Case Studies

I have chosen 3 photographers for my case study the first photographer i chose was Fran Lanting.

Fran Lanting

Fran Lanting is a Dutch national geographic photographer. He was born 13th July 1951 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Hans has been hailed as one of the greatest photographer of our time. He’s had work that’s appeared in exhibitions, books, magazines around the world. Frans earned a masters degree in economics and then later moved to the United states to study environmental planning. Soon after he began photographing nature. The reason as to why I’ve chosen to study Frans is because an area of my interest is nature and also because i find his work beautiful and amazing.

Eye To Eye

This photo taken by Frans is part of his collection called Eye to Eye. In this photo we can see two adult penguins staring down at a baby penguin. This photo is one of my favourites out of his whole collection as it allows us to get in depth with the animal world more and helps us to see how they act such as being close like family. Lanting chose this collection to show his personal observations and stories of working in the animal kingdom. This photo allows us to see the true beauty of nature. The light blue in this photo helps add a calm atmosphere to the photo

Peter Lindbergh

Peter lindbergh was a German fashion photographer and film director. He was born 23rd November 1944 and unfortunately passed away on the 3rd September 2019. Peter was known for his cinematic images and is recognized as one of the most influential contemporary photographers. Before becoming a photographer Peter worked as a window dresser for a local department stored and later enrolled in the Berlin academy of fine arts in the early 60s. In 1971 he turned his attention to photography and worked with Hans Lux for 2 years before opening his own studio in 1973. His photography introduced a new form of realism by redefining the beauty standards he did this because as he described ‘this should be the responsibility of photographers today to free women, and finally everyone from the terror of youth and perfection’. Lindbergh is known for working with famous fashion brands and magazines such as Vogue, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair.

In 1990 Lindbergh was asked the shoot the woman of the decade for a January 1990 cover of UK Vogue. For the photo he photographed Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz and Christy Turlington. He photographed them as themselves with very little make up. These types of photos were very inspirational as he allowed women to be seen in how they are with characterful faces, aged hands and bodies that may be judged as imperfect to help dhow them as normal and help redefine the beauty standards of women. He wanted to help free women from the terror of youth and having to be ‘perfect’. He wanted to show that all women are beautiful and don’t have to fit the gender stereotypes of women for them to be viewed as ‘perfection’. The fact that this photo was taken in black and white helps us too see the beauty of these women as a whole to create a directs focus of them as a subject of the photo rather than people getting distracted by different elements in the photo.

Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist who was born 26th May 1895 and unfortunately passed away 11th October 1965. Lange is best know for her work in the Depression-era for the Farm Security Administration . Lange work greatly allowed us to see the consequences of the great depression which she helped to document. One of Langes most famous photos is the photo of Migrant Mother which is a photo that is considered to have changed the world.

The Migrant Mother photo was taken in 1936. In the photo we can see a photo of a mother and her children living in poverty. The message of this image is very powerful as it allows us to see the true effect of the great depression. It also helps to symbolise the hunger, poverty and hopelessness that many Americans faced during the great depression. This photo helps us to see how powerful the love of a mother is and what they go through to ensure there children are safe. This photo is also very powerful because it caused the government to make a change and to send 20,000 pound of food to help relieve starvation in a migrant worker camp.

March 2, 2021 0

The idea behind this project was to create a poster that helps spread awareness about covid-19. My initial idea of the project was to take photos of people of all different ages wearing masks to help and symbolise that with everything that is going on you’re not alone.

For the projects we was all put in groups. The group i was put in was with Rachel and Millie. As a group we collectively took photos that we would like to use for our project. Millie and I took the first lot of our photos together in the studio whilst having Rachel on a video call with us. We each discussed our ideas together and shot them in the studio to figure out what we liked best. Once we had finished our work in the studio we then went out individually to take more shots that we would like to use for our project.

Due to Covid restriction i was unable to go out and take the photos i had originally planned to take so i used the photos from the studio for my final poster. Across each of our posters we used the slogan ‘You’re not alone’ this allowed us to connect our posters together to make them essentially part of a series.

Although my final poster wasn’t what i had originally planned to have i still believe its successful as it still helps spread the message i wanted to show and also helps show that people aren’t alone due to showing more than one person present in the photo.

