Scanner Art and Cinemagraphs
Creative photography of scanner art and cinemagraphs.
Scanner Art
Scan art is such a unique art. Some photographers, such as Kelsey Hamilton have truly mastered the creative style of scanography. Trying to put my own spin on things, I took to the garden to pick some leaves and flowers. After a few tried of adding and taking away leaves, I finally was able to get this balanced layout. To create a black background, I covered a cookie sheet covered with a black cloth.
Since the black cloth had a bit more texture to it than I liked, I fixed it in post production. I softened the details and darkened the blacks with a selective mask to create a beautiful black background to this scan art.
Cinemagraph
Cinemagraphs are a way of combining photography and videography into one. It has become more popular for people to learn how to make their own cinemagraphs. Ready to take on the challenge for myself, I began to brainstorm some ideas I could test out.
After failing a couple of different experiments, I grabbed a cookie and a candle. To create the purple glow as side lighting, I pulled up a purple screen on my laptop at full brightness (use your resources to the fullest). The simplicity of softly blowing on the flame made for a beautiful shot.
I uploaded the video into Photoshop and cut the piece that I liked the best. By masking out only part of the video to move while leaving a still image layered on top. I created this effect that time stopped to watch this flame flicker.
Throughout creating these two images, I learned a lot in the ways of perserverence. There will be many times where I will be faced with a new challenge in the world of art. It is up to me to grow and understand the changes happening around me. After playing around a bit, I cannot wait to create some new cinemagraph and scanner art in the future.
You did a great job on your scanner art and your cinemagraph. I love how the flame on the candle moves. I did a post about scan art on my blog, check it out at https://nicholasledbetter.com/scanography-and-composition/. Expert Photography also has a great scan art tutorial https://expertphotography.com/scanography-photos/. You can also check out a blog post by my friend Lauren https://laphotoanddesign.com/creative-works-using-scanography-and-creative-composite/. Good luck with your future projects and photos.
Wow Juleen, I love your cinemagraph! The focus on the candle and flame are superb. Check out Jasmine’s cinemagraph here: https://jasminepeery.com/creative-photography/. Here’s a link to my creative post: https://laphotoanddesign.com/creative-works-using-scanography-and-creative-composite/.
Check out these great floral scan art images: https://www.scannography.org/tips/Patri01-howto.html
I am so impressed Juleen, I love both your cinemagraph and scanography work. I am really digging the color pop on the scanography. The black background gives so much contrast against the bright colored flowers and leafs.
Here is a link to my creative choice:https://kylabingham.com/creative-choice/
I really liked Jasmines Cinemagraph which you can find here:https://jasminepeery.com/creative-cinemagraph/
I also really liked this post on how to do scanography and different examples of it:https://expertphotography.com/scanography-photos/
Wow Juleen, your cinemagraph and scanner art looks amazing! I really want to get into doing cinemagraphs and I think it would be so much fun to produce lots of them. I have done scanner art though, and here’s a link to a post I made with that art: https://westleymata.com/comic-book-scan-art/
Kyla did a pretty sick job on scan art as well! You should check out her work at https://kylabingham.com/creative-choice/
If you’re interested at improving at scannography, I would recomment going to https://www.scannography.org/ to learn a bit more about the art form! Great job!
I saw your cinemagraph on instagram and was *blown* away. 😉 Such an amazing cinemagraph!
Have you seen how awesome this one is on Lauren’s site?! https://laphotoanddesign.com/creative-works-using-scanography-and-creative-composite/
Here’s my site if you want to check it out too! https://jasminepeery.com