Why I wanted to do Spirals
I wanted to do spirals because it reminds me of the supernatural one of my favourite spirals is called the triskele it is like 3 spirals that join together and they can each mean different things such as: Mother, Father, Daughter/ The Past, Present, Future/ The Sun, The Moon, The Truth and in supernatural terms it mean Alpha, Beta, Omega which are the different strengths of a werewolf.
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland. Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist known for his site-specific installations involving natural materials and the passage of time. Working as both sculptor and photographer, Goldsworthy crafts his installations out of rocks, ice, leaves, or branches, cognizant that the landscape will change, then carefully documents the ephemeral collaborations with nature through photography.
I wanted to do spirals because it reminds me of the supernatural one of my favourite spirals is called the triskele it is like 3 spirals that join together and they can each mean different things such as: Mother, Father, Daughter/ The Past, Present, Future/ The Sun, The Moon, The Truth and in supernatural terms it mean Alpha, Beta, Omega which are the different strengths of a werewolf.
Andy Goldsworthy
Andy Goldsworthy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist who produces site-specific sculptures and land art situated in natural and urban settings. He lives and works in Scotland. Andy Goldsworthy is a British artist known for his site-specific installations involving natural materials and the passage of time. Working as both sculptor and photographer, Goldsworthy crafts his installations out of rocks, ice, leaves, or branches, cognizant that the landscape will change, then carefully documents the ephemeral collaborations with nature through photography.
I really like this image because it must have been really hard to construct and then keep it in a position where the light bounces off it. it is really pretty because it isn't something you would normally see and your eyes are drawn to the centre of the photo.
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I really like this image because of the brightness of the rocks and the fact that they get more compact as the spiral starts to come towards the middle. I love how clean and precise the spiral is and how it contrasts with the relatively dark sand,
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Yuval Cadmon
Yuval Cadmon was born in 1957, his photographs consist of bright and colourful light graffiti. He uses a very slow shutter speed and low exposure. These works show paths of light in space achieved by a precise registration of light in time. I couldn't find much information on this photographer but I think his art id really beautiful and unique, I have never seen anything like this before. I find it fascinating how someone can play with light and capture it in a photo.
Yuval Cadmon was born in 1957, his photographs consist of bright and colourful light graffiti. He uses a very slow shutter speed and low exposure. These works show paths of light in space achieved by a precise registration of light in time. I couldn't find much information on this photographer but I think his art id really beautiful and unique, I have never seen anything like this before. I find it fascinating how someone can play with light and capture it in a photo.
I think this image is cool because it is simple and how the photographer uses the light to make spirals I just think it is really good even though this isn't the approach I am going for when I start to do my shoots.
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I really like the complication of this image and I admire the photographer for achieving this with the movement of light I love the colour and how it fades between, also there is more than one simple spiral line there is many different lines in the photograph.
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Mind map
I have decided to separate this topic into 3 sections jewellery, light graffiti and the supernatural. the one that inspires me the most is the supernatural so I am more likely to do more shoots on this section. I am really inspired to do this shoot and am full of ideas as it relates to something meaningful to me so I feel that I will make more progress than other people who chose this unit as the will eventually run out of ideas.
I have decided to separate this topic into 3 sections jewellery, light graffiti and the supernatural. the one that inspires me the most is the supernatural so I am more likely to do more shoots on this section. I am really inspired to do this shoot and am full of ideas as it relates to something meaningful to me so I feel that I will make more progress than other people who chose this unit as the will eventually run out of ideas.
Shoot 1
Plan
for this shoot I am going to bring in a braclet that is beaded and if you pull it out it looks like a spiral and I think it is really pretty.
Plan
for this shoot I am going to bring in a braclet that is beaded and if you pull it out it looks like a spiral and I think it is really pretty.
Shoot 2
for this shoot I am going to make a spiral out of beads, it will be a certain colour and it will slowly fade from a blue to a white and then to a clear bead. this shoot was really hard to do as every time the table knocked or I moved the camera the beads would go everywhere so I had to repeat this shoot multiple times.
for this shoot I am going to make a spiral out of beads, it will be a certain colour and it will slowly fade from a blue to a white and then to a clear bead. this shoot was really hard to do as every time the table knocked or I moved the camera the beads would go everywhere so I had to repeat this shoot multiple times.
