Tatsuya Tanaka uses everyday objects to take creative photos of the objects used in another way. Examples include using tiny figures of human, and placing them on our daily objects. The figures on the object makes the object look huge. This is a creative and unusual way of taking pictures, it creates a large size contrast between the figures and the objects. I like how Tatsuya Tanaka is super creative with his placements, all the people in his photos look busy.

Examples of Tatsuya Tanaka:

These are my top 5 photos taken by me:

Unedited:

Edited:

1. The first photo is of a stone on a floating block of grass on water. I chose this photo to be one of my top fives because this photo shows color contrast and negative space, the water and the base of the water is black and reflecting. The block of grass and the base is on different levels and the color of the grass is also lighter. The character (rock with eyes) is a greyish white color, this can also atract the audience’s eyes at first sight. After editing, the photo had more light on the character (rock with eyes) and the color contrast is more shown.
2. & 3. The second and third photo is also more of a nature-themed photo too. These photos has two characters in different color and I also placed different colored fake trees to create color contrast. There are two photos edited because I wanted to try different angles and they are croped differently. On the other hand, the first edited photo shows balance and depth of field with the background depth. The second photo shows rules of thirds and perspective. Both of the photos have a frame with the leafs, rocks and sticks creating a frame framing up the two characters.

4. The fourth picture is built with books as frames. Through the books on the bookshelf, theres this character’s livingroom. The character is doing yoga with the TV on and some snacks on the table. This photo contains framing and perspective. Looking through the books has this misterious feeling that the figure is actually alive and living inbetween books and bookshelfs. The edited version of this photo adds a tiny bit of lighting to the background making color contrast show. The focus on the figures are controlled and the figure has light on the surface.

5. This photo creates a movement shoot, the figure in located on a slope. The green, brown, and transparent blue colored pieces of plastic underneeth the figure is placed in a shape where it looks like the pieces are sliding down the slope and bringing the figure with it. This photo shows leading lines, negative space, and balance. To make this photo better, I edited the color darker and created a focus point on the figure. This increased the color contrast and the darkness of the background making it a darker contrast and a negative space.

6. The last photo is created with different material props. I used children buildable toy pieces and a piece of fabric to create a litttle house/tent like area for the two characters. This photo shows leading lines, symmetry and patterns, balance, and framing. The triangle walls have lines leading to the characters, this makes audience spot the characters at first sight. Also with the impact of the character’s placement is in the middle of the photo too. The frame of this photo is the space created for the characters. After editing, the colors look more balanced. The photo now has a better framing and the characters have better focus.

Favoirte photo:

This photo is my chosen favoirte, this is because this photo has great angles and this photo looks like a lot of story. The whole picture is filled with the scene made.

Rule of  Thirds:

The picture itself has the character on the right; also with the addition of leading lines, the photo looks imbalanced.

The edited version of the photo edits the problem of the lighting, because some parts of the photo is too bright it affects the clearness of the photo. Editing it into a darker color makes the photo look more clean.

Leading Lines:

The unedited version of the picture is a bit too dark. The character is placed in the middle of the photo showing balance, and the leading lines are the hallway walls. The walls make perfect lines that lead the audience’s vision to the character.

The edited version of this photo solves the lighting issue, it created a brighter center and darkened the edges to make it look more balance.

Symmetry and Patterns:

The unedited photo looks plain. If the lighting of the photo are changed and placed in different angles the photo would look more unique.

So that’s what I did for the edited version. Even though the changes are not obvious, the photo still looks more focused and the patterns on the back are more obvious and darker in color.

Framing:

The uneditied photo looks a bit too dark, I used the whole of the chair to create a frame.

The edited version is a bit brighter, and the photo looks more balanced. This photo gives me a old fashion feeling, probably because of the coloring.

Depth of field:

The lighting and the focus of the unedited photo is unbalanced, the colors look simular and the photo does not give out unique. The character is in the middle of the photo.

After editing, the photo becomes more colorful. The colors are not simular anymore.

Negative Space:

The unedited photo of negative space is plain in color and dark. At the same time, the focus is also a bit off.

The edited version is better with lighting and the balance of the color is adjusted. The focus is also on the character and the edges are darkened, making the entire photo look more clean.

Balance:

The unedited photo does not look the best, it is not that balanced because of the frame outside is not really straight. Leading lines are also shown in this photo such as the cube shaped lines. The lighting is not focused enough on the character, which really effects the overall.

The edited photo fixes most of the issues of the picture. I croped the edges of the photo and created a lighting for the character.

Perspective:

This photo was taken at home. Because of the limited props at home, this photo was created. This photo has weird lighting and weird colors, so I decided to edit it into a black and white photo.

The edited photo looks more balanced, the color and the lighting makes the photo look 3D even though the photo is black and white.

Overall, my favorite photo is the framing one. This is because the framing photo is taken in a really creative way and it really represents framing.

These are the final three pictures I chose, these are chosen because my theme is color and sight. My topic is also confidence. These three photos shows confidence from eye contact with the camera, looking into the mirror. I chose these as my final pictures because the lighting is really cool and i really like the color contract in the background and the red color on the shirt and makeup also with the apple making a really sharp spot.

