STUDIO PORTRAIT

Settings:

Speed: 1/50

Aperture: f4.1

Pixels: 2592 x 1944

This is one of my best and favourite shots.

The lighting consisted of two lights on the right, one close to the camera and one farther behind. A third light was a yet farther behind on the left.

The result was photograph with good composition, rich in contrast, colour, texture and details.

The light and shade on his face blends well together bringing a focus to his facial features.

Settings:

Speed: 1/40

Aperture: f 4.1

Pixels: 2592 x 1944

The lighting in this picture consisted of two lights to the right of the camera, one close to the camera and the other farther out. A third light was positioned far out on the left.

The result is one of my favourite shots, because it achieves an interesting composition with good contrast between the subject and the background lighting which enhances his features.

The background lighting goes from brighter to darker up the image which complements the tones of the clothing, face and hair.

Settings:

Speed: 1/50

Aperture: f 4.1

Black and White

Pixels: 1600 x 1200

For this shot there were two lights on the left of the camera.

The resulting black and white shot is impactful because the darker background contrasts well with the subject's face and the shadows from his chin and round the left side of his face, highlighting its shape.

The lighting brings out the texture of his hair.

The result is another of my favourite shots.

Settings:

Speed: 1/40

Aperture: f 3.5

Black and White

Pixels: 1600 x 1200

This is an acceptable shot but could be improved by better lighting his face which is slightly over-exposed.

I used a light on the right, behind but close to the camera and one on the left farther behind. It is a good composition helped by him being a natural model.

HUPALDO MAN

Settings:

Speed> 1/25

Aperture> f 4.1

Black and White

Pixels> 1600 x 1200

It's interesting to analyse this shot because of how the light affects the image. Just looking at the area around the eyes there is real life to the image. However, the lower part of the photograph is over exposed and the upper section is too dark. In conclusion, both lighting and composition could be better.

For this shot there were two lights on the left of the camera.

Settings:

Speed> 1/13

Aperture> F 4.1

Black and White

Pixels> 1600 x 1200

Two lights up and to the right.

An acceptable shot, although the contrast is more limited around the subject's face. The shadow cast by his chin detracts from the photo as does the shadow behind his ear.

In Black and White, the background lighting does not achieve enough contrast in the photo.

Settings:

Speed> 1/60

Aperture> f 4.1

Black and White

Pixels> 1600 x 1200

The lighting I used consisted of two lights on and the left behind the camera higher than the height of the subject. The composition, lighting, contrast, shadows all make for an average shot.

Settings:

Speed> 1/50

Aperture> f 4.1

Pixels> 2592 x 1944

The subject is evenly lit, but the strong background lighting provides a good contrast that rescues the picture.

Two lights were used, one beside the camera on the right and the other farther back on the right.

Settings:

Speed> 1/20

Aperture> f 4.1

Pixels> 2592 x 1944

I used two lights on the left, one close behind the camera and the other farther back.

I took a number of shots of Hanna in different positions, some in profile, some head and shoulders and this shot, head only.

The lighting from the left casts a shadow on one side of her face creating texture and contrast which makes it more dramatic.

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ

Photographer. Born Anna-Lou Leibovitz, on October 2, 1949, in Westbury, Connecticut. She was one of the six children born to Sam, an Air Force lieutenant, and Marilyn Leibovitz, a modern dance instructor. In 1967, Leibovitz enrolled at the San Francisco Art Institute, where (although initially studying painting) she developed a love for photography.
After living briefly on an Israeli kibbutz, Leibovitz returned to the U.S., in 1970, and applied for a job with the start-up rock music magazine Rolling Stone. Impressed with Leibovitz’s portfolio, editor Jann Wenner offered her a job as a staff photographer. Within two years, the 23-year-old Leibovitz was promoted to chief photographer—a title she would hold for the next 10 years. Her position with the magazine afforded her the opportunity to accompany the Rolling Stones band on their 1975 international tour.

In 2007, Leibovitz was asked by Queen Elizabeth II to take the queen's official picture for her state visit to Virginia. This was filmed for the BBC documentary A Year with the Queen. A promotional trailer for the film showed the Queen reacting angrily to Leibovitz's suggestion ("less dressy") that she remove her crown, then a scene of the Queen walking down a corridor, telling an aide "I'm not changing anything. I've had enough dressing like this, thank you very much." The BBC later apologised and admitted that the sequence of events had been misrepresented, as the Queen was in fact walking to the sitting in the second scene. This led to a BBC scandal and a shake-up of ethics training.

