Hockney-Style Photomontage

I then had a go at making my own Hockney style photomontage.
I had a practice just using the school building for my images. This is the result:

After completing this I realised that it looks too realistic to what I wanted to achieve. Also, it didn't fit my choosen theme of moods from urban landscapes.

Also, I think my pictures fit together too well so for my next effort I will adjust angles, sizes and places of each image. When its finished it still needs to look like pictures stuck together rather than a normal image.

I put all my sections of photos together and rotated some of them and changed the sizes to make them look less natural and give a similar effect to Hockney's work.
After I had all the pictures in position I adjusted the Hue/Saturation and added a cooling photo filter.

Once I was happy with my work I saved it as a JPEG. I am very pleased with the result.

Photomontage

To make my photomontage i used two pictures that I have taken recently. One was of the town centre and one was at the skate park.

I used the picture of the town centre and added in all my other images onto it. Then, i took my other background image and put it over the top and selected an opacity of around 20%.

I liked the way that the sunset came through but it wasn't bright enough. So before I finished I selected the sky of my 2nd background at 20% and adjusted the saturation to more saturated. I then added all the layers back on and was pleased with the result.

Photomontage - Further Research and Plan

For my own photomontage, I want to incorporate an urban landscape. I have found some examples that are similar to what I want to produce.

These examples are particularly interesting as they add different moods to the landscape. The firtst one has a depressing and rather mystical feel to it, whereas the second image adds a feel of happiness to the city. We normally associate cities with work, business and many people, but this photomontage makes the city seem playful and exciting.

For my photomontage, I'm going to take some images of urban areas in surrounding areas and choose the best one or select the best parts from them and collaborate them into one. I'm then going to take photographs of everyday objects, both personal and social, to get a feel for the sort of lifestyle a person like me lives.

Examples of Stop Motion Animation

Here are two examples of Stop Motion Animation:

Stop Motion Animation

Stop motion animation uses photographs of still objects combined together in a sequence to make an animation of the object moving.
The photographs have subtle differences between them and when put together make a video-like .gif image or in fact video.
Here is an example:

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Photomontage 2

Photomontages are made from cropping and joining many different together and composing them as one.
Another photographer that uses photomontages is Radcliffe Bailey.
A lot of Bailey's work involves vintage sepia tones of African Americans from the past. He uses mixed media and uses bright colours to make his work have a human dimension to them.

















This photomontage shows a young man in the middle with many different shapes, colours and pictures around him. To me, these add personality to the picture which an ordinary photograph wouldn't do. It makes the person seem lively, creative and alive.

Photomontage

Photomontages are made from cropping and joining many different together and composing them as one.
One photographer that specializes in photomontages is Yutaka Inagawa.












Yutaka Inagawa creates digital photomontages. He blends delicate with grotesque and creates really abstract images.
this image is of a strange landscape with many odd items in it. He is renowned for using organic looking images and regularly uses items such as machines, animals, road signs, leaves, weapons and furniture.