photography in motion

I decided to chose photography in motion because i find it very interesting, how you can capture something one second and a second later the image would be compleatly different.

For this project i decided to capture myself smoking and a lighter blowing in the wind. I know photos of people smoking isnt original but i wanted to take something thats been done before and make it different to other images, i've done this by changing the colour and the sizes of the images that im using.


My photos before i edited them:

My photos after theyve been edited:

 Photo number 1:



I decided to first of all crop this photo so all you got in the picture was part of my face and my mouth blowing out the smoke. I then edited the photo to make it black and white, when looking at the photo i found it to be quite boring just black and white so i then decided on photoshop to cut the image into shapes, i used the grid tool and seperated the image into rows of 4 boxes tall. I think using the effect has made this image more creative and interesting.

 Photo number 2:
For this image i didnt have to edit it alot, i wanted the main focus to be on the lighter swaying in the wind, i then edited the colour slightly so the image was slightly brighter. After i had done most of the colour editing i wanted to do something else to make this image more creative and different so i decided to tile the image into 4x4 squares, i did the same process as the picture above but i think that this image is more affective, its more creative and its also an optical illusion.

Photo number 3:
For this image i cropped out most of the image leaving the smoke rising and the lighter flame. When i came across this image i wasnt sure what i wanted to do with it, I knew that i didnt want the full image, so i cropped it. I then started playing with some different effects, first off all i made it black and white but i didnt feel that the image was at its full potentual. I then started messing around with the light and colour and it gave me this image, I really like the effect that ive got. The light flames sharp, the smokes got quite a few different tones and overall i think this image looks more detailed because off the affects i chose.

Photo number 4:
 For this image  i wanted to just focus on the face so i cropped out the rest of the body. I then made it black and white which gave it a vintage feel which i really like because thats the affect i was going for, i then decided to make this image black and white, i think because the photo is already very simple the lack of colour reflects the simplicity of the photo.  I also changed the light setting which made the smoke clearer and you could see the rain falling easier, it made it look like little white specks.



Over all I think that my favourite photo's would be either 2 or 4, I picked these two because theyre both compleatly different to each other. I picked photography 2 because the photo is quite simple but the fact that ive edited the image into little squares makes it more intresting. I also like how simple picture 4 is, i feel that its got quite an elegant feel too it because its so plain and basic.

Treatment Photography

1. Type of production and brief details on Subject/Concept:
For this project im going to take photographs of someone smoking, its under the group of photography in motion.

2. Facilities: What facilities do you need for this project list all including software and hardware for the whole project
For this project i am going to a section in Horsham park.

3. Finance: If you produced this project outside of the college you need to show how much would it cost to hire the equipment that you intend to use.
Because i am using a public area to take my photographs the setting wont cost me anything.Because i am taking the photos when its just starting to get dark i have natural lights which means that i don’t need to hire out any lights.The only thing that i would have to buy is the camera (canon EOS 500D) which would cost £550 and a tripod which costs around £80.

4. Contributors: Who do you need to help this for you project? This includes talent and crew.
For this project i am going to need a model.

5. Codes of practice and regulation: What regulations to you need to be aware of. Think about college policy as well as regulatory bodies that you looked at in assignment 2, Worksheet 1.6 Regulation and Safety notes

6. Presentation: How will you present the pictures? Will you include a soundtrack, think about copy write issues etc.
I am going to present my pictures in a set of four and make them all different sizes and shapes so they’re all different.

Fashion photography

Is it right to edit a person so much that they lose their identity, they're not the person in the original photo..


As you can see above there are two pictures of the same man, one has been edited and one is the original. He has a visible small scratch on the top off his head, and a tiny red mark next to his nose. After the photo had been edited, both marks were gone, his skin was alot smoother and his eyes have changed colour, from green to a blue. Because this photo has been edited, but has it changed the person? hes no longer the guy with the scratch on his head, as its been edited out.



