A tutorial with Robin led to the idea that I might include my photographs I took at Tranmer House in my degree show. I could display them in an old photograph album or perhaps a book.
A trip to a junk shop provided the perfect solution. I couldn’t believe my luck when I found a Victorian photo album which still had many of the photographs inside. I have decided to manipulate my original pictures and age them with tea and include them in the album with some of the original photos. The faces of the women in the album remind me of my mugshot portraits. They are strange lost souls frozen in time.
Sarah Bale (2016) Typewriter [digitally altered image]
Using Photoshop and iPhone apps I altered my original photograph of the typewriter which I took in Tranmer house. The Victorian portrait pictures in the album have a slight pink tinge, so I have tried to colour mine the same. I want the photos to have a strange eerie feel about them.
Sarah Bale (2016) Hanging Chairs [digitally altered imagery]
Ageing a test print of my photograph using coffee, tea bags and tea leaves.
Tea leaves, tea bags and coffee colour test
Here are the colour results! I prefer colouring from the tea leaves. With tea bags and coffee the colour was too intense, a little fake looking. I’m going with the tea leaves.
