Work Diary - Multiple Imagery

Evaluation

During Thursday's photography session we were asked to go out and shoot pictures to compose a 'multiple imagery' piece. I either focused on one object and photographed different sections or photographed something on a variety of different backgrounds such as my feet and a leaf. I enjoyed taking pictures from the distance along with close ups to merge them into one piece when finalising my multiple imagery's. It was interesting creating the multiple imagery's because most of the object ones don't flow from one image to the next through the white gap, but this wasn't necessary as overall you are able to tell what it is that I've taken a photograph of. I especially felt like a photographer when I decided to sit on the floor outside and put my feet up onto a wall to accomplish pictures on block colour backgrounds such as the orange and pink ones in the multiple imagery of my feet. It's deceiving because from the multiple imagery piece below you're unable to tell that in some of them I'm not actually standing up.

My favourite multiple imagery piece from the session would have to be the one above. It was difficult choosing the most successful one out of 10, but this kept calling out to me each time I saw it. In this picture I've stood on top of a variety of different things such as grass, leaves, stones and metal rails but also sat down on the floor and put my feet up onto a wall that I felt would look effective beneath my feet. Exacmples of these would be the orange and pink background which I think are two of the best because my boots don't blend in with the background; they stand out. I also like how the position of my feet are almost identical in every picture. It allows the viewer to focus on that rather than there being too much going on in each individual photo.

In my opinion this was by far the worst and less creative multiple imagery piece that I created. Most importantly this picture is completely dull and moody. The puddle already exhales a negative vibe as this represents rain and chilly, crispy winter days that nobody enjoys experiencing. There's an extreme lack of colour introduced in this picture which makes it less attractive and eye catching. If I was scrolling through multiple imagery pictures I'd rush straight past this one which is why I believe it was an unsuccessful attempt.

Progression

To excel my quality of photographing multiple imagery I would like to capture pictures of somebody's face or certain features of their face pulling a range of expressions. For example, I would take around nine photographs of an eye performing all different actions such as a wink, a surprised eye or a squinty eye etc. I think this would create a really intriguing piece. I would ensure that my photographs had bursts of colour to catch the viewer's eye as this for me is the main formal element that absorbs someone's attention. I'm also interested in lips as a multiple imagery because you can face paint lips with different designs and styles and add bright bold lipstick to enhance the lips shape. Below I have inserted a few multiple imagery's that inspire me.