After going back and forth on which project I want to use in the exhibition, I have finally made my decision to use my "A World Once Known" series (the projected images on an abandoned house). I think I will save the trafficking project for my senior show so I can expand on it more. I also am choosing the abandoned house one because I am having a lot more fun with it and it is a style that people don't often see, so I think it will be interesting for people who come to our show.
I have run into a few issues while work on the series, though. A few of these came forth during my first shoot with the projector (such as the sunlight being too bright and competing with the light from the projector and using my car as a power source leads me to have to take breaks and drive my car around to recharge it more often than desired). But! I knew from the beginning that the first time I went out with the projector I would be getting the hang of things and I will be much better prepared tomorrow when I can go back with it.
Another problem I have found with this project is the box of light surrounding the figures in the images (as seen below).
After trying to use the clone stamp to fix my problem, I noticed almost immediately that I needed a better solution. Therefore, I have decided to first crop all of my images a little closer to the actual figures before I project them. I am also going to capture two separate images for each one final image I have, I will take a shot of the blank space and then one of the image projected onto it and I will layer them in photoshop and then just erase the unnecessary space around the figures. If anyone has any better ideas, though, please let me know. =]
As far as my "Safe America" I still need to find one more child/young teen to be my trafficking victim so I can finish up shooting those images. I have finished shooting my runaway and my kidnapped victims and all I have left to shoot is my homeless child.
As far as my "Safe America" I still need to find one more child/young teen to be my trafficking victim so I can finish up shooting those images. I have finished shooting my runaway and my kidnapped victims and all I have left to shoot is my homeless child.
Oops, I should have started backwards, now I see the box light around the image. Which overall doesn't bother me (though I would still explore the options mentioned in the later post!).
ReplyDeleteWhat does seem troublesome is the very things you mentioned of it being too bright outside, and the intensity of that natural lighting becomes very distracting. It's also the intensity of that natural, bright light silhouettes that force the interior and projection to go darker than intended!
Have you also considered any distortion of the projection? Meaning not perfectly so parallel to floor and wall/window edges? What sort of effect might that offer? What if you play later in the day when windows aren't quite so bright you project larger or smaller onto broken surfaces (i.e all the window shades in a row next to each other, but there are gaps?).
Is there a chance your dad (or other relative/friend) might have a generator you can fire up and use as a power source instead of your car?