Statement of intent
To use on my portfolio, I plan to use my wide array of ideas to create urban and grungey photography which feeds into my intrests in music and album covers. My theme for my project is portraits and specifically really grungey portraits, I plan to have this project done by Januray year 11 (2024). I choose portraits as my theme with some grunge in it to capture peoples stories and the beauty of humanity through photography and their faces, I want to capture struggle and pain through my photography and create photos that resemble the music of my favourite musicians such as Nine Inch Nails, The Pixies, The Smiths and The Cure. This project will help me create photos that represent the work of these artists and almost act as a visual representation of their music and to show how beautiful pain is. I will research methods of photoshop and how I can create photos in the style of my favourite photographers like Tom Sheehan and Jesse Frohman. I chose these as my photographers because of their style of photography, they both do grungey black and white portraits of musicians and bands from the 80s - 90s, their work reminds me of album covers and represents that era in time.
After Ive taken my photos and captured the emotion I want to. I plan to use it to represent albums such as The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails) and In Utero (Nirvana) and express my thoughts and feelings about music that expresses so much emotion. The album "The downward spiral" deals with concepts like religion, violence, dehumanisation and suicide, this album tells a story I wish to tell through my photography. In this project I plan to take photos in town to capture the grungey aestetic and run down buildings, the old buildings tell a story and represent the history of Manchester but also show a hidden beauty in the old parts of Manchester. I also plan to do a shoot around the canals in Manchester. The canals in Manchester have alot of graffiti and have a certain lost atmosphere to them that Id like to capture in my photographs. Those locations will work well as backdrops to my models and help create story to my images.
The project of portraits makes me think of boring faces and plain backgrounds so I plan to experiment and use my research and own knowledge to help contribute towards my shoots. I want to make portraits interesting. Portraits can by any photo where the main focal point is a model. There is alot of techniques I can use to experiment and play with the idea of having the main focal point being the model, for example I could take a photo of the model upside down or edit the background upside down and maybe liquify the backdrops, possibly make buildings into a dripping effect or add subliminal message into the photos though writing on clothing, editing the backgrounds and using certain colours like red to invoke anger. This should help me develop ideas and skills for my photography throughout my life. I want to create dark, grainy photos to have a certain effect on the viewer and to help create a moody atmosphere in my photos.
I plan to use these shoots to create almost like an album cover portfolio or a moodboard about my favourite music. I can use photoshop and edit techniques, which I should practice for year 11, to create very unique photos and I will analyse my photos at the end of the project so I can see my strong skills and where I can improve in the future. In this project, I plan to use alot of long exposure and dispersion to represent mental health and I want to use JPEG as my final format. In the future this project will help me with expression and carry onto my career path of music and arts using creativity. In the end, I plan for this project to end up as a representation of my mental health and an expression, a piece of art expressing feelings and emotions.
After Ive taken my photos and captured the emotion I want to. I plan to use it to represent albums such as The Downward Spiral (Nine Inch Nails) and In Utero (Nirvana) and express my thoughts and feelings about music that expresses so much emotion. The album "The downward spiral" deals with concepts like religion, violence, dehumanisation and suicide, this album tells a story I wish to tell through my photography. In this project I plan to take photos in town to capture the grungey aestetic and run down buildings, the old buildings tell a story and represent the history of Manchester but also show a hidden beauty in the old parts of Manchester. I also plan to do a shoot around the canals in Manchester. The canals in Manchester have alot of graffiti and have a certain lost atmosphere to them that Id like to capture in my photographs. Those locations will work well as backdrops to my models and help create story to my images.
The project of portraits makes me think of boring faces and plain backgrounds so I plan to experiment and use my research and own knowledge to help contribute towards my shoots. I want to make portraits interesting. Portraits can by any photo where the main focal point is a model. There is alot of techniques I can use to experiment and play with the idea of having the main focal point being the model, for example I could take a photo of the model upside down or edit the background upside down and maybe liquify the backdrops, possibly make buildings into a dripping effect or add subliminal message into the photos though writing on clothing, editing the backgrounds and using certain colours like red to invoke anger. This should help me develop ideas and skills for my photography throughout my life. I want to create dark, grainy photos to have a certain effect on the viewer and to help create a moody atmosphere in my photos.
