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My daughter Jessica is in her final year of school and as part of her HSC in art she has chosen to put together 12 to 18 photos All the photos will incorporate a red chair .The chair represents her late grandfather and all the photos will be taken at places he frequently visited though his life. This is from today’s outing and with the help of Zeeke to fix a small problem I am posting this pix for comments to see if she is heading in the right direction?



LOZ

Thats very emotional touching picture. well done.

Is the actual chair red or it was PP'ed?

I like the idea of the desaturation .But the chair looks a bit too bright . Maybe back the saturation on the chair down a notch . Just my opinion . The idea is great .

Yi-P wrote:Thats very emotional touching picture. well done.

Is the actual chair red or it was PP'ed?

Thanks Yi-P yes the chair is red she may use 50-50 BW colour

that's nicely done.

there was another red chair project a little while back which I found on the web... some chap just taking a red chair around and getting the general public to interact with it... i'll try and find the link, was quite inspirational...

cheers

LOZ, great concept and very touching. As mentioned, I would desaturate the red a touch and perhaps it would more poignant if the chair was facing the water, cause I would imagine grandpa would have been looking that way, rather than back up the jetty...

Awesome, beautiful, great treatment and very moving, I can't wait to see more.

xerubus wrote:there was another red chair project a little while back which I found on the web...

It was actually featured on this forum just under a year ago...
http://dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=6889

I Like it John, keep it the way it is... the saturation on the chair is perfect... it makes it stand out more and gives it its own life and personality, bold and strong.. if it was toned down, I dont think it would be as effective

Tim

leeke
Thanks for the link my daughter saw a zillion pix on Flickr which gave her the inspiration . From what I can see most pix were one offs without a meaning or story . One more for tonight which is very different .

leek wrote:

xerubus wrote:there was another red chair project a little while back which I found on the web...

It was actually featured on this forum just under a year ago...
http://dslrusers.com/viewtopic.php?t=6889

yep.. that's the one...

cheers

Loz, really nice twist on a familiar concept. Only one thing, not a right or wrong, she may want to consider the orientation of the chair if it represents her grandfather. This chair seems orientated for the viewer, I would orientate it in this shot as the grandfather would be ie towards the water. This would also give a more absent lonely feeling to it. In other shots, say on the front porch, an orientation towards the viewer would be appropriate. Then again I could be just talking crap .

ps Loz, that image is 1024 wide! The limits are 800, can you change it?

Image resized since it was originally posted on my fishing site in the photo section


Tim

Love it Loz - tell your daughter to go for it
Her grandfather would probably love it !!!!
Hugs
Rel

nice stuff, it would be good to see the whole project.

Sinar had a red chair project a while back the chair was 12ft high!

Jessica said thanks to your replys .She can't wait to get out very early Saturday and take a few more 100

down Mosman Jetty area.
LOZ

loz

your girl is a thinker

the concept is great

I really do like these Red Chair shots. Very well done.

I concur the comments about the orientation of the chair in the first shot that was posted

One more from today Jess would love to have any good or bad comments so please go ahead don’t hold back .









LOZ

the concept is great

but i think the man and the red chaor both the most important elements in the hsot are too close to each other
it does not look dramatic and the strength of the concept is dulled a little as there is a visual interplay between the surrealness of a full coloured chair in a monochrome scene and a man right next to it

i woudl suggest the man sits on the left hand side of the chair and the red chair balances it from it's current location, then crop a little tighter


anyway loz your daughter has a great concept there

Loz, I love it, looks just like two mates reading together.

I might crop a little tighter, more in keeping with the edge of the building on the right hand side (and the same from the other 3 sides)

wendellt not sure if this works a quicky in PS







loz

better
the pic is balanced now

but i think the way to read this image woudl be man first then straff across to the red chair

also i would take out the colour on the leaves

the main concpet here is the red chair no other colour should obscure it

keep it simple and powerful

Jess has now selected 26 photos from 100s this is one that I find haunting .

Tha last photo is wonderful Loz. Your daughter is very talented indeed.

Loving it Loz - how fantastic would it be to see this series in the NSW Art Express - something that we try to get to every year. Some lovely work here!

hmmmmm....Very nice

Thumbs Up

Keep up the good work
Great idea/theme and nicely explored in the images you have posted
I like the 2nd take of the sitting man, the chair could be used to represent an absent partner and associated grief....
I'm sure her teacher will be impressed!

Cheers
Gecko

Seen that you like the first 3 here is another one .The good news is their is 22 to go .

LOZ

Awesome shots there Jess.. looks like you learnt a thing or 2 from your old man...

Keep up the great work!

Tim