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Picture 2
Picture 3
Contact Sheet
So to get this mould look I went and got some chalk and smashed it into a powder, I did this with lots of colours and then applied it to a plain sheet of A3 piece of paper. Once I'd done the chalk correctly I light it up and took pictures angled straight down. Some were too dark and other showed too much of the white A3 paper. There was one obvious one which I renamed because I thought it was the most similar to the original. I chose this one because the framing was good and the chalk actually looks like mould. I edited this one, to increased the contrast, saturation, reduced the brightness, highlights and shadows, then lastly I used the sponge tool in Photoshop to show most of the whiteness in the photograph.
The contact sheet is quite small for this picture because I felt that I couldn't get it any closer by using the camera and my chalk effect for mould is good but I couldn't get it any closer without making the chalk look fake and not like mould. I had to choice of two photographs which were similar to the original. To then edited 'close' becuase I felt that 'close2' had too much white chalk and 'close' had a good range of colours. So I edited it to brighten it and make it lighter, so I increased the brightness and lightness and also used the sponge tool on Photoshop to make the colours look slightly washed and faded.
Lastly I had a picture of mould which was much whiter and dull, so I only used black, grey and white chalk on top of the previous chalk layer. After applying the chalk I took the pictures with the light directly above the chalk and the camera angled down at the chalk. Again I had two photographs which were similar to the original becuase they were the only two to be framed correctly and really look like mould and were in focus. I decided to go with 'close2 edited' because 'close' and 'close edited' were just way too dark. I also like the brown in 'close2 edited' and the good amount of white chalk and the way the chalk really does look like mould.
Own Creation
I left some bread mould myself because I wanted to see the unique and abstract look mould can give. The result was brilliant. I don't think that if was appropriate to use for the copying of one of Gemma Schiebe's original photographs because it would have been pure luck. However I am glad I gave it ago anyway because it really expresses my project in a distinct way.