The use of Photoshop is used worldwide in almost every magazine the models will off been edited in some way, for example slicker and smoother skin, less or even no dimples or spots, skinner and also sometimes prettier, but real beauty is not edited.Surely fashion photography should be all about showing the latest collection and advertising different companies? No matter what size or colour you are you should be able to model without being edited. Fashion photography is about creating everything infront off the camera and catching natural beauty,


This woman to your left is classed as a plus size model but in fact shes one dress size under the average size for women in the U.K, shes a size 14. In the U.K with obesity slowly growing the average dress size for women has increased to a size 16 in almost 2 years.

Many people think that you only see size 0 models on catwalks but many highstreet shops are currently using size 0 models to advertise their clothes with, for example Topshop. When Topshop decided to upload this photo off Codie Young it triggered a furious response from eating disorder campaigners and it was soon removed, only to be replaced by another photo of the same model, looking only marginally healthier. Its been noted that Topshop are selling size four clothes in many of their stores, which implies that being a size 4 is healthy. Topshop needs to take some responsibility and use healthy models.

In my opinion i dont think that fashion magazines should edit their photo's, i believe that the models that they put in there should be unedited and a natural size.

photojournalism part 1

Henri Cartier-Bresson

(1908 - 2004)

He's talked about as one of the grates photographers of his time, Henri Cartier-Bresson a French photographer, is thought to be the father of modern photojournlisim.

He used a technique called the decisive moment. The decisive moment is when you take a picture at the right moment, if Bresson was either a moment too late or a moment to early then he would not of achieved one of the most well known photo's, Behind the Gare Saint-Lezare in 1932.

In this photo a male has come across a puddle and has no other option then to jump over it, if this photo was taken a moment later it would not have the same affect, as it would look like the man's only walking. Capturing this picture while this man was jumping gives this photo more dynamics.When he took this photo he had to make sure that he got every aspect in, including the background and the main object, with full focus.

Many people think that his work was just down to luck but in fact he would sit around for hours wait for the perfect picture. The critics hated bresson, they slated him and called him no more than 'a snapshooter' in some ways they could be right, but if another photographer did the same technique as Bresson, the quality of the photo would not be the same.

Bression was one of the first people to own a Leica, as a wealthy man he brought one as soon as they came out, he then automatically started photo's with it. The world opened up too him through a 35mm lense. 







war and photography
Eddie Adams (1933-2004) was a prize winning photographer, he took some of the most well known photo's, such as the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém in 1968. Photojournalism can be very deceiving, because you dont always get the full image, you need some background for the image to make sense.
This is the image of Nguyễn Văn Lém being excuted in 1968. He was guilty of only stealing food and did not have a trial. He was taken too Nguyen Van Lem, also known as Captain Bay Lop where he was shot in the head, he died from a single bullet.

Diane Arbus
(1923 - 1971)
she was a famous american photographer, shes mostly known because of the portriate that she done on the Matthaei family in 1968.  The Matthaei family agreed to have their photo taken by Dian, they usually had their photos taken by a male photographer, she was a risky choice but as she was free they decided to chose her instead. Her work was unique, she got a different angle to the family that many people had never see before, the daughter of this family said "her work didnt fatter anyone but it was good."

One of Diane Arbus's friends said that she was scared to be known as the photographer of freaks, however this is the most common way that Diane's work is discribed. The fear off her being seen as a a freak took over her and she commited suiced in 1971, aged only 48.

Larry Clark
(1943)

Best known for his book called Tulsa which focused on underage activities such as sex, drinking, drug usage and violence. This book was full off black and white images which were all taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The photo's were taking between the period of 1963-1971 when Larry was a drug addict. The book was published late 1971, it caused a sensation of shock and horror within the photographic community.


Walker Evans
(1903 -1975)
Well known for his work for the  Farm security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Most of his photo's were focused on the poor and vulenrable, he captured their real emotions and day to day life unlike most photographers, many photographs when doing portrates would tell the people they were photographing how to feel, but he didn't.