About weird and wonderful
Surreal photography is pushing the boundaries of what is achievable with a photograph. Photo surrealism is an intellectual and artistic movement that started in the early 1920s in France and is famously known for its astonishing writings, surreal images and artworks.
Types of weird and wonderful photography:
-Fantasy
-Superpowers
-Surrealism
-Dreams
-Magical
-Optical illusion
-Cloning
-Entrapment
-Perspective
Aneta Ivanova is a 24 years old photographer born in Varna, Bulgaria. She's been fascinated by art since a little child, starting with drawing and painting at first, then switching to photography. After doing a lot of conceptional work and portraits she started experimenting with different techniques to give a new meaning to her photographs – at first long exposures, then double and multiple exposures combining a number of portraits, then portraits with landscape and nature elements. She finds inspiration everywhere around her. She reads, listens to music, looks at art, goes for long walks and dreams a lot. The sea has always been her ultimate source of inspiration which can bee seen in some of her works. What fascinates her is the fact that it is so unpredictable and powerful, always changing, she thinks that it can heal us at some moments but also has the ability to destroy us in others.
I personally like Aneta's work. I think it's really inspirational and in the future I will try to recreate one of her photos.
In my opinion, this is her best photo because the double exposure combined with the black and white fits nicely.
In my opinion, this is her best photo because the double exposure combined with the black and white fits nicely.
Alex Stoddard was born in Jacksonville, Florida and spent his childhood growing up in the deep south. He began taking self-portraits at the age of sixteen in the woods behind his Georgian home, and this stirred in him the need to create and express himself through the craft of photography.
In my opinion, this is Alex Stoddard's best photo because the editing looks very good and it looks real. Also, the colors in the photo match nicely with the field of view.
Nastumi Hayashi, who lives in Tokyo, presents photographs of herself looking light as air, shot mostly around the city. The images have earned her a respectable following on her blog, as well as on Facebook and Twitter.
She loves taking photos of herself while 'levitating', all her photos are about this.
She loves taking photos of herself while 'levitating', all her photos are about this.
Natsumi Hayashi's work is very interesting. In the future, I will try to recreate one of her photos.
In my opinion, this is Natsumi's best photo because the editing looks real, for example she edited her reflection in those glass panels so you wouldn't be able to tell if she is either jumping or the photo is simply edited.
In my opinion, this is Natsumi's best photo because the editing looks real, for example she edited her reflection in those glass panels so you wouldn't be able to tell if she is either jumping or the photo is simply edited.
1st shoot
In this shoot I tried the surreal technique, but without editing anything.
I tried to make it look as realistic as possible, but I had some problems with the camera's focus.
I tried to make it look as realistic as possible, but I had some problems with the camera's focus.
I believe this to be the best photo of this shoot, because it looks a bit more realistic than the other photos that I took.
Considering this is the first shoot on this topic, it went pretty well.
2nd shoot
I will not use props for this shoot.
I will use some of my own ideas.
At the end of the shoot, I will take the best photos and edit them.
The shoot went well, but the edited photo doesn't look like i wanted it to look like.
I will use some of my own ideas.
At the end of the shoot, I will take the best photos and edit them.
The shoot went well, but the edited photo doesn't look like i wanted it to look like.
Edited photo: I took a couple of photos of someone, in more positions and locations but without moving the camera and then i combined them together.
3rd shoot
This shoot will be very similar to the 2nd shoot
The shoot will take place inside the school, probably at the canteen.
I will take the best pictures and edit them.
This shoot went well, I only had to take a couple of photos.
Editing was fine as well.
The shoot will take place inside the school, probably at the canteen.
I will take the best pictures and edit them.
This shoot went well, I only had to take a couple of photos.
Editing was fine as well.
Edited photo: I took 3 photos of my friend in different positions without moving the camera then I combined them together.
Entrapment photography
Entrapment photography involves edited photos of people being trapped in things, such as bottles, jars, phones, mirrors etc.
I will take a shoot of a person in different positions and a jar. I will choose the best 2 photos and edit them.
I will take a shoot of a person in different positions and a jar. I will choose the best 2 photos and edit them.
Edited photo: I chose the best 2 photos of this shoot and edited them together.
I took the picture of my friend holding the jar, then i cropped my friend out of the original photo and made him look like he's inside the jar.
I took the picture of my friend holding the jar, then i cropped my friend out of the original photo and made him look like he's inside the jar.
4th shoot
This shoot will consist in photos that relate with super heroes, so I will take photos of someone while they pose as a super hero and then I will edit the best photo and I will try my best to make it look as real as possible.
Edited photo: I took a picture from the internet with a city, then I cropped my friend out of a photo that I took to make him look like he is flying over the city, like some super hero. And I added a pigeon.
5th shoot
I am thinking of taking a shoot that will help me edit photos that will have to do with surrealism.
Edited photos:
I chose a photo that I took from this shoot, then I searched for a photo of a forest and I put them together
I chose a photo that I took from this shoot, then I searched for a photo of a forest and I put them together
For this edit, I inspired myself and looked at Aneta Ivanova's work.