I plan to use these shoots to create almost like an album cover portfolio or a moodboard about my favourite music. I can use photoshop and edit techniques, which I should practice for year 11, to create very unique photos and I will analyse my photos at the end of the project so I can see my strong skills and where I can improve in the future. In this project, I plan to use alot of long exposure and dispersion to represent mental health and I want to use JPEG as my final format. In the future this project will help me with expression and carry onto my career path of music and arts using creativity. In the end, I plan for this project to end up as a representation of my mental health and an expression, a piece of art expressing feelings and emotions.
Mind-Map
In-Depth analysis
Photographer - Annie Leibovitz
Context
This photo was taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz, born October 2nd 1949, who is a credible photographer who studied at the San Francisco art institute.On the 8th of december 1980, Leibovitz photograpthed John Lennon and Yoko Ono just hours before John Lennon was tragically shot dead by Mark Chapman in New York. She took the last photo of John lennon while he was alive, hours before the beetles frontman was killed. In the present day she is 73, Leibovitz wasborn in the United States. Her father was in the military and her mother was a dancer. In 1970 Lebovitz was given her first photoraphy assignment to photograph John Lennon for the rolling stone, she later became chief photographer for the rolling stone. She photographed on the rolling stones tour and at one point got addicted to cocaine, an addiction she escaped when she joined vanity fair. Lebovitz photographed Obama while he was president of the united states, all of these adding up to a large portfolio. In 2012 Lebovitz took the photograph 'Young Cossette'. It was taken in 2012 for the film 'Les Miserables'. It features character Cossette and was used to help promote the film. The picture relates to the social situation of late 1700s - early 1800s France when Napoleon was ruler of France. The play is about Eugene-Francois Vidocq, a criminal who created the first anti-crime industry. The film is adapted from the novel, written in 1862 by Victor Hugo, of the same name. Written to draw attention to how ignorance and poverty affected France after the French revolution.
Content
The photo, taken on a landscape canvas, portrays the character 'Cosette' on an ombre backdrop with wind blowing through her light blonde hair, creating leading lines that lead the viewers eyes. The photo was taken to promote the film and it represents the film as a whole and is called 'Young Cosette'. The title helps us understand that the character in the photo is a young child and creates a sense of empathy for her because it creates an upsetting tone and gives of the idea that the girl is hungry and poor. Its a realistic photo but looks to be distorted or enhanced with artificial light on her eyes and it gives a depressing atmosphere. The picture portrays the famine and poverty of the era the film is based on, the girl looks depressed, hungry and overall unhappy with life. The colour in the photo is ombre (meaning it fades from one colour to another). This ombre colour is very expressive of the mood of the photo and gives of a very solem atmosphere, helping express the tone and mood of the photo. We can see a very blueish hue of grey in the backround, fading into a darker shade and in some parts even to black depending on the lighting. The blueish grey helps carry the message of upset in the photo and helps to juxtaposition the dirty blonde hair of the model. The picture has alot of varying texture, although we can't see much depth, we can see alots of shape in the models hair, lots and lots of neutral colours and colours that disagree. Her bright blue eyes contridict the dark background massively, her eyes have a lonely stare of desperation, they pull the viewer in. Cossettes face looks lost, pale, maybe even unwell. Her expresion is both blank, but also full of expression and feeling. You can see the pain in her face and the hunger in her eyes. In the corner of the photo it says the title of the film 'Les miserables' in a broken, chipped away at font in a dirty gold colour. The font gives of the idea that everything is in ruin, nothing is perfect and that feeds into the chacater of Cossette with the dirty hair and skin but the opposingly coloured eyes, relating to the contrasting dirty gold colour font.