March 1, 2021 0

Evaluation of Photoshoot

My expectations and hopes for the shoot was to take photos that relate to Covid-19 and help reflect the new normality in which people have to wear masks and use hand sanitiser.

I planned my shot by ensuring i had the correct equipment that i needed such as my camera. I also brought along some props to help me successfully achieve the theme of the photoshoot. The props i included were face masks and hand sanitiser. When shooting my photos i also used studio lighting which helped add a more professional effect to the photo and also helped allow the pictures to come out clearer and stopped the photos from being too over exposed.

When shooting i managed to capture a few successful photos which were the photos i had hoped for.

When shooting I originally had to change the camera I had hoped to use due to my original camera bot working with the lighting

January 27, 2021 0

Requirements Of Being A Professional Photographer

There are a few requirements you need to consider when becoming a professional photographer.

One skill you’ll need to become a professional photographer is to have a creative and technical ability. Having both a creative and technical ability helps you to come up with idea to shoot and also allows you to take photos with good angles and techniques which helps show you know how to use the camera technical functions. Having a creative mindset in photography helps you to create emotion in the photos you’re taking which helps add meaning to them.

To be a professional photographer you need to also have patience and to be able to concentrate. This is a very important skill to have due to the fact that not all photo will come out how the photographer may have planned meaning their may be multiple attempts before they successfully achieve what they hoped for.

A professional photographer should also have a good eye and be able to pay attention to detail. This is a good factor to have as it allows you to find photo opportunity in small things and with objects people may not have paid attention to which then helps allow your photo to become unique. It also helps you take notice of small details in your photo that may have gone wrong and could end up being a distraction. Being able to do this also allows you to evaluate what may have gone wrong in the photo allowing you to change it.

Professional photographers should also have strong networking skills. This is because it helps allow more people to see you’re work. This also allows you to connect with more people and potentially gain more clients for yourself and any future work you plan on doing. Networking can also lead to you finding out about more opportunities you may not have known about previously.

Professional photographers should also know how to complete risk assessments before every shoot. This is to ensure that the photographer isn’t putting themselves at risk as well as a potential client who may be shooting with them. They do this by finding any potential risks that they could face and finding a solution to eliminate it to keep themselves safe.

Professional photographers also need to ensure they know how to complete consent and permission forms. They need to do this by ensure they have written consent from a model they may be shooting and also written consent to use a certain location in a shoot that may be private property. This is very important to do because if neither of these are done they will have a big impact on your shoot and could lead to you facing legal issues.

Professional photographers also need to ensure they know how to complete image copyright forms to ensure that any photo they take will rightfully be theirs and cannot be stolen by other people. This also ensures no one else can use the photo without the photographers permission and if they do they will likely face legal issues.

Professional photographers are also required to know how to manage time. This is important as it allows the photographer to be able to discuss with the client times when they will be shooting and for them to also know what times of day are best depending on the type of lighting they would like to use.

All photographers have a different genre they excel in such Nature, Landscape, Portrait, Wildlife, Underwater photography, etc. This means a professional photographer is also required to have the skills to shoot in the specific area of interests they choose to shoot in.

January 19, 2021 0

Research Into Professional Practice

When shooting their are a lot of procedures that need to be taken place to allow production to run smoothly and to ensure you don’t face future issues with your work. The four main key practices you have to ensure have been completed include a risk assessment, Consent and permission forms, Image copyright and NUJ code of conduct.

Risk assessments should be made when going to location shoots to understand the potential risks before going and to also help create a safety buffer to ensure that both you and your equipment is safe as well as anyone around you.

Consent and permission forms need to be completed before shooting your photos to ensure you have permission to shoot in a certain area or to include a model in your shoot to avoid legal issues and to also be certain that you can use your work in the future without potentially facing any issues.

Copyright practices and procedures have to be completed before shooting photos to ensure that all rights to the photos belong to you and to also help ensure your photos can’t be stolen.

