Collage + Mount Dandenong

I really enjoyed researching collages because of the use of mixed media and the 3D effect. I have always enjoyed making collages because of the image you can create just by cutting and pasting. I also love the look of mosaics which can be done digitally these days. During class my favourite collage we were shown was 'Pearlblossum Hwy' by David Hockney. These are some other collages I also found that I liked:

David Hockney 'Pearblossom Hwy, 11th-18th April, 1986, #2' 1986 

Bell Vance 'The bawdy house on petticoat lane' from http://www.bellvanceart.com/collage.html 

Jen McCleary 'Digital Collage' from http://jenmccleary.com/2009/01/digital-collage/

All accessed on wednesday 6th of April 2o11.

Mount Dandenong

I went out the other day to take some photos of some landscapes/scenes that had a colour that really stood out. I went to Mt Dandenong because I love all the cottages and the rainforest as a background. I found some places that had coloured doors, signs and windows. I really like these photos but think I would need to do some editing to make them more brighter, vibrant and so that the colour in focus stands out more. I think these are some of the type of photos I will use for my digital collage as they are good back ground photos, but also have various items I could combine into this artwork.

Photographer I like + My first photos edited

                An artist I like
Since studying photography I have had the change to reasearch a lot of photographers and find some I really love. One person I was happy to find was Jennifer Zwick. I really liked her series on Narratives and the story and creativity they hold. I think all photos should tell a story, capture a moment or be a memory for the viewer to remember. I like Zwicks Photographs because they remind me of childhood and the never ending imagination we have at that age. One of my favourites is 'The Reader' beacause it reminds me of my love for reading and how you can get lost in a book. All of this series are really cool and I think draw the viewer in to remember and remenis on the crazy things you did and believed in. These are my potographs from the series:

Jennifer Zwick 'The Dream' 2007. Accessed on the 6/4/11 at http://www.jenniferzwick.com/work/photography/constructed-narrative/the-dream

Jennifer Zwick 'The Explorers' 2005. Accessed on 6/4/11 at http://www.jenniferzwick.com/work/photography/constructed-narrative/the-explorers

Jennifer Zwick 'The Reader' 2005. Acessed on 6/4/11 at http://www.jenniferzwick.com/work/photography/constructed-narrative/the-reader

My first edited

For all of these photos I pretty much changed the vibrance levels. However I also changed some of the colour levels, brightness and contrast. I love the difference when you just change the vibrance of a photo it brings out all the colours so much more. For the last two photos I cropped them because I thought there was a lot of negative space.