Form

Form

Definition:

• A visual shape three dimensional shape which uses a lot of tone. 
• Form is a 3D shape, when shape is only 2D but apart from that they are fairly similar.
• Tone is used in form to help exaggerate the darker and lighter tones to emphasise its form. 

For Example, 

Image Bank

Research Artist

Tim Flach

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Best Images

I chose these as my best photos because I liked how the cats are in different positions each time to give more variety. Additionally, I like these photos because I have managed to capture their different characteristics in each of the photos due to the different activity they are doing in each photo. These images represent form because it they have a bold structure and dominate the images. I like how there colours stand out and help add more variation and tone to there fur.  

Images that require Improvement







I don't like these photos because the are under exposed and you cannot see the animal in the photo, therefore shows how my photos do not accurately represent tone or link to my artist research. I don't like the first photo because the light on the water is causing a reflection and it makes the picture look slightly blurry and out of focus. Additionally, the water was dirty, therefore, it makes the water look gritty and grainy which causes my photo too look displeasing. I don't like my second image because it is too dark and you cannot see much detail in the image. Additionally, you can't see the animal (which is the main focus of this image clearly) due to my settings not being correct on my camera.



AO3
I decided to record form by taking pictures of animals instead of people to help expand my idea of thinking and make my work stand out more. I chose to take pictures of my pets and use them as the main focus of the project because it was the easier for me to access and I could of spent longer to take pictures. However, I did go to a zoo for the day to help create more variety in my images.

The close up photo of the black and white cat links to my researcher artist Tom Flach because he takes a lot of pictures of animals close up to their face to make them the main focus and limit the amount of background behind them. I wanted to show that I understood how Tom Flach works and how I can manipulate it slightly into my own style of photography. However, Tom Flach uses a plain background which I wouldn't be able to do without using photoshop, but I'm not going to change my background because I still want to keep my own style of photography in my photos.

I like the other image of the black and white cat because her black fur stands out to the grass. Furthermore, I had to manipulate my settings while taking this picture to get the exposer right because I was in natural lighting; by doing this, I managed to get a picture that makes my cat's coat shine a lot more.




AO2
I used a fast shutter speed to I could get a clear picture because if I used a slower one it would of been blurry due to the animals moving around a lot. Also, I had to use a lower ISO settings when I was outside compared to when I was inside due to the sun. Furthermore, when I was outside I had to keep manipulating my ISO settings when there was a bit of cloud cover.






Manipulating my Images

AO1
The photographer I decided to research was Tom Flach because he used animals instead of people for form, which helped me come up with ideas for my composition. He took pictures of animals faces up close which I took inspiration from and decided to use that idea and produce multiple images with my own twist on it.




AO4
My intensions for my photos was to demonstrate form through animals to help expand my way of thinking and taking my photos. I tried to explore different angles up close of the animal to help show different perspectives of the animal creating form. I chose to convert all of my pictures to black and white to make them stand out more by the form of the animal able to stand out better. Also, I used curves to help make the animal stand out compared to the background by making the background darker than the main image.

I like how my images turned out because the cats in each photo stands out from the background. Additionally, by converting all of my images to black and white it helps emphasis the features and add tone to make the form of the cat more obvious. However, some of the images have a busy background which causes the eye to be slightly distracted from the form of the cats, therefore to avoid this problem in the future I could blur out the background in photoshop or darken it even more so more attention is focused on the cats.