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Boost the contrast
Go to Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Levels and increase the contrast by moving the left and right sliders a little towards the middle of the histogram and the middle slider a little to the left (learn How to read a histogram). Press the Ctrl key while you’re doing this to avoid losing detail by clipping the highlights or shadows. Remove the colour Create another Adjustment Layer, but this time choose Hue/Saturation from the list of options. Reduce the Saturation slider to -100 to make the image black and white. Now change the Blending Mode to Soft Light. This will increase the contrast further and some of the colour will also return. Alter the opacity To remove even more colour, create a second Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer and again set the Saturation slider to -100. This time, keep the Blending Mode set to Normal and then set the Opacity slider to 60%. This will introduce more subtle hues into your black and white image. Enhance the detail Make a flattened version of the image as a new layer at the top of the layer stack by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Shift and the letter E simultaneously. Now either go to Image>Adjustments>Shadows/Highlights and set Lighten Shadows to 10%, Darken Highlights to 15% and Midtone Contrast to 15%. OR BETTER go to Image>Adjustments>HDR Toning and select the pre-set Equalize Histogram or Local Adaptation Finishing touches To finish your image, select the Dodge and Burn tools from the Tools palette and use each tool in turn to selectively darken and lighten specific parts of the final image. By subtly burning areas at the four corners and edges of the image with a large brush you can draw the viewer’s eye into the frame. |
Bill BrandtIt is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or of the traveler who enters a strange country. Bill Brandt was a British photographer. His unusual landscapes with parts of the body are really unique. It is really difficult to phototograph these thing well so that they look natural. Bill Brandt works almost exclusively in black and white but has photographed many different subjects.
Gallery of Bill Brandt
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Analysis of Work
Please select a few examples of your research and write a detailed
Form
This means looking at the formal elements of an artwork.
Context
This refers to how the work relates to a particular time, place, culture and society in which it was produced.
The content is the subject of a piece of work.
Looking at process means studying how the work was made and what techniques were used.
Mood means looking at how the artist has created a certain atmosphere or feeling.
Form
This means looking at the formal elements of an artwork.
- What is the medium of the work?
- What colours does the artist use? Why? How is colour organised?
- What kind of shapes or forms can you find?
- What kind of marks or techniques does the artist use?
- What is the surface like?
- What kinds of textures can you see?
- How big is the work?
Context
This refers to how the work relates to a particular time, place, culture and society in which it was produced.
- When was it made? Where was it made? Who made it?
- Who was the work made for?
- What do you know about the artist?
- How does the work relate to other art of the time?
- Does the work relate to the social or political history of the time?
- Can you link it to other arts of the period, such as film, music or literature?
- Does the work relate to other areas of knowledge, such as science or geography?
The content is the subject of a piece of work.
- What is it? What is it about? What is happening?
- Is it a portrait? A landscape? Abstract?
- What does the work represent?
- The title - what does the artist call the work?
- Does the title change the way we see the work?
- Is it a realistic depiction?
- Have any parts been exaggerated or distorted? If so, why?
- What is the theme of the work?
- What message does the work communicate?
Looking at process means studying how the work was made and what techniques were used.
- What materials and tools were used to make the piece?
- What is the evidence for this?
- Do sketchbooks provide any clues as to how the work developed?
Mood means looking at how the artist has created a certain atmosphere or feeling.
- How does the work make you feel?
- Why do you think you feel like this?
- Does the colour, texture, form or theme of the work affect your mood?
- Does the work create an atmosphere?