Composition
Composition wise, the picture uses multiple different compositional techniques. The picture uses the rules of thirds vertically and places the model on the left section of the screen, this technique is important because its draws the viewers eyes towards the model. The depth of field used creates a cramped atmosphere by placing the black backdrop right behind the model and the background is negative meanwhile the foreground is very positive and light. The negative space behind the model helps draw attention to the model and her face and benefits the mood of the photo wth the ombre colour in the negative space, this all combines to make the photo feel very starved and deprived, creating the effect that the photographer was most likely desiring. There is a large amount of space on the right of the photo and very tight framing to only capture the model from the shoulders up. The photographer used a tripod because the image is inhumanly straight. An ombre backdrop, a wind machine and a white light without a filter have been used, we can tell this because the backdrop is black, the models hair is blowing to create leading lines and the lighting is very harsh and bright. The lighting shines in from the left, focusing on the models face then fading out on the left untill its completely faded out on the far left corners. The light reflects off the models saphirre eyesd to help exaggerate their colour and creates a cold, lonely feel to the photo. The models hair creates leading lines that lead us to and from the models face, the lighting brightens the models hair to a lighter white helping to contrast and juxtapose very well. Her camera settings look to be high ISO, around 400 to 600, fluorescent white balance and fast shutter speed has been used, maybe as high as 1/250, so there is no motion blur on the models hair blowing in the wind machine. The photo has been taken in an indoor studio because there is no external light other than the lighting itself. The photo is asymetrical, helping to support rule of thirds and create a visual pull away from the negative space, this helps make the photo feel more deprived and further develops the almost hunger in the atmosphere of the photo, I believe the photographer purposely did this to contribute to the mood, if the model was dead center and the photo was symetrical, it would feel very full and wouldn't have the same kind of effect on the viewer. The compostition helps build a chilling, visceral mood.
Connection
Personally I dislike the photo, Leiboitz has created a very lonely atmosphere in the image and a sense of longing and hunger. The image has very dull, cold colors like black, grey and white, This creates a very weak tone and weak sense of color but helps add atmosphere to the photo. This photo relates to my photos and chosen style of photography because of the color scheme. I'm doing my photography in the style of Tom Sheehan, Sheehan's work is mostly in black and white and using dull colors, similar to "Young Cosette". The composition, subject and theme are very different from my chosen style of photography though. Through this piece of work I've learned how important compositional rules are to making a good piece of work and how important it is that I consider my composition as much as other focal points such as the angle of the photos or pose of the models. The image feels too gloomy and has a very claustraphoic atmostphere, I also don't like the aesthetic in the image.
Context
This photo was taken by photographer Annie Leibovitz, born October 2nd 1949, who is a credible photographer who studied at the San Francisco art institute.On the 8th of december 1980, Leibovitz photograpthed John Lennon and Yoko Ono just hours before John Lennon was tragically shot dead by Mark Chapman in New York. She took the last photo of John lennon while he was alive, hours before the beetles frontman was killed. In the present day she is 73, Leibovitz wasborn in the United States. Her father was in the military and her mother was a dancer. In 1970 Lebovitz was given her first photoraphy assignment to photograph John Lennon for the rolling stone, she later became chief photographer for the rolling stone. She photographed on the rolling stones tour and at one point got addicted to cocaine, an addiction she escaped when she joined vanity fair. Lebovitz photographed Obama while he was president of the united states, all of these adding up to a large portfolio. In 2012 Lebovitz took the photograph 'Young Cossette'. It was taken in 2012 for the film 'Les Miserables'. It features character Cossette and was used to help promote the film. The picture relates to the social situation of late 1700s - early 1800s France when Napoleon was ruler of France. The play is about Eugene-Francois Vidocq, a criminal who created the first anti-crime industry. The film is adapted from the novel, written in 1862 by Victor Hugo, of the same name. Written to draw attention to how ignorance and poverty affected France after the French revolution.
