Last week when I showed my proposals to the group I also showed a few initial shots of a family members book. The feedback I got was to try photographing public library books but also continue with family members books. The initial shots were my granddads war books that contained indents that were mostly bookmarks only. So this week I have looked at my siblings books and my own books for indents other than bookmarks.
Book 1- Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Indents Evident- Underlining, notes on language techniques used in text, bent pages
This image is a little mysterious in the way that the focus I have used has made the pages open wide wordless almost. I may try to crop this images to make the composition a little more balanced as I want to use this photograph in my book. The black background creates striking contrast against the cream/ white pages.
Nothing very interesting strikes me in this photograph. The only words noticeable is the title which isn't very significant against the indent of the curved pages on the right.
No black background which doesn't work with all other images, so I won't be using this further.
The angle I have used for this photograph is interesting as it makes is look at the notes on the page, however the yellow like colour of the sides of the pages is a little distracting.
Book 2- The Iliad by Homer
Indents Evident- Orange pen marks on top of pages, underlining, notes
The curved pages in this photograph help to create a sense of direction towards the name written. I have altered the curves in Photoshop slightly in this image as suggested in the feedback which has helped the book background be a little more darker and overall image is more striking. The small orange marks in the top right hand corner are also interesting in creating an intrigue into why they are there.
Book 3- Oxford Mini School Thesaurus
Indents Evident- Dolphin purple stamps on page sides
It was commented in the feedback that they liked how this book looks to be almost bulging out of the composition through its wideness that is depicted. This angle works well, and gives us and overall look on the way these child stamps have been stamped all over and not in one particular place. I will be using this further.
This angle isn't as visually interesting as the previously but still works because of the fading focus and black background creating contrast and the cream and yellow.
Book 4- How to Twist a Dragons Tale by Cressida Cowell
Indents Evident- name of Reader in bubble
The background is a little blue in this image so isn't as bold/ striking. The focus isn't quite right either as it would have been better to focus on the name written in the bubble indicating the book owner, it is focused on the colourful back of the front cover. This is just too colourful to include with the previous public library shoot.
Book 5- Read Me Out Loud Poetry
Indents Evident- Yellow book club sticker, yellow marks, separated pages
Again the colour of the circular book club sticker is too distracting to the actual overall book, however that is the actual indent left. The lines in the book is very interesting in the way the page parts are separating to create lines horizontal. The focus is successful to pull attention to the top of the book closer to the camera.
The yellow marks are the indent in this image, it makes the reader interested in wondering what has created these marks, a pen?Again the focus works well. There is something going into the top right hand corner which will need removing through cropping if I am to include this, but at this point I don't think it works with other book photographed.
This angle doesn't work, the landscape orientation doesn't work. The lines would benefit from being photographed in portrait so it creates a sense of direction.
I really love the effect of the line partitions in this image exaggerated by the portrait orientation. It was commented in the feedback that the white shape at the top left hand corner looks like an axe, however it is actually the front cover bent in that direction. I will be using this image in my book as it is very interesting and striking and creates an intrigue that I want to create.
Book 6- Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
Indents Evident- written reader name
Again there is too much colour in this image to be taken further in the project. The focus works to pull attention to the written name on the right page telling us of the book owner. The background colour isn't quite right either.
This isn't as striking as I want in the photographs I want to include in my book of book indentations. The indent isn't as noticeable, it being a slight scuff on the right top corner of the book corner.
Book 7- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Indents Evident- Creased bind, bent cover to one corner
In this image I wanted to record the creases in the bind of the book, which I think I did well, however again the colour doesn't work well in the series I want to create.
Overall i will need to look back at the public library images and consider which of these work coherently if any. The colourful books will not work well as there is not much colour in the sociology books I photographed.
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