Unit 10/1CD - Task 2 & B - Photography

1. With your ideas developed and considerations for photographers complete you are to generate a range of photographs for your client and media products considering a range of opportunities and addressing contingency plans. Production of your interior and exterior photographs are to include
   
   
   
   
    With production of your digital images are to develop and demonstrate your understanding of the techniques used. Chosen final images are to have an analysis of the following digital photography techniques.
    
   
   
   ● Digital photography techniques:
   • framing (choices that allow for placement/context in media product)
   • shutter speed (choices that allow desired effect, e.g. slow speed, high speed)
   • aperture (choices that allow for desired effect, e.g. correct exposure, under
   • exposed, over exposed, depth of field, bracketing)
   • file size (appropriate for publication or media product, e.g. billboard, website).
   
   
   
   
   For the pictures I have taken, I have using specific framing, shutter speed, aperture, and I've ensured the lighting of exposure is set accordingly to the room. For the first technique, I have taken two different pictures which represent a close up of framing or an image, and then another framing further away.

In each of these photos, it represents each digital photography techniques; arranging from, framing, shutter speed - some of the pictures taken such as the second to last, you can see the technique used is shutter speed; adjusted to the perfect exposure pronounced from natural lighting, as it contrasts between the portrait being represented as slightly blurry and the background is all natural. This determines that I have used different exposures, apertures, framing, and shutter speed because of the image, and how all images represent something different as well, but images use different digital photography techniques.

The two images below represent different angling and framing for pictures, some are close ups, others medium shots. This can determine the correct exposure to be used for the location, but in the picture of Jacob posing, you can see we use under exposure for the background, and almost blur out his face out of contrast, and the shot focuses it exposure more on the closest object dependent from the setting, and angling; for this we used that specific mode on the Cannon camera. If you can see, the background is a white background, but it's been dimmed so you can focus more on the person, but because of the angling of his arms, it's focused the onto his arms and you can see the type of exposure is correct by natural lighting, because of the natural tone of light reflected on his arms.

For the yellow slip sign, we have taken a mid close up shot to show the whole, but less of the background and for this you can tell that we've used over exposure to capture the colour of the sign perfectly, and we've captured it so it's a clear HD photo of the sign (nothing blurred), however, as you look further down you can see that the next picture is an extreme close up, and the type of exposure is under; the aperture is focused on the object, but the lighting rebounds of the object, and half is shadow and the other half is the natural day light lighting.

Whereas, the two images below are; one completely blurry, so everything is unfocused and the aperture is set so the focal ring is blurred and all you can see is the colours and outline of the object/person. This type of focusing could possibly (and sometimes actually) used for opening shoots in a video; where the film man doesn't want to show the character straight away, instead they build it up by making the video/picture seem blurred (which makes audiences think about the video - something wrong, and becomes more interested) but then he fixes the focus, and it becomes clear and opens the shoot from there. The second picture which is below, represents the focus change to make it less blurry, but it's less blurry and you can start seeing what the image is forming; these type of images could be used for a thumbnail, where they want to show something, but not too much as this could be a method of advertising and influences audiences to click on the video and found out.

Below is a low shot, pointing high to show the artificial lighting, which is clear, but because of this lighting the exposure we've used becomes under, and you can see the artificial lighting of yellow becomes dim, and the light around it starts to create a shadow because of the low exposure used on the camera.

 

The picture of the phone is a low - high shot, angled to make the framing seem like it's a bit titled, but barely visual. However, the focus is aimed specifically on the object, and phone is in HD so the eye sight is focus on the object, whereas the background around the table and phone is blurred, and with taking a clear photo like this we've used over exposure, by using artificial lighting from the flash light on the camera, as it takes a perfect, HD, clear photo and you can see a little shadow of the phones edges, around the phone on the table, but it's lightly visual because of the correct aperture used, to determine the best focus of the phone, as it also blurs the background too.

 Whereas, the picture below is the last one, which represents the opposite of the previous photograph, and aims it's focal ring on the background and aims onto the artificial lighting behind the glass window, creating a star like effect. But, as the focus is aimed at the background, the character is blurred from top to bottom - this angling is set to be a medium close up, but aim it's digital photography techniques to the background, rather than the character. These types of techniques used in the photograph, is often used like before making blur go into normal and clear, but instead character is blurred, and the background is clear so people first focus on the background, and then the character comes into place and the background becomes blurred so the character is then focused on by viewers.


The camera support used for some of these photographs for still captures of Jakub, was a tripod, but for majority of the photographs I've used hand held, so I can freely move, and easily take close up pictures, low shots, higher shots etc.

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   Composition and mise en scène:
   • to fulfil the brief
   • appropriate for the media product, e.g. rule of thirds, differential focus, framing,
   • cropping, angles, costume.
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   In each, we used different angling, cropping, framing, different focus, and different shots. We've used close ups, mid shots, extreme close up, mid - close ups, low shots, high shots and the cropping in this that we've used for example, the first picture is a cropping of Jakubs legs, so we are aimed towards the big boots he's wearing. This also contrasts to the costume he uses, which in the pictures, the costume used is a modern style hat 'NY' - with the colour red, and then a serious army jacket, which could therefore, portray what type of person he is; someone who's into fashion, and knows the modern stuff, but is also very serious and strong (determined from the snapback, and the army jacket). In these digital photographs we've used clear shots (wet floor sign), shots where the background is blurred and the focus is aimed onto the specific object in the centre (phone on the table). Then ,we have the opposite; object is blurred, but background isn't (Jakub mid close up, doing a zoned out face). We have completely blurred images(he's sitting on the table doing his shoes), then some which are slightly blurred (image of Jakub leaning on the table). Then we have shots with artificial lighting (clear shot of wet sign & phone), then shots with natural lighting (shot of the apple air-pods), and then finally, shots with under exposure (the ceiling light), the right exposure (the phone/wet sign), and then shots with over exposures (Jakub at window).
    
   Storing
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I have imported all of the images from getting a USB and connecting it to a computer. While doing this, I've made a folder, and labelled it under 'Unit 10/1CD Photography Photos', and then I dragged and dropped all the images into that specific folder. They are stored as JPGS, and for each image they're automatically labelled as 'Image(number), and mine starts from Image1125 because many other people have used and taken photographs on the same camera as me too. The only image which may contain copyright is the Wet floor board, but I will inform viewers if I do use it, that I've taken all pictures myself, and I do not intend any copyright for any material copyrighted in my pictures.

Composition for these pictures have be adjusted dependent on what technique I'm using with the camera, for example the last picture I made it so Jakub (character) is blurred but, it's focused on the background and I've made Jakub stand more to the left side so we can see Jakub, and the background too. This is similar with other pictures, where Jakub is posing still and, I've taken the picture so he's directly in the middle, so the eye line is addressed straight to him and nothing around him because he's the centre of attention.

• correct file format
• file names
• copyright.

For my photography photographs, my creative intent is so people when they see the photographs I've taken, they take a different understanding behind just what's in the picture, and they determine how the different effects and techniques I've used in the photographs, and I want them to vividly visual the picture, and make a scenario with it.

I think peoples response will fluctuate between all the different photographs depending on the technique used, and how that technique is portrayed in the image; some responses may be negative and some may be positive. And as a whole, sell my photographs.

• Creative intent, e.g. intended response, intended meaning.
• Production of meaning, e.g. outcome, actual response.

Overall, the outcome for the production of my photographs, have been successful in selling their product/image, for whatever means. They express the techniques well, and each show different techniques amongst each of the photographs.