Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Park

I had a lovely afternoon strolling round Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Park – Ripon

Will definitely return this summer when the trees have bloomed and I bet the colours in the Autumn are AMAZING

 

Oakwell Hall

It was great to get out the house for the afternoon with the camera, got some lovely shots of the house inside and out.

 Oakwell Hall is an Elizabethan manor house in the village of Birstall, West Yorkshire.

It has connections with the Bronte family and Charlotte Bronte refers to the manor house in her novel Shirley.

Cinemagraphs

 

This is my first attempt at a cinema graph.

I have added 3 variations.

Dust And Dance

As part of one of my modules, I shot a series of images in the studio using talc.

My series of images are very much from a personal basis as they feature my oldest daughter who is a pole fitness instructor.  I wanted to capture the movement of flexibility of the human body as well as remove the stigma and reputation that come with being a ‘’Pole Dancer’’ this being very dated that most Pole Dancers are strippers. My first shoot with my daughter where actually featuring her on her pole. Whilst these images were impressive (as featured in my book) they didn’t really reflect the fluidity of dance and movement, which was my inspiration for my exhibition. After some research I came across some images that inspired me to create a series of images titled Dust & Dance.

 I currently have an exhibition of these images at Dean Clough Mills Halifax 09th May – 24th May 2015

   

Painting With Light – Workshop – Photoshop

One of my workshops for EDM (Exploring Digital Media) was to explore working with layers and Painting with Light in Photoshop.

We did this by photographing a Motorbike in the studio using various lighting angels and keeping the camera in a fixed position.

Then in Photoshop the images were edited by layering the images and painting in from each image (layer) the parts that were correctly exposed.

This process is used because it is very difficult to get the correct lighting in just one shot.

This technique is used widely in Car Advertising.

YOU TUBE TUTORIAL

This is my edit of Motorbike in the studio processed in Photoshop.

Started with my base image.

And used the other images to paint in using the brush tool and

layer mask the different parts of the bike.

Added a Texture and Reflection

Exploring Digital Media – Presentation

 

 

 

MY PRESENTION

 

Creating my Aurasma Project

So after lots of research on Augment Apps I decided to use the Aurasma App.

This app will allow me to create my short video and design a Poster & Leaflet for the Market of Batley School Of Art.

First I shot my videos of Tutors and Students from the college.

After I had shot my videos I start to create my ”Trigger Images”

These are image that you scan with Aurasma App to link the image to the Video.

 

I then went about creating my leaflet in photoshop I had saved my images 5 inch square as I knew these were going to be the dimensions for my leaflet.

 Side 1

 Side2

I then went on to design my poster in Photoshop. I knew the images were 5×5 so I created the grid lines to help with the layout.

Once my designs were in place I then went on to create Apps in Aurasma.

I uploaded the trigger images first.

Once the trigger image is uploaded you then attach your video.

Once your video is uploaded you are then ready to ”PUBLISH”

It is that simple.

SCAN ME WITH YOU AURASMA APP

 

 

Marketing Photo Shoot #1 – Batley School Of Art

As I decided to base my module on Marketing Batley School Of Art

I carried out a photo shoot around the college and also shot the front of the building.

I mainly shot these images as a test shoot before I carried out my filming for my Marketing Project.

3D DESIGN | FASHION | GRAPHICS

   

   

Augments Apps out their!

Research On AR Apps

Spot Crime: a powerful augmented reality application that shows you what crimes have happened around you recently

Sometimes obliviousness is a terrific thing, but that’s rarely the case when it comes to safety. With SpotCrime, users can gather a wealth of real-time crime information and alerts for nearly any location in the United States, United Kingdom, and selected parts of Canada. SpotCrime pinpoints your location via your smartphone’s GPS, pulling crime data from police departments, sheriff agencies, news media, and other sources. Crimes range from robberies and shootings to arrests and assaults, and the app pinpoints each occurrence with its respective icon on a map. Moreover, users can set up automated alerts and search for crimes surrounding a specific address or view them as a list accompanied with links to additional information. The app may not prevent crimes, but it will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the more dangerous avenues and times to be out and about in your neighborhood or park block. As the official SpotCrime description says, “don’t let anyone take your mojo

Wikitude World Browser (Android/iOS/Blackberry/Windows Phone) — Free

Wikitude World Browser is widely regarded as the king of all augmented reality browsers, and in a way, serves as a third eye of sorts. While using your smartphone’s camera in a given area, the the virtual browser — along with more than 3,500 associated content providers — offers you just about any geographically-relevant information you may find valuable in your travels. Useful information is often presented in the form of Wikipedia articles detailing the hallmarks of a specific landmark, or directions to the nearest ATM location or five-star Italian restaurant. Moreover, the app allows users to find hotels and similar accommodations through Yelp, TripAdvisor, and the like, while offering mobile deals and coupons for local stores in the vicinity. The built-in AR games, including the rollicking Alien Attack and bug-beating Swat the Fly, and the app’s ability to mark and share your favourite spots via Facebook are merely an added bonus

SnapShot Showroom (iOS) — Free

Retail isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but there will likely come a day when you’ll consider purchasing a decent sofa in lieu of the ratty, college-curated piece of work you call a couch. With SnapShop showroom, users can see what potential furniture may look like in the comfort of their living room, kitchen, bedroom, or any other desired area of their home. Once you capture an image of the desired room you wish to furnish, you can quickly browse and place assorted items (chairs, lamps, beds, tables, etc.) from the likes of big-name retailers like IKEA, Pier 1 Imports, Crate & Barrel, and Horchow, among others. Users can then resize the furniture, reposition it in the virtual environments, and try various patterns and color combinations until they find the right fit for their home. The furniture can even be purchased directly within the app afterward, conveniently saving you a trip to the store or the accompanying headache that goes hand-in-hand with the discovering you had the wrong dimensions all along

