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Gaming Photography
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Hmmmm not even sure if this fits in here at ALL. But I’ll give it a go.
Basically I’m a huge gamer, I love photography and I love gaming. So, along with many others, Ive decided to combine the two.
Games have some so far in the last few years graphically that some people have been pushing their games and their systems to the max (Ive spent as much on my PC as my camera) and some of us consider what we do a type of photography. We compose our shots, consider angles, time of day (in some games) and lighting is always important to give a flat image some oomph. Anyway, these are part of my collection. You can delete this topic if you want if you dont think it belongs here, but thought I’d share my two loves.Please note I was getting used to the system for doing this so in a few Ive forgotten certain things like removing the HUD completely so you’ll see a small crosshair in the middle, please ignore :)
None of this is photoshopped, all taken ingame and uploaded straight.
an interesting concept from a philosophical point of view…. the world which you photograph is virtual but is it any less photography? I’ve never tried it but it sounds pretty much the same as using a point and shoot camera….
i enjoy games too although i don’t allow myself to play them very often as i find it very easy to forget about the real world till it catches up with me. looks a wee bit like skyrim. is it?
Isabella wrote:
an interesting concept from a philosophical point of view…. the world which you photograph is virtual but is it any less photography? I’ve never tried it but it sounds pretty much the same as using a point and shoot camera….
i enjoy games too although i don’t allow myself to play them very often as i find it very easy to forget about the real world till it catches up with me. looks a wee bit like skyrim. is it?
It is Skyrim indeed. Its what Im playing the most at the minute. With the weather like it is this is the most “photography” Ive done all summer.
You could say its like a point and shoot yes, but theres stuff out there that actually allows you to use DoF and Focal Lengths to, I’m not using them right now, but I intend to look into them over the weekend. Ive seen some amazing work coming from this and when you think about it, like you said, its all virtual in the end :) considering the shot is just more exciting here because usually something is trying to eat/kill you :P
What inspired me is a guy over at Dead End Thrills, he does this professionally (i think) and he has some amazing work. I play games as often as I can and I love how they look, thats why my pc is so expensive, so I can max it out. So combining the two just made sense in the end :)
Very interesting, I really like the idea, which is akin for example to people using Google Earth to capture images.
In perhaps a slightly related way, I have found that artists who often use others art as the basis of their own, quite interesting. For example, I remember seeing in IMMA a series of correspondences between artists, whereby they would send each other postcards, where they would have altered the postcard itself. Often by drawing on it, other times by removing or modifying sections of the image by cutting or tearing. The end result was an original artwork, and really enjoyed seeing them.
I’ve always appreciated cinematography, but usually in movies, as I am not a gamer, and am currently reading a book that is a series of interviews with eminent movie cinematographers/ directors of photography. I found the whole area fascinating, just as I do other medias of storytelling, like comics, graphic novels and cartoons. I find myself very open to the role of the image in varied ways, and feel an open mind as to imaging and images in general can only be beneficial to ones photography.
Murchu wrote:
Very interesting, I really like the idea, which is akin for example to people using Google Earth to capture images.
In perhaps a slightly related way, I have found that artists who often use others art as the basis of their own, quite interesting. For example, I remember seeing in IMMA a series of correspondences between artists, whereby they would send each other postcards, where they would have altered the postcard itself. Often by drawing on it, other times by removing or modifying sections of the image by cutting or tearing. The end result was an original artwork, and really enjoyed seeing them.
I’ve always appreciated cinematography, but usually in movies, as I am not a gamer, and am currently reading a book that is a series of interviews with eminent movie cinematographers/ directors of photography. I found the whole area fascinating, just as I do other medias of storytelling, like comics, graphic novels and cartoons. I find myself very open to the role of the image in varied ways, and feel an open mind as to imaging and images in general can only be beneficial to ones photography.
Ive always been interested in cinematography myself to, this is my way of doing it from the armchair really. I set up the shots, i pose the characters, set the lighting and shoot.
