Thursday 20 October 2011

Independent Research

Factual: These are photos by Annie Leibovitz from the disney dreams album. They are all of disney characters out of disney movies. The first one is of 'The Wizard Of Oz' the second is 'Alladin', the next is 'The Little Mermaid', after that is 'The Sword in the Stone' and last is ' Cinderella'.
Context: These photo's are some of many of popular Walt Disney characters who are favoured by many people.
Technical: I think these pictures were taken with a digital camera and lots of artificial lights. Like in the Cinderella picture the bright light in the background was made to look like the castle is bright shining through the fog. Where as in the Sword in the Stone picture there isn't much light as the picture is trying to portray a stormy day.
Aesthetic: I think the characters on these photos are very nostalgic, as they make me feel like when i watched Disney films when i was 5 and they portray the characters as heroes to little kids.

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Composition!

This is a photo by Annie Leibovitz. Although this photo is really cluttered up with unessasary stuff, they make the instruments and topless dude stand out abit more. The topless dude has been framed with his messy apartment and is surrounded by musical instruments, andd you tend to follow from the man all the way round the photo looking at the instruments. Even though this photo is full of crap it isn't ruined at all (i don't  think). I think the line that you follow in all this is the musical instruments.

Lending them a natural balance, drawing attention to the important parts of the scene, or leading the viewer's eye through the image. http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules

Monday 3 October 2011

Focal Point!

This is a photo by Vee Speers. In this photograph the main focal point of the whole picture would probably be the rifle in his hands, as it seems like the same height as him and he small soo the rifle sticks out more than anything with his pasty white skin. As you look at the rifle and start looking behind it you kind of notice all of the little weapons he is carrying but your eyes always look bak to the rifle in his hands. After a little while you also notice he is wearing a helmet on his head and can't help thinking there's a story behind the boy ( i think there's one).

A focal point is important for many reasons. One of the main ones is that the viewers' eyes needs a resting place; they need something of interest to focus on or they will just skim over the picture and then move on to the next one. http://www.photography-tips-and-techniques.com/landscape-focal-point.html

Sunday 2 October 2011

Lighting!

This is a phot by Annie Liebovitz. This photo has artificial lighting as you see. The lights come from behind the woman and shows her figure and posture about the way she stands. The lights also reflect of the floor and bouncing on to the bottom half of her dress which shies through and shows that the dress is light 'n' fluffy from the bottom because the light sparkles through and captures your eye on the glimmer glamour of it. Everything in the picture is in focus and keeps the woman as the main focus of the picture.

You need to manipulate the scene to create the effect you want, this might mean moving a light on a stand or moving your subject relative to the sun, or waiting for a better time of day to get the effect you want. http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tutorial_lighting.htm

Depth Of Feild!

This photo is by Annie Liebovitz.The depth of feild in this photo is (what i think) qiet large. From the people standing on the ledge of the eagles head thing to the 5th biggest skyscraper back. After you get past that skyscraper everything starts tho get out of focus but the view carries on going until just past the river. Everything is grey in this picture and i think it is to represent either olden time New York or the gloomyness and smogness of the great city now. I think the depth of feild is large because i think she was trying to make you look at something new everytime you see it, so it doesn't get boring at any time.
I think peoples eyes are drawn to the guys on the ledge of the eagle head thing and how high up they are and how stupid they look doing it, not completely in the middle of the picture but on the left side close to the middle but not.. It is also very capturing you don't (i didn't) first notice one of the guys is handing something to the guy closest to falling of and that also take (my) your interest as you could think it was somekind of dare or something on those lines.

Depth of field (DOF) is one of the most important factors in determining the look and feel of a photograph. It’s also the most overlooked for photographers moving from a point-and-shoot camera to a digital SLR camera. The dSLR (and most of the ultra-zooms) offers huge amounts of control over depth of field, and you should know how to utilize that control. http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/02/27/6-tips-for-controlling-depth-of-field/