Today has been a very busy day as to be expected in hand-in week but why do things always have to go wrong and not right no matter how much planning goes in! I was in the studio this morning photographing my work to turn my tunnel books into flat illustrations that could be used in a book with the help of my photography friends Ashleigh Berryman and Henry Jackson.
Getting the set up right caused a lot of trouble as I wanted my images to have atmospheric lighting such as a warm light through the back but also have shadows to show depth and highlights in the foreground, but so many light sources conflict with each other. I found it hard to balance contrasting shadows with soft atmospheric lighting and the front layer kept getting blown out. In the end with lots of experimentation and moving lights and using reflectors I got there and I'm really happy with the final edited photos and I think they make a nice set.
'The aerialists'
'The mysterious circus'
'The stargazer'
I feel photographing my layers has added that depth and atmosphere that I wanted to achieve in my finals and it has created the feeling of magical snapshots from the night circus. It has been difficult to find the balance between editing out the elements that show they are set up as a tunnel book such as the thread and wanting them to still appear handsome and 3-dimensional and I hope I have achieved it! Now onto the portfolio mounting and printing.
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