Depth of Field

BEFOREAFTER

I used the Blur Tool with a ratio of 85% for the mountains and the clouds because they're further away, and a ratio of 50% for the hills and the trees. I didn't blur out the church because that's the area of emphasis, and I used the Sharpen Tool to define it.

Portraiture

Portraiture 


The difference between photojournalism and portraiture is that portraiture exists in a constructed world, where everything is put together to capture the sitter's personality, whereas photojournalism is about capturing the scene. 

Portraiture photographs have existed since the invention of the camera. The low cost of 

Tony Vaccaro's intention was to fool people into thinking their photograph wasn't being taken, and he wanted to present his own opinion of the person, so when he took the picture, the person would reveal a true part of them. Photography to him is a form of placing the person in the photograph on a pedestal, and capturing that decisive moment in which the person's personality is revealed. He didn't want to take pictures of people masking who they truly were; he had no interest in poses for the camera, and so he would take a picture of someone when they least expected it, when they weren't prepared for one. He thinks once you know someone's personality you have to think of a word that fits that personality, and for Picasso it was "suave", so you have to decide how to capture the meaning of that word.



There are many ways to light somebody's face when composing and capturing a portrait photograph. An example of a lighting technique is three-point lighting, which is using 3 or 4 lights to fully model the person's face. The different lights are Key-Light, which is the main light; Fill-Light, which is used to control the contrast of the scene; and Ascent-Light, which separates the person from the background so that it enhances the three-dimensional effect and allows us to can see the behind them.

Henri Cartier Bresson

• Photojournalism - Explain what it is    

  -Photojournalism was born in the chaos of modern warfare. It consists of a photojournalist being assigned to         take pictures of a variety of situations, whether it be a crime scene or wedding. They just need to add a               visual element to whatever story is being printed

     Henri Cartier Bresson:

• Why is he famous?

 He was one of the earliest pathfinders for street photography, and he helped develop the street                 photography or life reportage style that was made The Decisive Moment, which has influenced generations of photographers who followed. He is considered to be the "godfather" of modern photojournalism. 

• Why is his work significant in Photojournalism?

He took some of the most influential pictures that spoke to people about important matters, such as the economy and early inventions that altered our way of life. His pictures were about being in the right place at the right time and he could see the theatrical potential in every shot. He covered many of the world biggest events from the Spanish Civil War to the French uprisings in 1968.

• Find and upload to your blog some work of theirs

 

-Bresson took this photograph through a gap in a fence, and because the space between the planks was not wide enough, the left side of the image was later cropped. 

• What Camera/Technique did he use

He was an early taker of 35 mm format, and was very skilled at candid photography, which is capturing an image without creating a posed appearance; everything is organic.