Photography Tester Shots 29/01

What was a success?

Because of the lens that was on the camera I used was a portrait lens my photographs didn't go as well as they could have. I think that my close ups were the better ones that I have taken today. I also think that my photos of the tram tracks were good as they clearly show one of the rules of photography which is leading lines.

What was a challenge?
I think my main challenge was trying to take some nice photos of what I wanted to with a portrait lens on the camera. The lens limited how well the photograph came out as it isn't meant for the type of photography that I wanted to take.

Did your planning work?

I didn't plan many of my shots but the shots that I did plan didn't work because of the lens. My other shots were spontaneous and turned out well because I was in a close vicinity of the things that I photographed.

What will you change for your identity shoot? 

I will change the camera lens that use and I will also plan more of my shots so that I know exactly what I will photograph. I will also use more rules of photography.

What will you do again in your identity shoot

I will carry on using the rules of photography and also take more spontaneous shots as sometimes these are the best photos. 

What rules of photography will you use in your identity shoot?

I will use close ups, composition, center of interest, viewpoint and maybe also narrative.

LO2

Manual-
Shutter Priority-
Aperture Priority-
ISO Film Speed-
Auto-
Macro-
Landscape-
Portrait-
Shutter Speed-
Action-
Night-
Exposure-
Overexposure-
Underexposure-
Depth of Field-
Deep Depth of Field-
Shallow Depth of Field-
Depth of Field and Aperture-

Descriptions of what the uses are

Tester Shots

I am using the theme of gender identity but because I wasn't with anyone when practicing different photography skills I decided to use objects for my tester shots. These are just shots of things and places in Wigan.

Jim Zuckerman- Composition- Leading Lines

Jim Zuckerman originally started of as a medical student but he left these studies to become a photographer and turn his passion into a career.

He has taught at some if the top universities and private schools in America, some of these including;  UCLA, The Hallmark School of Photography, The Palm Beach Photographic Center and also Kent State University. When he was teaching he taught and still does teach Creative Photography.

He leads photo excursions to many different exotic locations such as; Brazil, Ethiopia, India and Indonesia. He has also been to many more.

He is a contributing editor to the Photographic Magazine and has been for four decades. His photographs, images, photo features and articles have been published in many different books and magazines. These include Life Magazine, Shutterbug, National Wildlife, Outdoor Photographer and many more. He is the author of 15 different print books and also 7 different e-books on photography, also he has produced3 instructional DVDs.
He teaches on-line courses too on Betterphoto.com.

His Photography work has been used for many different things such as packaging on products, the advertising of products and also his exhibitions and finally, editorial layouts in over 40 different countries.

His work is also available to buy as fine art prints and is sold in Ikea and many other different furniture stores.

1- The genre of this photograph is nature.
2- This photograph will be used for documentary and/or advertising.
3-what questions would you have for the photographer if he she was in the room?
- Why did you choose to take this photograph?
- What does it mean to you?
- How did you make it look so beautiful?
4- what happens when you apply analysis to the formula
5- how does the photographer use photographic elements. The photographer Jim Zuckerman uses composition and leading lines in this photograph and I think this is because he wants to bring the viewers attention to the river that is flowing straight through the photograph although, the rocks are also accentuated in this photo because of this. The leading line helps the viewer to see the whole picture.
6- I think the meaning of this work is to show the beauty of nature and how it should look.
7- How does the Photographers work link to the theme of identity?
8- What have critics said about the work?
9-  How has Jim Zuckerman inspired ideas for my photography?

Martin Parr

Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photo book collector.

He tends to look at the different aspects of modern life. This is mostly documenting the social classes of England, and more broadly the wealth of the Western world (the Third World Countries).

His aesthetic:

Parr tends to do close-up photography through a macro lens. He employs saturated colour, which can either be the result of either the type of film that he uses or the use of a ring flash. This allows him to have his subjects shown close up or put under the microscope. He shows his subjects in their own environment, giving them space to expose their lives and values to the camera in ways that often involve in-adverted humour (humour that is not intended).

1- The genre of this photo is social reportage.
2- This photograph will be used for a magazine so advertising.
3-what questions would you have for the photographer if he she was in the room?
- Why did you choose to take this photograph?
- What does it mean to you?
- Why did you choose this theme?
- What is the significance of the photograph?
- What did you want your audience to think when looking at this photograph?
4- what happens when you apply analysis to the formula
5- how does the photographer use photographic elements. The photographer  uses composition and  in this photograph and I think this is because he wants to bring the viewers attention to the little girl  that is covered in makeup and looks like the older woman.
6- I think there could be a significance to this and could be what the the young girl is aspiring to be when she is older or it could be foreshadowing what she will be like when she is older.
7- How does the Photographers work link to the theme of identity? Martin Parr's work links to the theme of identity as it the the  photo could be the identity of a mother and daughter for an aunt and niece. However, it could also represent the younger girls identity as this is what she is aspiring to be.
8- What have critics said about the work?
9-  How has Martin Parr inspired ideas for my photography?

Duncan Philpott

Duncan Philpott is a photojournalist and the genre of photograph that he takes is action sports and adventure. Because he is also a freelance photographer and doesn't just work for one company. Within his job he has many different aspects to it such as photojournalism, editorial, commercial, personal, intagrammin and also the paperwork aspect.

He says that:
 Photojournalism is- taking photos of everything and capturing the moment
Editorial is- coming up with ideas and telling a story
Commercial is- Working to a brief, advertising, selling a product
Personal- Freedom to do what you want, just do it and impress

Working to a brief...

Duncan explained what it was like whilst working to a brief and what this actually entails he gave us three examples of briefs that he has been given and what steps went into completing the work to those specific briefs.

The first brief that he showed to us was the latest one that he had been asked to complete by Sheffield City Centre. It was an outdoor city campaign and his photos had to depict Sheffield's key outdoor sports strengths. They also had to show the city as an attractive destination to tourists and had to show the outdoor greenery against the cityscape. The images also had to look real and believable and so they couldn't look like they had been photoshopped.  They had to be believable so that the client could advertise.

He only had to give five images in but these five images had to be the best ones that he had taken. These images had to rebrand the city, give it a new identity and also help to increase tourism. He had one week to complete this and over that one week he took 3600 photos and all he needed was one photo for each of the five different sports.

Location and planning- To find the best locations he told us to use local knowledge and also google maps. He said that you should also visit the location that you are planning to shoot in just in case there is a problem with that location that you didn't know about. Also the light position needs to be scouted, a shoot schedule needs to be made, and finally if you need models you need to find out what times they are available.

Editing- Duncan uses Lightroom/ Adobe Bridge- he says to evaluate each photo and star rate them (1 star is okay, 5 stars great) he says that this is a great way of saving time and it makes it easier to find the photos that you want by pressing a rating. He also says to rename the files on import to save time too. He says to Rename them with the Name, Location and a Number.