Assignment 4

Birthday Snapshot

The framing of this photo was sort of on accident. This picture was literally a snapshot. I pointed the camera, which was around my neck, so it was lower then normal which is an explanation to why I only got half of his face. I was trying to get the decorations in the background so that is why the image is basically split in half. I feel like the balance between both areas works really well. The fact that he is only the right with his dark jacket on and the other half more light with less going on creates a good balance. I feel that the image could be about and ironic situation of having fun by yourself. This guy is alone in a room with party decorations all over the place but still looks like he’s having a good time and is having humor also. Wearing that shirt and having the jacket open shows a really funny concept. In this image I used a flash to put more lighting in the frame. There is a light in the background but adding the flash made the right things brighter and darker. This image could definitely be about a larger issue of religion. It’s is very comical but because of the fact that he’s wearing that shirt and the signs in the background it could be controversial.

Under Armour Ad

With this image I tried to interpret an actual Under Armour ad. The framing of it was important. The left side of the image had to be smaller and the right side had to have sort of a shadow. The lighting was also a huge aspect of the image. It had to be really bright on one side so I had to make sure had enough lighting to create the right shadow and highlights. The image definitely is about an ad of some sort. When there is a guy who has good muscles and posed, I think of modeling and advertising. I used lights on both sides of the model but had a stronger one on one side to show shadow. My goal was to recreate an ad and I definitely think I accomplished that. This image obviously shows the similarities to other photographers shooting ads for sportswear. The arms on the sides is a common pose that most models that model for underwear or anything form-fitting wear. This image could relate to larger issue such as strength and conditioning. This image could show the change of a person who was bigger before and now looked like that.

Passport Photo

In passport photos, the perspective is up close and personal. That is what I was trying to get the effect as. Another thing I tried to do was make the contrast distinct. Usually in passport photos people do not where white so I went as far as I could and chose black. The image is depicted as something that is not what you’d normally see in a passport picture. Every distinct part of our face needs to be normal for the photo to be proper for passport quality. Having your mouth squished and looking like a fish would not be allowed for a normal picture. When creating this photo, I knew I needed to have a white background. I looked at other passport photos and worked off of those. Well I don’t think that literally this image relates to other works but in sense it could relate to self-portraits.

Credit Card

My credit card photo was not put because my numbers were on it. The framing of this picture had to do with balance and what normal ebay pictures looked like. I framed it so parts of the card were cropped on both sides. I put emphasis on the center because I tried to blur out the numbers but not so it looked like it was on purpose. For this image I placed a bright light next to it to get a good contrast of the colors on the card with the white background.