http://www.varialstudio.com/#/visual-art/jokers/clowns_0001__1_

After using and experimenting with tobacco products on myself  i decided to look more into different ways to create a similar image yet which held the same meaning. As my idea when using the tobacco was to create a funny and almost joke mask appearance i decided to look into relating photography such as funny and surreal portraiture. Here you can see i came across a series of clown portraiture by the company varialstudio which personally i find to be really interesting, i love the contrast between the background and the foreground as well as the overall lighting and heightened details on the face.

Been experimenting with placing objects on face, such as tobacco leaves and other products. Personally i didnt feel that this had the effect i wanted, the tobacco leaves as a whole were very difficult to work with as i found that after sticking them to the face it became increasingly difficult to then move or rework them which resulted in either falling if the face or becoming displaced..

The photos above show some experiments i did using different shutter speeds on a car park roof overlooking Manchester. Similar to the train photographs seen before i am still struggling with getting the correct effects due to settings as i seemed to again end up with completely white images, loosing not only the context of the photo but also detail and colour. 

Jill Greenberg

While researching Alexander Trinitav i came across the photographer Jill Greenberg and her famous portrait works. I found her realism and detail factor something which i would love to use within my own practice. Again similar to that of Alexander Trinitiov she seems to capture an almost wet and greasy look of her subjects which i feel works perfectly when trying to capture great detail, yet do feel it can sometimes when over worked result in a cartoon like effect loosing the overall realism within the photo. I feel her use of a dark and dull background contrasting with a brightly detailed foreground image allows the forefront to become the main focal point of the photograph drawing attention away from the rest of the photo, alongside this she also seems to choose colors which compliment each other for example the blue against white and grey against brown, I feel this is a cleaver way of creating a much more brightened foreground image as well as creating an overall aesthetically pleasing photograph without the worry of a bad background ruining the photo. The lighting she uses for these shots seems to be similar to that of a halo lighting effect which works best with dark or duller backgrounds as the subjects seems to be lit from the back again adding to the shiny wet like appearance.

http://www.jillgreenberg.com/

I also found Alexander Trinitatovs portraiture work to be really interesting. I love the way in which he captures detail within his photos almost giving the subjects a wet, greasy look. This is something which i would love to use within my personal practice especially in my final portrait assignment photographs but am unaware of how to create this effect correctly.

Alexander Trinitatov

I really like the works of Photographer Alexander Triniriatov, Here you can i see i came across a series of smoking photographs he did. I found the way in which he captured the smoke within these photos to be extremely interesting using it almost as an extension of the photograph as without it they would lack in meaning. It seems to pad out the photograph making it more insisting to the viewer leaving the main subjects of the pieces fading into the background as though they are being overpowered by the smoke itself which seems to shine in its own limelight. 

Experimenting with aperture speeds again foreground to background