PHOTO SHOP  

Lasso = L key
Quickmask = Q key
Modify the edge of selection  = Select/Modify/Expand
Turn the selection into a layer= cmd/ctrl J
Move the Layer to another Photo= Move tool =V key drag to another photo
Scale the layer= cmd/ctrl T
Copy the Layer= cmd/ctrl J

i took two separate photos of Alan sugar and a bag of sugar then cropped out his head and the put in on to the bag of sugar. I then duplicated the layers and placed them in different areas also played around with the pictures using different keys above. 

fashion photography

1. When is an image a Portrait? When is it a fashion photograph? Are the two the Same?

It is a portrait when the photographer focuses on the person behind the camera's character and features while fashion photography focuses more on the clothes and fashion.

2. To what degree should an image manipulated to go into a fashion magazine?

      The degree to which images should be manipulated should be limited to the background in the photo and other unnecessary thing that are irrelevant in the shot. When a photo has been edited and photoshopped too much on a person, it completely changes the images of that person and it doesn't become realistic anymore but however, the main purpose of fashion is to attract people and advertise clothes and it requires some sort of dramatic look in order to catch the attention of target audience. 

this is an example of a before and after photo shoot of madonna. In this case photo it is quite needed for commercial purposes as she is a celebrity 

3. Is there a clash between the creative and commercial side of fashion Photography?

what clashes occur in the film between creative and creative?

the clash takes place in the editing room where commercial wins and gets rid of all the other pictures they didn't want. their main aim and belief is to make fashion fashion rich and famous which to them creative pictures are  plain and boring and that the public won't want to buy any of that. 

who wins? the commercial side of it wins. 

Do you agree and why? i agree to an extent because overly dramatic pictures is what sells these days. and people pay loads of money to have their photos taken and edited. even on social websites like facebook and instagram especially which is designed just for taking and editing them with filters. I support this point because i love editing pictures but not to a point where i end up distorting all the original details on them however, i do like creative pictures but not as much 

portraiture

Diane Arbus (Matthaei family portraits)
Walker Evans
Richard Avedon
Tony Vaccaro

Larry Clark                                                                  

Portraiture was all about taking pictures of the 'rich and famous' who payed photographers to have their pictures taken. They were in possession of their pictures. When photographers like Tony Vaccaro and Dian Arbus took over, they changed it so that the pictures became their own and the person behind the camera had control over them, these photographers turned these pictures into stories and how they wanted them to be. 

Tony Vaccaro took celebrity pictures with his Leica camera and one thing he always kept the same was trying to get the decisive moment. When taking photos of  famous people, he'd pause or trick them that his camera was faulty and when they dropped out of their masks he then took the shot and that was the decisive moment. Tony liked taking natural pictures of people and who they really were behind the camera like he took pictures of real 

soldiers dying during the war. 

Portrait of Picasso.The moment where he does the trick and then drops the camera 'the decisive moment' 

How this compares to other portrait photographers

Robert capa

Robert Capa was born October 22 1913, known to be the world's best photographer and photo journalist from Hungary. He later in life moved from Germany to France because of the rise of Nazism initially. He wanted to be a writer however, he found work in photography In 1947 ,Robert Capa found other photographers in Paris. Henri Bresson, David Chim, George Rodger, Magnum Photos and William Vandivert. The organisation was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers. In 1936 Capa became  known across the globe as the "falling soldier" long thought to have been taken in Cerro Muriano on the Cordoba Front. He worked for life magazine 

Tony Vaccaro  An American photographer who is best known for his photos taken in Europe during 1944 and 1945 and in Germany right after after world war two. when the war ended, he became a big fashion and lifestyle photographer for U.S magazines. Vaccaro could only take pictures while he wasn't fighting. His work were also censored and distorted if found disturbing because people did not want to see pictures of dying soldiers. 

In September 1945, he was discharged from the army then he lived in Germany where he got a job first as a photographer until in 1949, Vaccaro took photographs throughout Germany and Europe, documenting post-war life. 

comparison  the difference between Capa and Vacarro is that Capa was a soldier in the U.S army taking pictures during the war. Tony Vaccaro was a photographer who travelled around the world with his camera taking pictures.

Robet capa

Robert Capa was born October 22 1913, known to be the world's best photographer and photo journalist from Hungary. He later in life moved from Germany to France because of the rise of Nazism initially. He wanted to be a writer however, he found work in photography In 1947 ,Robert Capa found other photographers in Paris. Henri Bresson, David Chim, George Rodger, Magnum Photos and William Vandivert. The organisation was the first cooperative agency for worldwide freelance photographers. In 1936 Capa became  known across the globe as the "falling soldier" long thought to have been taken in Cerro Muriano on the Cordoba Front. He worked for life magazine

Tony Vaccaro  an American photographer who is best known for his photos taken in Europe during 1944 and 1945 and in Germany right after after world war two. when the war ended, he became a big fashion and lifestyle photographer for U.S magazines. Vaccaro could only take pictures while he wasn't fighting. His work were also censored and distorted if found disturbing because people did not want to see pictures of dying soldiers. 

In September 1945, he was discharged from the army then he lived in Germany where he got a job first as a photographer until in 1949, Vaccaro took photographs throughout Germany and Europe, documenting post-war life.

Henri Cartier Bresson -

• Why is he famous?
• Why is his work significant in Photojournalism?
• Find and upload to your blog some work of theirs
• What Camera/Technique did he use

Henri Catier Bresson was a famous French photographer that was well known for his art in photograpy as well as his decisive moments which helped build photojournalism as an art form 

He travelled around the world with his camera and later became highly recommended in his area. Bresson was also considered one of the best photographers in the 20th century. 

Henri Bresson started using the leica camera in the 1930,s 

introduction to me

hi there and welcome to my blog! My name is Nacy and i love taking pictures of nature and other things such as models, buildings etc.