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A2 Photography Examination 2010/11 

Adam Highton 

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Liquid

THE BUBBLES 

Blackcurrant flavoured squash, diluted with water also used to create bubbles. 

Bare flash aimed at white background to shine through. 

Edits: 

60% crop 

Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec 

Aperture: f/13 

ISO: 100

LIME DROPS 

Water in wine glass, fluorescent green card background. 

Diffused flash aimed and flagged onto background. 

Second diffused flash aimed at wine glass. 

Edits: 

40% crop 

Increase contrast 



ISO: 100

REACH 

Water in drinking glass, white paper background. 


Second diffused flash aimed at drinking glass. 

Edits: 

Crop level 



ISO: 100

TWIST 

Diet Coke in whisky glass, shot in aerial view at 90 degree tilt. 

Two bare flashes underneath glass sat on glass plinth. 

Originally taken on white background. 

Edits: 

40% crop 

Inverse background colour 

Increase contrast 

Crop 



ISO: 400

RASPBERRY DROP 

Raspberry dropped into water-‐filled container, white paper background. 

Bare flash aimed and flagged onto background. 

Second diffused flash aimed at raspberry. 

Edits: 

None 



ISO: 400

RADIANT 

Bubbles created by dropping grape into water-‐filled container. 


Second diffused flash aimed at grape. 

Edits: 

50% crop 

Gradient overlay 



ISO: 400

INFRA-‐RED 

Created by dropping grape into water-‐filled container. 


Second diffused flash aimed at grape. 

Edits: 

Rainbow overlay blended by “exclusion” to give infrared appearance. 



ISO: 400

REFRESHING 

Lager in wine glass, bright orange card background. 


Second diffused flash aimed at wine glass. 

Edits: 

Increased contrast 



ISO: 100

JUMPING TUNES 

Coloured cream excited by bass from subwoofer system. 

Bare flash aimed at base of cream. 

Second bare flash aimed at jumping cream. 

Edits: 

30% Crop 

Threshold 

Gradient fill 

Posterize 



ISO: 400

INVERSE GRAVITY 

Large wine glass suspended in air, bottle pouring water. 

Two bare flashguns aimed at white background. 

Edits: 


Rotated 180 degrees 

Colourized blue 



ISO: 200

LIQUID ABSTRACTION 

Water droplets on raised glass plane, blue card background. 

Diffused flash aimed onto background. 

Edits: 




ISO: 100

Macro/Crop

FORKIN’ HELL! 

Old fork captured using macro lens. 

Single flash either side of frame to fill frame with light 

Edits: 

None 



ISO: 100

AZTEC EMBROIDERY 

Cardigan embroidery captured with macro lens. 

Captured using ambient light. Warm appearance created with custom white balance. 

Edits: 

None 


Aperture: f/2.8 

ISO: 100

WHISKY BUSINESS 

Kitchen whisk enlarged using macro lens with green background. 

Diffused flash aimed at background. 

Diffused flash aimed at whisk 

Edits: 

None 



ISO: 100

LIME, BUT NOT THE COCONUT 

Green twisted vase with white background. 

Bare flash aimed at background to shine through vase. 

Edits: 

20% crop 




ISO: 100

CYBER 

Macro shot of metal colander. 

Diffused flash aimed at colander. 

Edits: 

None 



ISO: 100

GLIMPSE OF KNOWLEDGE 

Reading glasses on white card background. 

Bare flash aimed at glasses also illuminating white background. 

Edits: 

10% crop 



ISO: 100

ARSONIST 

Ruben’s tube experiment documentation. 

Edits: 

10% crop 




ISO: 800

AUXILIARY 

Headphone input socket on hi-‐fi system. 

Captured using natural light. 

Edits: 

None. 



ISO: 100

TENTACLES 

Coloured toothbrush bristles. 

Diffused flashgun left and right aimed towards brush. 

Edits: 

60% crop 



ISO: 100

CHRISTMAS BUBBLES 

Bubble formation in a plastic cup, with red background. 

Two diffused flashguns aimed towards background. 

