"I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated." - James Nachtwey

Thursday 18 March 2010

Joiners


A joiner is a type of photomontage where a number of separate images are used to create one image. There are a few types such as montage and stitching. More comprehensive joiners can use 50 or maybe even more images to create a large the single joiner.



This is an example of how a series of photographs can be put together to create one montage. The image looks very out of line creating an abstract feel. I believe this type of joiner works very well with man-made objects and structures such as this example of the college building.




This is my example of stitching.  To make this I took a tripod into the college car park and took a series of images simply moving the tripod around slightly each time. I found this to be a big challenge but I am very pleased with the overall result. Stitching creates a much less abstract image than a montage, this is done by using tools such as the eraser on Photoshop to bled the images together.

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