David Hockney is a painter and photographer. Many of his works are similar to cubism, showing different parts of people/objects in one image. He makes lots of images like this one, by combining many photos to make it more interesting, keeping the viewer’s attention for more than a few seconds.
While Hockney used printed photos and arranged them by hand, we used Photoshop to make our collages. The most important Photoshop tool for this was image size adjustment, which could be used to shrink photos. This was a better option the manual sizing tool, which would be much less convenient. Also, being able to adjust the brightness was helpful for this to make photos that might have had different light settings look consistent.
I really like that this kind of photo can create a stronger effect than one image alone. I could show all different sides and emotions of the model, and it almost made the room look three-dimensional.
To improve my initial shooting, I would have chosen a time of day when there was more light. I took the photos in the morning, when it was cloudy and the sun was low. There wasn’t enough light, so most of the photos came out too blurry to use. I could also have used a tri-pod, but I didn’t realize the photos were blurry until I saw them on the computer much later. The problem with making a collage is that it’s difficult to re-shoot only parts of the photo and make those parts match the lighting of the old.
My favorite part of the photo is the heads in the center, almost appearing to be floating up. I like the effect of the different angles and the model’s different positions. I think it shows the calm feeling of coffee on a Sunday morning. I particularly like the image where he is holding the dog because it’s so sweet and quiet.