My Worst
This is my worst because it is too zoomed in and you cannot see a spiral. the composition is also bad and I should have been more in the middle. |
My Best
This is my best because you can see the spiral clearly and I like the changes in the colour. maybe next time I could use a brighter colour so it stands out more. |
Shoot 3
Plan
for this shoot I am going to take 2 people with me into the dark room and use phone torches to make spirals and play with the light I will do this by moving around the torch to make different shapes and the camera will have a slow shutter speed to capture the movement of the light.
Plan
for this shoot I am going to take 2 people with me into the dark room and use phone torches to make spirals and play with the light I will do this by moving around the torch to make different shapes and the camera will have a slow shutter speed to capture the movement of the light.
My Worst
This is my worst because the background is too light and you can see the people holding the torches behind as they didn't keep the light towards the front |
My Best
I think that this is my best because it has the most spirals and you cannot really see the people holding the torches in the back which is good I think that in my next shoot I am going to put some coloured filter paper over the torch so that the light is a different colour. |
Shoot 4
Plan
In this shoot I have decided to do a pretty basic symbol which is called 'the circumpunct'. This symbol, like the spiral, is one of mankind's most ancient glyphs and is significant in many ancient religions and traditions. Like many of the symbols discussed on this page, the circumpunct is a solar symbol whose round shape with the circle inside of it is meant to represent the sun. In Gnosticism, it symbolizes the most primal aspect of God, with the larger circle representing the "all-encompassing power and infinite limitlessness of God," while the dot inside represented humanity's place within God. To show the symbol I am going to get a pair of gloves and then in the dirt make the shape it is a circle inside a circle but the outer circle is thicker.
Plan
In this shoot I have decided to do a pretty basic symbol which is called 'the circumpunct'. This symbol, like the spiral, is one of mankind's most ancient glyphs and is significant in many ancient religions and traditions. Like many of the symbols discussed on this page, the circumpunct is a solar symbol whose round shape with the circle inside of it is meant to represent the sun. In Gnosticism, it symbolizes the most primal aspect of God, with the larger circle representing the "all-encompassing power and infinite limitlessness of God," while the dot inside represented humanity's place within God. To show the symbol I am going to get a pair of gloves and then in the dirt make the shape it is a circle inside a circle but the outer circle is thicker.
My Worst
this image is my worst because you cannot even see the spiral and you see the grass which wasn't my intention for this image. |
My Best
this is my best because you can clearly see 'the circumpunct' in the image and it is close enough to it that you can see the whole thing but you cannot see any grass and it is just the dirt around it. |
Shoot 5
Plan
For this shoot I want to do a revenge spiral from salt rock the spiral is a sign used to people to show that they are coming and they mean revenge. This spiral is just a classic spiral but it goes around multiple times. this shoot will be done outside because I feel that the supernatural communicates with nature so all my supernatural shoots will be outside.
Plan
For this shoot I want to do a revenge spiral from salt rock the spiral is a sign used to people to show that they are coming and they mean revenge. This spiral is just a classic spiral but it goes around multiple times. this shoot will be done outside because I feel that the supernatural communicates with nature so all my supernatural shoots will be outside.
My Worst
This picture is my worst because you can see the tray and my foot in the image and the spiral isn't close enough to the lens and it just doesn't look like its the correct shape. |
My Best
this is my best because you can see the spiral and it is contrasting with the ground. I don't feel this shoot is as successful as a thought it would be but I am still pleased with the result. if I was to ever do a shoot like this again, I would make it more clean and precise so it isn't as messy. |
Shoot 6
Plan
this shoot I didn't out of school when we were on Easter holidays I was sat down and there was a chair that looked like a spiral so I decided to take pictures of It and when I get back add them to my website. I uploaded these photos from my phone so the quality isn't as good as it would be from a camera because my phone camera has quite bad quality.
Plan
this shoot I didn't out of school when we were on Easter holidays I was sat down and there was a chair that looked like a spiral so I decided to take pictures of It and when I get back add them to my website. I uploaded these photos from my phone so the quality isn't as good as it would be from a camera because my phone camera has quite bad quality.
My Worst
This picture is my worst because you can see my hand and the spiral doesnt take up the whole frame of the picture so its isnt effective. I still love the colour and brightness in this image though. |
My Best
This picture is my best because you get the full effect of the spiral as it take up the whole image. I love the bright colour in this shoot because it is also really sunny in general and that just brightens up the image as a whole. |
Edits
I decided to edit my best image to get different hues and saturation. I wanted to see what the spiral would look like in different colours.
I decided to edit my best image to get different hues and saturation. I wanted to see what the spiral would look like in different colours.