World-renowned photographic artist, Annie Leibovitz, has teamed with Disney for a series of spectacular celebrity portraits in celebration of the "Year of a Million Dreams" at Disney Parks.
Leibovitz's images capture the transformational power of Disney dreams during a celebration that invites visitors to live out their own Disney dreams as never before at California's Disneyland and Florida's Walt Disney World resorts.
The latest installment of Leibovitz photography spotlights more celebrities living out their fantasies by starring in Disney dream scenes.

In 1991, Leibovitz’s collection of over 200 color and black-and-white photographs were exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Later that year, a book was published to accompany the show titledPhotographs: Annie Leibovitz 1970-1990. In 1996, Leibovitz was chosen as the official photographer of the Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. A compilation of her black-and-white portraits of American athletes, including Carl Lewis and Michael Johnson, were published in the book Olympic Portraits (1991).

While with Rolling Stone, Leibovitz developed her trademark technique, which involved the use of bold primary colors and surprising poses. Wenner has credited her with making many Rolling Stone covers collector's items, most notably an issue that featured a nude John Lennon curled around his fully clothed wife, Yoko Ono. Taken on December 8, 1980, Leibovitz’s photo of the former Beatle was shot just hours before his death.

Widely considered one of America’s best portrait photographers, Annie Leibovitz published the book Women(1999), which was accompanied by an essay by friend and novelist Susan Sontag. With its title subject matter, Leibovitz presented an array of female images from Supreme Court Justices to Vegas showgirls to coal miners and farmers. Currently, many of her original prints are housed in various galleries throughout the United States.
In 2005, the Brooklyn Museum of Art did a retrospective on her work entitled "Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990–2005." As busy as ever, Annie Leibovitz continues to be in demand as portrait photographer, often capturing arresting images of today’s celebrities.
Annie Leibovitz is the mother of three children. At the age of 51, she had her daughter, Sarah. In 2005, her twin daughters, Susan and Samuelle, were born with the help of a surrogate mother.

Websites:

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/annie-leibovitz/life-through-a-lens/16/

www.google.com

http://www.npg.org.uk:8080/annieleibovitz/index.htm

www.livingorlando.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/annie-leibovitz-julianne-moore-michael-phelps.

www.allposters.co.uk

DOF - COMPOSITION - PHOTOGRAPHIC ABC

Assignment 4

D O F

These 3 images are the best of the shots I took to illustrate depth of field. They have good contrast and generally comply with the rule of thirds. The perspectives are also very interesting using different themes and compositions.

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Series of pictures in different settings

This series of 4 photographs of a pine cone illustrates the effects of changing ISO, aperture and speed settings. The final shot with the smaller aperture and faster speed at ISO100 is the most effective with sharp focus for the cone and immediate pine needles but the background left out of focus. The contrast and overall exposure also works best with this combination of settings.

1. ISO 100 - 0''3 - F8.0




















2. ISO 400 - 1/25 - F8.0
















3. ISO 100 - 1/25 - F8.0
















4. ISO 100 - 1/500 - F3.5 ( Amongst this series of photographs I think this one was the best shot.)

COMPOSITION

Assignment 3

My 5 best choices were selected mainly because they have the most interesting compositions.


Three of these are different shots of ceiling lights where a combination of interesting shapes, lines and perspectives seem to make the photographs work.































































The two window shots I chose because the postion of the contrasting reflective windows and brickwork produces an interesting composition. In addition, I kept them in colour as this emphasises the contrast.

My 5 "failed" photographs include three shots taken in the stairwell. They were all quick snaps and were trying to capture different perspectives and interesting lines. None of the shots work with the rule of thirds and there is a lack of depth which means a real sense of perspective is absent.
























































The window shot is very uninteresting and too flat, whilst the woodland path is taken at the wrong angle to get good perspective and the field of focus is too deep leaving the picture very cluttered.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY - 12 jan 2009

PHOTOGRAPHIC ABC

Amongst all the photographs I took for this assignment. I chose these three with a common theme but where the focus is on a different element.


The first photograph is the letter B for BENCH.


















The second is T for TREE.
















And the third photograph is the letter D for DEW.

PHOTOGRAPHY LONDON