TessaJoLauren

Before I begin. Why is the quality of photographs so ruddy horrendous on Blogger?!

 This is "The Tree" my group made in art foundation, the aim was to "activate" your space so my group eventually decided to make a tree made purely out of newspaper, sugar paper, masking tape, string and real branches that had fallen off the tree's outside. The end product was when we blacked out the entire room, placed one dulled and yellowed light at the base of the tree creating gorgeous shadows and shapes on the ceiling and walls. We hung maquettes from the branches and net material that was hard to see from the ceiling so when you walked around the tree they brushed your shoulders and made you shiver. We got great comments from the teachers and the sixth form students saying things like "I can't wait to start Art Foundation". It made us all feel so much better. This was also one of the last things our friend and fellow student Emma & hearts; helped us with. This is in memory of her. Always and forever.

This is a photograph I took when in Barcelona. My friend missed her mum and was always on the phone to her, and so the inspiration of "the telephone" came about. I loved how the shadow on the wall makes the stone brighter. I also love the shade of blue on the phone box, feeling almost "retro" if you will.

 

I took photography at A-level and was experimenting with shutter speeds with my friend Lauren and this is one of the products of our time flashing lights and jumping about in front of the lens in my bedroom. By flashing a light of and on in different poses we were able to capture faces and body parts in one still image, but my having a long shutter speed we were able to include light trials, creating a layered image without editing.

This is something we started doing in Art Foundation, I'd done loads of this at A-level so I produced a fair few, but this is one of my favourites. I might upload the series I made later on, I'm not too sure yet. I get a circus feel from this image and by lowering the opacity it isn't so harsh on the eye and seems softer behind all the rust and vivid colours. Unfortunately I find that Blogger is a let down on the quality side for images. This is a lot sharper.