Shattered Window Effect

This is a photoshop job, trying to recreate a shattered window effect.

Don CRUSHING Mini Dons

Don's Minions don't like Don when he is angry...

Alan Sugar ;D

D'ya get it? lololololol

I used:
Lasso - (L)
Quickmask - (Q)
The Shift Key to keep the head in proportion
Brush (B)

Treatment - In Solitude

1. Type of production and brief details on Subject/Concept:
We have been given the task of creating an artistic photograph project based on a title, of which we had the choice out of three. I decided to go for the title 'In Solitude', and based on the ideas of personal solitude, and possibly looking at single things, like possibly a green leaf among brown leaves, a solitary tree, and other things like that, incorporating nature as much as I can so it gets me out of the college, and lets me use natural light and other effects.
2. Facilities: What facilities do you need for this project list all including software and hardware for the whole project
The majority of the facilities I would be using would be outside, and therefore would be free of charge and wouldn't cost much. For the incorporation of humans, I might have to use the studio with dark backgrounds, and would then need to ask Don to use the studio for a session or two, but as previously stated I would mostly prefer to be working outside. When it comes to editing the photos on the Macs i'll be most likely using Adobe Photoshop.
3. Finance: If you produced this project outside of the college you need to show how much would it cost to hire the equipment that you intend to use.
Because of the use of outdoors and little use of the studio, and only using camera settings such as flash, I wouldn't have to look into spending too much money on hiring out places or spending money to get equipment I won't be using.

4. Contributors: Who do you need to help this for you project? This includes talent and crew.




5. Codes of practice and regulation: What regulations to you need to be aware of. Think about college policy as well as regulatory bodies that you looked at in assignment 2, Worksheet 1.6 Regulation and Safety notes




6. Presentation: How will you present the pictures? Will you include a soundtrack, think about copy write issues etc.

Fashion Photography

Intro

Fashion Photography is a huge part of the fashion industry, creating millions in revenue and having whole magazines dedicated to the art, such as Vogue, Marie Claire and others. Starting in the early 20th century with photographers such as Cecil Beaton, who started with iconic images in the 1930s. But, as technology has improved over the decades, so has the way Fashion photos are. But then again, is it always an improvement?

The Effect of 'Photoshop' on Fashion Photography

Fashion photography has always relied on the perfect looks of the model to convey the beauty of clothes. Its very rare that you will find an obese woman with greasy hair modelling the latest Gucci designs. But has the idea of beauty in Fashion Photography gone crazy? Is there any real need to completely change the model's looks just to get the perfect photo? Before technology was as intelligent as it is now, it was the job of the make up artist to cover up any blemishes on the model's skin, and even the model looked nigh on exactly how she did in real life. 

But with the creation of programs like 'Photoshop'

Thomas Hoepker - A Brief Profile

Celebrated German Photographer, Thomas Hoepker, is a controversial figure in the photographic world. Born in  1936 in Germany, Hoepker is a member of the prestigious Magnum Photos and is known for his stylish colour photos, and also for his photographic documentation of the World Trade Centre attacks on 9/11. But more of that in a bit.

     Hoepker's photographic roots go back to when he was 16, when he was gifted with an old 9x12 glass plate camera. He started to develop his shots in his family kitchen, and made a bit of money selling them to classmates.  Hoepker then went onto further education in Goettingen, in Munich, Germany, where he studied Art History and Archaeology. After finishing his education, Hoepker followed into the world of his passion, photography, and became a photojournalist Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall, getting the opportunity to travel the world and report from many different locations. He then moved on, and in 1964 he began working as a photojournalist for Stern Magazine. 

     In 1966, some of Hoepker's most famous photo's were taken, when he was given the opportunity to work with Boxing icon Muhammad Ali, and one of the best shots from the gallery can be seen here. This image would soon become rather iconic for Magnum Photos, and also for Hoepker himself. Soon enough, in 1968, Hoepker won his first award, the Kulturpreis, Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie. Magnum Photos, the worldwide photography company, co-founded by famous photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa, first began distributing Hoepker's photos in 1964, and in 1989 Hoepker became a fully fledged member. And then between 2003 - 2006 he became the President of the company. 

     As the 1960's turned into the 1970's, Hoepker found himself working for German television, making documentary films such as The Village Arabati. In 1976, Hoepker and his wife of the time, Eva Windmoeller, relocated to New York as correspondents for Stern Magazine. His move to New York then lead him to work for American Geo, as the director of photography. But then he went back to Stern Magazine, and moved to Hamburg, where he worked as the art director for the magazine.

     When the millennium turned, Hoepker was back in New York, and was one of the many photographers who managed to capture images of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, although instead of the usual images of destruction, Hoepker caught an image which would prove to be rather controversial. Although originally Hoepker thought it was unsuitable for public viewing, the image soon found its way into light, and caused uproar at the view point that the image made out the citizens of New York didn't care about the destruction of their city.

     Hoepker stated that at first the 'shot didn't "feel right" at this moment and I put it in the "B" box of rejected images' and it wasn't until preparing for his exhibition in Germany in 2007 did he decide to publish it, as it seemed to just 'jump' out at him. 

     For Much of his career, Hoepker favoured Leica Cameras over everything else. However, in the 1970s he started to use Single-Lens Reflex Cameras alongside his Leica camera, which he used for wide angle shots. He used Canon or Nikon cameras with zoom lenses as well. In 2002, Hoepker finally joined the digital revolution and started to use Digital SLRs. In 2007, a retrospective exhibition of 230 images from his 50 years of work did a German 'tour', as well as other parts of Europe. 

