Vee Speers

Composition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_(visual_arts)

This is a link that explained to me what 'Compostion' meant, it really helped with my understanding of the photography language.

This photo shows a good example of composition, it really focuses on the man and the two woman, Vee Speers has purposely position the three people in the middle of the photo so that they catch the viewers eye and nothing else.

"The twighlight of Vee Speers’ great photos of beautiful women causes the viewer to merge with the surroundings of the image and enter a kind of dream-like vision of an often sordid reality. Shapes lose definition and imagination overweighs perception. Real life is left behind… the boundaries between subject and photographer become more and more indistinct."

http://www.veespeers.com//bordello/#1

Fact
This photo is part of Vee Speers' bordello series.

Context
This is one of the photos taken by Vee Speers which is used in his bordello series.

Technical
I think this photo was taken in bar with normal lighting but then Vee Speers edited the photo and changed the contrast to something more suitable.

Aesthetic
I really like the colors of this photo because it's not bursting with vibrant colors, it's simple, it's black and white with a yellow tint.

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

assignment 3 check list:
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)

First analysis

Vee Speers

Vee Speers is a very famous photograpther who was born in 1962.

This particular photo is very similar but very different to most of his work. The similarity is the way the woman is posed, she is very seductive and showing alot of her body. The difference though is the colour, most of his work is very light and shows colour yet this particular piece is dark and depressing, personally I believe she is nearly naked to show that society has stripped her to her bare bones and taken everything away frokm her, but that's just my opinion.

The backround is very intresting because it looks like it was taken infront of the wallpaper shown in the picture and the dark shading and black and white effect was implimented later in the editing process.

I like this picture because it stands out from the rest of his work, it was the first thing my eye was drawn to, it was a dark depressing photo surronded by light and happy pictures