Portraiture

Application

Portraiture is all about the power of the portrait. Either a person, scenery, creature or other things can be used in a portrait picture and capturing a portrait picture is done in a single frame. Portraits can be edited. For example, a photographer will take a picture of someone and do it to what they want but the photgrapher can edit it to the way that they want the picture. An example of a picture like this is a photo of a pope by Diego Valazquez, which was re-created by Francis Bacon. The picture is originally just a natural photo turned much more sinister and darker.






Context

Portraits are found in yearbooks, art gallery's, books and museums. Also on stamps and money there are portraits of the queen. Also when you take your picture for identity of yourself, it is known as a portrait photo of yourself. They are also seen in many museums due to the popularity of portrait photos.


Techniques

When doing portraiture photos there are many techniques the photographer uses. One technique is to have the person standing up straight or sitting down and just basically being very posed. This can either show the whole body or just a certain part of the body, like a head. There is usually only one person in a portrait photo as when people say portrait it automatically makes me think that is only for one person. For example when you have passport photos taken, you are alone and that is called a portrait photo. They also tend to make the photo's black and white to make them look unique and sophisticated. Sometimes in portrait photos they are unsuspecting. For example it will be a photo of a few people and they dont know it is being taken. Also when they use lighting in portrait photos this makes the person in the photo feel as if they are powerful as the light is put on them to make them stand out.

Photo Journalism

Application
The truth is not neccesarily correct when it comes down to photo journalism. The photographer will take their pictures a couple of seconds before something happens but people thought a photo would never lie. I personally feel that it is about capturing an unexpected moment which makes people looking at the picture astounded.

 The difference between photo journalism and pictures in a magazine these days is the fact that these days most of the pictures are fake. For example, a celebrity in a magazine will be airbrushed to make their body look smaller. People believe that it is a gift to be able to catch something so unexpected and memorable. The moment when that picture occurs is when you have captured that decisive moment.

In those days, some photographers use to use cameras called Leica's. These cameras were extremely useful as they were small enough to fit in your pocket and then when your moment comes you can quickly grab your camera and take the photo. The picture below shows what one of the Leica cameras looked like. 

Context

 

In photo journalism, the photos are normally displayed in black and white unlike today since we have colour. I feel this is to make the photo look more elegant and sophisticated. We look at the images quite astounded by them as it is usually an unexpected moment. Whats good about it is the photo is generally better than most photos taken today. It looks like the photographer has put alot of effort into making the scene that is shot look great but really it is effortless. The photographer will prey on a certain area that they would like to take a photo and hope that something may happen. I feel that these photos could also be displayed in places like museums or maybe some old news articles.

 

 

Techniques

 

The photo has been taken at that exact moment but i dont feel that the original photograph is black and white, so i feel they edited that. Its like what I said earlier, the black and white is to show sophistication. Nowadays you can edit and put items or anything in a photo.

Intro To Photography

Hello my name is Emma Isaac.

To me, photography is all about creativity. I think that photos express the photographers emotions and feelings.