Types of photography

1. PHOTOGRAPHIC
IMAGES
By Jordyn Gibb

2. PORTRAIT IMAGES
What is Portrait photography?
Portrait photography is the capture of images revolving around a singular person and/or
group of people that are displaying expressions, mood and personality. The images
normally only consist of the subjects face, but can also include their entire body and the
background.
These are examples of successful portrait photographers work
To the left Is an image from Nikola Borissov.
I liked this image as it caught my eye because of the black and
white quality to the image. The black and white work well
together especially with the crimson red lipstick. It gives
emphasis to her lips and with the shadows created by the angles
of the lighting, it gives her pale face more definition. Makes her
cheekbones prominent and gives her face a certain look it it. The
picture is almost haunting.
This image was taken by the photographer Victor Wagner and again It was the
black and white tone of the image that caught my attention. Although this image is
lighter than the other one. The young man being more noticeable with his features. I
think that image has a very powerful message being portrayed through the art of
the design. The image in my opinion is trying to show that he once lived in a world
full of black and white. Good and evil. But something had happened that some how
opened his eyes and allowed him to see reality as it is and not how he was being
forced to. The strip of natural coloring over his gives me that message of freedom.
Because if you can see it…It’s real.

3. How has this area of photography changed in the past 100years?
This form of photography has changed drastically in the past 100years mainly because of
technology that has evolved over that time. It’s changed with the time and it now allows
photographers to expand on what they were doing before hand. The images are clearer now
and the amount of detail that can be caught from a quick snapshot is impressive.
With that certain style of photography in mind I went and tried to take a
few of my own in that style.
I wasn’t sure where I wanted to take the photographs, because I wasn’t
too keen on the sunlight. I thought that the finishing effect to the image
using natural light would be faulty and create shadows in places I
wouldn’t like them. The small room that her photograph was taken in
had a darker lighting, although I’m sure it’s not noticeable from the
image.
I had noticed from the amount of portrait images I had examined that
they like to use black and white every now and then. The black and
white images, in my opinion have a larger effect on the viewer so,
because of that I edited Lauren on Photoshop and changed the black
and white tone of the image.
The image changed drastically when altered. The image
almost became something else. Her lips had become a vibrant
white and her hair and darkened.
Although I found that changing the color tone it tampered with
the quality of the image. Lauren’s skin was not grainy and
blotchy compared to that in the image above.

4. LANDSCAPE
PHOTOGRAPHY
What is Landscape Photography?
Landscape photography is the capture of wide spaces that never seem to end or that have something
beautiful within it. This form of photography tend to focus on large landscapes but does capture
microscopic images as well. Nature is a key park of this, although man-made objects and locations can
be photographed as well.
Landscape photography is a beautiful portrayal of the earth without problems
to bring it down. It captures magnificent moments that would be almost
impossible to re-create to perfection.
The photographer of this image is Chris Maddock. This image was the first
one that caught my eye when I was scrolling through. I couldn’t seem to pull
away from it. I think that the image is a perfect example of beauty. The pale
colors contrasting well together to create a darker tone. There isn’t much to
the image if you look closely, mainly just the coloring, but even with the
simplistic layout of the land far in the background and the boat, it works
beautifully. The blackened shadows of the inanimate boat works to separate
the sky from the water. With out that boat it would be hard to distinguish the
difference between the two Another example of Landscape photography is by a photograp bheecr acuasllee do f the color tone.
Peter Eastway.
His photograph is a complete opposite to the one situated above, in almost
everyway. His color captured within his image is in my opinion giving of a
cold vibe, compared to the warmer one above. The greys and blue variety
contribute to that and give it a slightly unwelcoming feel to it. Another
difference between the two would have to be the amount of detail
photographed. Eastway seemed to be focused on the land rather then the
sky or the lake. The tree seemed to be his focal point.

5. How has this area of photography has changed in the last 100 years?
This area of photography has changed again because of technology. The technology has
advanced incredibly over the past and that alone is the cause for the improvements with the
quality of the image and the amount of detail that is ale to be captures.
I had a go at taking my own Landscape
Photograph and in my opinion it turned out
well.
A found a secluded area and managed to
lean up a small him to capture an image of
what was hiding behind the hedge.
Going by the description of what Landscape
photography is, I would say that this is a
good first attempt. The tree’s in the
background –if looked at closely can seem
like that are going on forever. It gives you a
sense of distance between where I was
standing and where my camera was aiming.
The darkened area’s I think contrast against
the bright middle of the image well and give
an effect of being surrounded by the
woodlands, when in actuality, that wasn’t
the case.

6. NATURE PHOTOGRAPHY
What is nature photography?
Nature photography is the capture of nature, that could include trees, plants, followers, ponds,
rivers, lakes and animals. Anything that is natural.
This is an a good example of a nature based image, taken by
the photographer Alex Saberi. This image is beautiful,
especially with the way that he had captured the image. The
lighting that surrounded the animal just added to the effect it
was creating. He’s managed to capture an image of the animal
without it seemingly noticing. It was completely natural in the
way it was acting.
This is another image from the photographer Alex Saberi. I chose to include
just two of his images because I liked his style and I thought that he was good
at what he was trying to accomplish. I prefer this image over the one above,
only slightly. The reason being because I love the contrast between the two
colors. The water-y yellow used for the background and the black of the
animals. The colors work well together, in my opinion they compliment each
other. The harshness of the black doesn’t seem as ‘harsh’ as it would with a
darker background. The yellow softens it.

