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A N T I Q U E S  H U N T E R

“The French king, Louis XIV, called for more youthful art to be produced by the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture and other artists commissioned for works in Versailles”[1], The royal academy of painting and sculpture artist achieved this by deforming linear lines to create abstract forms which were based around the forms of “rock and shell” which ironically enough is the definition for "French Rococo" (also known as French Rocaille). We can identify French Rococo art from certain disticative features such as “Free-form curves (including S- and C-curves), shell forms, asymmetry, natural forms, exotic motifs, scroll work”[2], which are all distinctive features we can clearly see used to create this beautiful piece of art work advertised on trade me.

At first glance the a-symmetry expressed in this piece of history is substantial as whichever way you look at nothing is symmetrical which is what created the essence of the art being “youthful” as king Louis requested. The curvinear shape of this mirror is inspired by the love for aquatics as we see wave like designs flowing all the way around the mirror connecting at ends. Mirrors were not only used for their aesthetics in house holds through the Rococo era in the eighteenth century but the mirrors also had function as citizens would place the mirror paralelle to a window to reflect light as well as the same concept with candles to create more natural light. The style overall is effect finished in a gold surrounding which looks effective, I could defiantly see this in my household as a piece of French Rococo history.

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[1] Unknown author. (2005). Introduction to the Artistic Style of Rococo.

Retrieved from http://www.arthistory.net/artstyles/rococo/rococo1.html

[2] Jeannie Ireland. (2009). History of Interior Design. New York: Fairchild Books, Inc.

Retrieved from Te Waharoa Victoria University of Wellington Library

http://www.trademe.co.nz/antiques-collectables/art-deco-retro/furniture/auction-468893697.htm

T I M E 

For my first shoot I went out to the train stop on the Nguranga Gorge to view the environment i will be working with for my project for going from station to station as we can see there is a lot of light so I will use lower apputure and I also played with the shutter speed as we can see in some images with the cars to see the effects given which the trains will also be giving. I will be taking photos at the Wellington Central photo once  I am more confident with people and have a tripod so i can open the shutter for longer so i can get nice trails along the screen to express the essence and nature of time.

After the first shoot I drove around Wellington to experiment with my DSLR to achieve different effects with objects and lights and as we can see through these techniques you can feel the essence of time effectively as you can feel the object move from one space to another but still feel the time it would take to move there, as shown through the car images. 

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Weekly Task One

Using the camera technique to adjust shutter speed fast and slow to see the different effect applied, especially effective with light in the dark. For this exercise I used my car and applied different exposure and shutter speed to apply different effects.

Heres what I achieved..

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Proposal/Photography Plan

In project two I aim to produce 4-8 images or a stop motion picture to express the essence of time and the nature of time. I will do this by exploring through the techniques applied to the camera such as exposure and shutter speed also through various Abode products to produce an effective collection of images.

Ideas 

My initial idea that ran through my mind was to express time through the essence of travel (inspired by the film "Back to the Future") specifically looking at trains as they're accessible and a lot of people will be present through arrival and departure. I want to go through each station from wellington central and take an image in identical angles to the railway road and keep the shutter open from the time people leave the train and it departed to the next station. I would do this through the peek hour so there are a lot of people to create trials through shutter speed. After collecting all the images i would collaborate these images and on photoshop layer them all together to express the essence of time through the images.

Other ideas consisted of taking a long shot image of Wellington central station to capture the busy movement of people to create nice trails and express the time people spend through the train station and express the nature of time through the shutter speed.

Scanned is a few sketches to express what I am imaging in my head and what i intend to do through the process of this project.