Photography task (Sue)

 What I like about this is it's 1980/90 urban hip hop style like a almost like a biggie smalls photo. It has a very 'old skool' feel to it and I like the black and white colours on the subject's darker skin and big, thick lips. I think it really captures amazing shadow on his face shape and features.
I chose it because I like it's street feel and think it looks very old yet not exactly vintage. capturing what looks like a harder and more depressing time.
I will copy it by use less light and no flash, relying on only the camera setting, zoom in as far as I can and throw the focus off SLIGHTLY. I will then use a tripod to keep the camera from shaking as it's zoomed and take the photo with the monochrome setting on a canon DSLR. It will have a grainy effect on the photo and the lighting will give the photo the deep shadows on the subject.

 I like this because it looks very old like a grandparents old photo from back in their day. I love the old look of this photo and the softness of the photo. Also, I like the soft lighting and shadow. The position of the subject is that of a school photo and looks very intelligent, how the background is fading in colour is very interesting as well. I like these elements of the photo because it shines light to our past and looks very cool.
I've chosen it because it will be a very nice image to capture on modern instruments of photography and see how they differentiate. I would achieve this with a softbox and maybe some older more vintage clothing (added effect) and blur the photo until it has the appropiate softness. Maybe a gaussian blue to one or two (On a photoshop or gimp scale) and greyscale the photo and brighten it to soften up the shadows and turn down the lights/highlights to soften up the lighter side.

 

 I like the use of technology in this photo and the opposing colours with the monochrome like photo with the fully coloured phone and screen with the photo of the person's mouth over his own mouth. I like the creativity involved and think it's a very cool effect.
I've chosen this because to me it's original and I personally haven't seen it done so it's an interesting and new thing to try as a photo.
How I will copy this is I will take a photo of my own mouth (most likely) and then get it up on my phone screen and hold it over my mouth as done in the photo. Then I will use another camera to capture this in normal colour. The mask out the phone in post production and change the back of the photo's colour (to maybe a different colour than in the photo) while keeping the mask in original colour.

I like this photo because it has a mixture of modern imagery with vintage type colours which compliment each other and add to the overall feel of the photo. I like the detail in the person's hand through to the face and torso. I like it because it looks like it would be hard to get so detailed.
I chose it because I like the simplicity of it however feel it would be challenging to pull of the detail, I love the lighting and the colours.
How I will copy it is I will use a naked light to get the harsh light ray on the subject and use an editing software to try and detail the unfocused region. If the background isn't black already I will mask the person out of the background and use a black gradient to put behind him.
Lastly, I will find a western film type of texture to put over the photo or just a regular photo filter that has the right look of colour change.

Lighting photography (Sue)

In this shot I have used a soft box overhead and reflector under the chin also known as clam shell lighting. In doing this I have gotten rid of some of the more harsh shadows which has complimented my subjects light, golden toned skin and has flattered her feminine presence in this photo. I've taken this photo on a manual focus which I adjusted the focal point so it was in the middle of the shot, targeting right on the subjects nose and eye area for the sharpest possible focus from the distance I was standing. I zoomed right into the subject before taking the shots to enable me to get a longer depth on field and blur the background; sharpening my subject. I used a low ISO of around 200, my highest aperature setting (Lowest f/stop number) and a moderately fast shutter speed of around 1/40.

 In these three shots I got closer to my subjects and the light's position is higher facing straight steeper down which I used to blacken the backgrounds behind the subject and pillar. It's been shot with a soft lighting and helps bring out the red tones and blends in the subjects yellow and red skin shades while adding subtle highlights to his hair.

In this shot the I used hard directional lighting from a naked bulb to give the photo more of a masculine appearance, making my subject appear bolder whilst using the yellow lighting to compliment his brown skin heightening the skin texture and colour. I shifted the focus to the left eye and kept my camera settings to manual on camera and lens. I looked through the viewfinder to get a better judgement of the appropriate focus for the right softness of the skin to contrast the heavy shadows.

In this photo I used a naked bulb to project hard light on the left side of the subject and positioned directly behind him to give the shot a rim lighting effect. I used a slightly quicker shutter speed to get more detail on the highlights around him (around 1/60)