VIC708

In my initial research in VIC710 I found that the cinematic images were atmospheric. This was due to the limited number of colours in the image. The argument that was made was that the scenes in the films were two toned replicating the contrast created in black and white images but using two colours. Colour also came out as a factor in my initial data collection so it now seemed prudent to investigate this further.  At the time I had attempted to do some colour grading on images but I was unable to create the same effects of cinematic images. I then had came across a video that went into more depth of colour theory showing how the management of the colours in the image (in this case portraits) in order to create a more pleasing image to the eye (Kustra 2020).  This introduced me to a number of concepts of ways of colouring images using harmonies. For example monochromatic, analogous, complementary, split complementary.      From Kustra (2020) This has certainly ...

Presently my survey is still live and at the time or of writing I have 85 respondents. I am still emailing photography clubs to contribute to the survey but I thought that the number of responses that I had so far enabled me to conduct some initial analysis of the data. The majority of the respondents have come from Facebook photography groups and photography clubs. Initial data analysis will be conducted in SPSS looking at the quantitative data to see if any themes emerge.  The first test that I conducted was a Cronbach’s alpha test.  This enables me to look at the internal reliability of objective descriptors of the images to see how closely they are related as a group (UCLA ND). I can then consider that the objective descriptor played a part in affecting the atmospherics of the image.   To do this I select all the images that exhibit a certain objective trait such as monochrome, pictures of people, landscapes etc and run the test.  The results (a high reliabi...

Where is this all going? Up until this point I have not fully decided what the final output of this project would be. In my proposal I had thought would like to create a photo book the number of photos I've taken to represent the topic of atmosphere encompassing all different perspectives that I had researched. But because I had not fully defined it I was leaving myself open to be guided by the outcomes of the project so inflexible in terms of what I create. however, product to launch of my survey I have no real through of what this book would look like. This is when I came across the following quote:  "I don't think books are the wrong format at all. I think they're, They're the best possible format for doing deep thinking, […] the quality of my thought when I'm writing a book […], it's sharper, it's more systematic it's clearer than any other thinking that I do, because I have to wrestle with a big question or topic. I have to build a framework ar...

  In the previous two parts of the survey construction I talked about the reasons why I created the survey in the way I did. However, I did not talk about the images that I picked for the participants to rate the atmosphere of and why I pick those images. In this blog post I will cover all 18 images star in the survey why they were selected and in doing so discuss my perspectives of what makes an atmospheric image.  So based on my own perceptions and the research that I conducted in the previous module. I  have come up with certain criteria that I consider contribute to an atmospheric image.  I have defined these elements in the same way that I asked participants to list these in the survey. Composition elements  All elements within the frame must help. To contribute to the story of the image, they must work together in Harmony, or synergy. Partially masked elements.   In relation to atmosphere in its literal sense: low level clouds such as mist and fo...

The following are thoughts and reflections from reading Patterson (2000) book on constructing effective questionnaires  The purpose of the questionnaire is to collect data of respondents perceptions of atmosphere.  This is primarily exploratory research, hence the use of open ended questions.  I do not want to restrict the breath and variety of the responses, but I still want them to be meaningful.   Construction questions  Don’t use double negatives  Be mindful of the language used in the questions and that people from different background may interpret words in different ways I plan to only survey participants who reside in the United Kingdom, this will limit need to make to many considerations regarding the language to ensure that the questions are understood.  I must therefore accept that this research will only give me perspectives that from a small section of the English-speaking world.  However, from the results that I have received al...

 Alongside creating the questionnaire that I will conduct to find out if there is consensus the term atmospheric, I wanted to advance my skills in lighting.  from my research conducted previous semester I know that lighting plays a key part in creating atmosphere with an image. On the weekend of the 21st of February I had the opportunity there for the test lighting.  I bought myself my first studio lamp with the aim of taking pictures of my son who was turning 1 in a cake smash photo shoot. initially my wife and I conducted research on Pinterest to collect a number of ideas about how to create the cake smash. My job was to take the mood board that we had created find out how they were created and get the equipment required to be able to replicate this.   The images found in terms of lighting very flat everything was very well and evenly lit which would mean that I would need to create past area of soft light in order to create this.   The reason that I had ...

  Designing my questionnaire  Based on Constructing effective questionnaires by Peterson (2000) Requirements: What information is needed and how the information will be used: the research task is to find out what the photographic community thanks makes an atmospheric image. This information will then inform me on how to create an atmospheric image based on that feedback.  The diversity of responses will allow me to explore the different aspects of what is considered atmospheric. This is self-generated research  The help materials advise me to try and eliminate jargon from the survey however ,the primary aim of this research is to try and identify a definition of a word therefore try to remove any jargon. Developing research questions  Potential research questions screening  A. How the answers to it will be analysed  • Make thematic analysis will be conducted on the answers collected this will look for trends and patterns between the responses to se...