Monday, 7 October 2013

Depth of Field


This is the link to a definition of 'Depth of Field', this link really did help my understanding of 'Depth of Field' and helped my photography knowledge as a whole.

This particular photo has a short depth of field  the closest object ( The Queen ) is close to the longest point in the picture but miles away in real life.

Factual
This is in one of the books about Annie Leibovitz and one of her many famous photos.

Context
The photographer has really made The Queen stand out in this picture, I believe she has dimmed the background down in the editing process to make The Queen stand out and look really bold.

Technical
I believe this photo was taken in a park in London close to sunset in bad whether conditions to make the clouds dimmer without editing.

Aesthetics
Personally I really like the fact The Queen stands out in this picture, for some reason it reminds me of an advert for something like downtown abbey.

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Lighting

Link for a definition of lighting

I chose this particular image to use for the lighting part of assignment three because it's a very bright photo but because of the opposite colours the boxing glove and boxing shorts stick out and I think that Vee Speers has chose black and white for that exact reason.

Fact
This photo is in Vee Speers' very famous 'The birthday party' series.

Context
The photographer has positioned the boy in the centre of the photo to catch the viewers attention but the boxing glove and shorts caught my attention because they stand out more because they're the complete opposite colour to the rest of the picture. 

Technical
I believe this photo wast taken in front of a white wall and a light shining down on the boy who is the star of this particular photo.

Aesthetics
Personally I like the fact this is a very plain and simple photo but still very eye catching.
Focal Point

Definition of Focal Point

The focal point of this particular photo is the man and his dog, this is shown by most of the photo being blurred apart from the focal point, in this case the man and his dog.

Factual
The photographer of this photo is Vee Speers and this particular photo is named Avril.

Context
The photographer has positioned the people in his picture in the middle to catch the viewers eye

Technical
I believe his photo was taken in a old fashioned street and edited black and white afterwards

Aesthetics
I like the fact Vee Speers has used a man and his dog as the focal point, proving a dog is really a mans best friend