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Photography
Victoria Lily Pethrus
Introduction
http://www.headshotlondon.co.uk/what-is-a-portrait-photography/
History
Since the 1500s, portraiture was only ever possible through paintings. The
year 1500, was the year of Henry VIII. It wasnt until 1544 that the Camera
Obscura was introduced, which mathematician and instrument maker
Reiner's Gemma Frisius of Leuven University used to trace an image. Since
then, cameras have been developed and re-made throughout history. In
1855, Dry plates were invented and used in studios, producing black and
white photographs. In 1948, the Polaroid was introduced, where it would
produce a finished printed photograph straight from the camera, within a
minute. In 1975, digital cameras were introduced, and since then they
have been developed and made more advance ever since. In 2002, GoPro
was introduced by Nick Woodman. It allows the person to take extremeaction video photography or pictures in fast pace.
However, as of now, in 2015, people usually use their phones for taking
pictures or recording videos, as the megapixels are fairly up to that of a
camera.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_photography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_camera
Literature Review
Happy
Sad/ Crying
Angry
Trapped Strangle
Confident
Smug
Mischievous
Jealous
Surprised
Excited
Romance - Get a couple, the female in front and male hugging female from behind.
Relaxed/ Calm
Mixed Emotions Make a Collage in one picture of the face, with different moods, e.g. one side of the mouth Down for Sad,
one up for Happy. One eye droopy for Tired, one wide awake for Excited.
Elements:
Ice/ Winter
Sand
Energy
Photographers Using
Lee Jeffries
Steve McCurry
Yousuf Karsh
Lee Jeffries
Steve McCurry
Steve McCurry is an iconic photographer, and
has been for over 30 years. He was born in a
suburb in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where
he studied film at Pennsylvania State
University, and whereas after he worked for a
local newspaper. He was a freelance
photographer for a few years, where he then
took off to India traveling with little more than
a bag of clothes and another film, and
exploring the country with his camera.
Yousuf Kars
Yousuf Karsh is one of the most well-known
photographers of the 20th century. His main area of
work includes portraits of statesmen, artists, scientists
and men and women of accomplishments. His
extraordinary and unique portfolio presents the viewer
with an intimate and compassionate view of humanity.
Yousuf has worked with some of the most famous
people of the 19th and 20th Century, such as John F.
Kennedy, Albert Einstein, Churchill, Nelson Mandela,
Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, etc. His photographs
are in black and white, highlighting the time period
even more.
How to do Photography
Editing an image to black and white, is a simple process, but if you want to really get impressive results, it
pays off by thinking about how and what you shoot. Knowing or learning how to use your photo editing
software would be useful and knowing what tools etc. to use, and how to get the most out of your shots.
The lighting in the photograph is important that it is clear before you do the shoot. It is quite simple to edit
your photograph to black and white, and manipulating the shadows and lighting.
When it comes to black and white photography, it is important to understand and being able to see that
from the colour photo, how the photograph will turn out when you edit it into black and white. You have
to focus on how the shot is shaped and the textures in the photograph, what will come out darker and
where you want the light to hit from what angle and darker and lighter tones, etc. The main factors to look
out for, for a successful black and white photograph is the tone and texture, especially, of a photograph,
and where it will add depth to the image.
It is important that the picture is clear to see and has enough light and the correct lighting to then be able
to be edited to the best extent.
There are four areas to focus on for successful black and white photographs:
Contrast, shape and form
Tone
Texture and detail
Graphic composition
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2015/01/26/black-and-white-photography-how-to-make-monochrome/
Colour
When taking a picture of someone, hold the camera at the person's eye level to unleash the power of
those magnetic gazes and mesmerizing smiles. All by itself that eye level angle will create a personal and
inviting feeling that pulls you into the picture.
A plain background shows off the subject you are photographing.
Bright sun can create unattractive deep facial shadows. Eliminate the shadows by using your flash to
lighten the face. When taking people pictures on sunny days, turn your flash on. You may have a choice of
fill-flash mode or full-flash mode. If the person is within five feet, use the fill-flash mode; beyond five feet,
the full-power mode may be required.
On cloudy days, use the camera's fill-flash mode if it has one. The flash will brighten up people's faces and
make them stand out. Also take a picture without the flash, because the soft light of overcast days
sometimes gives quite pleasing results by itself.
If your subject is not in the centre of the picture, you need to lock the focus to create a sharp picture. Most
auto-focus cameras focus on whatever is in the centre of the picture. But to improve pictures, you will
often want to move the subject away from the centre of the picture.