Content
The photo, taken on a landscape canvas, portrays the character 'Cosette' on an ombre backdrop with wind blowing through her light blonde hair, creating leading lines that lead the viewers eyes. The photo was taken to promote the film and it represents the film as a whole and is called 'Young Cosette'. The title helps us understand that the character in the photo is a young child and creates a sense of empathy for her because it creates an upsetting tone and gives of the idea that the girl is hungry and poor. Its a realistic photo but looks to be distorted or enhanced with artificial light on her eyes and it gives a depressing atmosphere. The picture portrays the famine and poverty of the era the film is based on, the girl looks depressed, hungry and overall unhappy with life. The colour in the photo is ombre (meaning it fades from one colour to another). This ombre colour is very expressive of the mood of the photo and gives of a very solem atmosphere, helping express the tone and mood of the photo. We can see a very blueish hue of grey in the backround, fading into a darker shade and in some parts even to black depending on the lighting. The blueish grey helps carry the message of upset in the photo and helps to juxtaposition the dirty blonde hair of the model. The picture has alot of varying texture, although we can't see much depth, we can see alots of shape in the models hair, lots and lots of neutral colours and colours that disagree. Her bright blue eyes contridict the dark background massively, her eyes have a lonely stare of desperation, they pull the viewer in. Cossettes face looks lost, pale, maybe even unwell. Her expresion is both blank, but also full of expression and feeling. You can see the pain in her face and the hunger in her eyes. In the corner of the photo it says the title of the film 'Les miserables' in a broken, chipped away at font in a dirty gold colour. The font gives of the idea that everything is in ruin, nothing is perfect and that feeds into the chacater of Cossette with the dirty hair and skin but the opposingly coloured eyes, relating to the contrasting dirty gold colour font.
Composition
Composition wise, the picture uses multiple different compositional techniques. The picture uses the rules of thirds vertically and places the model on the left section of the screen, this technique is important because its draws the viewers eyes towards the model. The depth of field used creates a cramped atmosphere by placing the black backdrop right behind the model and the background is negative meanwhile the foreground is very positive and light. The negative space behind the model helps draw attention to the model and her face and benefits the mood of the photo wth the ombre colour in the negative space, this all combines to make the photo feel very starved and deprived, creating the effect that the photographer was most likely desiring. There is a large amount of space on the right of the photo and very tight framing to only capture the model from the shoulders up. The photographer used a tripod because the image is inhumanly straight. An ombre backdrop, a wind machine and a white light without a filter have been used, we can tell this because the backdrop is black, the models hair is blowing to create leading lines and the lighting is very harsh and bright. The lighting shines in from the left, focusing on the models face then fading out on the left untill its completely faded out on the far left corners. The light reflects off the models saphirre eyesd to help exaggerate their colour and creates a cold, lonely feel to the photo. The models hair creates leading lines that lead us to and from the models face, the lighting brightens the models hair to a lighter white helping to contrast and juxtapose very well. Her camera settings look to be high ISO, around 400 to 600, fluorescent white balance and fast shutter speed has been used, maybe as high as 1/250, so there is no motion blur on the models hair blowing in the wind machine. The photo has been taken in an indoor studio because there is no external light other than the lighting itself. The photo is asymetrical, helping to support rule of thirds and create a visual pull away from the negative space, this helps make the photo feel more deprived and further develops the almost hunger in the atmosphere of the photo, I believe the photographer purposely did this to contribute to the mood, if the model was dead center and the photo was symetrical, it would feel very full and wouldn't have the same kind of effect on the viewer. The compostition helps build a chilling, visceral mood.
Connection
Personally I dislike the photo, Leiboitz has created a very lonely atmosphere in the image and a sense of longing and hunger. The image has very dull, cold colors like black, grey and white, This creates a very weak tone and weak sense of color but helps add atmosphere to the photo. This photo relates to my photos and chosen style of photography because of the color scheme. I'm doing my photography in the style of Tom Sheehan, Sheehan's work is mostly in black and white and using dull colors, similar to "Young Cosette". The composition, subject and theme are very different from my chosen style of photography though. Through this piece of work I've learned how important compositional rules are to making a good piece of work and how important it is that I consider my composition as much as other focal points such as the angle of the photos or pose of the models. The image feels too gloomy and has a very claustraphoic atmostphere, I also don't like the aesthetic in the image.