Edits: 



ISO: 100

Still Life

LONESOME 

Fork resting on white card. 

Diffused flash aimed at fork head to create shadow. 

Edits: 

Crop twist 



ISO: 100

GREEN BOTTLES 

Post production composite of many images , with text. 

Bottle and smoke photographed separately. 

Edits: 

Turn smoke green with overlay 

Bottle duplicated and turned green 

Compiled with writing on background 

Shutter Speed: n/a 

Aperture: n/a 

ISO: n/a

THE EGG 

Egg captured in monochrome resting on white sheet. 

Partially diffused flash aimed at egg to produce softer shadow. 

Edits: 

Crop to centre 



ISO: 200

CONTRASTED ART 

Gravy boat with black food dye with white background. 

Bare flash flagged aimed at background. 

Diffused flash aimed at gravy boat. 

Edits: 

Crop composition 



ISO: 200

SPARK OF THE MIND 

Two matches lighting one another. 

Taken using fire light to give black background. 

Edits: 

70% crop 



ISO: 200

HIERARCHY 

Pyramid of canon lenses created in post production. 

Diffused flash aimed at lens with white reflector opposite. 

Edits: 

Duplicated lens arranged in pyramid formation 

Shutter Speed: n/a 

Aperture: n/a 

ISO: n/a

INVERTED CULTURE 

Teapot and cup originally captured on white background. 

Bare flash aimed at background to create silhouettes. 

Edits: 

Invert frame 



ISO: 100

SMOKE SOFTLY 

Smoke formation produced by incense stick. 

Originally taken with bare flash aimed through smoke on black background. 

Edits: 

Invert image 

Gradient overlay 

Set blend to “overlay” 



ISO: 800

SMOKING GUN 

Smoke formation produced by cigarette on black background. 

Bare flash aimed through smoke. 

Edits: 

30% crop 

Colour overlay 

Set blend to “multiply” 



ISO: 800

SOLID CRYSTAL DISPLAY 

Large wine glass with plant feeder balls, taken on white background. 

Two bare flashguns aimed at white background. 

Edits: 

Colourized blue 



ISO: 100

PYRAMID 

Pyramid of sherry glasses stood on glass with a white background 

White background is a softbox shining through glass. 

Edits: 




ISO: 200

Architecture

THE DALEK 

Skyscraper creating obscure shape in the area. 

Edits: 

Sky changed to yellow 

Windows oversaturated 

Skewed into perspective 



ISO: 400

LINEAR 

A manipulated image of an office building. 

Edits: 

10% Crop 

Sky changed to green colour 

Window saturation increased 

Contrast increased 



ISO: 400

ARTISTIC LICENSE 

Classic fire escape stairway on side of building. 

Edits: 

Pink overlay 

Crop straight 



ISO: 400

PEEKABOO 

A manipulated image of a large office building. 

Edits: 

Building peak duplication 

Sky changed to yellow 



ISO: 400

DRAWFED 

Skyscrapers with single cloud. 

Edits: 

Crop straight 

Sky changed to red 



ISO: 400

ALTERED PERCEPTION 

Large striking building section. 

Edits: 

Sky changed to black 

Windows changed to yellow 



ISO: 400

OPPOSITES ATTRACT 

Tilted perspective of office building. 

Edits: 

Sky changed to orange 

Blue overlay on windows 



ISO: 400

POPULATION 

Large office buildings in the centre of a busy city. 

I have given this image an effect that is achieved mainly with “Tilt-‐Shift” lenses. 

Edits: 

Quick mask and gradient 

Lens blur effect applied 

Saturation increased 

Contrast increased 



ISO: 100

ABSTRACT LIGHTING 

Dual lamppost with huge open skies behind. 

Edits: 

Nik Software Viveza 2 

Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3 



ISO: 200

UP 

Unique angle of hotel complex. 

Edits: 

Sky changed to red gradient 



ISO: 200

CONTRASTED ARCHITECTURE 

Restaurant frontage and lamppost foreground. 

Edits: 

Sky changed to orange gradient 

Foreground changed to green overlay 



ISO: 200

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