Decisive Moments

For my decisive moment photography we first looked at three famous decisive moment photographers; Robert Capa, Tony Vaccaro & Henri Cartier Bresson and their works. what made their shots great was that whatever was in the shot could only be shot once: E.g Death of a Loyalist Militiaman. Whatever was in the image was animated and was in the perfect position for a second.

My shots needed to be somewhere that had lots of energy and motion, so I chose to go to Crawley Skate Park. I asked several skaters if I could capture them and they said yes.

I felt like I needed shots of three different skating stances; the first a Drop in, with the board's nose in the air i felt that this shot had a great effect of decisiveness with great natural light.

The second I chose to show a stall, a gymnast plant is a trick that can only last a second so capturing it at optimal height is very difficult. The skater is dead centre of the picture with great natural light.

The third picture had to be an air shot. I chose to capture my actor midair, I had to be quick with my shot before gravity took effect.

Portaiture

For my portrait pictures I was asked to capture pictures in portrait format, I first looked at some other portraits; then i went out with Ethan and Kristopher and they we took some portraits.

I thought that the movement in both of the pictures adds dramatic effect and makes them eyecatching, the lighting behing "Frogman" makes my front darker. The light from above in "Walkway" makes the picture have a shine and is very nice.

Decisive Moment

Robert Capa, A photojournalist, was a war photographer.
He wasn't in the army, but always at the frontlines if he chose, He took contraversial pictures, he died when he stepped on a landmine in Vietnam

Photoshop Lesson One.

We were introduced to Photoshop, we were shown how to extract images and copy them, we were then shown how to filter and use effects...


I chose to use "Plaster"

Then I Used "Chrome"...

Then I Used "Glowing Edges"

Then I Used "Colour Pencil"

I Have Added The Original To Show The Changes I Made.

Photography. Thursday 1st Oct. 09

Photography. Today was our first day practical with a camera, we first leaned the use of the buttons on the camera, we then discussed aperture & shutter speed.

We got into groups, me Ethan and Kristopher were "Below The Belt"... We were asked to take pictures of each other with variations of shutter speen and aperture f-stops.

we took them in four different locations, Fourth Floor, The Special Needs Area, The Ninth Floor & The Woodwork Corridoor , We took some really awful photos.