Contact Sheet
Edits
In order to create these edits I used a small fish tank, a black sheet, a tripod, two phone torches, a bright light and different coloured food dye. I dropped the food dye into the tank and then took the pictures. I changed the settings on my camera so that the shutter speed was usually set around 1/625 in order to capture the movement in focus. However, I ran into various problems as there was not enough light getting to the colour of the food dye, as a result I had to change the shutter speed, aperture and ISO to allow enough light and exposure in the images. I also used manual focus to focus on a chocolate bar in the water, I marked where this was and then dropped food dye in the tank in the same place to capture the food dye in focus. Once I had taken the images I edited them in Photoshop by changing the levels to make the background the darkest possible so that the food dye would stand out and also to correlate the shoot with the artist's shoot. I also turned the image 180 degrees, I did this to replicate the method of the artist who did this to give the impression that the pattern is rising, rather than sinking like the original image would suggest.
Development Edits
To develop these images I have chosen to take a part of the edited images and create a new square canvas where I have arranged the selected parts into different patterns. I believe this enhances the images as the pattern allows me to portray the natural patterns created in the water with the food dye as manufactured patterns, therefore changing the appearance of the images and as a result creating an image that is contrived but still aesthetically pleasing and interesting to observe.