    It is fair to say, controversy aside, that Hoepker's images are indeed iconic, and he will go down as one of the great photographers of the 20th an 21st Century. 

Jack Uttley

Photography - Portraiture

Application
Portraits have been used for hundreds of years, starting in early British history of Kings and Queens, Land Owners and other Rich families. Then it moved onto famous works of art such as the 'Mona Lisa' and portraits seen in Galleries of King Henry VIII. This then advanced to everyone having their portrait taken, for use with College ID's to Facebook Pictures. Thanks to the creation and the advancement of Photography, Portraits aren't just for the rich and famous anymore. Before the invention of Cameras, portraits of someone had to be commisioned. Now, anyone can be in a portrait.
Diane Arbus 
Diane Arbus was a portrait photographer, most notably for doing the family portraits of the Matthaie family in 1969, showing interesting shots of the family, and who they really were. She wanted to strip away the factor of what the subjects of the photo wanted people to see, to show what people can't help but see. Her pictures were extremely exposing, and also were a lot more realistic. Her photos weren't flattering, that wasn't her intent. They were real and interesting, and showed what the real family life was. She didn't follow mainstream photo tastes, she went for the peculiar. Her work became very celebrated, but sadly she killed herself in 1971 by slashing her wrists with razors.

 Brief Explanation of what a Portrait is.
A portrait, as seen from above, is usually of a person in a posed situation, but it can differ to catch 'the decisive moment' or display a person how the photographer wishes them to be portrayed, such as Diane Arbus did with her portraits of the Matthaie family.

Photojournalism Part 2 - War Photojournalism.

War photojournalism has become a major part of expressing the less glamourous aspects of war to people back at home. Starting in the late 1800's with the Crimean War, coming right up to the present Afghan and Iraq wars. Although in past decades war photography has been heavily censored, its now being given free reign, to help decide people's opinions on war.

Roger Fenton
Roger Fenton, the first recognised war photographer, was a famous British photographer in the 1800's. His most famous work is arguably his shots of the Crimean War, and war fought between the English and the Russians, with help from countries such as France and the Ottoman Empire. Roger Fenton went over to the Crimea, and took photo's of the battles. His most famous photo came just after the Charge of the Light Brigade (the most famous battle in all of British history), and was called 'Valley of the Shadow of Death' and is pictured below.

  

Robert Capa

Robert Capa was a photojournalist during World War 2, and worked for Life Magazine in New York. Even though he went out with the soldiers, Robert Capa wasn't actually in the army. He was used mostly to take photos, and had the view that the war was 'romantic'. Because his photo's were taken for a magazine, they were widely believed at the time. His most famous shots are arguably those of D-Day, as he went out with the first wave of soldiers to the beaches and took snapshots of what was happening. Only a few rolls of photo's survived from that shoot, as there was a deadline to meet and Life Magazine rushed the developing time, ruining many photos. A shot from Robert Capa's collection can be seen below.
                             

Tony Vaccaro

Tony Vaccaro was another photographer in World War 2, and this time he was actually a soldier. He took the photo 'Vemmerden', which can be seen below. Vaccaro's photo's were arguably more realistic than Capa's, as Vaccaro was actually a soldier, and took the photo's as he went around on duty. Vaccaro didn't have a magazine back home who he could work for, so instead he developed his own photo's in a destroyed camera shop, using helmets and chemicals he found. When the war had ended, Vaccaro had ten rolls of film destroyed by army censors, due to the explicit nature of some of the shots. 

 

Eddie Adams

Eddie Adams, a photographer who was based in Vietnam during the Vietnamese war, took the most famous picture of the Vietnam war, and was called 'The Execution'. When he was getting prepared to take the shot, he didn't know that the prisoner was going to be shot, and got the picture at the 'decisive moment'. This picture changed the opinions of many Americans, and caused many to turn against the war effort. It also proved that pictures last longer than any video's taken of 'The Execution'.

Photojournalism Part 1.

Photojournalism is a method of photography that has been around for nearly the past 8 decades, starting in 1933.

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri Cartier-Bresson, born in France in 1908, is considered the father of all modern photojournalism, being one of the first photographers to use the brand new Leica Camera. Cartier-Bresson took the first 'Decisive Moment' photo in 1933, of a man jumping over a puddle. As a man who hunted game, he was used to waiting long periods of time to get a perfect shot, and has taken some of the most iconic photos in the world.

The Decisive Moment 
The Decisive Moment is a technique used in photojournalism to capture the perfect shot. It can take a long time to get the photo, as the moment needs to be perfected with all the objects in the shot to get the decisive image. It is called the decisive moment because it needs to be taken there and then, for if the photographer waits a split second longer the photo opportunity would have gone.

The Leica Camera
The Leica Camera is one of the biggest revolutions in the history of photography, shaping the way photos are taken today. The Leica Camera, made by the German company Leica, was the first compact and quick camera, making very little sound, perfect for the types of shots Cartier-Bresson took. Before the Lecia Camera, Cameras where huge things on tripods, and would take around ten minutes to process a photo. The Leica Camera was put into circulation in 1925, and Cartier-Bresson, being well off, bought one. The creation of the Leica Camera was a revolution in the world of photography.