photography evaluation write up: depth of field

these are the depth of field shots, i tried 3 different types with them, with these photos i wanted to get no shots of the characters faces and just indistinguishable shots of their sides or body parts. Because by not showing the characters it shows that though the show is about them there is something bigger they are running/ hiding from. 

i chose this photo because it showed depth of field really well but it was also a really clean and well shot photo, it demonstrates the rule of three really well too, this doesn't really represent the film in anyway but it does add a new element to the dvd box.

photography evaluation write up hands

these are the depth of field shots, i tried 3 different types with them, with these photos i wanted to get no shots of the characters faces and just indistinguishable shots of their sides or body parts. Because by not showing the characters it shows that though the show is about them there is something bigger they are running/ hiding from.

this is the photo i chose for the top of the back of the dvd box, in the end i used the shot of the hands because it allowed me more freedom to edit in photoshop. The photo by itself doesn't tell much of a story by itself but after the editing process it was much better, of all the different shot types i tried, this was my favorite because it was less generic than the other poses, it was more out of the box.

this is the final edited picture, i removed the background in photoshop because, although it did show depth of field, it didnt go with the clean theme that i was going for with the design of the dvd box, it looked too messy, after i cut out the background i used the brush tool to add a blood splatter effect to the hands, to make the viewer ask themselves what has this character done. this adds another element to the film, it means that someone at some point will be killed by one of the main characters.

photography evaluation write up sky

for these photos i wanted to get a picture of the sky with some clouds, to give off the sense of bad things are going to happen in this film. Most of these photos are fairly similar but with small differences, i tried shooting different angles and different locations but most of the shots were taken up by buildings or trees. i chose the photo that i used because it meant i would have more space to use and edit.

 this is the photo i chose, it was the clearest photo of the sky out of the pictures i took, i originally wanted a picture with the mrc building in the background and this picture was a random shot, but the mrc didn't end up looking good so i went with this one. this photo was also a lot easier to edit as i didnt have to worry about changing the colour of the mrc


















this is the edited version of the photo i chose, its a lot darker than the original, i used several different filters to achieve this look, i wanted to make the top half of the photo darker than the bottom, so i could fade the photo into white in the final poster/ dvd.

photography evaluation write up character: jerome

for these photos i wanted to  focus on capture the characters looking kind of scared but not to over do it, i tried some different angles but straight forward worked out the best for what i was going to do to the photos in photoshop. The camera is focused on the characters, because everything else was going to be cut out in the editing process, i got full face shots of the characters because it means i would have more       freedom to change the photos around and switch their placement.

i chose this photograph because it was the most symmetrical and clear, it stood out from the other photos because luke is giving a much more clear emotion of confusion/ fear. The photo was suitable for the dvd box because the character was fairly centered and in the same position.

when i was editing the photograph i tried to make lukes face look lighter and more pale to achieve a more shocked/ frightened look. This also made the photo look a lot cleaner and lighter, this was done by adding a filter to them i increased the warmness of the photo and slightly increased the sharpness.





i like how the final photo turned out, i think it cropped really well and fit together with the other pictures and well proportioned, the editing didnt over do it and made the pictures seem warmer and achieve the initial goals i was going for.
 

photography evaluation write up character: travis

for these photos i wanted to  focus on capture the characters looking kind of scared but not to over do it, i tried some different angles but straight forward worked out the best for what i was going to do to the photos in photoshop. The camera is focused on the characters, because everything else was going to be cut out in the editing process, i got full face shots of the characters because it means i would have more freedom to change the photos around and switch their placement.

i chose this photograph because it had the best lighting out of all the photos, it also was the best shot, the others had been out of focus or looked kind of sloppy, the photo was suitable for the dvd box because the character was fairly centered and in the same position.

when i was editing the photograph i tried to make the face look more pale and make the character look lighter so cutting out the background would be easier and make the photos look cleaner, i achieved  this by adding a filter to them i increased the warmness of the photo and slightly increased the sharpness. i used the rule of thirds when cropping these photos, most of the character is in one third of the photo.





i like how the final photo turned out, i think it cropped really well and fit together with the other pictures and well proportioned, the editing didnt over do it and made the pictures seem warmer and achieve the initial goals i was going for.

 









the photographs fit really well with the poster, theyre what make it work, they're the centre peace of the poster, dvd cover, i did have to resize one of the pictures but it worked out well and isnt super noticable

staged photography

narrative or staged photography is photography that is set up to tell a story, narrative photography involves someone creating a set up to photo to tell a story. in narrative photography the photo is about the characters and what the photographer is trying to express. Even if the photo is taken out of context the person should be able to understand the photograph as it is telling its own story, as apposed to a book or a film.  





one of the earliest accounts of narrative photography was the drowning man by Louis Daguerre. he took a photograph of himself posing as if he had drowned, this was in the 1800s.


this was a big change because photography was mainly portraiture.



Self Portrait as a Drowned Man

1840

Hippolyte bayard

i like this picture because it almost looks amateur and not well prepared for, like it was his first attempt.

fading away

henry peach robinson

1858

I like this photo because it looks really clean for its time, the is effect was achieved by combining different negatives and putting them together.

the cottingley fairies 
 Elsie Wright


1917

this photo is interesting because it was taken by a teenage girl who convinced people that the fairies were real because of how seamless the photo was  












http://www.david-campbell.org/2010/11/18/photography-and-narrative/
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/photo_database/image/portrait_of_the_photographer_as_a_drowned_man