Photography and Photographic Techniques
Monday, 22 May 2017
Frozen Movement
This demonstrates frozen movement as the pictures as the lights were moving using painting with lights created this frozen movement. As the lights represent the moving motion. By setting the bulb it allowed the lights to be shot at a quicker rate.
Evaluation
In this evaluation, I will be writing about the
overall feedback taken from my video pitch of Kid's street wear. I will also
analyse what could be improved to make my photos better so it easy to establish
what my photos convey through composition following my magazine idea. For this
task we were asked to pitch our ideas for a photo feature in a magazine of your
choice we were asked to produce a series of pictures that keeping with the
magazines style and are appropriate for the target audience.
For my idea, I have chosen to use a fashion
magazine to feature my photos in. This will follow a similar style to a youth
and pop cultured magazine such as Highsnobiety and Dazed. I chose to use
toddler as my models for this photo feature that will be shot similar
to retailers’ magazines like Gap kids. I wanted to combine both
children and street wear together in one photo for the magazine feature. This
idea was inspired from Seoul Fashion week as the children attended the event
wearing street inspired looks. After seeing these photos, I wanted to follow
the same style and content for the magazine from the picture I saw online. The
way I wanted to approach this was to follow the first mood board I made editing
the lights onto the pictures to promote pop and youth culture with the photos.
For my final images, I have these series of photos
at different locations one at a party and the other at a children’s clothes
shop. For this project, I wanted to use different composition in which
demonstrates child wear, but editing the picture further. I wanted to promote
streetwear within the pictures and add seriousness by editing the photo’s
contrast. From the feedback given on the series of photos I think I could've
spent more time editing further to fit the chosen theme. E.g. using colour in
photo in which highlights street wear fashion similar to what I have prepared
in the video pitch. As the children at the Seoul Fashion week pictures convey
high street fashion for kids from the vibrant of their clothing allowing their
clothes to speak for children's streetwear instead of using the background
being the subject focus than to the actual model. Using this type of approach
or using a different style would’ve have targeted better to parents. The sepia
look takes away the purpose of the picture if there isn’t any colour to suggest
that its streetwear you’re trying to convey. The photos would have been able to
follow the theme better and the pictures could have been shot simpler as in the
mood board portrays using shallow depth of field to show what it is in the
picture, so that an audience can focus the main points of the photos. As for
the target audience, I think it will appeal to both young parents as they can
adapt to the latest fashion trends coming from Fashion week or high street
brand inspired looks. The type of audience that this magazine was to be aimed
at both readers of Dazed and Gap kids which is similar to the type of clothing
Zara sells for children which are inspired by street wear.
I think from a picture editors’ points of view the
picture or pictures may be altered to fit the subject/ theme of the magazine
better the editing seems to be lacking. Compare to a professional photographer
work setting the aperture to create a blurry background could've been ideal to
make the pictures even better.
Overall, If I was given a chance to redo this
project I would've thought thoroughly through the types of compositions that
best portrays the theme to approach the targeting audience and what shots make
fill the image on a professional level of photography. For example, using
painting with lights would've given a whole new look to streetwear as the
pictures usually are taken in urban areas like streets and alley ways. The locations
of where the photos were shot do follow the child theme, but thinking of a more
creative location to help portray streetwear. Using a range of locations and
different models would have showed variety and ranges in which says that
streetwear can be worn for every one of all ages and genders.
These are my three chosen pictures for my magazine to promote children streetwear. Each shot a different locations and wearing different outfits that enhances the culture of youth and streetwear. To further improve the compositions of my three final pictures further editing on photoshop will demonstrate the type of pictures I'd want to feature for the magazine. That best targets the type of audience the magazines wants to promote younger generations clothing of streetwear.
Image you like
The image I have taken was inspired by the photo of this gate in Regents
park there's a difference between the location of each of these gates. One
being shot inside and the other being outside. The natural lighting reflecting
off this picture creates this sense of royalty with the designs and textures
received from the gold and black colours within the gate. Whereas, the photo
I've taken is shot using artificial lighting as this was a gate inside a
building the structure of the gate focuses on the designs on the bars rather
than the top of the gate like the picture below. The interior of the ceiling
and the gate represent a sense of cultural difference showing a sense of
diversity where in comparison the gate in Regents’ park reflects British
culture by having the engravings onto of the gate.
Photograms
Negative Space
These cigarette boxes were taken using different lighting I used a soft light and edited the picture with a lower contrast to focus on the detail. I took the photo from distance to show the outline instead of the detail which is negative space portrays. The one shot from a distance looks better than the one shot up close because in negative space tend to show more of an outline of the object than the detail form a far angle
Large Depth of Field
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For all these picture, I have taken different shots and location to demonstrate large depth of field. Large depth of filed create this effect to make the viewing point of the viewer to focus on the setting. This means that the objects closer to the viewer will be out of focus, opposite to shallow depth of field which blurs the background to four on the subject in front of the viewer.
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