In the deep

In the Deep

Throughout this module I have been working on my visual language. Testing my photography style and expanding my boundaries of shooting. I wanted to test some more impossible imagery so I decided to an underwater shoot to work on levitation under the water. I hope I would be able to produce something like this but unfortunately this was not the case.

 I shot with a Fugi compact underwater camera. I used program in settings so I could control as much as I could. I could only control the ISO on the camera and white balance  I was shooting indoors at Cheltenham sports centre. It was so dark and the under water lights were not very strong. It really shows you need the correct equipment when attempting something like this. 

The images I produced I actually ended really liking even though they were not what I was intending to come out with I feel they are different and some really work. The noise is very strong but I think the grain adds to some of the images. 

My favourite images are the above right and the below image. They are both the most striking and interesting of the image. The bubbles look like a hurricane which you wouldn't be able to produce out of the water which makes it special. 

The image above looks Impossible. But it is just a turned image to make it seem like someone is disappearing through a mirror. Even though it is hardly manipulated it would work amongst my manipulated images quit well. 

I would like to elaborate on the under water work with the right equipment to produce works like Emma Critchley. She produces moving image also, really beautiful pieces.