My interpretation of Vee Speers

These images are my interpretations of Vee Speers portfolio, "The Birthday Party" but I also decided to mix it with her other portfolio "Thirteen" that was taken after The Birthday Party. These images were taken in the schools studio, but the top image I took myself with the self-timer. I tried to edit them like Speers by making the lighting look "intense" and turn the contrast and saturation down so there isn't much bright colouring. There wasn't really a message I was trying to tell with these images, I was just experimenting with the lighting, camera angles and different props. I loved the idea of The Birthday Party and Thirteen, I liked Speers' thoughts and ideas because they were unusual, but made beautiful photographs. I found it creative, and it also helps people remember their childhood, when they used to dress up and let their imagination run wild, or when they reached their teenage years and went through a stage of growing pains. This is a quote from Vee Speers about her work: "I don’t like to follow the crowd. I like to seduce, with images that are at once disturbing and beautiful, but leaving a space for the viewer to enter my world. My portraits combine elements which evoke conflicting emotions that can surprise the viewer, telling a story that is somewhere between fantasy and reality, the obvious and the unexpected."


(I took this image with the self-timer)

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Focal Point: John Hedgecoe

A focal point is the part of an image that draws the eye of a viewer to the most important part of the image or the area that you want to highlight. How you do this will make or break the final image. If you don’t know how to create this point then you will not achieve much in your photography.

In this photo, in my opinion the main interest or activity is the woman sitting on the chair. She is the only person in the photograph so you notice her when you first look at the photo which is the Focal point.

In this photograph, the man is the focal point, because he is the closest in the picture and the light shines on him. Also the writing behind him To me is pretty eye catching. Its like the photo has a meaning.

I got information off this website: http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/focal-point-in-photo-compositions/

Depth of field - Perou
Depth of field is the distance between the nearest object and the furthest object.

In this photo, the man is further away from the camera and the woman is closer. I like it because it looks like they are in the same depth of field but they aren't if you look closely, also with the red paint its hard to tell.

In this photo, although its the same man, Perou has doubled him and made them further away from eachother. What I like is that they are in different positions and put different backgrounds behind each person.
I got help from this website: http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/fototech/htmls/depth.html

Lighting - Annie Leibovitz

Lighting is the equipment at home, workplace and a studio for producing light. Also the arrangement and effects of the lights.   
Photography is about light, and in fact, it can be defined as recording the light. Lighting is also one of the hardest things to get right in a photograph. To shoot images that stands out of the crowd, an understanding the light source is critical.                     

 This photo represents lighting because you can see lighting is coming from the left hand side and is spreading over the rest in the image and lady. The image also gives a strong lighting effect on the dress which shows you the detail of her body.

This image has a darker light to it, to make it look intense. I like it because the woman is wearing a dark dress so it also makes the picture look darker. The light is coming from the sky around the left side of the image.
I got help off this website: http://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/photography-lighting-techniques/

http://schsgcsephotography2011.blogspot.co.uk/ this is the assignment blog. everything you need is on here

below is a check list for assignment 3

1: title: assignment 3 lighting/focal point/depth of field/composition

2: link to site with a help guide on composition, focal point, depth of field, lighting
my example: http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules

3: an image from the chosen from assignment 2 artists that demonstrate above

4: state how the artist image demonstrates: lighting/focal point/depth of field/composition

5: answer this for the artists image clearly headed:

• FACTUAL (a summary of who the photographer is and when - keep to facts)
• the CONTEXT (where is the photo in their body of work / show you understand how that photo fits with the rest of a group of work - what was the world like when it was made)
• TECHNICAL (how do you think it was created / any comments about cameras, lenses. lights etc - a technical how to comment)
• AESTHETIC (the look or style of it - what do you like about it - this is the sharing opinion bit)

Composition is where certain things are placed and arranged in a photograph. 

John Hedgecoe

I like this photograph because I think the hand is the most eye catching, as its in the corner of the photograph and it relates to composition. If you imagine the rule of thirds, the hand would be in the top left box.

In this photograph, the man is at the side of the photograph sort of. The lighting from the window shines on the man which makes him stand out, also causing shadows on his face which I like.

I got information of this website
http://www.photographymad.com/pages/view/10-top-photography-composition-rules