graffiti:

City Outline Lights:

Project 3 - Proposal Changed.

So after playing around with Light I came up with a much better idea for my project. Even though having manipulated shadows is a great idea I came up with an idea that I relate to my past and can explore a lot with light. I will be using light to express the meaning behind the famous Malaysian dance 'Melbourne Shuffle'. When I was in my first year of highschool a malaysian friend of mine tought me how shuffle and explained to me how much it meant to him, he also gave me a shuffling hoodie called the 'Gothic Clown'. He said that the shuffle brings people together, is a way of expressing your creativity, and also a new form of body language. It relates a lot to colour; many of the shuffling costumes have glowing in the dark lights as the colour and drawings represent the dancers' personality. I figured light exposure would effectively express the meaning behind the dance. I plan to experiment with several different light colours and show dance movements from the actual dance while wearing my 'Gothic Clown' shuffling hoodie.

DSDN 144 - Light Object.

So ive been practicing light exposure and here are the different results I achieved:

Project 3 - Inspiration [Tim Noble & Sue Webster]

I also looked at Tim Noble and Sue Webster's work. They have some pretty trippy stuff.

Project 3 - Inspiration [Shigeo Fukuda].

For inspiration I looked into some work by Shigeo Fukuda. His art is really amazing.

Project 3 - First Shoot.

Open publication - Free publishing

Project 3 - Proposal

So me and Zak Brown went to the waterfront for our first shoot of the project and discussed several different ideas that could be used for the task.
We looked at reflections, silhouettes, different lighting colour, etc.
My idea is to focus on silhouettes, as in strong shadows. However, my aim is to set up a stage with manipulated objects that will look like real things when the shadows are projected. For example, I could use wire to make it look like a spider. This way I could use the shadows to express any message/meaning I want. Another interesting thing that clicked when I did the first shooting is that objects such as glass and plastic can project colourful shadows, which could add a lot to the aesthetic of the photo.

DSDN 144 - Final Video.

Here is my final stop motion after editing it on adobe premiere and photoshop. I learned some useful and helpful functions on photoshop and premiere when doing this project.

DSDN 144 - Sound.

So for sound I recorded the sound of a real tattoo machine and put it at the start of the video. It adds a feeling to the movie.

The song I chose to be played on top is a very nice blues song called "Black Magic Woman". The reason for choosing this genre and song is because when I went there to do my stopmotion, Charlie had set up a radio station that only played blues songs similar to the one I chose. I wanted to express the feeling I had when I was there watching the tattoos being done by adding little touches such as an appropriate song and sound effects (tattoo machine).

Here is exact link for the song that I used.

DSDN 144 - Tattoos

Taking pictures of the whole tattoo process was very fun and also a learning experience. I learned that you should never refer to a tattoo machine as a "machine gun" because that is what its called in prison and therefore can be quite offensive around tattoo artists. Also learned that the tattoing machine only cuts up to the second layer of the skin out of eight. These little facts were very insightful and interesting to know. They have several colours for tattooing and a lot of them with very unusual names, such as the "Zombie Vomit" colour.

So I had two very nice volunteers, Sara and Mel. They planned out two very awesome drawings and they were completely fine with me taking photos of the proccess. They both got tattoos on the same spot.

Sara:

Mel:

DSDN 144 - Stop Motion Practice.

So I went to the City Tattoo place on Cuba Street and they allowed me to take photos of tattoos being made. Meanwhile I've been practicing the stop motion in different ways. It's still not 100%. I want to buy a shutter release for my camera tomorrow so the frame is very still. I also have to find out how to get the photos backwards and have two videos going on at the same time.

DSDN 144 - Tattoo City.

So after talking to the head tattoo artist (Charlie) from Tattoo City on Cuba Street, he allowed me to come in on Saturday and take photos of his tattoos being drawn as long as the customers were okay with it. He was very nice and considerate.

DSDN 144 - Inspiration.

This video is really good for explaining the tattoo time process and how long it averagely takes and why.

How Long Will a Tattoo Take? -- powered by ehow

DSDN 144 - Machine Gun.

For a deeper understanding of the practice I decided to look up how the tattooing machine gun works and how it is composed. So here is a diagram of each of its main pieces. But you will also see cool looking ones with crazy designs and customed ones.