These two practice pictures are taken from the side, with the lighting it shows good angle. I think the pictures can improve if I could try some colored lighting.

These three pictures have included a mirror as a prop, I want to use an apple as a prop.

I would like my theme to be about confidence, bright colored makeup and color contrast showing more of a strong and confident figure. Color contrast can also be about a strong figure not fearing to be unique, the eye contact with the camera better shows off the point.  So this is going to be about a recognition of the sources of individual pressures within society to conform or adjust our behavior and appearance.

The title of this project is Confident Figure, the issue I want to explore with my photographs is women rights. I want my audience to feel confidence, strength, and independence in my photography. I will get inspiration and develop my ideas by looking for photographs that have models looking directly to the camera showing confidence not fearing the camera. I also want to look at photographs that has color based spot lights in them.

Annie Leibovitz;

Annie Leibovitz | Facts, Art, Biography, and Portraits | Encyclopedia Britannica
Famous for her dramatic, eccentric, and timeless celebrity photos, Annie Leibovitz is a photographer. Her use of vibrant colors, well lit scenes, and well-staged environments define her work.

These are pictures of her work, these three are the photos I like best from her work and planning to imitate. The first photo is a woman wearing a red dress, the three photos are all taken when the model is looking at the camera and there is also a monkey on the woman’s back. I think the red colored dress made contrast with the greenish background, this red is really eye catching and it helps the photo to look more profound and interesting. The second photo’s focus is on the girls eyes, the blue color matching the background and the pale skin color protrude the eyes. The third photo is a full-body shot that has nature as background with lots of green, the person in the picture also wearing green fitting the theme color of the picture and the hat as the pictures highlight.

I like how her work has the models staring into the camera making the eyes a focus. I will be trying to use color contrast in my photos and dark backgrounds.

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These pictures taken in the hutong is my top 20 picks, I tried photographing people with the sky as the background and in a lower angle. Capturing people in this certain angle was really hard, because if I would want to take the pictures in this angle I will have to ask the person for permission so it would be harder.

I edited the photo’s color and light to make a difference in texture, I have changed the lighting in the middle brighter and the sides darker for the first two of the images. The third one was edited with the lighting and the picture is cropped. These pictures are all focusing on people and their daily.

A photographer I want to follow is Nicolas Golding, her photography shows contrast in light and she takes photos in a unique angle that has the sky as the background.

I will mostly be taking pictures of people and animals. These are the different kinds of photos I will be taking at the Hutong during the trip, these are unedited photos but I will be editingmyfinal photos taken in Hutonginto black and white colors. I like how these photos are taken with the sky as the background in the back, these show really cool contrast with color and light.

These photos shows layering with objects in front of people that have reflection made by the sunlight reflecting on the person.

Vivian Maier;

Vivian Maier is an American amateur street photographer whose main job is as a nanny. Vivienne is of French descent. She was born in New York but grew up in France. After returning to the United States, she lived in New York and Chicago. She took more than 100,000 photos in her life. In 2007, local historian John Maloof discovered a large number of her negatives and began organizing them.

You can see that the photos she takes have a really natural feeling, you can tell that they have been taken without notice . The coloring of picture she takes is different, she uses both black and white and colored photographs. I personally like her colorful pictures more but because I have been taking colorful images for multiple times, I will be trying out something new and editing my photos into the same black and white tone. I will be taking pictures up close and from far away making sure I ask people for permission for the closeups. She also takes pictures of people from mirrors as a reflection, this is a great way of demonstrating as a reflection photography.  Kids and animals are also seen in her photography, not only adults will be the focus. Her photograph shows abstract in color, lines, theme, and texture.

A more closer look to the picture of the woman in the middle with the mirror, I really like how she captured this photo without the woman looking into the camera even through a mirror. The color of it is black and white, there are two mirrors shown in the picture which has reflections of both the woman and the other mirror. This shows a contrast of reality and reflection making the image’s audience think deeper of the situation. To me, the mirror and reflection happens is maybe because the woman is trying on something for her hair that she needs to mirror it to see whether it looks good on her.  I am not sure if I will be able to take this kind of photography because of the unknown number of mirrors I am going to see with people trying on something using it.

Daidō Moriyama; His style favors high-contrast, grainy images. His photos are often harsh and blurred. This gives them an abstract quality. The tilted horizons and fragmentary compositions highlight urban angst.

I really like how he captures (takes pictures) the movement in life

Helen Levitt; In her later career, she worked in color and black and white. Her color images of the 1960s paved the way for other street photographers.

I really like her color contrast she makes

Saul Leiter; His images capture the quiet moments of the city. Soft focus and reflections give his pictures an impressionistic, painterly quality.

I really like how the photo is taken through a glass, the person didn’t even notice the picture getting taken.

William Klein; Klein shoots with a wide-angle lens in a quick and energetic style. His urban photography shows motion blur and grain. His is a world off-center. Fashion

I like how he takes reflections and fashion pictures through mirrors