-Types of Photography-

PORTRAIT- (Top left - Blogger ‘petuulia.tumblr.com aka, ‘Maud’. Top middle - Actor ‘Kaya Scodelario taken by ‘Mary XP - Top Right - Photographer ‘Erwin Blumenfield’ - Bottom Left - 5SOS band member Ashton Irwin - Middle bottom - Model

Gia taken by photographer ‘Jo Schwab - Bottom Right - from Tumblr blog )

PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHYPortraiture or better known as today as “Portrait” Photography, is of a single person or group of people that displays the expression,

personality and mood of the subject. The main focus of the photograph and the main thing the

photographer wants to show is the persons face, although the background and full body may be shown. Portraiture photography has

become very fashionable in the world of Social Media (Instagram/Snapchat/Facebook) , but is also used for Advertising and Photo fashion

shoots.

The main reason for the photographer taking the picture of just the persons face, is to give

emphasis to the persons face and to give emphasis to the photo itself.This does not mean however that the persons body, or

background can not be included in the photo.

The four key things a Portrait photographer needs to consider when taking their picture is

firstly ‘The Constructionist’, when the photographer build a certain ambience for the

look of the image.Secondly, ‘The Environmental approach’, which

is where the photo is being taken place and what is surrounding them. Thirdly, ‘The Candid approach’, where the photographer themselves decides if the picture will be formal or informal

(weather the model will be looking at the camera or to the side). And lastly ‘The Creative approach’, where the photographer chooses to digitally manipulate the image or add a filter

over the image.

Portrait This is a photograph of One Direction member ‘Harry Styles’ which I found on the website ‘getty,images’. This

photo was taken in particular by photographer Olivia Salazar. (I could not find any information about Olivia

herself).

I really love this image because I like how it is an un-staged photograph and is very informal as he is turned slightly to his left at an angle, and

how the camera isn't facing forward to capture his face directly. But from looking carefully at this image, we

can see she has tried to capture the emotion in his face and give the picture a sense of the concerts

atmosphere and the adrenalin that him and the fans in the audience are

feeling.

Finally, she has edited this picture with a black and white filter over it it

exaggerate his tattoos and other features in the image. I think this is a

good example of portrait photography.

Fashion- (Top right - model Georgia May Jagger taken by Hedi Slimane - Top Middle - Model ‘Cara Delevinge’ taken for VOUGE by Sam Mcknight - Top Right - High top Model - Bottom Left -

Model taken by Studio Rezin - Bottom Middle - Chanel Model - Bottom Right - Taken by fashion Photographer ‘Horst P Horst )

FASHION PHOTOGRAPHYFashion Photography is a type of photography devoted and dedicated to displaying clothing and other items of fashion. Its most used for Fashion magazines such as

Vouge, Vanity Fair and Elle.

Fashion photography became very popular around the 1850’with photographer Adolphe Bruan produced a book containing 288 images of model Virginia Oldoin who later

became the first ever fashion model. Then later during the 1900’s, fashion photography was first produced and shown in French magazines such as La Mode Practique

due to advances in half tone printing.

In fashion photography today, you usually won’t see a plain white or off-white as the models are usually made

up with dramatic makeup with thick eye-liners and bright eye shadows. They also use several lights to enhance the photo to make it more effective and to make it stand out.

One popular style of fashion photography is ‘Still Life Fashion’ where clothes, footwear,jewellery and other

accessories with the absence of a live model. The main reason for this is for people to focus on the product its

self and not the model. Although fashion photography is popular for having its models, Still Life Photography has

become very well know and is a big seller in the marketing business.

Fashion This is an example of Fashion Photography and how it was produced in the early 20th century. This photograph in

particular was taken by famous photographer ‘Horst P Horst’.

Horst was born in on the 14th of August 1906 and his contribution to his work lasted from 1931 to 1991. During this

time, he became legendary as a ‘one word photographic byline’, and his photographs in particular became to be seen

as synonyms showing elegance, style and glamor in his work.

His first line of work was a full page spread of a picture of a typical 1930’s model elegantly holding up a bottle of perfume.

This was first published in the December issue of French Vouge in 1931. This may have been his first piece of work to

be published, but his first breakthrough as a fashion and portrait photographer was in March of 1932 when a article showing variety of fashion studies and a three page spread about ‘Sir James Dunn’ (an art supporter and supporter of Surrealism) was published in an issue of ‘British Vouge’.

After analysing his work and contributions to Fashion Photography, I noticed in some of his other photographs he

focuses on many of the models different body parts (ect. hands,legs face). I like how he focuses his photographs of many of the different body parts of the model because it

shows that the main of the image is to not only advertise the product, but for also the public to see the model.

The main reason I chose this particular picture to annotate was because the model really shows what Horst P Horst images

really represent what a typical 20th century women would look like.