7. How has it changed over the past 10 years?
The quality of the image has changed a lot over the last 100 years for many reasons. One,
being technology. It more advanced than it used to be. The images can be capture in color now
unlike back then. That’s a very key aspect to nature photography because the camera can now
focus in on the vibrancy of the flowers. Another fact being that there are more Nature
photographer around now than there used to be.
I had a go at taking my own nature photos and this is the
best outcome in my opinion. I likes the way that the grass
and leaves seem level with the cameral and that you can see
all the separate strands of grass because of the camera
angle and closeness. I like the difference between the green-ness
of the grass and the brown color of the leaves. They
blend together well in the image.
This is another sample of my attempt at a nature photograph, I don’t
think that it turned out very well and could easily be improved –by
either taking another image or editing it in Photoshop. The image’s
quality wasn’t the best, it was slightly blurred and the detail of the
trees are hard to make out. I Believe this could be changed and
edited to improve it.

8. DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
What Is it?
Documentary photography is the capture of real life events. It’s used to document significant and
historical events in our everyday society. It’s normally covered by professional photojournalists,
although there are some certain pursuer’s that use this form of photography for Amateur, artistic
and academic reasoning.
This is an image captured by the photographer Robin Hammond. I like this
image, I think that its portraying across a very strong message, although I
suppose what I see might not necessarily be what someone else see’s.
I believe that the image is working to express the magnitude of poverty. Its
showing us in one simple image how these people are living. I think that it’s
showing how certain countries haven’t managed to update facilities. ‘Mental
Hospital,' is hand painted In the background on a wall. It shows that these
people cant go for help without being criticized and shouted out. I think the
black and white effect of the image adds to the feeling the image impresses
into us. The Black and white takes out any colors that could draw the attention
away from what it’s trying to say.
This one is taken by the same photographer –Robin Hammond- but it’s
different from the image above, the main standout-ish aspect being the color
used because tis one is in color. I think using a contrasting difference in colour
gives his work a move understanding. Because it’s not just the image that has
to appeal to the viewer, colour Is what draws our attention in. The color usage
of this image is beautiful, I like how the orange of the flames stands out
slightly more than the young boy does.

9. How has it changed over the past 100 years?
It’s again changed because of technology, that is the main attribute to most
of the photography improvements over the past 100 years.
This is my attempt at a Documentary
photograph, I feel it could have been taken
with more precision that it did and maybe of
had the focus straightened out, but I though
this was a good example. I thought this
because it’s something that happens daily,
and is literally taken in the moment. I didn’t
get the permission to take a photograph of
these people, so I made sure that their faces
were un-noticeable. It’s hard to make out
any of the peoples facial expressions. I was
going to convert this image into black and
white tone, but I liked the contrast that the
green carpet had against the white walls
and the blurred clothing of the people.

10. FASHION
What is fashion photography?
Fashion photography is the capture of clothing items, being it shoes, clothes,
jewelry. They use this to advertise and sell. To let people know what is out
there.
This is an image taken by photographer Franz Christian
Gundlach. I like this image, it’s different from the other usual
photography revolving around Fashion. When you look at it,
it’s almost impossible to be able to see any clothing, it just
looks like someone has thrown a bucket full of pale pinks
and darker pink powders at her from behind…And for all we
know that could have actually been done here, but I really
like the effect it gives the image. She almost blends in with
the back ground completely as the ‘powder’ and the actual
back ground are a peach color I like the dark pinks that have
been thrown in as well, it gives the image a bit of definition
in certain areas.

11. How has it changed over the past 100 years?
Technology had a big impact on the changed made within pictures over
the past 100 years, but it would also have to be material have changed
as well. What people are able t get their hands on nowadays has
changed drastically. So clothing it’s self has change along with the way
that the images are taken in this era.
This is my attempt at a fashion photograph. At first
I wasn’t sure how to go about taking my own
photography revolving around Fashion –It’s not
really my strong point- But when I was scrolling
through the images found on Google, I noticed that
the images were taking obscurely and unusual.
Some from un explainable angles and some that you
just cant comment on, so I decided to do something
different with mine. I thought that having an
slightly off angle would give it a more advanced
sense. So I took an image of myself from when my
head would be, so it looks like it’s just looking
down at myself. In my opinion it give the image a
more personal feel to it.

12. ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY
What is Advertising Photography?
This is when the photographer focus’ mainly on advertising certain products, for companies.
This is an image taken by photographer David
Ellingsen.
This image isn’t very clear when it come down to the
advertising area of it. I mean it’s a beautiful image,
but what’s it really advertising? It could be a number
of different things.
Adopting a dog? Dog food? Something about a
dog?Animal abuse?
I think that, that one is the most likely out of those,
only because looking at the image, I can pick out a
few things that can suggest abuse. First thing, could
be the color scheme use: black and white. Normally
this doesn’t effect the meaning, but here it could. It
could show sadness or some kind of emotion, but then
again it could be based on the fact that apparently
more dogs are color blind.
I think that the water could also be symbolic in this
image as well.

13. How has it changed within the last 100 years.
Technology has changed drastically over the past 100 years but also the
advertising it’s self has changed. Things are more complex now and advertising
had as business/ category has changed, it’s grown.
I didn’t think this image through very much
when I took it. I thought it would be simple
enough –Just capture an image of
something being advertised. And that’s what
I did. But I felt like it could have been more.
I could have done something more when I
took this, and the fact that I’m in the image
doesn’t help very much either. I didn’t notice
that until I had finished the task and had not
time to correct it. But I think over all I have
managed to take an appropriate image
connecting well to what I was supposed to
do, because I have indeed taken an image of
something being advertised.