"The 'Little People Project' started in 2006. It involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which Slinkachu then place, photograph and leave on the street. It is both a street art installation project and a photography project. The street-based side of his work plays with the notion of surprise and Slinkachu aim to encourage city-dwellers to be more aware of their surroundings. The scenes Slinkachu set up, more evident through the photography and the titles slinkachu give these scenes. Aim to reflect the loneliness that you can fell of living in a big city, almost being lost and overwhelmed. But underneath this, there is always some humour. He wants people to be able to empathize with the tiny people in his work. He dose all of his work is done with a small depth of filed and the focus is always on the model so you can see what the model is doing."
work done by slinkachu
The person is on a slide to her doom in the sewers where she will live forever you can see this because she might think it's a water slide. The composition of the image is good this is because there is something all over the image. The depth of filed is medium this allows you to see the whole slide but the background is slightly out of focus.
This image shows to me is creative as it look a person is skateboarding on an orange peel. The depth if filed is small this allows you to focus on the orange peel and the figure and not on the background. The photographer has used the rule of thirds and has placed the figure on a hotspot this means that your eye natural focuses on the figure making it stand out. The colour of the orange peel is a contrast to the red and green figure.
shoot 1
In this shoot I would like to use a cup and make it look like the the figure is trapped in the cup and he his trying to escape. For this shoot I will need a figure and a cup. I will use a small depth of field which would only focus on the figure . The focus of the whole image will be the figure. I will be taking the image outside near the main gate.
best photo I like this photo because it is in focus and you can see the figure clearly. The texture of the pavement as the background makes the clear cup stand out allowing the figure to be seen.I have taken this photograph with the correct f stop and correct exposure.
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worst photoThis isn't a good photo because the figure is not in focus this makes the cup look like it's empty.
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PIERRE JAVELLE AND AKIKO IDA
"Akiko Ida and Pierre Javelle. Since 2002, these two professional food photographers have been shooting a playful series of dioramas called MINIMIAM that place miniature people in a world of over-sized food. In their dioramas, Javelle and Ida arrange miniature model train figurines in everyday positions and situations that connect playfully with the fruits, vegetables, pastries and other foods that they use in the photographs. Although the main purpose of the images was simply to create a series of images that will make people smile, some of them take on issues like global warming and our relationship with nature."`
In this image the red watermelon and the blue background are both bright colours which mean that they are contrasting with each other. the figures in the image look like they are miners this mean that the seeds in the watermelon are rare. The photo has a blurred background meaning the photographer may have used a small depth of field, this make you want to focus more on the two figures in the front of the image rather then the one at the back.The image has been taken from straight forward view making the figures a central focus point.
shoot 2
I will make a tower of sweets and make it look like the figure has climbed the tower. The location of this tower will be inside the classroom on the table. For this shoot I will need sweets and a figure. I will use a small depth of field.
best photoThis picture is the best because you can see the figure and the focus point is in the right place and the aperture is correct.There were many challenges such as the sweets wouldn't stand on each other then I use blue tack to stick the sweets together then I had the problem of hiding the blue tack.The composition of this image is the sweet wrap, the figure and the background.
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worst photoThis picture is the worst because you can't see the figure and the the focus point is in the wrong place and the aperture is not correct .
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shoot 3
I will make it look like the figure is going into the car. For this I will need a car and a figure. I will do this next to the car park. I will use a small depth of field.
best photoThis is my best photo because the aperture is right and the focus point is in the correct place so you can see the figure. Slinkachu dose not use shadows but I like the effect of the shadows created in the picture.
I like this photo because of the way I have captured it,by only showing half of the car and the full figure being in the centre of the photo this allows the figure to be the centre point of the image.It looks like he is walking to the car and I like the effect of the shadows against the colour of the blue figure.
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worst photoThis is my worst photo because it's overexposed.
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shoot4
In this shoot I will make it look like the figure is reading a book. For this I will need a figure and a book. for this shoot I will use a small depth of field so you can see the figure and the book. I will do in the classroom on the table.
best photo
This is my best photo because the focus point is the right place you can see the figure and he is going into the book to be a part of the book. I have used a medium depth of filed this is so you can see some of the book that the model is going to jump in. I have taken this image from a birds eye view allowing you to see most of the book and the figure.
I did this because this is what Slinkachu does, he shows his work in the surroundings. This allow you to see the whole area I was using to take the image in.
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worst photo
This is my worst photo because you cant see the figure, the depth of field is too big meaning the book is not in focus and all the background can be seen and not the figure I have used.
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shoot 5
I will make it look like the figure is in the shell so it will look like he is living there. For this I will need a figure and a shell I will do this in the sand pit.
best pohtoThis is my best picture because you can see the figure and you can see that she is standing up and finally the focus point is in the right place. The green figure standout as it is the only block of colour in the surroundings. it look like it is the only living thing in miles. I have taken this image from a birds eye view this is so you could see the whole of the shell and the figure inside.
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worst photo This is my worst picture because you can't see the figure and it's overexposed. The image is taken from to far way so you can not see the shell or the figure.
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I have edited my final pictures using PicMonkey which allowed me to change the exposure and colour contrast.
Final photos
EVALUATION
These are my best images this is because it allows you to see all of the stories that I have created using the figures for example,in the cup shoot you can tell he is drilling the cup. The sweet shoot the figure has just climbed a mountain,In the mini shoot the figure is walking to his car after a hard day of work. My second to last idea the figure is diving into the book to escape life. My final idea was more surreal as you would not be able to put a real size human inside a shell. This is a contrast to Slikachu's work as he makes connections with the city. If I had more time I would have liked to spend more time improving my first shoot so it had a better quality.