Task 6

Task 6:

Photographic constraint:

• Take 50 colour photographs of your object following a constraint or limitation that you set
• Consider how each photograph communicates the connecting constraint through the series
• Possible constraints: line, tone, colour, shape, form, ratio, viewpoint, perspective, symmetry, focus.
• Print contact sheets of all of your photographs, then print the 5 most successful images at A5 size.

In order to place a limitation on a light bulb, I've experimented using tape to cover certain sections of the bulb in order to see what shadows can be created by removing the ability for light to be shone through (see figure 1 and 2). I've also chosen to cover sections of the bulb to reduces its functionality and see how it performs under a certain constraint and how this effects its function as a light source. I found this has created some interesting outcomes when tape is wrapped around a bulb and personally feel that using thicker tape create more interesting shadows. Consequently my experimentation using tape to cover half of a bulb didn't produce as successful responses as too much light was removed causing limited shadows to be cast.  Whilst conducting these experimentation the light bulb would heat up causing the tape to burn which lead to some interesting experimentations when smoke was captured against the shadows. I found this particularly interesting as the smoke flowed in a similar form to the shadows cast by the bulbs as both created circular flowing patterns which is a contract to the very geometric experimentations I'd previously conducted in relation to by research. Consequently I feel these experimentations have been successful as they've created unexpected outcomes, all of which reflect aspects of my chosen object. 

Figure 1

Figure 2

Here are my 5 most successful experimentation (see figure 3-7). I've chosen these 5 as they show the different uses of tape and how the width of the tape effects the shadows that are cast. They also show the problems I faces due to the tape burning.

Figure 3

Figure 4

Figure 5

Figure 6

Figure 7