documentary portfolio

Documentary presentation from alicegrover

independent shoot photo genres

Independent Shoot - Photo Genres

• Portrait
• facial features replaced with other things 
• Composite images
• (2nd/3rd)

Composite Images

Digital compositing is the process of digitally assembling multiple images to make a final image, typically for print.

Storm Thorgerson: Storm Elvin Thorgerson (28 February 1944 – 18 April 2013) was an English graphic designer and music video director. He created work for artists including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Phish, Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel, Genesis, Yes, Muse, and Ween.

             

Hannah Hoch: Hannah Höch (1 November 1889 – 31 May 1978) was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar period, when she was one of the originators of photomontage.Photomontage, or fotomontage, is a type of collage in which the pasted items are actual photographs, or photographic reproductions pulled from the press and other widely produced media.

            

                             

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landscape

Landscape Photography:

Landscape: Landscape photography shows spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. Landscape photographs typically capture the presence of nature but can also focus on man-made features or disturbances of landscapes.

Depth of Field: The amount of the photo that is in focus. Shallow depth of field = F//2.8, wide depth of field = F//22+. Having a bigger depth of field makes an image more interesting.

F-Stop: The f-stop regulates the amount of light that can pass through a lens. Also known as aperture. F//16-22 is recommended.

Additional equipment that may help a photographer capture a landscape can include: Tripod, Photographic Filter, Light Meter.

The zone system is used to identify the different tones in a black and white image, created by Ansel Adams. The zone system is important because it 

AO1:  You must ensure that several of the visual ideas/inspirations within the image bank are pursued. 

AO1: Develop ideas through sustained and focused investigations informed by contextual and other sources, demonstrating analytical and critical understanding.

AO3: Record ideas, observations and insights relevant to intentions, reflecting critically on work and progress.

AO2: Explore and select appropriate resources, media, materials, techniques and processes, reviewing and refining ideas as work develops.

AO4: Present a personal and meaningful response that realises intentions and, where appropriate, makes 

connections between visual and other elements.  

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Artist Research: Stephan Shore

Stephan Shore born October 8 1947, is an American photographer known best for his work in Landscape and Colour. He was the first living photographer to be exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where he had a solo show of colour photographs. In 1976 he had a solo exhibition of colour photographs at the Museum of Modern Art there. In 2010 he received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society. I chose to study this photographer because I can explore this type of landscape around my area. 

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Best Photos:

I think that these pictures turned out well due to the composition of them. The different compositions allowed me to capture different perspectives of usually quite boring scenes to make them interesting and appealing. They also reflect the style of my chosen photographer's work in Landscapes.

Pictures to improve:

If I were to reshoot these photographs, I would change the composition of these shots as I do not feel they portray the landscape scene in an interesting way. I may also adjust the aperture as I feel that these shots are slightly over exposed.

My Edits:

Editing Process:

The editing process was the same for all of my images as I wanted to have the series all look the same and to tie together.

Documentary:

Documentary photography usually refers to a popular form of photography used to chronicle events or environments both significant and relevant to history and historical events as well as everyday life.

Henri Cartier Bresson:

- Decisive moment

- Slow shutter speed

- Birds eye view

- Good composition

- Black and White

- Textures, Lines, Movement

- Quick shutter speed
- Black and White
- Lines
- Children
- Path
- Wall
- Texture & Pattern

- Birds eye view
-  Lines
- Composition
- Black & White
- Ambiguous men
- Train track
- Fast shutter speed

Lauren Greenfield:

        

Lauren Greenfield is an American artist, documentary photographer, and documentary filmmaker. She has published four photographic monographs, directed four documentary features, produced four traveling exhibitions, and published in magazines throughout the world.

Whilst Henri Cartier Bresson's work has a vintage feel, Lauren Greenfield explores contemporary photography styles. HCB takes formal elements such as Line, Texture and Pattern into account, as well as his composition. The main difference between the photographers work being colour, as Lauren Greenfield's work is very vibrant - perhaps reflecting her young subjects. Both HBC and Lauren Greenfield have captured the Decisive moment in their work in order to create their documentary photographs. Greenfield explores the issues with and the culture of teenage girls. 

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