Friday, December 18, 2015
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.
Friday, November 6, 2015
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?
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?
Friday, October 23, 2015
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?
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?
Thursday, October 22, 2015
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.
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.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Different Photographic Techniques
To take a successful photograph a photographer has to use photographic elements.
Composition- Composition is the way that the photographer arranges the different parts of the photograph that they are taking.
Format- Format is the orientation of the photograph. It is whether the photograph is portrait or landscape and also the shape and size of the photograph is is included in the format.
Centre of Interest- this is the area of interest in the photograph that the persons eye is drawn to.
Viewpoint- this is the position of how you take the photograph. This can be below an object, at eye-level with an object or above an object.
Above-
Below-
The Rule of Thirds- this is where a photograph is divided into thirds and the centre of interest is one of the cross divides.
Colour and Monochrome- the use of colour in a photograph is to add more interest and also more emotion. Colour can be used to show different emotions and also to contrast different parts of the photograph. Some photographers use vibrant colours on one part of a photograph to make it stand out or to accentuate that particular part of the photograph. This element includes sepia, black and white with one thing that is accentuated in another colour and also vibrant colours.
Light- Light is important in a photo as it highlights the parts of an image that you want the audience to see. If the light creates shadows and silhouettes in the photos then it can cause a sense of mystery and suspense and can also create visual interest. The contrast between light and dark add drama and emphasis on different parts of the photos.
Texture- This is where parts of the photos are made up of different objects that have different surfaces.
Repetition- this is where parts of a photo are repeated to create a pattern or create a visual interest for an audience and also to emphasise the subject or the meaning of the photograph. Repetition can also create the illusion of movement.
Narrative- a narrative tells a story of an image in photography. It gives a photo meaning.
Composition- Composition is the way that the photographer arranges the different parts of the photograph that they are taking.
Format- Format is the orientation of the photograph. It is whether the photograph is portrait or landscape and also the shape and size of the photograph is is included in the format.
Viewpoint- this is the position of how you take the photograph. This can be below an object, at eye-level with an object or above an object.
Above-
Below-
Eye- Level-
Framing- this is when you use the things around you, such as the surroundings and the nature to frame the centre of interest on the photographers photo.
The Rule of Thirds- this is where a photograph is divided into thirds and the centre of interest is one of the cross divides.
Colour and Monochrome- the use of colour in a photograph is to add more interest and also more emotion. Colour can be used to show different emotions and also to contrast different parts of the photograph. Some photographers use vibrant colours on one part of a photograph to make it stand out or to accentuate that particular part of the photograph. This element includes sepia, black and white with one thing that is accentuated in another colour and also vibrant colours.
Light- Light is important in a photo as it highlights the parts of an image that you want the audience to see. If the light creates shadows and silhouettes in the photos then it can cause a sense of mystery and suspense and can also create visual interest. The contrast between light and dark add drama and emphasis on different parts of the photos.
The EV mode is the simplest way of making
a photo darker or lighter without putting the camera in manual mode. The EV
increases and decreases the exposure for you to review on screen going from -3
to +3
The mode will be remembered until you
turn off the camera.
Explore by taking pictures of the sky or
leaves dappled with shadow.
Close Up- this is where the photographer zooms in to get a close up of the subject that they are photographing. To do this by using the macro button on the camera. These photos can't include any irrelevant things as you want the audience to focus on the main subject.
Leading Lines- these are lines that are in an image that leads the eye to another point in the image, and sometimes out of the image.
Texture- This is where parts of the photos are made up of different objects that have different surfaces.
Repetition- this is where parts of a photo are repeated to create a pattern or create a visual interest for an audience and also to emphasise the subject or the meaning of the photograph. Repetition can also create the illusion of movement.
Narrative- a narrative tells a story of an image in photography. It gives a photo meaning.
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