Matt, student; art history brush Edward Weston Abstraction of split artichoke
What is abstract photography? Some abstract photos do not have a clear subject while others take real objects and alter them in some way to draw attention to their formal (art elements and principles) qualities.
Abstract photographers use everyday objects around them. The goal is to allow the viewer to see the objects in a new way, turning sunny sidewalks into dark landscapes, grass into geometric designs. Our daily life is transformed from something we are entirely used to something we are not entirely at home with.
“Many abstract photographs choose to be minimalistic, isolating a subject. Roadways are obscured beneath the snow with nothing but vague shadows to show the way, or a single droplet is left in crisp focus against a soft blur of the background.”
“Simplicity of composition is another common trait of abstract photographs—through utter chaos of form is almost as common. The busy meanderings of twisted spider webs leave our eyes confused without a single place to rest upon, just as the dusty mess of an abandoned house or the fallen leaves of dozens of trees mixed together.”
–Ally Chevalier
How to take abstract photos:1. Color & Texture
a. Use complementary colors (red and green, yellow and purple, and blue and orange)
b. Use limited colors: monochromatic (one color showing values)
c. Find interesting textures
d. Use repeated patterns, What patterns repeat in the environment around you, and what breaks that repetition?Drink Umbrealls become a radial abstraction
2. Focus, Exposure & More: Break The Mold
a. Extreme f-stops can similarly lead to fascinating effects not found in other forms of photography, revealing forms, shapes, patterns, color, at
different focii that would not otherwise be obvious by our eyes.
a. Extreme f-stops can similarly lead to fascinating effects not found in other forms of photography, revealing forms, shapes, patterns, color, at
different focii that would not otherwise be obvious by our eyes. 3. Different camera angles. Use Macro photography, worms-eye, birds-eye...
Pinch mode in Photoshop
by Ms. Kelly
4. Unusual Places: Go to places where nothing is found. Walking through a park can be a great way to take some beautiful pictures of trees, but not a great place to find a higher meaning.
Aperture and Shutter Speed Simulator: http://www.photonhead.com/simcam/shutteraperture.php
Real Objexts Abstracted:
Macro website: http://rbt.smugmug.com/gallery/3331178_DFHwB#185498694_ffakg
Altered People by David Douglas: http://www.davidadouglas.com/portrait.html
Mick Cady, Natural Abstractions:
Jonathan Steele: Trash Abstraction:
Aeron Nersoya: natural
Brandt Legg: water Abstractions: http://www.brandtlegg.com/COLLECTIONS/Pages/Water_Abstracts.html
Ciro Totku
Claude Peschel Dutombe, Floral
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