This document provides information on various photography techniques and assignments. It includes examples of different types of photography like landscape, wildlife, aerial, sports, portrait, and macro. It then lists tasks which involve choosing images on specific topics, describing the image type, event, and photographer. The final section discusses photographer Michael Christopher Brown, noting he was raised on a farm, discovered photography at age 11, and now travels worldwide to document remote places and conflicts for National Geographic and news channels.

1. UNIT 9 – Photography
Techniques
Liam Geary BTEC MEDIA

2. Task 1: Landscape
Photographer Sandra Schaenzer
Website
http://landscapephot
ographymagazine.co
m/showcase/green-dreams-
northern-lights/
Camera Canon 5D mkII
Lens Zeiss 21mm
Shutter Speed 30 seconds
Aperture f/2.8
ISO/Film 4,000

3. Task 1: Wildlife
Photographer David Tipling
Website
http://www.worldla
ndtrust.org/gallery/
artwork/barn-owl-hunting-
holkham

4. Task 1: Aerial
Photographer Rainer Mirau
Website
http://www.sile
nt-moment.
com
Camera Canon 5D mkII
Lens
Canon 24mm
TS-E mkII
Shutter Speed 1/4 second
Aperture f/8
ISO/Film 100

5. Task 1: Sports
Website
http://www.worldla
ndtrust.org/gallery/
artwork/barn-owl-hunting-
holkham

6. Task 1: Portrait
Photographer Valter Patrial
Website
http://www.worldla
ndtrust.org/gallery/
artwork/barn-owl-hunting-
holkham

7. Task 1: Architectural
Photographer Valter Patrial
Website
http://ad009cdn
b.archdaily.net/
wp-content/
uploads
/2012/12/50918
44228ba0d49e6
000197_the-construction-
of-brasilia-
photos-by-
marcel-gautherot_
brasili
a-construction-marcel-gautherot-
09.jpg

8. Task 1: Fashion
Photographer Annie Leibovitz
Website
http://hupix.com/types-fashion-
photography-dubai/

9. Task 1: Macro
Photographer Clive Geary
Website
http://www.cliv
egearyphotogra
phy.co.uk/
Camera Canon 600D
Lens
Canon EF 200-
400mm f/4L
IS USM
Extender 1.4x

10. Task 1: Abstract
Photographer Geoffrey Gilson
Website
https://www.fli
ckr.com/photos
/geoffreygilson/
5369737530/siz
es/z/in/photost
ream/

11. Task 1: Photojournalism
Website
http://www.glo
gster.com/joeys
chem/photojou
rnalism-glog/g-
6mds1v24pmof
68i1catm7a0

12. Task 2: Image 1
• Topic (see task 1 for examples): US Special Operations Forces in Central
Africa
• Type (long shot/mid shot/close up): Long Shot
• Event (what is happening?) American Green Berets and Uganda People
Defense Force soldiers patrol an airstrip near Obo, Central African
Republic.
• Photographer (who took the photo?): Michael Christopher Brown
• Why did you choose it? The photo shows what its like in Africa against the
threat. You see the relationships between country's and groups also.

13. Task 2: Image 2
• Topic (see task 1 for examples): Ukraine Crisis
• Type (long shot/mid shot/close up): Long Shot
• Event (what is happening?) A rebel helps a man to fix a trellising as the
night before a missile destroyed a garage.
• Photographer (who took the photo?): Jerome Sessini
• Why did you choose it? Even though the conflict has affected everyone in
Ukraine. People help each other no matter what the situation.

14. Task 2: Image 3
• Topic (see task 1 for examples): Population Landscape
• Type (long shot/mid shot/close up): Mid Shot
• Event (what is happening?) lone tree on the edge of the city seems to
stand as a testament to Dubai’s changing landscape.
• Photographer (who took the photo?): Franck Boutonnet
• Why did you choose it? It shows how the landscape can change
dramatically

15. Task 2: Image 4
• Topic (see task 1 for examples): New mayor elected
• Type (long shot/mid shot/close up): Mid Shot
• Event (what is happening?) New mayor elected, swamped by local &
international press.
• Photographer (who took the photo?): Abbas
• Why did you choose it? The photo shows how violent reporters of today
can be when they need news.

16. Task 2: Image 5
• Topic (see task 1 for examples): Kiev Riots
• Type (long shot/mid shot/close up): Long Shot
• Event (what is happening?) The conflict between Russia and Ukraine
becomes ever more brutal on the streets
• Photographer (who took the photo?): Jerome Sessini
• Why did you choose it? Even though the conflict has affected everyone in
Ukraine. People help each other no matter what the situation.

17. Task 3: Michael Christopher Brown
• Michael was raised in Skagit Valley. Skagit was a farming community in
Washington State. He was born in 1978.
Michael first discovered how much he enjoyed photography at
the age of 11, using a simple camera phone his dad owned.
When he finished school he wrote a biography and become as
he is known today as the best in Magnum Photographic.
• He now travels round the world to remote country's & conflicts. In Sakhalin 2008, he captured the
remote Russian island, while Broadway 2009 focused on New Yorkers amidst the financial crisis.
• He has featured on National Geographical and many news channels; Including CNN.