A Level Photography

Different apertures                   f-5.6                                        f-7.1                                           f-10.0 The lower the aperture the more focus there is on the object,  as the aperture was increased the focus on the main object wasn't as great. The smaller aperture had more blurred background than the higher aperture

Cubism  What is Cubism? Cubism is a new approach at representing reality. It brings up different views of subjects together in the same picture resulting in paintings or photos that appear fragmented or abstracted. Cubism is a new style of art transforming ordinary objects: people, landscapes, architecture etc, and making them into geometric shapes. Examples of cubism- My example of cubism- Here I used pictures at different angles of me and my mum and used a collage technique to put them all together and create this cubism effect. The purpose of this was to show the similarities in facial features we have.

 Surrealism What is Surrealism? Surrealism is a type of art that aims to revolutionize human experience. It uses the balance of vision of life with one that asserts the power of the unconscious and dreams . This type of art is often described as strange, beautiful, unexpected and uncanny. Salvador Dalí was a Spanish Surrealist painter and printmaker known for exploring subconscious imagery. Arguably, his most famous painting is The Persistence of Memory (1931), depicting limp melting watches. An example of his work: This image sends the viewer into a dreamlike and strange universe. This artwork opposes surrealism to reality and questions the ineluctability of time. The melting clocks are the symbol for he lack of meaning and fluidity of time in the dream world. Dali used the techniques of hand-painted dream photographs. He applied the methods of surrealism, looking deep into the non-rational mechanics of his mind- dreams, imagination and the subconscious to generate the unreal for...

Image that I like and why-  I like this still life image as it shows how pretty the   nature and the animals in it are, this often isn't seen by  humans as they don't realise the true beauty which they are surrounded by.  The still life artist that I like is Vladimir Shipulin because I like his stipe of work and how he produces shadows in his photographs . Types of light used in still life photography- Light box, lighting reflectors,  Daniel Lindh- famous still-life cosmetic photographer http://www.daniellindh.com      The lighting of these images is all focused on the subject, it is bright and the object is the centre of the image. These images all serve the purpose to advertise the products and do so well by probably using fill light, key light and back light or by being placed in a Lightbox. The angles used in these examples are at an eye level, most are at a 0 degree angle and some are slightly at -15 degree (hero view). The pink lipgloss for ...

Main ‘styles' of photography street photography- Jill freedman  Night photography- Dave Jordan Photojournalism- Kitra Cahana  Nature photography- Cristina Mittermeier Documentary photography- Arthur Lumen Portrait photography- Steve McCurry Architectural photography- Iwan Baan Still life photography- Mat Collishaw Art photography- Alex Stoddard Macro photography- Karla Thompson  Lifestyle photography- Bruno Barbey Interior photography- James McDonald Fashion photography- Tim Walker Landscape photography- Charlie Waite Sports photography- Neil Leifer Wildlife photography- Nick Nichols Wedding photography- Lynn Shapiro

Realism   What is realism? Realism is a genre of art and photography in which artists encompass drawings, paintings and other graphic media by studying an image and  recreating it as realistic as possible.  Richard Estes-  Richard Estes (born May 14, 1932 in Kewanee, Illinois) is an American artist, best known for his photorealist paintings. The paintings generally consist of reflective, clean, and inanimate city and geometric landscapes. He is regarded as one of the founders of the international photo-realist movement of the late 1960s.               williamsburg bridge 1995 - Google Search Williamsburg Bridge(1995) This painting that looks like a real image was made during the crash of two trains in New York. Estes might have been trying to represent the danger, maybe like a warning. He used the technique of making his paintings look realistic as if been taken by a camera. My examples of realism; ...