"For the Love Of Music" by Red
Friday, December 6, 2013
10 Portraits
"Lauren's Been Framed" by Red
"Better Be...GRIFFINDOR!" by Red
Portraits
Self-Portraits
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Annie Leibovitz: 3 Portraits Analysis
"Captain Hook" - Russell Brand by Annie Leibovitz
- A portrait doesn't just have to be from the chest up, it can include the entire body - just make is visually interesting like Annie has done here
- Russell Brand is a comedian so she used that to her advantage and used his many facial expressions to pull off the Captain Hook look
- It's a wonderful representation of Captain Hook and his constant battle with the crocodile
- The cave gives it a real shape by really framing Russell
- The back lighting is used well, making his facial expression more visible and draws your eye to the main subject of the portrait
- The lines created are great! By having Russell standing with his legs spread apart like that on either side of the crocodiles mouth creates a continuous line that makes your eye travel around and around
- The accuracy of the story portrayed makes this a truly spectacular portrait
"Jack Sparrow" - Johnny Depp by Annie Leibovitz
- Johnny's stance is very 'Jack Sparrow' and really captures his character as Jack himself
- By having a warmer light it makes Johnny's skin appear even more tan than it really is and gives that impression that he's watching yet another sunset at sea
- The waves in the background suggest that he's out at sea, truly bring to attention that pirates spend most of their time out on the water rather than at port
- Johnny Depp may be positioned more to the center of the image, but his body is slanted to created a better line to draw your eye
- By not having just a bust shot it creates a better visually representation of Jack Sparrow and shows his entire character - this way you can focus one more than one element rather than just seeing Johnny's face
- His red bandanna draws your eye up to the top of the picture and the warm light really plays with the colour and enhances it
- By not having a sense of real expression on his face it really makes you think, 'what is he thinking?' - it enhances his sense of mystique and mystery, the craziness that Jack Sparrow possesses
"Marie Antoinette" - Kirsten Dunst by Annie Leibovitz
- The contrast in the use of patterns - the difference in the floor and dress are interesting and yet surprisingly work together
- The dress was a great choice in costume for capturing the character of Marie Antoinette - in her time it was all about the big dresses and it really suggests that it is in that time
- The rows of pillars behind Kirsten create a framing effect that makes it look like she's within a picture frame
- The light shone directly on her face, I think back light couldn't have worked here because you want to focus more of what's in the foreground rather than the background
- The blandness of the background - the colours - really makes the main subject pop and appears more visually interesting
- Her body stature plays with the rule of thirds by having her body off to the left side and her dress running along the bottom line
- A very dull lighting was used - I feel if a brighter light was used the colours would have been too bright and over bearing with the drastic colour of her dress
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Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Formalism: 10 Photographers
Top Left: Aaron Siskind, 1949, "Jerome, Arizona", Element is Shape http://www.theslideprojector.com/images/photo1/chapter15-theatomicage/jeromearizona.jpg
Top Right: Cindy Sherman, 1979, "Untitled Film Still #35", Element is Form https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5EhcNy9sY5bxFeAt8rn5KspVebg0vqaM8KrmPZBP-F5WQFc3gBJbmImC7yy08nYJqO7kpcnuH65v0_nEYXz82kGqROAirbUWEXGf4Kztm6Ormij_seVYFIMP40vxcH5ar8ZYn6_kozI/s1600/%2335.jpg
Bottom Left: Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1931, "Greta Garbo", Element is Form http://www.garboforever.com/Bilder/Film-Pic/Kiss/The_Kiss-03.jpg
Bottom Right: Edward S. Curtis, 1906, "Upshaw--Apsaroke--in Headdress ", Element is Form https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin5gpzYOw1eVXzcBXVqCd6IemXFHDNGDvEMWVNL2CkxFaUSFlGi6I_DkEnSS5xJ1ESt6VRoplSWwNBXRwAfQOc2Bew3om7JlXg4XXNDcp1Eftsyh4JeHfYIYuMigDct7Vnzwi8GJktSd4/s1600/Edward+S.+Curtis+-+Upshaw,+an+Apsaroke+man+in+full+headdress.jpg
Top Left: Dan Weiner, 1956, "Boycotted Bus, Montgomery", Element is Line http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xIRhLWmhV8/T0qA7DwQrCI/AAAAAAAAEfM/Boy4X3Sg4nw/s1600/montgomery_bus_boycott.jpg
Top Right: George Hurrell, 1938, "Marlene Dietrich, Element is Form http://images.artnet.com/artwork_images_1116_564877_george-hurrell.jpg
Bottom Left: Donald McCullin, 1971, “Soldiers
from the Royal Anglian Regiment counter-attack young Catholic
stone-throwers in The Bogside, Londonderry, Northern
Ireland”, Elements are Line & Form http://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/donmccullin/images/image2.jpg
Bottom: Right: James Karales, 1964, "Marchers, Selma to Montgomery", Elements are Space & Line
Top: Irving Penn, 1950, "Harlequin Dress", Elements are Shape & Line
Bottom: Clem Albers, 1942, "A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry waits with the family baggage before leaving by bus for an assembly center", Element is Form
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
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