6 Types of Photos Every Photographer Should Know How to Make

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If you have a photo to post, please answer the following questions:
a.     Why did you pick this photo?

 I picked this photo because of the interesting way of a long exposure landscape. 

b.     What rules of photography do you see in the photo?

I see lines and balance in this picture. c.     Who took the photo?

Darren Moore

Cover types

Blog #4 - Magazines Part II

1. Image Based
 The image based covers are covers that for example for fashion magazines show the fashion on beautiful models and explain what the magazine is about. 

2. Illustration Based

3. Type Based
4. Concept Based

Magazine Cover preview assignment

Blog #3 -- My Favorite Cover

Winner

Vanity Fair, October, 100 Years

"For Vanity Fair's October Issue-to honor the magazine's birth 100 years ago, in 1913-sexy was the word as we resurrected a Monroe pose and introduced a new logo (smart, slim, serif!). Not to be outdone by the magazine's stately new font, model Kate Upton channeled screen icon Marilyn Monroe as she pouted and posed with a congratulatory birthday cake for photographer Annie Leibovitz. Happy Birthday, indeed."

 The cover shows the model Kate Upton as Marilyin Monroe in honor of the 100 birthday of the magazine.    Marilyn Monroe has an special effect to make the cover more glorious and historical. But at the same time the woman expresses something interesting and new. By first looking at the cover she turns the people for example on the streets on to buy the magazine. The neutral and plain background in a dark green color is a big and eye-catching contrast behind the really bright woman with the white cloths and white cake.  Also the light is set on the interesting points of the woman like her mouth and decolte. 

With the big contrast between the woman and the background and also by how the woman looks like the magazine can manipulate many people to wake their interests and make them buy that magazine. 

Best Covers

Blog #2 - Best magazine covers 2013

1.formal

2. formal 

3. informal

4. informal, environmental 

5. informal, environmental 

6. formal

7. formal

8. formal

9. formal

10. formal

11. formal

12. formal 

13. formal

14. formal

15. formal

16. formal, environmental 

17. formal

Magazine Cover preview assignment

Blog #1 - Magazine tips

1. efficient and easy 
2. interesting and conspicuous 
3. big and bright letters 
4. plaint background 
5. matching the weather conditions 

Portraits and Self Portraits preview - start planning

 Play with Eye Contact

It is amazing how much the direction of your subject’s eyes can impact an image. Most portraits have the subject looking down the lens – something that can create a real sense of connection between a subject and those viewing the image. But there are a couple of other things to try:

 Looking off camera – have your subject focus their attention on something unseen and outside the field of view of your camera. This can create a feeling of candidness and also create a little intrigue and interest as the viewer of the shot wonders what they are looking at. This intrigue is particularly drawn about when the subject is showing some kind of emotion (ie ‘what’s making them laugh?’ or ‘what is making them look surprised?’). Just be aware that when you have a subject looking out of frame that you can also draw the eye of the viewer of the shot to the edge of the image also – taking them away from the point of interest in your shot – the subject.

 Looking within the frame – alternatively you could have your subject looking at something (or someone) within the frame. A child looking at a ball, a woman looking at her new baby, a man looking hungrily at a big plate of pasta…. When you give your subject something to look at that is inside the frame you create a second point of interest and a relationship between it and your primary subject. It also helps create ‘story’ within the image.

 Experiment with Lighting

Another element of randomness that you can introduce to your portraits is the way that you light them. There are almost unlimited possibilities when it comes to using light in portraits.

Side-lighting can create mood, backlighting and silhouetting your subject to hide their features can be powerful.

Get Closer

The most common mistake made by photographers is that they are not physically close enough to their subjects. In some cases this means that the center of interest—the subject—is just a speck, too small to have any impact. Even when it is big enough to be decipherable, it usually carries little meaning. Viewers can sense when a subject is small because it was supposed to be and when it's small because the photographer was too shy to get close.

Environmental portrait

I really like that picture because in the background we can see what the man does, and what his passion or work is. It also is a really dark picture but its focusing on the man by getting lighter in his area. 

In this picture I really like the persecutive of showing the passion of this man. Its an interesting and exiting way. 

Photography self portrait

I Chose this picture because the lightning makes it really interesting. 

In this picture I like the perspective and colors. Also that her eyes are on focus. 

Casual portrait

I like that portrait because of the plain background, which effects the focus on the man. 

In this picture the pose is really interesting for me. 

For my portrait assignment I am thinking of shooting pictures of my mum because she is an interesting woman with great passion and an interesting face.  I will shoot the pictures in the garden of my house where we can see the horses and nature behind my mum.  I will wait for good weather because I am planing on an happy and bright picture. 

For my self portrait I will try to make pictures of me playing soccer, paining or drawing something. It depends on what I am gonna shoot but I will take some pictures in the Graffiti park at home and in my garden with a lot of light outside and at home I will try to make some dark pictures. 

American Soldier

A. For me the most powerful picture is the picture of Fisher checking his stance and the position at the training learning how to salute. This picture is focused on him how he learns to be one of the army mens. It shows him in one of the first weeks concentrating and looking for the theater to do nothing wrong. We can see that he takes it really seriously and how serious it is. 

B. The pictures tell us a story about Fisher and his way to the army and at the army. The pictures are all black and white and inmost of the pictures we can see Fisher. The emotions over the time at the army are made really clear and we see how it changes over the time. 

C. After reading the captions I could understand the pictures better and what was going on at them. I wasn't really sure at the beginning by just looking at the pictures which emotions Fisher was feeling. 

D. Ian Fisher realized at the age of 17 he had the dream of joining the army on day. After graduating High School at the Lakewood’s Bear Creek High School  he did exercise and the medical exam to make his dream true. His first step after a big goodbye party was joining 14 weeks basic training. Hs first weeks were hard for him. He got scared that he wasn't good enough and additionally it became a problem that he had a childhood injury. But this was just a phase of the 14 weeks and he got the feeling to be a soldier. They started the group training and got allowed to continue it. The trainers say he is a good kid and came a long way.  It is a hard time and he knows that, you have stuff to carry. He completes the first phase and gets a blue cord signifying. He learns to cover himself in the woods and control pain. 

After the basic training he changed and we can see the difference in how hard he did sports to exercise to be a soldier. On a weekend home he made a spontaneous proposal to his girlfriend Kayla. 

He joins another training in Camp Red Devil 11 months before leaving two Iraq. During this time Fisher did a lot drugs and his father is concernd about that. After that he puts himself in danger of be kicked out and tells the army about his drug problem but the battle commander gave him another chance. 

He finally flys to the Iraq and had a good time there. After all this e finally marries his fiancé. 

   

E. Present

1. the captions are usually 3-4 sentences.
2. The first sentence explains whats happening in the photo.
3. The second sentence explains what you can't get from looking at the picture.
4. The third sentence has a quote from the person.
5. yes many photos have quotes.
6. yes there are some with four sentences.

G. Because most of good pictures already tell a story by interpreting what are they showing its also more interesting. 

H. People can misunderstand the meaning of pictures really fast and also if they want to know more its better to write an explanation and background informants about things you can't see on the pictures.