Also I've made a small research on anaglyph effects and methods of making this kind of pictures, and a lot of people suggest to use 2 cameras at the same time to shoot the same photograph. It is said that the cameras [or better to say cameras' lens] should be placed in a distance as between human's eyes [approximately 6-7 cm], but then you can look at photographs only through stereo glasses; so, I've decided to try to use 2 cameras [+ I have 2 same Sony cameras for a while; why not to try!?], but put them closer to reduce the difference between pictures that then must be put one on another as layers [one pic in red and one in cyan colors].
I couldn't find any photographs/portraits to apply the effect on [within pictures taken by me]; thus, I've just selected a picture saved on my laptop from i-net and worked on it in photoshop. Actually, this picture is not that good for this kind of 'anaglyph' effect [the background looks kind of lost, and also a mole on girl's face confuses]... but still at least it gives an idea/preview of how I see the performance of the portraits I'm going to shoot. The background is colorful, but still I think it should be with a detailed pattern to make the effect more obvious and eye-catching.In fact, the picture that is attached to this post was processed in a different way and I'm not quite sure if this method is appropriate, because I've come up with it accidentaly.
3 pictures [one in red, one in cyan, and one in black&white] were put layer-by-layer, and cyan and red pictures were moved to the left a little bit. If the girl was looking into the camera it would look better and more natural, because the effect applied on her eyes that look somewhere aside looks more blury than anaglyph.
Altynay,
ReplyDeleteI think you are off to a really great start. You have really thought about something that interests you visually, and your motivation behind this interest. You have really thought about your ideas in terms of the questions I asked. In addition you have gone one step ahead and started moving forward in your project in terms of research and experimentation. I have looked at the example you provided and while I have not ever used this effect I have seen it in different forms. I think it is exciting. While you say that this may not be the best photograph to work on, your ideas came through very clearly. I think what you did gave a life and an energy to the image that the original was not able to do. I think that your ideas of conveying things about different people through portraiture will be able to be accomplished very well through this process. There is a kinetic energy that can be created through the application of this effect and I think that this will help you communicate your ideas in a very effective fashion.
Hopefully experimenting with the 2 cameras over the next week will help you work to fine tune this effect. I really think that your ideas of different colored and patterned backgrounds will help create nice variation within the series. In addition it will help to think about lighting, shadow, color, and composition as you approach your subjects.
You are ahead of everyone for next week, but thinking about these things will help you approach your first progress report due on Wednesday:
1) PROGRESS REPORT: (What physical progress have you made over the past week?)
2) RESEARCH GENERATED: (What new research have you discovered in order to help further your artistic or conceptual pursuits?
3) CRITICAL SELF ANALYSIS: (How is your project changing and evolving from your original proposal?)
4) PHYSICAL EVIDENCE GENERATED: (Finally, any images, sketches, or visual progress you can post to show how you are working and progressing.)
Good luck.