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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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/13
ISO: 100

REACH
Water in drinking glass, white paper background.
Diffused flash aimed and flagged onto background.
Second diffused flash aimed at drinking glass.
Edits:
Crop level
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/18
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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/32
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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400

RADIANT
Bubbles created by dropping grape into water-­‐filled container.
Bare flash aimed and flagged onto background.
Second diffused flash aimed at grape.
Edits:
50% crop
Gradient overlay
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400

INFRA-­‐RED
Created by dropping grape into water-­‐filled container.
Bare flash aimed and flagged onto background.
Second diffused flash aimed at grape.
Edits:
Rainbow overlay blended by “exclusion” to give infrared appearance.
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400

REFRESHING
Lager in wine glass, bright orange card background.
Diffused flash aimed and flagged onto background.
Second diffused flash aimed at wine glass.
Edits:
Increased contrast
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/13
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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 400

INVERSE GRAVITY
Large wine glass suspended in air, bottle pouring water.
Two bare flashguns aimed at white background.
Edits:
Increased contrast
Rotated 180 degrees
Colourized blue
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 200

LIQUID ABSTRACTION
Water droplets on raised glass plane, blue card background.
Diffused flash aimed onto background.
Edits:
Increased contrast
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/10
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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100

AZTEC EMBROIDERY
Cardigan embroidery captured with macro lens.
Captured using ambient light. Warm appearance created with custom white balance.
Edits:
None
Shutter Speed: 1/8 sec
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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/10
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
Increased contrast
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100

CYBER
Macro shot of metal colander.
Diffused flash aimed at colander.
Edits:
None
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 100

GLIMPSE OF KNOWLEDGE
Reading glasses on white card background.
Bare flash aimed at glasses also illuminating white background.
Edits:
10% crop
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100

ARSONIST
Ruben’s tube experiment documentation.
Edits:
10% crop
Increased contrast
Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/1.8
ISO: 800

AUXILIARY
Headphone input socket on hi-­‐fi system.
Captured using natural light.
Edits:
None.
Shutter Speed: 1/3 sec
Aperture: f/2.8
ISO: 100

TENTACLES
Coloured toothbrush bristles.
Diffused flashgun left and right aimed towards brush.
Edits:
60% crop
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100

CHRISTMAS BUBBLES
Bubble formation in a plastic cup, with red background.
Two diffused flashguns aimed towards background.
Edits:
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100

Still Life

LONESOME
Fork resting on white card.
Diffused flash aimed at fork head to create shadow.
Edits:
Crop twist
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/10
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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/11
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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200

SPARK OF THE MIND
Two matches lighting one another.
Taken using fire light to give black background.
Edits:
70% crop
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/11
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
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/14
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”
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/16
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”
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/16
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
Shutter Speed: 1/200 sec
Aperture: f/32
ISO: 100

PYRAMID
Pyramid of sherry glasses stood on glass with a white background
White background is a softbox shining through glass.
Edits:
Increased contrast
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/18
ISO: 200

Architecture

THE DALEK
Skyscraper creating obscure shape in the area.
Edits:
Sky changed to yellow
Windows oversaturated
Skewed into perspective
Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400

LINEAR
A manipulated image of an office building.
Edits:
10% Crop
Sky changed to green colour
Window saturation increased
Contrast increased
Shutter Speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400

ARTISTIC LICENSE
Classic fire escape stairway on side of building.
Edits:
Pink overlay
Crop straight
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400

PEEKABOO
A manipulated image of a large office building.
Edits:
Building peak duplication
Sky changed to yellow
Shutter Speed: 1/500 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400

DRAWFED
Skyscrapers with single cloud.
Edits:
Crop straight
Sky changed to red
Shutter Speed: 1/4000 sec
Aperture: f/3.5
ISO: 400

ALTERED PERCEPTION
Large striking building section.
Edits:
Sky changed to black
Windows changed to yellow
Shutter Speed: 1/400 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 400

OPPOSITES ATTRACT
Tilted perspective of office building.
Edits:
Sky changed to orange
Blue overlay on windows
Shutter Speed: 1/800 sec
Aperture: f/8
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
Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 100

ABSTRACT LIGHTING
Dual lamppost with huge open skies behind.
Edits:
Nik Software Viveza 2
Nik Software Color Efex Pro 3
Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec
Aperture: f/14
ISO: 200

UP
Unique angle of hotel complex.
Edits:
Sky changed to red gradient
Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec
Aperture: f/8
ISO: 200

CONTRASTED ARCHITECTURE
Restaurant frontage and lamppost foreground.
Edits:
Sky changed to orange gradient
Foreground changed to green overlay
Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec
Aperture: f/11
ISO: 200

Fin.