freeshoot: short depth of field with my dogs

painting recreation

Lighting

Split Lighting

Loop Lighting

Rembrandt Lighting

Butterfly Lighting

Broad Lighting

Short lighting

Portrait Lighting

Loop Lighting

Broad Lighting

Short Lighting

Split Lighting

Rembrandt Lighting

Butterfly Lighting

portrait inspirations

Jeff Widener

     Jeff Widener is an American Photojournalist born in August, 1956. His interest in photography began at a very early age, and he was eager to learn about it and raise up money to buy his own Nikon camera. He moved to Los Angeles and was then supervised by a well known photography instructor. The same year, he won a national scholastic/ kodak photography scholarship out of 8,000 kids who entered.

    Widener is best known for his iconic picture of the man standing in front of the tank in Tiananmen square. He is also known for documenting/ photographing over 100 countries involving civil wars and war issues. He was also. the first journalist to file digital images from the South Pole. He's received and been nominated for numerous awards for his work.

Lighting: day lighting, cloudy
Location: outside
Camera settings: 
Body position: standing straight, not facing camera
Clothing: military uniform
Composition: the picture was cropped so that it would only be the soldier




The tank man is a picture i've always enjoyed because it was a very dramatic real life event, and the image captures it well.
       

I enjoy pictures where you can tell it's not posed, where it shows something far deeper than someone posing can express.

Steven Mccurry

     Steven McCurry is an American photographer born February 24th, 1950. He attended Penn State and graduated in 1974. He got a degree in theatre arts instead of cinematography. He's received numerous awards. These include: National Press Photographers Association, Royal Photographic Society's Centenary Medal; and two first-place prizes in the World Press Photo contest. 

    His photography career started when he crossed the Pakistan' Afghanistan border in disguise. He wanted to capture rebel-controlled areas of Afghanistan before the soviet invasion. He's also documented other wars/ conflicts, such as the Iran-Iraq War, Lebanon Civil War, the Cambodian Civil War, and the Gulf War. He focuses more so on the people involved in these conflicts, and not so much the conflicts themselves. This famous image, for example, is a refugee girl from Afghanistan. 

lighting : The lighting is coming from the left side of the girl's face.

Location : inside, refugee camp

Camera Settings - 

Clothing and props- a red hijab

composition - The picture is cropped in a way that it mostly focuses on the girl's face, the red hijab and her tan skin contrasts with her eye color. 

  I like this picture because it show's the girl's culture and traditions in an artistic way.

 I like the boy's eyes and how they're multicolored. It also proves a point to show how young the boy is but still having war injuries.

Douglas Kirkland

file formatting

What are three advantages of a RAW file:

higher in dynamic range

admissible in court as evidence

non-destructive editing

What is one disadvantage of a RAW file: 

not suitable for printing directly from camera.

What are three advantages of a JPEG file:

sharper

higher in contrast

immediately suitable for printing

What is one disadvantage of a JPEG file:

lower in dynamic range

1. Under the first heading "Capturing the Images," how much of the data does a RAW file retain after it is captured by the camera?

It retains all the data without compressing it.

2. Under the second heading "Processing the Files," what are some of the things that a RAW file enables a photographer to edit after the image is taken?

white balance, contrast, saturation, color, highlights, shadows

3. Under the third heading "Practicalities," what are some of the factors that photographers must consider when deciding to shoot in RAW?

not every digital camera has the option to shoot in raw,how much space RAW files take up, can't convert JPEG to RAW.

4. Under the fourth heading "Which one is for you?" why would an aspiring professional photographer need to know how to work with RAW files?

it gives you much more flexibility when working with photos.

1. Which file formats discussed have you used in the past?

JPEG and RAW

2. What is the difference between a Raster and a Vector file?

Raster files are composed by pixels and vector files are composed by paths.

1. Is this format lossy or lossless?

lossless

2. What are common uses for each? By this I mean where would I publish each of them for the highest quality.

lossless: preserves all of the files original data

3. Can you create this type of file in your camera?
yes, if you have a canon camera

famous paintings

Where is the light coming from? The light is coming from almost in front of the girl, just slightly to the left.

How can you duplicate that light? Position her in front of a window, but make her face to the right slightly.

What other non-clothing elements appear in the painting that you will need to duplicate? The paleness of her skin, the redness of her lips + rose + blood.

What kind of angles did the painter use to compose the image?

What clothing will you need to acquire/create to duplicate the painting? Nothing aside the rose.

Who would be a good model? I think Bella because she has light eyes and a rounder face.

List the details you see in the painting, specifically the things the model will be wearing, poses they will need to hold, etc? I would need bella to straighten her hair, position the rose on the left side of her head, make sure that the blood tears drip correctly.

What will be the three most difficult things to duplicate, in your opinion?

The expression of the girl.

The positioning.

The gray tones + red popping out.

Where is the light coming from? In front of the girls face.

How can you duplicate that light? Set up a lamp in front of the model.

What other non-clothing elements appear in the painting that you will need to duplicate? A warm background.

What kind of angles did the painter use to compose the image?

The girl is facing another direction

The hat is slightly tilted.

What clothing will you need to acquire/create to duplicate the painting?

A straw hat, pearl necklace, a white blouse with a red shawl.

Who would be a good model?

Kalia

List the details you see in the painting, specifically the things the model will be wearing, poses they will need to hold, etc?

I would need her to hold her hand against the right side of her face and look slouched along with looking thoughtful.

What will be the three most difficult things to duplicate, in your opinion?

The clothing

The lighting

The background

Where is the light coming from? in front of the girl's face

How can you duplicate that light?
set a lamp to the left of her

What other non-clothing elements appear in the painting that you will need to duplicate?
the way she's facing a different direction of her body, her hand holding her chest and the other resting on her leg

What kind of angles did the painter use to compose the image? The girl sitting directly in front of the artist yet having her face different directions.

What clothing will you need to acquire/create to duplicate the painting? A longsleeve black turtle neck, a long beaded necklace

Who would be a good model?
rose 

List the details you see in the painting, specifically the things the model will be wearing, poses they will need to hold, etc?
The direction she's facing, the way her hands are positioned, the necklace being long enough, bracelet

What will be the three most difficult things to duplicate, in your opinion?The black turtleneck, a necklace long enough, a dark/simple background