Work Diary - Multiple Imagery

Shoot Evaluation:
This was one of the more enjoyable shoots for me as I thoroughly like the final outcome from this technique - I think that they look really effective. The shoot was relatively easy as I was able to envision the sort of end product I wanted to create so I was able to shoot the necessary images for it quite easily. I did however feel limited doing this shoot in college as for me personally there wasn't enough variety in the differnt objects available to us - the majority that I shot were trees, flowers etc, but neverthelss this does show where I could take this technique and develop it.

Here are two examples of some of the work I produced from today's shoot. I experimented by putting some of the images into an organised grid, whilst with the other I then took out the gaps between the individual images to create one whole photo.

I like the obscurity of this photo and how there is no real focus point for the viewer, the different images create an unusual pattern which draws in attention from the eye. This image has worked well because  trees are actually quite random themselves anyway, meaning that I could get away with placing the branches and the leaves in any order, meaning that if I had have taken even more images, I could have expanded the final photo to be even bigger, and even more detailed.

Because I intended to make this particular section of my shoot a Photo-Joiner, I decided to keep the gaps n between the individual photos because I thought it made more sense - because it was a vertical object, merging them together like in the photo above looked more messy than it did visually effective, which is why I decided to leave it the way I have done. The colours and lighting is really strong in this image which is what I love as it really draws attention to it, but if I was to improve it I would want to take some more images from higher angles to capture different details of the tree rather than just the trunk and the leaves surrounding it.




How could I apply this to my personal project?
I found some really inspiring images for this technique which can be found in my image bank. I like how it can be used to show a continuous change or alternatively, a contrast, which I may well do in some of my future planned shoots. Each time I add in a new photo to a multiple imagery piece, I could add in something of a completely different colour or texture (just examples) to build a 'collection' of different objects which contrast each other.