I really like how he has used a off white background to really exaggerate the models dress, jewellery and facial features. This technique is rarely used in todays fashion magazines.

I also love how in the picture, they have used a prop of a white flower.

The model in the picture is wearing a black strapless dress with a netted bottom and pointed shoes. From this picture, Horst was trying to represent the elegance and grace the

women had in this photograph. It could also be shows as to how women in the 1930’s should act and dress.

LANDSCAPE- (Top Left- Photograph taken by Tumblr Blogger - Top Middle- Photographer Ben Messina - Top Right- Photo taken by a Tumblr Blogger- Bottom Right- Taken by Ben Rudd - Bottom Middle- Photo taken by John Brady - Bottom Left - Taken by a Tumblr Blogger)

LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHYLandscape Photography shows spaces within the

world that typically capture the presence of nature or man-man features. This particular style of

photography is done for many reasons such as to recall personal experiences and observation whilst in

the ‘great outdoors.

The most common setting for a Landscape Photograph would be taken is a rural or urban

setting, industrial and nature. In many photographs like these, human activity is almost never seen due to the photographers not wanting to disturb nature and not create a human influence and to preserve the natural environment.

The techniques used when taking a photograph like this is you need a good natural light and a good

positioning of what angle you are going to take your image.

Zoom your camera lens out as much as you can so you can capture as much of the area as possible to make an exaggerated atmosphere. Make sure to

uses a wide angled lens to grasp all of the landscape in the image. And finally,use a big depth of field to get as much focus in as possible to make sure that

your image isn't blurry.

LANDSCAPE

This is an example of a landscape picture taken with a black and white filter. This photo in

particular was taken by famous photographer ‘Ansel Addams’.

Ansel Adams was born on the 20th of February 1902 becoming an American environmentalist and photographer.Many of his black and white landscape photographs of the American West (especially Yosemite National Park) have now be widely reproduced on calendars, posters

and even books.As being a nature photographer and

environmentalist , Adams spent a large part of his career in commercial photography but is now best known for his landscape photos.

In the early 1920’s, he decided to become a full time professional photographer and at that

time some of his work was published in many limited addition collections. Some of these

include, ‘Parmelian Prints of the High Sierras (1927) and Taos Pueblo (1930).

Personally, I really like this picture and is my favourite of Addams work. This is a picture of a

road in the Nevada Desert taken in 1960.I really like how this image shows a good

example of perspective balance, and how the background is really exaggerated and almost

dramatic and makes it look as if the road running directly through the shot is carrying on

forever. Also, from this image being taken with a black

and white filter makes certain parts of the picture really stand out. For example, the pitch black desert is separated from the sky by the horizon. Addams tried to focus on the contrast on the picture trying to make the white in the clouds and the road look bright and bold to

soften the dark in the image.

EVENT- (Top Left - Photo taken by West Lexam - Top Middle - Tumble wedding blog- Top Right- Photo taken by West Lexam - Bottom 3 - All from wedding Tumblr Blog)

EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY Wedding Photography is the photography of different activities relating to weddings. Many

photographs showthe couple either before the wedding getting ready,

coverage of thewedding itself, features of the wedding (Flowers, rings ,

table decorations)and the wedding reception.

Wedding photography started to develop and grow since the invention ‘Photographic Art’ in 1826. In many

of the early days ofphotography, the Bride and Groom didn’t hire a

wedding photographer to record any of the wedding. But during the middle of the 19th century, most couples

would not stand formal for a photo. They would much rather pose for a photograph after the wedding in their formal clothes. Luckily, during the mid 1960’s, couples would start hiring photographers during the wedding to

take formal photos of them in their wedding outfits.

There are two different types of Wedding photography; Traditional and Photojournalistic. Traditional

photography provides a more classically posed images and a ‘great deal of photographer control’.

Photojournalistic photography is taken in a more reparative style and focuses more on candid images.

Wedding photojournalists typically shoot images quickly use whatever lighting is available or on-camera flash rather than using traditional, formal posing techniques

and studio lights.

EVENT

This is a perfect example of a picture taken of abride getting ready before a wedding. This photo in particular was taken by wedding photographer

Brian Kraft.

I could not find out any history information about Kraft, but i did learn that he has his own

photography business ‘Brian Kroft Photography Studio’ set up in Denver , Colarado.

He also does portrait photography, family, business , commercial photography and fine art.

I chose this image because i think its the perfect photo to be taken at a wedding. I like the way it

was taken with a black and white filter so you can see just the silhouette of the bride (and the brides

mother and head bridesmaid?). The contrast of the white background softens the image and gives a pretty natural lighting in the foreground of the

image.

I also love how Kroft has managed to capture the detail in the brides dress, and the shadow of her

dress pooling around her.