Next to the subject, the most important part of every picture is the light. It affects the appearance of
everything you photograph.
http://www.kodak.com/ek/US/en/Home_Main/Tips_Projects_Exchange/Learn/Top_10_Tips_for_Great_Pictures.htm
During the manipulation process of this photograph, I started off by opening it up in Windows
Office 2010 and edited the colour of the picture and made it black and white. In the colour
editing, I the placed the Saturation of the picture nearest to the left, the Amount around 40 and the Hue close to -60. I then edited the contrast to 12 and the Mid-tone to -40. The
brightness stayed at -5.
I then opened the newly edited photo in Photoshop, and cropped out
the main subject/ the girl, using the magnetic tool, to then put it in
front of a black background. I then used the burn tool to fade the
edges of the girl and the black background, and then I used the burn
tool to enhance on the shadows on her face and create more of an
emotion and make it stand out. I used the dodge tool to even out the
shadows with some lighting.
After I had used the dodge tool to even out the shadows, I
then adjusted it a little bit more, and then I used the burn
tool again, in places where shadows would be formed in
real life, to make it just right. I was really happy with the
outcome of the final picture as it looks realistic and he
shadows and minimal lighting enhances on the mood that is
provoked in the picture, which is scared.
Throughout the manipulation process of this photograph, I started off by opening up the image in Microsoft
Office 2010 and started editing the picture. First off, I started by editing the colour to Black and White, and
then I changed the brightness and contrast. I had to change the brightness and contrast as well as the colour
of the image because I wanted the picture quite dark to match Lee Jeffries photograph.
Before I used the burn and the dodge tool, however, I cropped out the
image of the girl in the picture, and added a black background to enhance the
darkness in the picture. This also adds to the emotion in the photograph and
how the girl is feeling. I thought it would look better with a black background
rather than a white background.
This is one of my favourite outcomes of all the photographs. I am very happy
with this outcome and wouldnt change anything if I had to do it again.
When I had done this and the back ground was white (from
when I adjusted the contrast) I saved it as a JPEG and opened
it up in Photoshop. When I had it up on Photoshop I got a plain
black background and cropped out the image using the
Magnetic Tool and copied it onto the background as another
image and started editing the image using the burn and
dodge tools.
I used the burn tool to fade out the edges of the image onto the
black background and the dodge tool to apply to make some parts
brighter. After I had done this, I kept going back and forth using the
dodge and burn tool, to get the best effects possible, such as on
the hand (in the final picture) you can see I had used the burn tool
to create a shadow effect. Also the edges arent as white and dont
stand out, because I faded it out using the burn tool.
During the manipulation process of this photograph, I started off by opening the original
picture in Microsoft Office 2010, and like the others, I changed the colour into black and
white. This picture was inspired by another photographer, Yousuf Karsh, and his pictures
were more of a soften tone so I decided to keep the black and white colour quite light.
I used the burn tool to make one side of her face darker
than the other, to suggest and show that the lighting is
coming from the other side of her face. Then I adjusted the
photograph a little, using the dodge tool, and played
around with the tools. I tried my best to make it in the style
of Yusuf Karsh by keeping a soft tone to the picture.
During the manipulation process of this photograph, I started off by opening the picture
up in Microsoft Office 2010, like the other photographs, and as I had taken it in colour, I
had to edit the picture into black and white. I decided to make it a quite soft black and
white tone, because the photographer that these photographs were inspired by, uses a
more softer black and white tone. I made it quite bright and in a soft tone.
After I had edited the picture into a soft black and white tone, I
then edited the contrast, like the rest of the photographs, to
make it stand out more for when I edit it in Photoshop. When I
had finished editing the contrast of the picture, I opened it up in
Photoshop. I edited the contrast of the picture, further using the
dodge and burn tool. I made the lighting quite bright first, so
that I could edit the picture using the burn tool.
Conclusion
Conclusion is simply a summary of your findings about
photography.
As a whole, I have found out a lot about photography,
all from the development of the camera throughout
history such as the first camera to digital cameras in
the present day, the importance of lighting and what
type of lighting is best for different types of objects/
subjects. I also researched black and white
photography and colour photography, and the
difference in lighting for each one, and the contrast
that is created with different types of lighting.
Evaluation
Evaluation is about you not the content of the project. How well have you carried
out your work, what could you have done better, what problems did you face and
how did you solve them?
I think, overall, I have carried out this work quite well, having done all the required
research that I will need for the project, and explored different photographers that
create similar work as the ones that I chose in the end. I chose 3 photographers to
look at, (which I think was an appropriate/ good amount), and then take
photographs in the same style as them. I also decided to keep all of my own
photographs in black and white, to stay in the style of the photographers. How
ever something I think I couldve done better is to have finished some of the work
earlier and tried to stay ahead of the work, instead of slightly behind and having to
rush in the end; this is something I wouldve done differently if I had to do it again.
Some problems I faced were things such as finding photographers that do mainly
portraiture that show moods in the persons face. Finally when I did find some
photographers, I then had to find out more about each one, and their biographys.
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