1. Marianne Harris
This scene is of 5 men who play in
a band. The image is a portrait
promoting a band, it is for
commercial reasons. It appears as
if a tripod has been used, with a
digital camera. There is no shutter
speed used because the image is
clear and she has used the aperture
because it is close-up and focusing
on the group of people. The image
is deliberately over-exposed with
lots of light on the band. The contrast is set to quite high; saturation of the
image is set to a medium level. She has composed the image so thatthe
subjects are completely framed. She has slightly cropped the image at
each side to ensure that the image remains symmetrical. She has
positioned one of the group completely in the foreground, with the
brightness mainly on his face. There is very little to view of the
background, you can just make out trees and part of a building. The
camera has been positioned directly in front of the subjects at waist level.
She has also used symmetry;you particularly notice thisas the two people
next to the man in the middle are both leaning their heads towards him. I
think she has digitally manipulated the shot by using the brightness and
the contrast tools, and airbrushing the subject’s faces. There is no depth
of field. It is a representational image.
The lighting is quite bright and hard, it encourages your eye to look the
man in the middle. It appears that top lighting has been used striking the
subject directly in the middle from an elevated position. The light source
appears to be from an artificial source, possibly a lamp. I think the image
looks quite flat and the spaces have been taken up completely by the
band. The image is following the rules of symmetry and balance.
When I look at the image, it makes me feel that they are a happy and fun
loving band. I feel that the photographer is trying to portray the group as
being quite cheeky and upbeat in order to encourage you to buy their
music. When I look at this image, I imagine that the type of music they
would play is POP music.