The falling nectarines I was really pleased with how they turned out, I felt that it works effectively. It was certainly interesting getting back onto photoshop and figuring it all out again!! I would have like a longer picture and to include more of the stages of rotting, but due to time (ironically) I was unable to wait that long as I wouldn't have been able to edit it all in time. Nevertheless, you can still understand what is happening. Again, if I was to do this again I would select a different background to make it even more noticeable that the nectarines are falling, and not flat on the board, as I feel there is a tendency to look at them and see them laying flat against the board.
The macro photographs came out extremely well. I borrowed this lens not really knowing what it would produce, just hoping that it would pick up on some of the finer detail within the skins outer layer. After taking around 50 photos, playing around with positioning and movement, I captured a few interesting compositions from them. I learnt that you should take these photos in RAW setting as it allows for better editing on the computer. So, naturally, I then uploaded them to be edited. This again was an interesting and insightful process. I found a new way of editing my work. I wanted to transform these photos further, making them unrecognisable from the fruit that it once was. I have achieved that. Some of it looks like colourful fabric, a crater in the moon or the shrivelled dried out skin on a persons rotting body, everything but a nectarine. These interesting compositions have given much food for thought, another path for me to go down. I defiantly want to paint one or more of these compositions.
Finally, the video piece. Basic explanation: I let the nectarine rot for ten days. I set up the camera in front of Jade for ten mins ( a minute for each day) and left her in the room to be filmed. Initially I did this to show boredom over a period of time, and have by the side of her the nectarine changing over time. These, however, had to be stills as I was unable to obtain a camera which would film for long enough. Nevertheless, once I had the two files side by side, I didn't want Jades piece to over shadow the nectarine so I changed it to black and white and made it as dull as I could. However, this brought with it many questions and connotations. Like which is the living organism in lifeless bleak colours, yet the dying/ dead thing in full vibrant colours. These were two contrasting things. It then also made me question that the fact there was a human in the composition, was it right that I would be presenting something that is decaying before your eyes? would it make you think of; what if she was the one decaying, dying in front of our eyes? Evidently we are, but having this thing next to her which is dying makes it ever more present. Why can humans watch fruit die and decay easily, but it to be extremely morally wrong to look at a dead body as it slowly rots away? Humans seem to make this judgment even though technically there is no difference. This also raises questions in the universe and our planet, the consumption of food. If food goes out of date it is tossed aside and not thought upon, its only a piece of food it doesn't matter. Once it begins to decay and break down it is thrown away without any though. However, if someone is dying before your eyes, wasting away, people go out of their way to help them and prevent it from happening. If humans die from being malnourished or of old age, each time there is a reaction. However, so much food is being binned and it is never really acted upon. I want to bring within my work the questions of why some type of decaying are fine but others aren't. If I was to do this video again I thing I would have her falling to the floor and hitting the ground. This would be slowed right down, as though she had just passed through time and had hit the end of the line, there was no more you could do to help and no going back.
The macro photographs came out extremely well. I borrowed this lens not really knowing what it would produce, just hoping that it would pick up on some of the finer detail within the skins outer layer. After taking around 50 photos, playing around with positioning and movement, I captured a few interesting compositions from them. I learnt that you should take these photos in RAW setting as it allows for better editing on the computer. So, naturally, I then uploaded them to be edited. This again was an interesting and insightful process. I found a new way of editing my work. I wanted to transform these photos further, making them unrecognisable from the fruit that it once was. I have achieved that. Some of it looks like colourful fabric, a crater in the moon or the shrivelled dried out skin on a persons rotting body, everything but a nectarine. These interesting compositions have given much food for thought, another path for me to go down. I defiantly want to paint one or more of these compositions.
Finally, the video piece. Basic explanation: I let the nectarine rot for ten days. I set up the camera in front of Jade for ten mins ( a minute for each day) and left her in the room to be filmed. Initially I did this to show boredom over a period of time, and have by the side of her the nectarine changing over time. These, however, had to be stills as I was unable to obtain a camera which would film for long enough. Nevertheless, once I had the two files side by side, I didn't want Jades piece to over shadow the nectarine so I changed it to black and white and made it as dull as I could. However, this brought with it many questions and connotations. Like which is the living organism in lifeless bleak colours, yet the dying/ dead thing in full vibrant colours. These were two contrasting things. It then also made me question that the fact there was a human in the composition, was it right that I would be presenting something that is decaying before your eyes? would it make you think of; what if she was the one decaying, dying in front of our eyes? Evidently we are, but having this thing next to her which is dying makes it ever more present. Why can humans watch fruit die and decay easily, but it to be extremely morally wrong to look at a dead body as it slowly rots away? Humans seem to make this judgment even though technically there is no difference. This also raises questions in the universe and our planet, the consumption of food. If food goes out of date it is tossed aside and not thought upon, its only a piece of food it doesn't matter. Once it begins to decay and break down it is thrown away without any though. However, if someone is dying before your eyes, wasting away, people go out of their way to help them and prevent it from happening. If humans die from being malnourished or of old age, each time there is a reaction. However, so much food is being binned and it is never really acted upon. I want to bring within my work the questions of why some type of decaying are fine but others aren't. If I was to do this video again I thing I would have her falling to the floor and hitting the ground. This would be slowed right down, as though she had just passed through time and had hit the end of the line, there was no more you could do to help and no going back.