Friday, January 28, 2011
This year in Pictures...
This is not necessarily my favorite but it tells a strong story about what is happening right now across the world. The event is that Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into the streets of Egypt to challenge the presidents 30 year old rule. The subject is the police officers trying to control the situation. The thing that emphasizes it is the repetition of the police and their batons.
I think it photo is my favourite because the emotion and subject showing in the picture. The event of this picture if the evacuation of the girls' city "Barrio Del Carmen". In this event 800 people were moved from their homes to flee the flooding prompted by rains pelting the country. This image tells a story the story of the little girl having to help her people with putting metal pipes around to help the homes from severely flooding. The subject in this photo in the little girl, the thing that emphasizes the subject is depth of field, making the viewer focused more on the subject and less on what's around her.
What is a Great Photo?
For me what makes a great photo can be the composition, the way you look portray a scene, emotion, the subject, the elements, the colours, etc... but one of the main things for me that makes a photograph great is the ability to create an emotional connection with a viewer. Each and every time your photography is viewed it is judged again by a completely different set of eyes, mind and thoughts then by the previous viewer. You will never connect with them all, but strive to connect with just one, and you'll have changed the world even just for a moment.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
5 Found Photographers
Zhang Jingna:
Points:
* Her work is described as being romantic
* Her images exude a quiet and steady confidence
* She was born May 4th 1988 in the suburbs of beijing to a highly sport-oriented family.
* She joined the the national air rifle team for 6 years
* Photography first came into her life when she was 18, 2 years after she entered into the arts.
Photos:
Points:
* Her work is described as being romantic
* Her images exude a quiet and steady confidence
* She was born May 4th 1988 in the suburbs of beijing to a highly sport-oriented family.
* She joined the the national air rifle team for 6 years
* Photography first came into her life when she was 18, 2 years after she entered into the arts.
Photos:
Mark Delong:
Points:
* He has been a professional photographer for 15 years
* Mainly focuses on fashion, music, celebrity photography
* He has worked for many large companies including Vanity fair, Jim bean, etc.
* He liked taking digital high resolution photos.
* He also took photos for Advertising
Photos:
Points:
* He has been a professional photographer for 15 years
* Mainly focuses on fashion, music, celebrity photography
* He has worked for many large companies including Vanity fair, Jim bean, etc.
* He liked taking digital high resolution photos.
* He also took photos for Advertising
Photos:
Ansel adams:
Points:
* He developed zone exposure to get maximum tonal range from black and white film
* He mainly uses large formate cameras dispite their size, weight, etc.
* His original ambition was to become a concert pianist, but this changed when he took his first photographs in Yosemite national park
* He was born in February 1902 and died in April 1984
* He also helped to set up the department of photography at the new york museum of modern art in 1940
Photos:
Points:
* He developed zone exposure to get maximum tonal range from black and white film
* He mainly uses large formate cameras dispite their size, weight, etc.
* His original ambition was to become a concert pianist, but this changed when he took his first photographs in Yosemite national park
* He was born in February 1902 and died in April 1984
* He also helped to set up the department of photography at the new york museum of modern art in 1940
Photos:
Jaques Olivar
Points:
* His images had a sophisicated theme with women in casual poses
* His Pictures were often muted or tinted colours that gave the illusion of old film
* He entered Photography shoots for magazines including, British Voque, German Voque , Voque International, etc
* His career took off quickly
* He was awarded grand prize for for design strategy for best ad campaign of the year.
Photos:
Points:
* His images had a sophisicated theme with women in casual poses
* His Pictures were often muted or tinted colours that gave the illusion of old film
* He entered Photography shoots for magazines including, British Voque, German Voque , Voque International, etc
* His career took off quickly
* He was awarded grand prize for for design strategy for best ad campaign of the year.
Photos:
William Klein
Points:
* His Photos were often blurred, negatives often over-exposed
* He emphasized the interaction between the photographer and subject, almost pushing his camera with a wide angle lens into people's faces.
* He origially trained as a painter
* Born in NYC April 19th 1928
* He moved onto photography to prusue his dream of being a fashion photographer and to be published in Voque
Photos:
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