Creative Vision : Digital and Traditional Methods for Inspiring Innovative Photography

by Webb, Jeremy

• ISBN13: 9782884790727
• ISBN10: 2884790721
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: AVA Publishing

Summary

Designed to encourage creativity and experimentation among photographers and fine artists, this refreshing guide offers an atypical approach to traditional photographic methods. Through a varied array of exercises, techniques, and experiments, readers are challenged to break free from convention and incorporate visual risk into their creative method and output. Sample topics include working with deliberate reticulation, employing pin-hole photography and other special film products, de-focusing, montage, mixing digital and film, magnification, scratching, and innovative presentation styles. Principles such as "don't think, just shoot" add a unique and essential perspective. The activities featured require only a basic understanding of the medium and have been selected to enhance the creative process for anyone interested in the visual arts.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
How to get the most out of this book	8	(4)
What is Creative Vision?
Who are you?	12	(2)
Early experiences	14	(2)
What are you trying to say?	16	(2)
Some creative strategies	18	(2)
Mission impossible - What makes a `good' photograph?	20	(1)
A quick resume of film photography techniques	21	(1)
Summary	22	(4)
Mixing Film with Digital
Adopting a fresh approach	26	(2)
Break the rules	28	(1)
Alternative lighting techniques	29	(1)
Experimental formats	30	(1)
Focusing/de-focusing	31	(1)
Using artists' materials and using materials artistically	32	(2)
Creative use of the darkroom process	34	(4)
Creative use of Photoshop software	38	(3)
Summary	41	(3)
Cameraless Photo-Art
Photograms	44	(4)
Photocopiers	48	(1)
Scanning objects, textures and backgrounds	49	(1)
Image transfers	50	(2)
Printing through	52	(1)
Printing slides and colour negatives as black-and-white prints	53	(1)
Computer as camera - the art of screengrabs	54	(1)
Summary	55	(5)
Montage
Montage and design	60	(2)
Traditional techniques	62	(2)
Digital techniques	64	(2)
Montage and multiple exposure	66	(2)
Summary	68	(4)
Distressing Films and Papers
Staining	72	(2)
Burning	74	(1)
Bleaching	75	(1)
Rough handling of materials	76	(1)
Scratching	77	(1)
Sanding	78	(1)
Natural decay over time	79	(1)
Action of sunlight on photographs	80	(1)
Summary	81	(3)
Specialist Films and Processing
Infrared	84	(2)
Ultraviolet	86	(1)
High-speed film	87	(1)
Polaroid	88	(1)
Deliberate colour casts	89	(1)
Cross-processing	90	(2)
Deliberate reticulation	92	(2)
Toning	94	(2)
Out-of-date films and papers	96	(2)
Pinhole photography	98	(2)
Junk shop and toy cameras	100	(4)
Summary	104	(6)
The Inner World
Abstracts	110	(4)
Light as a subject	114	(2)
Getting the most from light	116	(2)
Summary: fact or fabrication	118	(8)
The Outer World
Series and sequences	126	(2)
Found objects and documentary projects	128	(2)
Light painting	130	(4)
Developing themes	134	(2)
Don't think, just shoot	136	(2)
A sense of place	138	(2)
Summary	140	(4)
Extending Traditional Genres and Styles
Appropriated Images	144	(1)
The nude	145	(3)
Still life	148	(3)
Portraiture	151	(3)
Landscape	154	(2)
Self-portraiture	156	(4)
Summary	160	(4)
Innovative Presentation of Work
Raised prints and block-mounting	164	(2)
Backlit prints	166	(4)
Liquid light	170	(4)
Large scale prints	174	(2)
Cubes, postcards and vending machines	176	(2)
Summary	178	(2)
Conclusion	180	(4)
Appendix
Glossary	184	(2)
Photographer's contact details	186	(2)
Recommended reading	188	(2)
Websites and other resources	190	(2)
Acknowledgements	192