media production

The story behind a photo

18th Sep 2018 — Leave a comment

Through media production and photography, I learnt that through one image there is a thousand words that can be spoken. It isn’t always direct but when you carefully address and analysis a photo, you will be able to get a sense of feeling and experience from a person’s facial expression, their body language, colours and the way that they are dressed.

We was set a task to take photos which told a story, and I picked out 3 images of myself which I thought represented me best. The reason why I think chose these images because I like the fact that it kind of captures my real identity; a shy girl, who likes to hide behind her makeup as a confidence booster hence the dramatic makeup with bright red eye shadow. I think the red background beautifully contrasts the colour of my hair as well as my makeup. You also notice that my hair is curly, when in reality it is naturally straight. my facial expression and body langue where my hands are placed on my shoulders also depicts a sense of loneliness, fragile and insecure person who looks very lost.

The first image also kind of shows how I am scared to open myself up to the world. However, the last photo looks a bit more fun. I think this represents the idea of how a shy person could also be very fun and free once you open them up and get to know for they truly are.

 

 

LIGHT, TEXTURE AND REFLECTION 

15th Sep 2018 — Leave a comment

During today’s lesson, we were set a task to play with light, texture and reflection using photography to capture interesting photos. I enjoy taking portraits in specific, therefore I diverted my attention towards mirrored images of my friends. I had also came up with the idea about ‘opposite reflection’, portraying a male of the darker skin completion, against myself, who is of the lighter skin completion to show contrasting tones and textures; in addition I had also took interest in patterns and lighting of my surroundings within the school building, such as grid railings and furniture. 

Before coming into this foundation course, I had learnt very little about photography or how to properly use a camera as I didn’t have that kind of access considering I was always strictly studying ‘fine art’ and the limited resources. To be able to experience a different media; something out of my comfort zone wasn’t only exciting but interesting to see the outcomes of how a bad photo could be seen as something very expressive, interesting and meaningful regardless of whether it was deliberate or not. Although I may not be considering taking photography as part of my career path, it is definitely something that I enjoy doing as a hobby, and from watching a couples of videos on media production about how a camera is used, what colours and tones set specific moods and how it reflects of on the audience was very helpful, giving me a push to better my work quality. 

The first task that we was set was to take ‘3 bad photos’, by doing this I played with the lighting on my phone, reducing the brightness to create a dark and unfocused photo, and through this after having a careful look back at it, I realised it looked quite effective. 

The next photo which I had captured was using the filter ‘pano’ on my iPhone X, which involves moving the camera to the right, allowing you to capture an almost 360 degree view of the setting. I deliberately went against the rules and consistently went left and right to create this cut off photo of my friend.

Finally, another darkened photo of constructions outside the window from my School building. Again I achieved this by decreasing the brightness on my camera setting to the lowest possible.