Digital Photography Visual Narrative Presentation for Graphic Design Course

1. Digital Photography
VISUAL NARRATIVE PRESENTATION
Student: Inga MC
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

2. MOST IMPRESSIVE PHOTOGRAPHS
WITH ANNOTATION

3. Black and white photograph of
young photographer Christina
Otero (Hanted shoots) is very
strong portrait of the girl, takes all
attention from the start. You are not
distracted by any other details.
The Photographer focused only on
her face by using light, very soft
concentration on her eyes, nose,
lips, taking all space of image.
The right angle and exposure,
bringing out an amount of small
details and texture (the freckles
and wrinkles in the skin, cracks in
the lips, all of the shining bits of
wetness-sweat on the upper lip,
tears in and around the eyes).
The decision to use black and
white emphasizes the intense
contrast and heightens the emotion
of the photo.
Very good composition, she is
looking at you. The eyes in tears
are the most important objects in
this image. I can feel her pain,
sadness, and sorrow!

4. Black and white, still life
photograph from the famous
Photographer Fan Ho. The central
figure of this image is the man on
the boat on the middle of lake or
river. Background of image is in a
mist, but I still can see mountains
and another figure but they not are
taking our attention. The lighting
from the side creates some
shadows, but very smooth. The
image is not in contrast. The central
part is in blown highlights which
gives a feeling of calmness, full of
lyrical beauty, dramatic power, and
poetic grandeur.

5. Black and white photograph
of landscape was taking by
famous Photographer Ansel
Adams In Iceland. Great
composition! Good balance
between the amount of land
and sky. I like the contrast
between the road and
mountains, with the light
getting brighter in the
distance. The barely lit
mountains in the background
and the mist add interest. I
really like how the light is in
little chucks illuminating
the mountain.
This photograph is
impressive and atmospheric,
like a dream shot. It's almost
surreal. It gives off a feeling
of mystery and wonder. So
many things can happen
here; it can be an end, a
harsh beginning, anything!

6. Colour photography of dancing girl taken in
fashion style by famous Photographer Peter
Lindbergh. Warm and soft yellow lighting
from the side gives shadows behind the girl
and looks like she is dancing towards the
light. Her dress and veil repeat her
movement. The gradient backdrop is very
fitting and the darker top really makes the
white dress pop out. The body is beautiful,
and the positioning is perfect. It is at once
strong, feminine, with a tiny hint of
vulnerability.
This image gives feelings of romance,
elegancy, mystery and beauty.

7. Lighting techniques in the work of the Richard Avedon

8. Black and white photograph by
famous American fashion and portrait
photographer Richard Avedon of
Stephanie Seymour and Marcus
Schenkenberg for Versace in 1993.
Lighting used is very clean and simple,
with even highlights and shadows
across the figures. One of famous hit
of Avedon’s lighting style is the soft,
often indirect main light. The key is
getting indirect light as even as
possible across the subject. On this
image he used the light coming from
the left and white floor and background
as reflectors. As well as high ISO that
added grainy to image. From his
biography I know Richard Avedon used
a large format camera, which gave a
number of benefits such as image size
and camera movement.

9. Richard Avedon’s iconic image of
model Dovima, posing in a Christian
Dior evening dress with elephants
from the Cirque d’Hiver, Paris, in
1955. Controlling light became a bit of
an art. The single -light-source
technique was most effective in
black and white photography. To
shoot this image he photographed his
subjects in the shade against a white
backdrop so the open sky was his
primary light source; large and
diffuse.

10. Richard Avedon by Nina Leen, 1950
Behind the scenes of Richard Avedon using lights :

11. Maurice Béjart and Richard Avedon,
Lausanne, 1998

12. Avedon at work in the American West
by Laura Wilson, 1980s

13. Avedon at work in the American
West by Laura Wilson, 1980s

14. LINES AND SHAPES IN OBJECTS

17. VARIETIES OF LIGHT

18. Sun and shadow Subject and shadow
Hard light Artificial light Soft light

19. Colour as mood Colour in shadow

20. Light Photography - effect of kaleidoscope
Unknown
Kaleidoscope Light in the dark room

21. Camera Angles
Focus
Flash
Zoom in

22. 1. Focus- object in focus and out of focus
2. Different angles

24. 3. Flash off- natural light and flash on –artificial light
4. Pixels- zoom in

25. ISO-the indication of how sensitive
a film to light

27. ISO 100 ISO 3200

28. Shutter speed
Aperture
White balance

29. Slow shutter
speed

30. Fast shutter speed

31. f 4/5 f/29
Aperture

33. Realism & formalism in photography
(class work)

34. REALISM

35. FORMALISM

36. Still life. Fruits & Vegetables in
food photography

38. First photographs of fruits and vegetables. At this stage there is not enough knowledge
about exposure concepts. In this photographs I can see problems with light and
composition.

39. Visual references and mood board

40. Pinterest Board

41. Pinterest Board

42. Pinterest Board

43. Katie Quinn Davies -originally
a native of Dublin, Ireland, now
based in Sydney, Australia,
works as a freelance
commercial photographer
specialising in food and lifestyle
subjects with a strong focus on
the former. She also is a
cookbook author and recipe
writer and is a regular
contributor to Australia’s ABC
Delicious Magazine, for which
she writes, styles and shoots a
monthly, eight page food
editorial story.
She takes her photographs only
in natural light, using screens,
reflectors, white and black board
and occasional speed-light. The
visual elements of lines, shapes,
colours and textures in a
photographs that tend to result
in a successful compositional.
Photographers inspired in still life food photography

44. British food and still life photographer.
Colin’s richly coloured and textured food
photography paired with his background
in graphic design.
Nice movement in his photographs,
such as the slicing of an cake or pouring
of syrup very well designed. It makes
personal revelation that changed entire
outlook on food photography.
Colin Campbell

45. Research undertaken

48. Work in progress (Adobe Photoshop)

49. Work in progress (Adobe Photoshop)

50. Realism in fashion photography

51. Seaside story
Realism in fashion: To capture
the clothes and model in lighting
styles and compositions that
complement the chosen location,
making full
use of local lighting and features
Location: set on the Marble Hill
Beach
Used seaside colours: blue,
white, red

52. MOOD BOARD

53. Natural light:
Sunlight is not only free, it is
beautiful, but pay attention to tiny
details – such as the position of
shadows falling over the model’s face –
is essential.

54. Work in progress (Adobe Photoshop)

55. Formalism in landscape photography

56. Formalism in landscape
photography-
Explore ordinary objects to
create an extraordinary image.
Try to capture contrasts and
scale of texture. Think about
depth and angles, contrasts,
clean colours, transformations,
unusual views.
All photographs were taken on a
beach and continue seaside
story.

57. Mood board

59. Work in progress (Adobe Photoshop)

60. “Photography, for me, is not looking, it is feeling.
If you can not feel what you are looking at, then
you are never going to get others to feel anything
when they look at your pictures”
DON Mc cullin