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Unit 57: Photography and Photographic Practice

Research of other photographers work (P1, M1, D1)

Photographer: Olga BaczynskaImage 1

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Theme or focus of images

In the first picture a man lay down on a dark wooden floor and a blue, green, white coloured bug. The man is lay down on the wooden floor with his he hands placed on his chest, slightly smiling whilst the bug is perched on his lips. The photo is focused on the man’s face and the lighting is focused on the bug, around the face is quite blur and dark compared to the focused parts of the photo, this suggests that they are the important parts of the image. The man looks quite relaxed and happy, not bothered in anyway by the bug. Looking closely at the picture you can see the shadows of the bug around the man’s lips, this shows that the photo isn’t manipulated in anyway. The photo was taken from directly above his face; the photographer did this to get every feature of the man’s frame.

Image number 2, a man is stood against a white background with his thumb in his mouth as if he was biting his nail. This image is a studio shot. The way he is stood is quite laidback, he looks to be biting his nails that he is nervous about the photo or just not bothered. The way he is dressed with his buttons undone, his hair / beard not styled could suggest he doesn’t really care what he looks likes. The emotion on his faces shows a negative attitude. The lighting is from just slightly to the right. The whole picture is in focus this could suggest the photographer wanted their audience to look at the whole picture and not just focus on one part.

Image number 3, a man is sat with his head tiling down but looking up. This picture is also a studio shot, the lighting is really dark, and only the right half of his body is visible from the light. The light seems to be coming from above, shining down onto him. He is mostly covered in darkness this could suggest he is very mysterious and maybe seducing.

Image 4, this image is of a woman looking up. This also looks like a studio shot just like the previous two images. Looking up could suggest that she is intimidated. There are two different coloured lights shining on her face, the left is cold colours and the right is warm. Her face is the main focus of the photo has depth of field.

Composition

In the first and last image the photographer has used the same technique as they are quite similar. The photo has been taken from head on and the main focus for them both is the facial features. The last three images have been shot in a studio so the photographer has chosen how much of person they want to get in the frame. The decision of the frame affects the message of the image because as the first two pictures are different they have been done deliberately. For example If the photographer wanted his audience to focus on the models face in the second image, he would have cropped it down to a close up of the face.Techniques usedA few techniques are used during the production of these images. The second and last images are brighter than the other two this means the settings for the shutter speed on the camera would be slower than they would be for the other two images. The shutter speed for the bright images would be around 1s – 1/60s this speed will change depending on the brightness. The first image isn’t too bright but isn’t very dark, this means the shutter speed will be at an average speed. Finally, the third image is very

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dark, the shutter speed will be set on a fast setting, usually around 1/500 – 1/1000s this also depends how dark it is.

The rule of thirds could have been used when shooting this images, each of these pictures have the models directly in the middle of the image. Depth of field has been used only in the first and last image.

Strengths & Weaknesses

I think the lighting and the use of depth of field will influence my work. I like how the images have just the right amount of lighting where it is needed. I also like how depth of field is used for you to focus on a certain part of the image.

I think a weakness for all four of these pictures is how much of the models body is shown in the image. If I was to take a portrait picture I would add a bit more of the models body than is show in the last image but not as much shown in the second.