For photographers such as journalists they have to ensure they follow the NUJ code of conduct which stands for National union of journalists. The NUJ code of conduct contains 12 rules that have to be followed these include:

At all times uphold and defend the principle of media freedom, the right of freedom of expression and right of the public to be informed.
Strives to ensure that information disseminated is honestly conveyed accurate and fair
Does the utmost to correct harmful inaccuracies
differentiates between fact and opinion
obtain material by honest, straightforward and open means with the exception of investigations that are both overwhelmingly in the public interest and which involve evidence that cannot be obtained by straightforward means
Does nothing to intrude into anybodies private life, grief or distress unless justified by over riding consideration of public interests.
Protects the identity of sources who supply information in confidence and material gathered in the course of the work.
Resists threats or any other inducements to influence, disort or suppress information gained in the course of their duties before the information is public knowledge
Produces no material likely to lead to hatred or discrimination on the grounds of a persons age, gender, race, colour,legal status, disability, marital status or sexual orientation.
Does not by way of statement or voice or appearance endorsed by advertisement any commercial product or service save for the promotion of their own work or by the medium by which they’re employed.
A journalist shall normally seek the consent of an appropriate adult when interviewing or photographing a child for a story about their welfare
Avoid plagiarism

January 19, 2021 0

Employment Research

Pet Photography Tips | Ideas for Your Cat & Dog Photoshoot — https://bidunart.com/7-best-pet-photography-tips/

The skills i have:

Time Management
Being able to work under pressure
Creative Mindset
Quick Learner
Being able to work both independently as well as part of a team
Attention to detail

The skills my chosen job requires:

Experience in taking photos
An eye for setting up optimum camera angles and lighting
Creative ability to be able to come up with fun ideas
Photo editing
Ability to manage time and self motivate
Graphic design skills (Not essential)

Chosen Job:

Entry requirements for university:

Photography at Brighton University

BTEC Extended Diploma DDM–MMM.

GCSE (minimum grade C or grade 4)
At least English language and maths.

University of creative arts

a minimum of four GCSE passes (or equivalent) at grade A*-C and/or 4-9 including English, this should be used as a guide to what we accept.

Distinction, Merit, Merit at BTEC Extended Diploma
Merit at UAL Extended Diploma

PhotoJournalist:

Skills it requires:

Equiptmet skills
Editing Skills
Creativity
Be Organized
Time Management
Flexibility

Nature Photographer

Skills it requires:

Editing skills
Research skills
Outdoor skills
Technical ability
Patience
Respectful
Quiet
Good eye

November 23, 2020 0

Photography Genres

There are many different genres of photography which helps photographers work stand out by a type of genre rather than just labeling it as photography.

Here are a few examples of photography genres:

Nature Photography

https://www.shutterstock.com/search/abstract?missing_image_id=643774816

Nature photography is a wide range of photographs taken outdoors which then display natural aspects such as leaves, trees, flowers, plants etc

Travel Photography

Khayelitsha Woman, South Africa - Photo by Hillary Fox — Hillary Fox

Travel photography is photography that documents people, culture, areas landscape and history. Travel photography is done when people travel to different places of the world and document it.

Documentary photography.

Documentary photography is photography that helps show a representation of people, places, objects, events which help document history.

Fashion photography

Fashion photography is a type of photography that is used to showcase a piece of clothing as well as other fashion items. Fashion photography is usually used of advertisement for things related to the genre such as a fashion magazine.

Food Photography

Food photography is still life photography of food. This type of photography is usually used in advertisement and for menus in restaurants to help show what the food looks like.

Sport Photography

https://www.picturecorrect.com/tips/sports-photography-tips-and-techniques/

photography is photography that is used to showcase sport relate events such and basketball and football and to help document them.

Fine Art Photography

Giuseppe Milo - Girl on Garda lake - Sirmione, Italy — https://www.thephotoargus.com/fine-art-photography/

Fine art photography is photography is photography that is created in line with the vision of the photographer. this genre of photography is used to help express a message, an idea or an emotion.

Marine photography

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-51633570

Marine photography is photography that is taken underwater. this type of photography is used to allow people to see underwater life.

Macro photography

Eyes of a Holcocephala fusca Robber Fly — https://mymodernmet.com/paul-parent-macro-photography/

Macro photography is photography which is taken as an extreme close up usually of very small insects and living organisms in which the subject of the photo appears bigger than it is in real life.

Lifestyle Photography

Lifestyle photography is a style of portrait photography that aims to capture real life situations in an artistic manor. this type of photography is used to share peoples stories in unstaged scenes.

October 21, 2020 0

Category: Professional Practice