Portraits

Fine Art Portraits

Florence Owens Thompson
In the image to the left- I love this photo because you can tell how hard this woman's life appears to be and the stress within her face and through the body language of the kids.

Steve McCurry
The image at right shows the fear and worry that is within her which you can tell by her eyes, and in addition, the overall mood is tense and slightly anxious. I love this photo because you can feel the subject's emotion.

Editorial Portraits

Bazaar Magazine
I think that Lady Gaga is incredibly bold and her style reflects that. This image of her is a modest look, but yet it has a lot of character and I think it captures a calm version of Lady Gaga which is why I like it.


Essence Magazine
I love the image at right because it makes it look like Tyra Banks is happy and confident, and it overall has a cheerful and positive mood.



The difference between an editorial portrait and a fine arts portrait is with the fine arts portrait it is up to you to decide the mood and feel of the image, as well as what the photographer was trying to portray. Where as in an editorial image, it is very staged, and the headlines, words and phrases almost determine what you should make of the image, because the image is a reflection of the content of the magazine.

Depth of Field and Abstraction

Abstraction: Abstract photography is depicting an image that is unique, and capturing it in a way that is different from how it may usually be taken

Unknown Artist
This artist used depth of field because they focused on the spokes and the front image instead of what is around the spokes.

Unknown from Pinterest
This image has a deep depth of field because it allows the whole image to be in focus, and it captures more than just the clouds or the building, but rather both.

Shallow Depth of Field



Still Life by Unknown







Portrait by Lisa Kristine






Landscape by Unknown

Composition Hunt- Framing

Leading Lines: 

Unknown Artist- “Leading Lines.” Pinterest, 26 Sept. 2013, www.pinterest.com/pin/397513104580909694/.

Rule of Thirds:

Arjun Purkayastha - Purkayastha, Arjun. “Three men in a boat.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 30 Nov. 2008, www.flickr.com/photos/arjunpurky/3068845779/.

Strong Diagonals:

Domokos Pálfai - Pálfai, Domokos. “Valencia.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 11 Dec. 2010, www.flickr.com/photos/palfai/5251292452/in/photostream.

Bird's-Eye View:

Matt Cherubino - Alk3r. “Stunning Adventure Photography.” ALK3R, 20 Sept. 2016, alk3r.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/stunning-adventure-photography/.

Bug's Eye View:

Unknown Artist - “Music photography: the best cameras to get great gig shots.” Pinterest, 1 May 2012, www.pinterest.com/pin/332562753711620713/.

Close Up:

Martin Turner - Turner, Martin. “Come fly with me ...” Flickr, Yahoo!, 30 July 2008, www.flickr.com/photos/martinturner/2717484044/in/photostream/.

Frame in a Frame:

Unkown Artist - “Cute.” Pinterest, 3 July 2015, www.pinterest.com/pin/447404544209575831/.

Filling a Frame:

Unknown Artist - “Homemade Pumpkin Pie.” Pinterest, www.pinterest.com/pin/33495590958283471/.

Motion

Part 1
Panning-
When the camera moves with the action of the subject, but the subject is sharp and background streaky.

Photo by Jim Richardson
“Panning-Motion 101.” Jim Richardson on Panning to Capture Motion -- National Geographic, 12 Sept. 2016, www.nationalgeographic.com/photog
raphy/photo-tips/motion-photography-panning-richardson/.

Slow Motion-
When the background is focused, but the subject itself is blurry.

Photograph below by Hilary Shedel
“Photography.” Pinterest, 13 Mar. 2014, www.pinterest.com/pin/319755642265970588/.                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Freeze Action-

To capture the moving subject as if they are frozen in that position.

Photo by Sami Tuoriniemi
“Snowboard Wallpaper - Markku F*in Flying.” Whitelines Snowboarding, whitelines.com/photos/wallpapers/snowboard-wallpaper-markku-fin-flying.html. 


Total Motion-
The subject is moving as well as the person capuring the photograph. 

Photo from Pinterest, Unkown Artist  
“Photography.” Pinterest, 20 June 2017, www.pinterest.com/pin/611363718136643294/.










Effective Use of Camera Shake-
The photographer is moving while the subject is not. 

Photo by Dean Ayres
“Shutter Speed: A Beginner's Guide.” Shutter Speed: A Beginner's Guide | Photography Mad, www.photographymad.com/pages/view/shutter-speed-a-beginners-guide.

Part 2

Roma Koshel	Maria - Helena Buckley
This photo of a dancer is in slow motion.	This is a photo of a dancer, shot in freeze action.
Koshel, Roma. “Motion in dance.”  Flickr, Yahoo!, 5 May 2008, www.flickr.com/photos/romakoshel /2467911470/.	“DancinPhotos.” Maria-Helena  Buckley, www.dancinphotos.net /2009/10/maria-helena-buckley.html.

Practice: 
Slow Motion

Freeze Action

Old Process / New Artist

Cyanotype
Cyanotypes are the longest lasting photography and was invented in 1840 by Sir John Herschel. In order to make a cyanotype, you place objects on light sensitive paper and let the sunlight expose them. This was an easy and an amateur way of creating photographs. Engineers and architects used this method to create blue prints and drawings. Anna Atkins used this technique to record scientific data on botanical specimens in the the mid 1800's.

More recently, people are making cyanotypes contemporary by creating their own twist and experiements with the old process. People think that the limitations and control are interesting in cyanotypes and instead of letting the technique disapear they are bringing back old ways and making them their own. Instead of using cyanotypes to make blue prints, or for scientific research, Mr. Marclay treated and exposed the image at different times to create darker and lighter sections to show his own artistic aesthetic. Annie Lopez is figuring out ways to print on clothing with the cyanotype technique to "'sew [her] troubles into a dress'" instead of onto paper. Just like in the mid 1800's, there are new inventors exploring the opportunities through cyanotypes.

AlternativePhotography   Posted in History of alt. proc. “Cyanotype history – John Herschel’s invention.” AlternativePhotography.com, 9 Apr. 2017, www.alternativephotography.com/cyanotype-history-john-herschels-invention/. Accessed 13 Sept. 2017.

Falconer, John. “Historic Photographs.” Photographic Processes, The British Library, 7 Mar. 2007, www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/photographicproject/photographicprocesses.html. Accessed 13 Sept. 2017.