Emily Kai Bock |
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Context
Emily Kai Bock is a Canadian writer, film director and and photographer. Shes studied at Emily Carr university of art and design and she also studied at Concordia university. The photo is realism. Realism photography is broadly defined as "a representation of reality", to represent reality and show truthful representation of life and reality. Bock is contempory and isn't very well known so not much information is avaliable about her and its very hard to find out much about her. This photo was released in 2013, taken on the set of the music video "solar year" by brotherhood, the photo doesn't have an exact release date but was posted straight to Bock's website at http://www.emilykaibock.com/portraits. The music video depicts miners mining then cleaning their gear and soaking themselves in water. The song is very snythesised, its hard to make out the vocals and theres alot of post-production effects.
Content
This photo is unnamed and has no desciption anywhere online (including Bocks website) but from what we can see, theres a man in a vest, he's facing the camera and is covered in grease and ash. It is a portrait photography from a collection just called "portraits". The photo could be used in the context of the music video and song or of the reccording and making of the music video or we could even use it in a completely different context of what it symbolises. This photo could symbolise the suffering miners go through to supply us with minerals, the downfall of the mining industry or even to show class difference and our reliance on everyone from all classes and backround. We can link the photo to the coal miners strike of 1984-85 where the tories tried to close coal mines so miners striked for over a year, eventually the tories won and closed the coal mines and because of the unsucessful strikes, this led to weakness in trade unions that still effetcs the modern day. Because of the tory govenment, no strikes have reached the heights that the miners strikes reached, proving a slowly more conservative and invasive govenment. The model in the photo looks to be a working class man, a miner who would of greatly been affected by the coal mine strikes. He looks upset and almost innocent in the photo, as if he doesn't want to be there, as if he dosn't wanna be affected by the mining strikes or the governments plans to shut them down. There is another man in the background to show that the mans not alone in his position, in the Uk there was 1,200,000 miners in the 1920s, this diminished down to 600,000 by the 1960s. The music video is called "solar year", solar meaning sun. This could relate to how miners go long periods of time without sunlight. The song has a very industrial feel to it, its got alot of synth elements and has a lonely atmosphere, relating to the miners being away from the sun. Bock's collection of portraits all seem to be realistic, photos of people just going about their lives, enjoying sports games, shopping and enjoying sunsets. The photo has been made black and white to add a sombre atmosphere to the photo. The theme seems to be realism, relating it back to its collection, all the photos are realism photos. Bock's photo conveys the message of suffering and reliance on pain, how we can't have good things without suffering first. Its also a message to the govenment about free speech and free thought and how to govenment are slowly taking away our right to expression and protest. Its still a relavent message 10 years later, a message many are passionate about that shines through in this photo.
Composition
In the photo, we can straight away see a triangle in the man, his head and shoulders create a triangle that instantly attracts our eyes. The backround is out of focus to keep our attention on the subject of the photo : the model. The model is cleverly placed to create a central focal point which contasts well with the out of focus backround, this creates more focus on the model and shows the viewer where their eyes should be. Central focal point is common in photography but works its charm everytime.The photo is mostly symetrical apart from the man in the background.Bock doesn't seem to of used a tripod shot, it looks like the shot was taken just in the moment with just a camera, most likely using a standard lens . The black and white filter makes the image seem lonely. Black and white is a leading theme in the photo, theres no colour, it highlights the man and makes him look lonely and trapped. The filter makes his face look even dirtier but his vest looks clean and bright, creating a massive juxtaposition between the black and white tones. This affects the mood greatly, bringing a dull and solem atmosphere into the photo.There is no leading lines in the photo but the rule of triangles makes up where there is no leading lines. The white balance would of probably been tungsten because the photo is indoors in what looks to be a dark room. The image looks somewhat grainy so the ISO would of been between 400 and 800 and the shutter speed would of been between 1/250 and 1/25, we can tell the shutter speed would of been this because the man in the backround isn't more out of focus despite the fact that he is moving. Photos aren't usually in this shape so I believe the photo might of been cropped, possibly to crop out backround that takes away from the subject. The photo was taken indoors, not in a professional studio and most likely without any special lighting.
