FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY

1) They first covered her face in foundation giving her a smooth complexion. Then they added makeup to her eyebrows and lips making them seem slimmer and more defined. Fixed her hair completely. Then on photoshop they made her neck more longer and slim, lowered her eyes, made her shoulders more slim, enlarged her eyes, and made face a little more oval.

2) Added lots of makeup to her face changed her hair. Made nose more slim, changed lips, enlarged eyes, cleaned up face, made shoulders more boney, took off from her belly and legs as well as made them longer and more defined. Changed feet and neck as well as made whole body more pure and creamy.

3) Took away fat from her butt, legs, arms, face, and stomach. Changed her hair and waist as well.

4) I believe its not for the most part unless its for an artistic achievement of photography of like distortion or something like that. But since these are models and its for advertising mostly i believe its wrong. Because your showing something that isn't real and marketing it as it is real, which is wrong.

5) It would be wrong to do this if you were like a photojournalist. Because your supposed to take pictures as are. Like news,war, basically anything beside fashion when your held to the expectation of taking pictures as is in nature and the world.

6) I guess fixing tiny mistakes is ok, like messing with lighting maybe cropping something out of the picture and formatting the photograph.

7) Fashion photography is taking pictures of people all made up and its all controlled and messed with, where as photojournalism is natural and is exactly as someone would see it. Its just showing the world through a lens as it is.

8)Photojournalism would usually be considered more close to reality because its as is, but maybe fashion photography is more close to reality because our world now is always trying to look good and make everything on the surface beautiful. Its false which is kind've how people are now.

9) To show us all the crazy things we can do with photoshop.

10) Because our society holds women to a higher expectation of beauty and thats what most of the fashion magazines are aimed at women. Because women are pressured into always being pretty and all made up.

AMERICAN SOLDIER

I believe the most powerful image is image # 36. There are tons of powerful images in this collection and i believe this one is one of them because it shows the struggle and pain as well as showing the concern of his father. I love it because it shows such powerful feelings like struggle, pain and concern.



set 1 #1-#9
set 2 #10-#30
set 3 #51-#70
set 4 #71-#82

I think set two was most powerful when he was at basic training because it showed his struggle and concern over the difficulties of military life. I think the images do work great together to tell a story its very fluid and well done. The captions enhance the story by describing the action going on to let us better understand whats going on.

 Ian embraces his friends as they say their goodbyes before he's shipped out to Iraq.
Ian told them that he'd think of them every day and fight for them.

 Ian sleeps soundly in his bed. Ian slept in his whole outfit he was too tired to take it off.

Ian is marrying his girlfriend. Ian had wanted to do this for awhile now.

RULES OF PHOTOGRAPHY PART ll

                                                                       

                                                                    Rule of Thirds              

                                                                        Symmetry                

                                                                       Viewpoint

                                                               Balancing Elements

                                                                        Mergers

Cropping

                                                                         Framing

                                                                           Depth

                                                                       Leading Lines

                                                                        Background

SELF PORTRAITS AND PORTRAITS PART l

1. Go with a Wide Angle

Shooting with a wide angle lens attached to your camera can help create some memorable shots when you’re doing portrait photography.

At very wide focal lengths you can create some wonderful distortion. It might not be the type of shot you take of your wife or girlfriend (unless she’s in a playful mood) but using these focal lengths will enlarge parts of the face or body that are on the edge of the frame more than what is in the centre.

It can also give a wide open and dramatic impact when your subject is in an impressive setting.

2. Experiment with Subject Expressions

In some portraits it is the expression on the face of your subject that makes the image.

Get your subject to experiment with different moods and emotions in your image. Play with extreme emotions

3. Find an Interesting Subject

I have a friend who regularly goes out on the streets around Melbourne looking for interesting people to photograph.

When he finds someone that he finds interesting he approaches them, asks if they’d pose for him, he quickly finds a suitable background and then shoots off a handful of shots quickly (if they give him permission of course).

The result is that he has the most wonderful collection of photographs of people of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds.

While many of us spend most of our time photographing our loved ones – perhaps it’d be an interesting exercise to shoot interesting strangers once in a while?

4. Play With Backgrounds

The person in your portrait is the main point of interest – however sometimes when you place them into different contexts with different backgrounds you can dramatically alter the mood in a shot.

                                                 ENVIRONMENTAL PORTRAITS 

 I liked this photo because its got a great composition and an awesome background and you can infer that these girls like to hike because there next to the mountains. I also like the use of the prop as well as the girl turning around and doing that with her hands because it makes the image more interesting and not boring and straight on.

I like this photograph because they follow the rule of thirds very well which makes this image really eye pleasing. I like how they have him out in the cranberries because its his job and its a very picturesque and beautiful portrait.

                                                                   SELF PORTRAIT

 I like this photograph because the use of the props, it makes the self portrait more unique. Since the balloons are red and vibrant it makes them pop even more giving this portrait a uniqueness and distinction that runs along with the fact that he's halfway in water.

I like this photograph because the subject has a very interesting face its very worn and captivating, its like Danny Trejos face. That makes this photograph interesting and eye pleasing.

                                                          CASUAL PORTRAIT

I like this photograph because of the background it gives the photograph an interesting affect while also making it pretty. I also like how their holding hands it makes it interesting. The placement and the background are both nicely done.

I love this photograph the subject is a total badass and she has a unique and fresh look about her. The background is also awesome like its really nice but its also simple and un-distracting which rally makes the subject pop. I also really like the placement of the subject in this photograph.

For my portrait shoot I want to shoot my grandma because she's old which makes her face more interesting and unique, she's also pretty crazy and funny so it would be great if I could get that to show through her portrait. I plan to shoot it with a nice background maybe something unique and interesting but at the same time non distracting. Id probably use a brick background by my house because it has nice texture and colors while still staying simplistic. I plan on using different techniques and rules for making the photography shoot successful. As well as trying new creative ideas.

APERTURE, SHUTTER SPEED and ISO

APERTURE

                                                                             f 2.8

                                                                              f16  

1) the pupils of the eye.
2) the smaller the aperture the larger f stop, the larger the aperture the smaller f stop.
3) If there is a larger aperture there will be a smaller depth of field or smaller amount of things in focus.

                                                                SHUTTER SPEED

                                                          SLOW SHUTTER SPEED

                                                             HIGH SHUTTER SPEED

a) middle
b) middle
c) high
d) high
e) low
f) high

at night
a) id just put like a different iso and aperture to get more light to get into the camera. ( I'm not sure though)
b) same thing as above.
c) inside wouldn't make a difference
d) change iso ( I'm not use though)
e) change iso ( I'm not sure though)
f) im confused kindve.
2) Manuel. Shutter Priority. Aperture Priority. Auto.



                                                                               ISO

1) if you use a higher shutter speed its good for at basketball games to freeze the action and a little lower at outdoor football games at night so to add more light to the picture.
2)when there is lots of light
3) when there is not enough light

aperture settings- 2.8,4,5.6,8,11,16,22
shutter speed- 1 sec-1/4000 sec
iso- 100,200,400,800,1600,3200,6400,12800,25600