Swimming Pool Images

Swimming pool shoot

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Swimming pool shoot 2

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Swimming pool shoot 3

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Swimming pool shoot 4

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These images are many stills I took using the underwater camera. I looked closely upon the effect water has on clothing and hair, how the textures and patterns change under the drenching circumstances. I notice they have a lot of buoyancy and float around the subject when she's in the water.

I notice that the natural blue colouring from the water also reflects onto the subject in matter of skin, clothing and hair, this symbolises the underwater creation.

Lastly the patterns within the images are created due to the movement of the subject. Some of the images looking up out of the water from underneath there are many patterns created in the surface; this is seen through the light above the water and the movement in the surface caused by my subject.

These patterns create interesting lines which draw the eye in many directions throughout the image, this is a really interesting concept of looking at water, the ecstatic lines give the water it's self some kind of living movement. This creates an interest of how the patterns reflect within the water.

In some of these images you can see where these light reflections spread themselves out across the bottom of the pool and some obscured by the subject swimming in the water. I'm really pleased with this effect as it creates subtle movement and life under the water where it can be seen but not felt.

Swimming pool filming.

Here's several recording I took within the swimming pool to capture swift movement of the body swimming and also the effect the water created on other materials such as clothing and hair. Allowing my model to swim freely under the water in different interesting strokes and wearing different items of clothing enables me to look through the stills and extracts successful stills of movement without the image blurring.

Also at the end of the video you see a shot of my model jumping into the water creating an extreme amount of oxygen bubbles around her which I was able to capture in a still, this was my attempt of recreating Bill Viola's Strong underwater image.

Darkroom aspirations

I really like my edits in Photoshop with the 'Glowing Edges' effect, these have inspired me to look further into the patterns you can create with water movement. Having already used an underwater camera I want to look at other creative ways I can capture the movement. One of the ways I thought would be interesting would be to place the photographic paper instead of the camera into the water. My aim with this is to work successfully in the dark room, placing the photographic paper in the water I am then able to throw, place or move things around in the water on to which in turn creates movement. Then using light from the enlarger or even just a few seconds or less of natural room lighting will allow the photograph to capture whatever moment is going on in the water above. In turn this should if done correctly create strange shapes and patterns, hopefully in turn enhancing the texture of the water creating some really interesting images. I am hoping the outcome will create the same look of those edited with 'Glowing edge' but without any digital manipulation.

Photoshop Edits

Sink edits

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Ocean ripple

Size
Magnitude


Glowing edges 

Edge Width
Edge Brightness
Smoothness

Original still frames

Sink shoot 1

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This is my recreation of water movement inspired by Bill Viola. All of the images above are still frames taken from the videos in the post below. As you can see the motion within the images makes them slightly blurry which does represent the movement of the object, however it's the water movement I've set out to capture.

In each of these excluding the last slide I have placed the enhanced photo shop edit to the right. The final slide contains two unedited still frames.



1- This image is probably the best representation of reflection in the above edge of the water, because the camera is placed at the bottom of the sink when we look up to the surface of the water we see a mirror image of the ripples within the water reflection through this, this also reflects colour as you can see from the vibrant orange and yellow bracelet, my favourite convention in here is the use of patterns and the obvious difference in textures. I'm pleased that in the reflection you can see the colours rippling through the movement of the water reflection the bracelet but not to an identical state.



2- This image creates the same reflection style but is also a great example of my own photo shop manipulation. Here it is clearly obvious how I have enhanced the contrast and brightness increasing them to quite an extent which now makes the movement and the patterns within that more visible. This does however make the movement of the strawberry its self-more obvious and the blur around the object becomes enhanced, this doesn’t create the strength of a professional standard image.



3/5- These images are amazing examples of water movement around the object; these ones have captured stills of oxygen bubbles ecstatically moving around. This is such a strong image to create in water photography. I'm really pleased with the outcome of these and would consider them as the strongest images I have collected in this shoot.



4- This image in particular is really fascinating to look at as the change here is the texture of the sauce within water. See as this isn't a solid object it was interesting to see it's reaction against the water. Water is a much thinner fluid compared to the sauce there four when it's added the sauce sticks together creating a strong line which is placed on the right third but as you can see as it reacts with the water further down (the middle of the line) it slowly becomes thinner and starts to evaporate within the water. The stronger parts of the sauce is at the bottom where it's all collected and at the beginning where it's still and independent feature without any watery influences on the substance. This image unlike the others doesn’t create movement within the water but shows the movement of it through the sauce substance. This makes it really fascinating to view.



6/7- These images have not encountered any Photoshop manipulation. I'm really pleased with the strength of the water movement I've managed to capture within these of ripples (6) and light reflection through the surface (7).




From this shoot I want to look at different editing styles which will enhance the capture of water movement and also up my standards by looking at larger areas of water and also larger objects (furniture, people) which will be able to create stronger movement and also test out the reaction of different materials within the water (clothing, hair). I also want to develop my findings and see what other ways I can capture water movement without using an underwater camera.

Sink Films

Recreations of Bill Viola's movement whithin water (Object test shoot)

For these images I have taken the falling sensation created in Bill Violas images. I wanted to start of small attempting the patterns created by the water using different objects rather than people, this also gives me a chance to work with angles and lighting to find out what's best for when I develop it further using human subjects, this creates a real strength in my test shoot.

In this shoot I chose a variety of objects with different qualities so I can see the different effect created on the objects in water:
-Floating
-Sinking
-Solid objects
-Textures
-Colour

The objects chosen:

-Pegs -Sink/ Solid/ Colourful.
-Fruit -Float/ Solid/ Colourful.
-Shells -Sink/ Solid/ Naturally found underwater.
-Bracelets - Sink/ Float/ Colourful.
-Sauce- Colourful/ Liquid like form with a solidness to it/ Sink.
-Food colouring- Colourful/ Liquid/ Sink/ Float.