Portraiture Definition Post

Official definition:
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant.

My interpretation:
Portraiture is a form of capturing a representation of a person. This can have many different forms and styles. However they all share a common ground of the person's face being the main focus of the photograph.

Dead pan: A person having no/a neutral expression on their face.
The image below is an example of a dead pan picture.

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Movement work diary

Description of the shoot:

For this shoot I focused on shooting movements made be people as I preferred these images. I did a lot of these images in the studio. I varied the shutter speed through out this shoot to get shots where you  could see different frames of an action in one picture. I also used a tripod in a lot of my images to ensure the camera was still so when I took the picture, the parts that weren't moving, would be clear and focused. I found my faveourite images were these ones with someone being still but doing one small action as that would be the form of movement in the picture. I also got some pictures were the person was moving her whole body and none of her was in focus. I think that gives a very different effect and also slightly distorts the form of the model. Another thing I tried was using a torch in the studio and turning the studio lights out to create a light path by moving the torch around. To do this efectivly I had a really slow shutter speed of about 4 seconds.

Image I liked:

SS 2.0   ISO 200   F/18

I liked how this image shows the movement of the hair, arms and her head. I particularly liked how we can slightly see her face where she was looking straight ahead at the ceiling but then we can also see her face where she moved to look at the camera. We can also see the movement of her hair where she has dropped it. I think how sharp her eyes look in this has a deep emotion to it and adds this emotion to the overall picture. The long exposure allowed this movement to be captures, in a way where we can see the different places where her hands, hair, and head have been.

Progression and image I disliked:

I didn't like this picture as the blur is to much and to overwhelming that there is no other substance in the picture as nothing can actually be seen in the picture. I think whilst this does show a movement as we can see the motion, it doesn't show what the movement is of and I think this makes quite a rigid and bland picture with no emotion or feeling to it. 

If I had a chance to re do this shoot, to improve it I would look more into movements of substances like cars and water and how wind moves through leaves and hair. I focused to much on movement of people and the capturing their actions to see the different frames.

Images from the internet:

I liked how this is quite a simple idea as it is just showing the movement ripples in water but when taken from this close up I think it makes a really interesting picture as we never normally see water like this for a very long time so to be able to see it in a picture means we can really see all the detailes that we would normally miss. I could easily re make a picture like this by dropping something small in water for example.

Progression:

If I could re do this shoot I would try and get more images like this as they show movement in urban everyday scenery and I did not get pictures like this. This is because movement in people, it is quite limited to how far I can take that. Also it is difficult to capture a good meaning with people.

Movement Definiton Post

Official definition:
An act of moving.

In relation to photography:
Photographs, by definition, capture and immortalize a small slice of life. There is little for the viewer to infer what happens before or after that moment. However, there are images that need to communicate motion. For example, you may want to capture a dog running, a train barreling down the tracks, or trees that are blowing in the wind. Each of these scenes can come alive within your photographs if you learn how to convey motion properly.

My interpretation:
I think that movement in photography is all about capturing a motion in one frame. I think one done correctly it can be quite an abstract and powerful idea. This is because the human eye doesn't see movement in a stand still like a picture does as it is one picture of multiple frames that capture one idea and movement.

Here are some examples of movement pictures:

Movement Straight Images

Movement contact sheet

Joiners Work Diary

Description of the shoot:

After learning what joiners were and how to construct them, I photographed a model form lots of different angles and different perspectives. I made sure I got some from quite far away but some from close up so I could get a variety of perspectives in the end result. I also wanted one picture that was from a straight angle where you could see the whole face to use as a 'starting point' for when I was to construct the joiner.

Final outcome:

This was my end result of my portrait joiner. The main idea I wanted to use was the middle of the picture would be the model looking to the front then on both sides the focus of the model gradually travelling to the sides. Within this I think I have a good variety of far away and close pictures. I had to crop some of the pictures to make each one sort of link together. I did this so all the individual pictures didn't look to random which make the whole thing quite confusing and disjointed.

This is the individual picture that I used as my starting point for my joiner. I thought it worked well as this as her whole face is in it so I could then work around it. Also I think it had a nice effect as this was in the very centre of the picture.

Images from the internet:

This was the picture that is also included in my joiners image bank, that inspired me to produce the type of joiner that I did. This is because I like how in this picture the middle was a front view of the girl and then either side is the view of the girl turning inwards, whereas mine is just turning outwards instead.

Progression:

If I had a chance to re do this shoot, I would probably also try and consider the body of the model more as I only shot the face and hair. If I shot from further away I could have manipulated the body shape and form to create a potentially quite interesting picture.