Tommy Inberg is where I will take inspiration for my surrealist photographers. He works with photography and digital image editing, creating surreal photos with human nature, feelings and thoughts. For him, surrealism is about trying to explain something abstract like a feeling or a thought. uring the last couple of years he has received international recognition with his work receiving awards and honorable mentions from many different competitions including International Photography Awards, Prix De La Photographie Paris and Sony World Photography Awards. In 2012 Tommy won the Lumen Prize with his picture “Torn”.
Example of his work:
shoot 1
Plan:
- Try to recreate the hero Flash running.
- I am going us the shutter speed on 15 seconds and the f stop f/10
- Try to recreate the hero Flash running.
- I am going us the shutter speed on 15 seconds and the f stop f/10
most surreal
This is most surreal because there is a face near the top left. This was no edit nor was there a person in front of the camera. This to me was some sort of paranormal activity.
shoot 2
Plan:
- Have a Light Saber
- Have someone swinging the Saber like in Star Wars
- Have a Light Saber
- Have someone swinging the Saber like in Star Wars
most surreal
This is most surreal because it looks like someone is actually in combat and just swung. To make this better I could have have had another person with the light saber and pretending to fight each other.
shoot 3
Plan:
- Take a picture of me with a light saber
- Take another picture of me with a light saber
- Take a picture of lights that look like stars
- Photoshop both pictures of myself to the "star like" image
- Take a picture of me with a light saber
- Take another picture of me with a light saber
- Take a picture of lights that look like stars
- Photoshop both pictures of myself to the "star like" image
worst
This is my worst take because both the light sabers are red so this looks like the two are actual one person. So to get a better take I will change the colour one of the light sabers.
best
This is my best take because now both the boys look different even though they both are me. I now have changed the colour of the light saber to pink. This picture also shows off my editing skills also it makes it look surreal because I wouldn't be killing myself.
Shoot 4
Plan:
- Take a picture of a person lying down on a table in a "super-man" pose
- Then crop them out and place them on landscape pictures
- Take a picture of a person lying down on a table in a "super-man" pose
- Then crop them out and place them on landscape pictures
Worst
This is my worse one because the light beams do not look as real as the other two. Also the landscape has no real intense look to it.
Best
This is my best take because this has that intense look it unlike the other one. Also the light beams look more surreal than before.
Shoot 5
Plan:
- Take 2 pictures of 2 different people
- Layer both on top of each other
- Make the top layer loose some of the face so you can see the bottom face
- Take 2 pictures of 2 different people
- Layer both on top of each other
- Make the top layer loose some of the face so you can see the bottom face
Worst
This is my worst edit because I haven't layered the faces properly because one the faces are slightly to the left.
Best
This is my best edit because the faces have been properly layered and the faces are aligned together and i have properly made the face on top lose a little to see the bottom face.
Shoot 6
Plan:
- Take pictures of 2 people climbing
- Edit them on the shoe picture from Anglesey
- Take pictures of 2 people climbing
- Edit them on the shoe picture from Anglesey
Evaluation
I have had a lot of fun at weird & wonderful shoots. It was interesting to find out how I can Photoshop pictures to make them look surreal and learning about each tool and how it can help me. Overall, I think that I have understood the styles of the photographers. The pictures which I took are proof that I understand the concept of my researched photographers. My photographs have allowed me to examine ideas in which I can make in my own styles. I think that I have done well in this unit. If I wanted to improve this topic I would have researched another artist and tried to work in the style of him.