Development

For my development, I am going to look at photo Cyanotypes, Digital Pinhole, Analogue Double Exposure and an experiment of my own using stencils.

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Cyanotypes

I have used the layering of photographs in photoshop to create these compositions. It gives the double exposure effect and I have also included an image related to my artist John Stezaker. From my original experiment with this I have developed it further by creating my images in photoshop and layering them on there instead of what I previously tried where I printed the images separately and then layered them afterwards. This required several attempts before achieving the right exposure time. The development pieces that I have now done have been exposed for 45 minutes. 

With this cyanotype, I didn't invert it in photoshop before hand. I exposed this piece for 45 minutes. The first image is the non inverted cyanotype and with the one below, I have scanned it into photoshop and then inverted it post process. If I were to reproduce this image again, I would consider running it in the water for longer post exposure and I would also rethink my composition of the two images together and the way they have been overlapped (this is what the solid white/black line is across the centre of the image). But,overall, I am happy with how it turned out.

I imported the inverted cyanotype into photoshop and changed the levels on it to try and make the white and black shades have more of a contrast and both of them stand out more. The result is below.

With the cyanotype below, I inverted this in photoshop before completing the process. I am happy with the way the image turned out but the image could have included more whites as the blues and darker shades are very overpowering. I also exposed this image for 45 minutes and the deeper colours and blues shows that it was run under water for a more suitable amount of time compared to the previous one.

With the above image, I imported it into photoshop and had a play around with the levels in order to make the whites stand out more and to make the blue shades look more bright and sharp.

Analogue Double Exposures

I have taken all the photos needed and filled up my film, I am just in the process of getting it developed so I shall post this work shortly.

Digital Pinhole

To create a digital pinhole, I removed the lens from the body of my camera. I then took the body cap and drilled a hole into it. I took a bit of drinks can and made a pinhole in that which I then taped to the inside of the hole drilled on the body cap. I then fitted the cap onto the body and changed my exposure time. Indoors I found an exposure time of between 10 and 30 seconds worked well but when I tried the technique outside, 30 seconds was too long an exposure so I tired several shorter exposure times and discovered 1.6 seconds was a good amount of time. I shot most of these at Moreton Corbet Castle.