Cubism was the art world’s response to photographic realism. But in this week’s Shooting Challenge , the photographers answer back to the cubists-combining multiple perspectives into a single photos to create striking, confounding photographic artworks.

Lead Shot – Bouquet

The shot was fairly simple, a large number of photographs of flowers (and their shadow) in numerous positions & angles, and multiple camera settings (zoom, lighting, etc.). Then cutting and layering in Photoshop for a couple hours. Canon T2i, multiple settings.
-Diego Jiménez

Projector

So, I had this great idea of plugging the cubist thing into a film projector and adding time into the combo by adding in digital projection elements and a left-to-right background progressing from simple to trendy. My first try really sucked, the ideal I will say is that this one sucks less. I believe. It’s so hard to tell with modern art. All images were shot with a Lumix DMC-ZS1 and edited together in Corel Photo x2.
-Dave Pomes

Marionette

A marionette is throwing the dice. Sadly you are able to’t see who is holding the strings … Any associations to the trendy world? This picture is created from 1/8 second exposure for cubes and 1/200 second for hand and string shots. It was a fun challenge, specially the post production part as it’s not that i am used to this sort of digital art. Nikon D5000, AF-S 18-105, inbuilt flash 42mm, f/8, 1/8 s and 1/200 s, ISO 500
-Janez Kos

Arm Tinsel

Here’s my attempt at cubism. Shutter speed, focal length and aperture vary across images, however it’s all shot with a Canon 7D and a 17-85mm lens. I tried to get some variety of mix of unpolluted studio photography and impossible cubism-weirdness: a pal of mine was kind enough to let herself be photographed a number of times from different angles wearing different outfits, the outcome of which was then cut together in Photoshop to create a portrait with this impossibly long arm winding down her body.
-Robert Kirberich

Child(ren)

I had a truly hard wet weekend with the teens and remembered the Cubism Assignment. So we all headed outside and I really got one to take a seat still for half an hour or so (hard to do for a energetic 9 year old) while we decided what we would have liked to do. Once the complete shots were taken we all went inside and crowded around the computer. After much give and take from everyone (the 9 and 11 year old included) we all agreed on how we would have liked it put together. So it really was an excellent family project for a wet Sunday afternoon in Rotorua, New Zealand. Canon EOS450D, Canon EFS55-250mm
-Angela Cuff

Shrooms

This image is my interpretation of Charlotte’s exterior appearance and her soul after a weekend of mushrooms. It was shot with a Nikon D40, Sigma 50mm lens, and Vivitar flash (bounced), ISO 200, composited in Adobe Photoshop CS3.
-Marisa Schwartz

Planes, Trains & AutoFocus

This can be a pretty straightforward cut & paste job in Photoshop. I avoided using any tools to distort the image, relying only on cropping and resizing to fit together the numerous elements. Nikon D70s with Nikkor 80-200mm, ISO 400, various exposure settings
-Mark Reddick

WINNER – Guitar

Shot this with my iPhone 4, using both HDR and regular photos, and cut it together in Photoshop. Nothing fancy, spent most of my time on photo alignment, size, etc, very little on tweaking values and whatnot. It really is my Little Martin, which has traveled quite a lot, though doesn’t show much wear attributable to it’s largely-formica construction. This stuff are basically built from plastic and scraps from Martin’s nicer instruments, but still sound sweet. I needed to accentuate the pure functionality of this instrument, which included, after all , the real bits (bridge, tuning machines, truss-rod, sound hole) but additionally the artifacts of it’s construction, namely the budget-built neck made from 40 laminations of wood (I presume the cut-off leftovers from the backs and sides of entirely-wood guitars). This building method created lines along the neck’s length, showing the precision with which the neck is carved, especially at the heel. It looks awesome, works splendidly, cuts waste, saves trees, all that great things. It’s a rock-solid little bastard, and this contest gave me an exceptional excuse, and method, to pay tribute to this tiny utilitarian.
-Noah Watenmaker

These came out so well. Hopefully all of our participants found the experience to be a respectable option to spend a weekend. Full gallery below with the large versions on flickr.

Cubism Gallery ( one-page view )

Have time beyond regulation together with your camera? Document your family Thanksgiving on my site Life, Panoramic by submitting an 8-12 photo collection or just emailing a single photo with description to mark@lifepanoramic.com.

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This post is tagged: digital projection, photographic realism, photographs of flowers, studio photography, throwing the dice