Image Treatment Workshop

(Original images above - taken from the Lomography website)

The image treatment workshop was a really good way to start thinking about how I can edit my images to convey my chosen themes. Originally, I just wanted to take my film photos and place them in the middle of the page - no editing, so as to keep them in their original state. However, I have now realised that I can make my publication so much more exciting by manipulating the images that I take.

For these experiments I began by printing off three images taken from the Lomography website and collecting some materials to manipulate them with. This included different brightly coloured paper stock, plastic wallets, and bubble wrap. I chose to use these as I wanted to emulate the 'plastic toy camera' aspect of Lomography. I think that by using these colours and textures within the publication, it itself can have the same feel and effect as a lomo camera. 

I was the most pleased with the first two outcomes (pink and yellow) as I have been speculating about how to print my images within the publication and these have given me confidence that screenprinting could work. I have considered both screenprinting and risograph as printing techniques as they are low cost and can produce a lot of copies - but I have worried about the quality of my images. This sreenprinted effect was achieved by playing with the settings on the scanner and shows the images work really well with the high contrast, grainy quality. 

This revelation has given me even more to think about - I like the effect of one printed colour on the coloured paper, but should the publication have numerous coloured stocks, or just one? I would think that it would be really interesting to have an array of colours throughout the pages of the book - but thinking about keeping costs low, it would perhaps be better to stick to one stock. This means that the one that I choose should be extremely vibrant and high impact.