Layar (Android/iOS/Blackberry) — Free

Print only goes so far in a world bursting with digital, interactive multimedia. Clad in a baby blue interface and bundled with a commendable help function, the Layar app is designed to bring print content into the digital realm, allowing users to quickly scan and pull data from a variety of commonplace content using their smartphone or tablet. Once a print source has been scanned, the app can retrieve direct shopping links to particular products in a matter of seconds, or bring up videos encapsulating the latest cover shoot for a particular magazine. Furthermore, the app includes tools for sharing retrieved content via the typical social media avenues and touts features akin to the aforementioned Wikitude World Browser, providing a simple means for browsing and setting directions to nearby restaurants, ATMs, historical sites, and other notable places of interest. The ability to scan QR codes, magazines, and other print content may be more of a novelty than anything else, but it does make purchasing that designer tie that much easier.

Lookator (Android) — Free

The like-minded WorkSnug may have once been our top-tier choice when it comes to apps for discovering Wi-Fi locations, but that was well before Lookator came to our attention.Whereas the aforementioned WorkSnug solely relies on user-created database of Wi-Fi locations, Lookator searches and finds Wi-Fi networks directly. Once installed, users merely need to launch the app, hold their smartphone or tablet up, and view directions to the nearest hotspots using continually updated vector-based models. Directions will undoubtedly lead you to a better signal, even if they’re not always 100-percent precise, and the app even presents each network’s relative signal strength and whether the desired network is password-protected. Lookator is a standout, especially when coupled with the WeFi app, enabling users to additionally scour crowdsourced data for quality networks just outside their mobile device’s selective range. Finding a coffee shop with free Wi-Fi to hunker down in has never been easier.

Blippar (Android) — Free

Blippar is the world’s leading augmented reality and image recognition app.

Millions of people are already ‘blipping’, unlocking everyday objects with their mobile phones and tablets to reveal hidden interactive experiences.

Blippar is your free magic ‘lens’ to access exclusive content, offers and real-time information from your favourite brands, publishers and retailers.

Aurasma (Android) — Free

Autonomy, a leading enterprise infrastructure company has a new technology that can change the way we look at and interact with physical objects. Called Aurasmsa, it works with smart phone and tablets to, in real time, turn static images or even objects into videos, games and interactive experiences. Aim your phone at a building and see a video about that building. Aim it at a picture in a newspaper and launch an interactive experience.

How does Augmented Reality work?

RESEARCH

I found this blog post really simple to follow and understand.

Augmented Reality gathers a wide variety of user experiences. We distinguish 3 main categories of Augmented Reality tools.

Augmented Reality 3D viewers, like Augment, allow to place life-size 3D models in your environment thanks to the use of trackers.

Augmented Reality browsers enrich your camera feed with contextual information. For example, you can point your smartphone at a building to display its history or estimated value.

Augmented Reality games create immersive gaming experiences, like shooting games with zombies walking in your own bedroom!

Augmented reality devices

Augmented Reality can be used on all screens and connected devices :

On smartphones and tablets, Augmented Reality feels like a magic window. Hundreds of Augmented Reality apps are available on iPhone, iPad and Android.

On PC and connected TV, Augmented Reality works with a webcam, which can be quite cumbersome when you have to manipulate a tracker in front of your screen.

On connected glasses and lenses, Augmented Reality feels like being Robocop.

Augmented reality best practices

Choose an Augmented Reality solution according to your business needs:

Need to improve the efficiency of your sales team? Choose a turnkey solution like Augment.

Need to integrate an Augmented Reality feature in your own app or create a brand new game? Go for an Augmented Reality SDK.

Need to create an interactive print campaign with Augmented Reality features? Add a clear call-to-action on your print, and use an existing Augmented Reality viewer before investing time and money in your own app.

http://augmentedev.com/how-augmented-reality-works.php

Augmented reality is defined as a form of technology where computer generated images is superimposed onto objects as a form of enhancement. They improve or augment what is already there.

The integration of the real with the simulated blurs the boundary between the two as well as enhancing our senses. Augmented reality is nearer to the real world than virtual reality which is based upon fully immersive artificial worlds.

What does augmented reality use to generate this enhancement? It uses a variety of media such as graphics, video, smell and touch to mimic those found in the real world. It also changes the way we view the world.

Is this a good or bad thing? The concept of enhancing the world around us is not new as graphics have been superimposed over real world objects for some time now, e.g. television.

But augmented reality has expanded beyond that to include mobile phones, video/computer games and military applications. Mobile phones especially the iPhone use augmented reality apps which allow you to view computer generated images that have been superimposed over real world images. An example of this is an app which helps you to find a restaurant: it does this by displaying restaurant signs/logos as you move in a particular direction.

Another useful type of app is a golf GPRS system which helps golfers around a course. It displays yardages for each of the 18 holes, shows where the hazards are, e.g. bunkers and advice and support on improving your game. If you are golfer then this app will appeal to you immensely – look for the Golfscape Augmented Reality Rangefinder from the Apple store.

Augmented reality is also used in marketing and advertising as a means of enhancing certain aspects of a product in order to make it more attractive which will boost sales. This is discussed in more detail in our augmented reality marketing article.

http://www.vrs.org.uk/augmented-reality/what-is-ar.html