Career Photography notes

Portrait Photography Notes:

• Elsa Dortman- world famous photographer
• Important element- interest in subject
• Location 2 elements to a photo studio for portrait photography
• -avoid distracting elements in background
• -controlled lighting
• If you're taking pics on a sunny day..
• bad for natural portrait
• good for a woman who lives in the mountains(ex. peruvuian woman from andes mountains)
• Portrait lens- flattering if deemphasize nose (dont appear closer)
• wide angle lens
• controlled environment
• Low contrast- ppl always look better (black and white)

Event Photography Notes

• Usually on stage
• light balancing required mostly
• digital photography has made more Event Photography more accessible
• take many pictures
• some pics may come out blurry(action shots)
• Elements needed in focus
• face
• ball
• Colors important, setting

Food Photography

• Types
• packing- can't really change
• advertising- props and special effects
• editorial- lighting important
• wild colors- contrasting textures
• tight shots- less background, more detail, focus
• add oil before shot
• makes it look wet, hot
• props- make setting look realistic
• 2 types of moods
• high key
• low key
• create texture and shape: make second look like 3-D
• small  and low light sources- more texture
• use mirrors
• less light= more drama+ texture keep main light far (glare)
• use really short or long lens because of perspective

Photojournalism

• Lets you travel
• be persistent shooting
• college degrees
• internships
• captions good
• not a lot of money, but good experience

Sports

• timing important
• shotter at least 125ths of a second
• get as dose to action as possible
• longest and fastest lens
• depth important
• ISO down
• important to get face and ball in pic
• typically no flash
• sharpest focus

Sports Photographer Bob Martin

He is a multi award winning photographer of action shots for advertising corporate and editorial clients. He does many sporting events like the last ten Summer and Winter Olympics, Elephant Polo and Horse Racing on Ice. His photos have been published in many publications including Sports Illustrated, Time, Newsweek, Life Magazine, Stern, Paris Match, Bunte, L"Equipe, The Sunday Times and The New York Times to mention a few. He is currently the only Sports Illustrated photographer to be based outside of the USA. Bob Martin's photographs have been recognised by more than 53 national and international awards. He is a three time winner of the British Sports Photographer of the Year and in 2005 alone, he won over 23 awards including the coveted 'Sports Picture of the Year' in the World Press Photo Awards.
Here are a few of his shots

Mercy week

My friend Colleen bowling

rule of thirds

shiny cape

mercy week

Waterpoloo:)

Grop Exploration

I like the symmetry in this picture; I also like the way the doors look like Jesus is about to walk out of the other room. I also like how the roof is in the picture too.

photojournalism

This photo was taken by Tom Stoddart in November 2007. The setting is in Africa where it is estimated that 9,00 people die from AIDs everyday. The black and white(mood) in the photo emphasizes the sorrow in the lifestyle of the innocent boy. He is getting helped into a bathtub because he is unable to do it himself and it is painful just watching his skinny body get out of the wheelchair because although he is very young, he is dying.

This photo, taken by Robert F. Sargent captures the action of the war and the journey of the soldiers who fight in it. The soldiers are emphasized but they are not facing the camera. The black and white in it once again goes with the sad mood, because they could die any moment. The foggy background could symbolize the fact that they don't really know what lies ahead of them.

 This picture, taken my John Filo of Kent State shows the suffering of a woman who has lost someone she loved in the shooting when the National Guard killed four students. Black and white also emphasizes the sorrow in this picture. The people who surround her don't seem to be too surprised or concerned with what has happened and I think this captures how common death and sorrow were during World War 2.

This picture by Nick Ut is of a naked girl who is running away from her home, Nepalm with other children who are beside her. It's crushing just to look at this picture because one assumes that her parents have died in the explosion that is happening behind her. She has nothing now, not even clothes on her back. The black and white again, emphasizes the sadness and grief of the picture.This picture was meant to make American's be in strong oppositon to the war that was happening in Vietnam.

This is a photo of an iraqui looter with a white flag in his hand. The American soldiers strangle and arrest him while going around Bagdad in search of more looters. The soldier is yelling at the looter, this shows the mood of anger. It could be used as the rule of thirds since the emphasis is on the man who is being strangled.

Chapter 2 Notes

  

Emphasis: This picture is pretty simple. it shows the main idea immediately, which is my uncle's house in Tennessee.

 

Lines: the allignment of all the parallel lines make up the city buildings. Taken in San Francisco

 

Value: the shadows of the leaves show the quality of light and dark in the photograph.

 

Color: the deep red is the color that is emphasized in this photo.

 

Radial balance: the spider web's circular style of composition depicts radial balance.

 

Unity: all the colors of the flowers and plants in the rose garden work together to make the colorful and variety-filled collection of plants.

 

Space: a picture I took from an airplane, it shows depth and you can see the shadow of the airplane so you can see that it is far.

Asymmetrical Balance: the sun is coming from one side of the picture and it is not symmetrical, kind of like the rule of thirds. Taken by the tennis courts at Mercy.

Movement/ Rhythm: This picture shows movement because the jetski is in motion but still clear so the moment is captured.

 

Proportions: The artist is not too big in this picture but the whole HP PAvillion has his attention.

Variety: the puppy looks big in the picture and so does the grass, but they are both very tiny

Variety: This picture, taken in Paris, makes the eiffel tower look very small, but it is very tall in real life.

lines

Sunprints Before &After

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