Channels in Photoshop – 9/1/20

Experimenting with RBG Channels –

Once I put a photograph of my choice in photoshop I created 3 extra layers and changed the channels to have a separate layer controlling that layer.

We then used the move tool on the picture and experimented with different orders of layers on and off.

Clicking the rectangle tool, creates a rectangle that I experimented with turning the layers off and on.

Once I pressed alt on the black line between rectangle 1 and G this happened.

I then locked R and this enabled me to use the move tool on the rectangle and then pressing cmd T to alter the length and width, I moved it along all the colours to bring out this one lilac colour on the left.

More experiments:

Helen Chadwick: 

Helen was a British sculptor, photographer and installation artist. Her work was communicating a unique and intense way to present a perception of women’s bodies. It challenged the stereotypes by showing this elegant form but twisting the concept to make the work more unconventional. She used sources such as visceral materials including lambs tongues, chocolate and rotting vegetables matter. There are running themes in Helen’s work that are related to male and female seductiveness and repulsiveness. There is a lot of contrasts between the two genders she represents, sexuality blurring the boundaries.

Her scanned images demonstrate this tonal shaping of the human body. There is contrast between human and animal, the two concepts work very well together. It is harsh and gentle at the same time with how the whites and dark blues merge together. The model’s face is muted and I like how this brings a mysterious style to it. As it is scanned art, it creates that pressed look on a scanner where that contrast is with the negatives, which is a creative way to approach model’s and objects within photography. Helen was a pioneer of scanography.

Scanography is the process of using a flatbed “photo” scanner with a CCD array capturing advice that captures digitalised images of objects that create printable art. I love the subtleness it gives off with the eerie black background, you can see these objects at their full form in such a beautiful way.

Maitha Dimithran – Dubai-based photographic artist

Maitha creates high contrast photographic scans. She had a strong interest in high school where she painted faces but at the time her style and interest was not encouraged so she found herself finding different and new ways to approach this.

She likes to scan people she has a connection with as it makes her feel comfortable. This way of working to me is understandable and a good idea to think about when taking photos, I much prefer people I know and have mostly taken photos of my friend’s and family in the past. I feel it makes the shoot much more relaxed, successful and flows easier.

The A4 flatbed scanner she uses is a reproduction of two-dimensional images or to make a copy from an original. She draws out some ideas and lets the process direct the final result. She then starts building the portrait by making a collage from the scanned resources, selecting and rejecting each scan. Questions are asked before she starts constructing.

Microwaving Photographic images 

‘In a series he calls Hatzfraz/Fast Food, Blohm set out to reinvent Polaroid film processing using a microwave and a shield that is based on a wet carton and glass.’

Oliver Blohm and a friend decided to set a light their photographic images in Berlin whilst they were still developing, they knew the science behind the development process. They wanted to experiment to capture the unique textures and spots of the photos. Happy with the results, he decided to use his flatmate’s microwave oven. He noticed to stop the photos from getting too hot and bursting into flames he had to insert them between thick paper and a layer of glass. This gave a beautiful discolouring and effective look. They gave a texture and rawness about them, the process of altering and disrupting the image. It shows a strong approach to the manipulation of instant prints.

Louis Little is a Bristol based portrait & social documentary photographer. Born in London and raised in East Anglia. In 2012 he began working for the British photographer Martin Parr as his full-time assistant. In 2015 he collaborated with the Impossible Project which resulted in the mini-series ‘Sunken Polaroids’.

In a world populated by digital cameras and iPhones his work aims to challenge the ways in which cameras can be used in order to further our understanding of who we are, and how we fit into the world around us.

Louis little – ‘Sunken Polaroids’ in collaboration with ImpossibleHQ. This was a beautiful piece, which has so many ‘happy mistakes’ through the manipulation. It looks as if it is a little capture of the sea with how similar the shapes are with the turquoise. The burning and blending out creates such an interesting look with the colours.

How to Create VHS Glitch Art in Adobe Photoshop

LiquidLightEmulsion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28TUKWfMvPc

Here, I was experimenting with this paint splatter effect in Photoshop as a way to alter an image. I wanted to edit with my film that I had created with, instead of a digital photo I had taken. The film choice was the chemigrams I had made once they were destroyed. I felt it worked well with the expressive and detailed patterns that a paint splatter gives off. The two layers gave a good result. I love the tones of greys, whites and blacks overlapping.

More altering:

Once I scanned the two experimental pieces of Sophie, I then went into Photoshop and changed the curves on adjustments, then went to increase the hue and saturation. By using the Liquid light emulsion techniques I crossed the images with my film chemigram.

I love how the colours contrast massively together, scanning these pieces has brought out the details and its full potential. A professional style is communicated across but having this mixture of realism with textured media e.g paper, thread and acrylic paint all work so well contrasting together.