Nel Ten Wolde - Two Chosen Pieces

She does photo collage combined with mixed media, and uses photographs as the main medium for her collage. The photos can be a combination of two photos put together in photo-shop before used in her work. Her work is inspired by the landscape and her own personal journey and evolution and it is very spiritual. In her collages she aims to combine the use of photo fragments as the basis of composition, working together with drawing to create a harmonious unity.

Alhambra III (2011) - Collage and mixed media on paper

I chose this one because I liked how she carried on the photograph by drawing the rest of the setting to show what might have been there. I like the contrast between the colour from the photograph and the black and white of the drawing.










I chose the artwork below because I liked how he continued the photograph and joined it with another fragment to make it look like part of the photograph instead of a drawing. I also liked how it was all black and white so the drawing blended in more with the photograph fragments.

Silk Nispores II (2014) - Collage and mixed media on paper

Photography Workshop

Composition of Photographs

Composition-selection and arrangements of subjects within the picture.
.Place objects in appropriate positions
.Appropriate point of view
.Opportune moment

Lighting
.High-key lighting--low contrast
.Low-key lighting--high contrast

Make sure the camera is focused on the object you want it to be in the picture.

Rules of Composition
.Rule of Thirds--objects placed on the intersections-points of interest
.Framing--lines-real/inferred-converging lines-reflections/mirrors

.Visual Cropping
.Vantage point--different angles-high/low

.Moving in close
.Action


.Perspective--dramatic perspective-unusual viewpoints
.Symmetrical--balanced
.Negative Space-one focal point, more blank space

Photoshop

.Crop

.Lopsided--corner of image mouse-straighten image

.Paintbrush symbol with dashed line--outline specific objects-copy and paste image inside the outlined object>>>>

.Double Exposure

-Opacity--more transparent

-Montage

-Flatten image--change opacity when copied on top of another photo to reveal underneath

-Quick mash tool

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Here is an example of two images with one on top of another which I changed the opacity of the image on top to reveal the image underneath it.

Here I cropped the image of the gnome, then I outlined the object.

I then copied the object and pasted it onto my other photo-shopped image, and I faded it slightly but kept it colourful to make it stand out.



This was another two images on top of each other with the opacity on top faded to make the frame appear underneath.