Comment
This photo doesn't have much information surrounding it so its difficult to make much judgement on the context of the photo. I love this photo and its composition, the mans eyes stand out to me and pull my attention. Despite the fact that the photo is in black and white, we can imagine all the colour, the image feels very alive and realistic, we can easily imagine what the man is feeling. This makes the image very strong and makes us feel strong emotions. On the other hand, the photo has some weak points. The backround isn't very well framed because the photo was taken on the set of a music video. The model doesn't use a pose, this both adds and takes away from the photo, we feel the suffering and meaningless that the man feels but it makes the image look almost dull. I can use this photo for inspiration in my future shoots and edits through the realism and emotion it captures, emotion is something I aim to create in my photos. I choose to analyse this photo because its similar to photos from my moodboard that I am aiming to almost recreate. Its linked to my moodboard through the theme (realism), the black and white color scheme and the atmosphere and feeling that the image creates. I can focus on my editing skills to be able to get a similar black and white effect on my photos and getting my settings right for the right image. Im not really a fan of the song that the photo is from, the song isn't memorable and isn't enjoyable.
This image is a photo of a woman with the shadow of a flower on her face. The flower is out of focus but the shadow is clear and focused. It's a portrait and is figurative . The photo looks realistic but her eyes look edited, they look unreal and so does her lips, they were probably enhanced during editing. The theme of the photo is probably portrait or flowers since it's a portrait with a flower in it. The photo gives off a message of gentleness and quiet, it looks calm and happy. We can tell this by the subject of the model and the prop being a flower.
In this image, there are no leading lines but the depth of field used shows us multiple layers that focus all our attention on the woman's face. We can see that the foreground is the flower, despite being out of focus and the middle ground is the woman's face, we can see distance behind her hair. This shot is delicately framed to focus on half of the woman's face, cutting out unnecessary detail that takes our eyes away from the subject but framing just enough to capture the flower to get the shadow perfectly constructed onto her face. This photo most likely used a tripod to get the framing just right. We can assume that the iso is high because of how clear the image is and the fact that it's not noisy, the aperture looks to be around f4 to f1.4 because of the out of focus background and it's clear that the white balance is daylight (5200k), the image looks to be taken outside with sunshine as the light source. The viewpoint is eye level, helping to secure the woman's eye as the central focal point. The exposure is just right and I believe that the photoshop tools used by the photographer were the brush tools to define certain areas and smoothen other areas. The photo mainly consists of warm colours perfectly juxtaposed with the blue of her eyes. The photographer uses a standard lens, we can tell because the image looks exactly how it would through the human eye. They most likely used a shutter speed of 1/30 or 1/60. The photo is asymmetrical because only half the woman’s face is framed and this makes the photo odd, this means the photo has a certain edge over the viewer, it expands boundaries and creates a central focal point on her eye. The photographer would of planned to make the photograph asymetrical to create this effect so the viewers eyes are pulled to the womans eye. Asymetry helps support the rule of thirds and makes photos visually tense and helps build interest, the rules of thirds that asymetry creates helps compose better photos. Despite the photo being asymetrical, its very precisely been visually balanced. The woman's skin and hair looks very smooth and soft, this is further supported by the glimmer effect on her lips and eyes. The use of a tripod keeps the photo at exactly the angle the photographer wanted, this puts the viewer in the photographer's mind and shows the world through the photographer's point of view, it's an exact cutout of the world shown by the photographer. The colour in the woman's eye instantly draws our attention from the tone of her skin, her freckles and hair help juxtapose from her eye.
