People and places

Have a look at this photographer

Eva Sajovic

If you find her inspiring, see if you can conduct your own research into her form of documentary photography.
You should then try and embark on a similar project.

If you don't like her then find an inspiration of your own.



http://www.f2freelancephotographer.com/profiles/profiles_pro_evasajovic.html

Monday 24th January

After looking at the powerpoint on framing and composition, your task this week is to look for compositions that are set within a natural frame.
So that could be a doorway, windowframe, gate, under a beach hut, what ever inspires you.
Try taking a few versions of the same area, varying how you have composed it, so for instance, in some shots, have the subject framed in the centre and then in another have them off centre. You can then comment on how aesthetically pleasing which one is, are you using the rule of thirds or is it not relevant to this image?

Framing & composition

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Tuesday's lesson

Thinking about framing and composition of images

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/trick-photography-made-easy/8263.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/8263.bb.rm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/8263.nb.rm

Rankin

Have a look at this site for some inspiration from Rankin's work

17th January

Last week we looked at the BBC 2 programme

Rankin, the UK's leading fashion photographer, reveals the rich history of Hollywood photography and how its most influential and enduring images were created. From Hollywood's golden age, epitomised by gorgeous images of screen goddesses Greta Garbo and Marlene Dietrich to brooding shots of Marlon Brando; from the unparalleled allure of pictures of Marilyn Monroe to iconic black and white stills of Charlie Chaplin, Rankin immerses himself in the art of the Hollywood portrait and explores the vital role it has played in both the movie business and our continuing love affair with movie stars.

To understand how the image makers of Hollywood created these iconic photographs, Rankin recruits a cast of leading Hollywood actors to help him recreate some of the most important - including Leslie Mann (Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin); Selma Blair (Legally Blonde, Cruel Intentions), British actor Matthew Rhys (Brothers & Sisters, Dylan Thomas's biopic The Edge of Love); actor extraordinaire Michael Sheen (The Damned United, Frost/Nixon), and living Hollywood legend Jane Russell

Hopefully you have been inspired to create your own interpretation of an iconic image. 

In todays lesson you should:

1. find and print off an image that you think it would be possible for you to recreate.

2. Stick it in your sketch book and comment on:

the framing and composition

use of light and shade

context/location

camera angle

depth of field

representation of the subject

why you have chosen it.

In next Monday's lesson I would like you to bring in a print of your own version, stick it in your book and comment on the experience.