This is going to go hand in hand with my final year project for college this year, Im working on ideas now, waiting on my wide angle lens to arrive. As a gamer I play alot of first person games, and I thought, why cant I mix the 2, gaming and photography, and reproduce my games in real life. Many are shooters (fantasy is slightly harder to do) and I own a replica gun so with some effort i could manage to shoot from eye level as if it were from my own eyes. It doesnt seem to be a very used concept however. In the end, I’m hoping to have the exhibition where I have the ingame shots next to my replicated real life ones as comparison. Alot of people wont get it, or probably like it, but I find in courses people tend to forget that photography can be fun, versatile and different and try to recreate meaning, and you cant force meaning.
Bring two loves together started this project but while doing it led me onto the comparison idea. Ive started outlining ideas for it so I can start when I get my new lens :)Thanks for the reply.
PS: Do people really use Google Earth to capture images? That sounds, interesting.
A very interesting concept alright, what are you studying by the way, out of curiousity.
Oh, and yes, some people do seem to use Google Earth to capture images. I find it quite interesting alright. I am sure some people may say it is not photography, but those sort of people tend to be terrible bores, lol
I love the images, but excuse me if I am being thick, are you taking pictures of
your computer screen?? Not into computer games at all so I wouldnt know what it is,
but as I said the images are great, clear sharp and I suppose intriguing, well done
for trying something different.shutterbug wrote:
I love the images, but excuse me if I am being thick, are you taking pictures of
your computer screen?? Not into computer games at all so I wouldnt know what it is,
but as I said the images are great, clear sharp and I suppose intriguing, well done
for trying something different.:D The images are taken ingame not off the actual screen :) theres a button you hit and it saves the images as a jpg file. My dad asked me the same question when I was talking to him later, he thought I’d the camera set up pointing at the screen :)
I’m not into gaming, but I must admire the amount of effort that is put into making the images look “real”. I was recently in Gamestop & they had a game running on a big screen of soccer (not interested in that either) :lol: :lol: , but anyway, it took me a few minutes to kop that it wasn’t an actual match on tv the graphics were so good. I’m not sure whether I’d accept this as photography per se, but it is a very good way for someone to get to understand lighting & composition etc, so that can’t be bad. Well done on trying something different.
miki g wrote:
I’m not into gaming, but I must admire the amount of effort that is put into making the images look “real”. I was recently in Gamestop & they had a game running on a big screen of soccer (not interested in that either) :lol: :lol: , but anyway, it took me a few minutes to kop that it wasn’t an actual match on tv the graphics were so good. I’m not sure whether I’d accept this as photography per se, but it is a very good way for someone to get to understand lighting & composition etc, so that can’t be bad. Well done on trying something different.
Thanks Miki means alot coming from you :) I agree, I wouldnt call it photography as such, seeing as its missing the essential elements, like, a camera :D But I am capturing images, composing them and getting the lighting right. I’m far from good but its possible to do some fantastic stuff, difference between PC gaming and consoles is, with console your stuck with what you have, with PC a whole new world opens up, new lighting techniques, new textures, originally that game uses 512×512 texture packs, people have pushed it to 4kx4k and in some cases 8kx8k and photo realistic scenery. I have another game which uses entirely photo realistic textures, but it slows the game to a crawl, but what you see, is amazing.
Trust me, I’d love to recreate this stuff in reality, maybe without the furry :) and Ive seen some Korean and Japanese go ALL out on costume photography and its insane but here, and with me, having people work with me to that extent just isnt gunna happen :)RASMITH32 wrote:
Very good I like and neat idea…….One question though……Is it legal? :-)
To the best of my knowledge it is. Theres many official forums and unofficial sites that host image sharing as well as a direct link from the format you play it on to share your images. As long as Im not using them to sell a game or advertize its fine :)
I guess I just like the idea of being able to bring my photography into another place.
I suffer from a couple medical issues, nothing serious but often they restrict what I’d like/love to do. Being able to sit here and practice my work without worrying is nice.After some math (hateful as it is) and some experimenting I worked out, closely, what Medium Format crop would be equivalent to in the game. It actually required 4 screenshots that were then stitched together and a final minor crop fixed it all.
Happy with how it turned out :)And just some normal ones
Really starting to get into it, Im looking around way more, its almost like real life when Im out and about with the camera, heads on a swivel, looking around, working angles and zoom.
quite like the medium format one… that game in particular is extremely beautiful
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