I like this photo because it conveys a sense of relief, it looks calm and gentle and the floral undertones bring a sense of trust and life. This photographer's work is very natural and doesn’t show any sign of institution or industrialization because of how natural it looks. It links to my photography because of the feelings captured in the photo and the way it conveys emotion so strongly which is something I aspire to do in my own photography. The strengths in the photo is the framing and colour scheme which work hand in hand whereas the weakness in the image is the blurred branch at the top, it takes focus away from the subject and is almost a distraction. I can use ideas similar to this in future shoots by using framing to my advantage, only showing what I want to show to keep focus on the subject.
I can achieve photography like this through delicate framing and precise picking of models, this means I can get the perfect photo and make sure everything is just right. I need to focus on developing my framing skills and deciding my composition, this will massively contribute towards my photography. Composition is one of the most important aspects of photography and it's something that I can use to develop my photography skills to the highest standard to achieve photos like this. I want my outcomes to create a similar sense of mood as this image does, through the use of composition and juxtaposing colours. This piece of photography will help inspire my future shoots and improve my ideas for the better.
In this image, there are no leading lines but the depth of field used shows us multiple layers that focus all our attention on the woman's face. We can see that the foreground is the flower, despite being out of focus and the middle ground is the woman's face, we can see distance behind her hair. This shot is delicately framed to focus on half of the woman's face, cutting out unnecessary detail that takes our eyes away from the subject but framing just enough to capture the flower to get the shadow perfectly constructed onto her face. This photo most likely used a tripod to get the framing just right. We can assume that the iso is high because of how clear the image is and the fact that it's not noisy, the aperture looks to be around f4 to f1.4 because of the out of focus background and it's clear that the white balance is daylight (5200k), the image looks to be taken outside with sunshine as the light source. The viewpoint is eye level, helping to secure the woman's eye as the central focal point. The exposure is just right and I believe that the photoshop tools used by the photographer were the brush tools to define certain areas and smoothen other areas. The photo mainly consists of warm colours perfectly juxtaposed with the blue of her eyes. The photographer uses a standard lens, we can tell because the image looks exactly how it would through the human eye. They most likely used a shutter speed of 1/30 or 1/60. The photo is asymmetrical because only half the woman’s face is framed and this makes the photo odd, this means the photo has a certain edge over the viewer, it expands boundaries and creates a central focal point on her eye. The photographer would of planned to make the photograph asymetrical to create this effect so the viewers eyes are pulled to the womans eye. Asymetry helps support the rule of thirds and makes photos visually tense and helps build interest, the rules of thirds that asymetry creates helps compose better photos. Despite the photo being asymetrical, its very precisely been visually balanced. The woman's skin and hair looks very smooth and soft, this is further supported by the glimmer effect on her lips and eyes. The use of a tripod keeps the photo at exactly the angle the photographer wanted, this puts the viewer in the photographer's mind and shows the world through the photographer's point of view, it's an exact cutout of the world shown by the photographer. The colour in the woman's eye instantly draws our attention from the tone of her skin, her freckles and hair help juxtapose from her eye.
I like this photo because it conveys a sense of relief, it looks calm and gentle and the floral undertones bring a sense of trust and life. This photographer's work is very natural and doesn’t show any sign of institution or industrialization because of how natural it looks. It links to my photography because of the feelings captured in the photo and the way it conveys emotion so strongly which is something I aspire to do in my own photography. The strengths in the photo is the framing and colour scheme which work hand in hand whereas the weakness in the image is the blurred branch at the top, it takes focus away from the subject and is almost a distraction. I can use ideas similar to this in future shoots by using framing to my advantage, only showing what I want to show to keep focus on the subject.
I can achieve photography like this through delicate framing and precise picking of models, this means I can get the perfect photo and make sure everything is just right. I need to focus on developing my framing skills and deciding my composition, this will massively contribute towards my photography. Composition is one of the most important aspects of photography and it's something that I can use to develop my photography skills to the highest standard to achieve photos like this. I want my outcomes to create a similar sense of mood as this image does, through the use of composition and juxtaposing colours. This piece of photography will help inspire my future shoots and improve my ideas for the better.