Text & Photography Collage

By Monica

Flowers at Northleigh

Photography by Elisha

The Weekend!

I'm at Witley Court and thought I'd share some instagram snaps I took inspired by yesterday's light and shadow photography project.

- Scarlett

Photography Week

A huge well done to our GCSE photography students who have worked really hard on finishing their sketchbooks this week.

They have produced some incredible work showing off their creativity and talent as budding photographers. Keep posted to see more of their great photography! 

Northleigh's New Friend!

Meet Princess, a 3 week old orphaned baby lamb currently being reared by one of our students, Elisha who is doing a fantastic job of making her feel at home.

Fast Shutter Speed Inspired by Ori Gersht

Still Life

Flowers by Ori Gersht

Today our photography students looked at the artist Ori Gersht who uses photography as a medium to create contemporary still life by capturing exploding flowers using a fast shutter speed.

We experimented with this experimental style of still life by setting up a mini studio using black sugar paper and an LED light. We used a glass of water and a pebble to drop in it to create a splash that we could capture by using a fast shutter speed.

Photography by Monica.

Black & White Portraits { Emotion }

Photography by Aaron

Emotion in Portraits

Photography by Thomas H

To achieve this moody and emotional effect through portraiture, we stuck black sugar paper to the wall and used it as a backdrop to create a dark and atmospheric background. We made use of natural light coming through the window to get a shadow on the face and then the images were edited in black and white and then manipulated to adjust the brightness and contrast. 

Pop Art Photography

Andy Warhol inspired 'Flowers' by Aaron.

Development

Original photograph of flowers shot close up with macro setting.

Post production, edited image with use of high contrast and photoshop selection tool to enhance foreground.

Image manipulated repeatedly in various colours and arranged into a grid of four.

Experimentation with screen printing effect using photoshop to use block coloured background.

Final outcome, a series of four images manipulated and arranged into a grid in classic pop art style.