TYPES AND USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Mia celestine – Lees

MACRO

This Macro photograph, above (left hand side) was taken by the well known Macro photographer, Shikhei Goh. I have chosen this photo because I personally enjoyed looking at this image as the colors caught my attention. The whole purpose of Macro photography is to make the small objects (insects/nature) look larger than they actually are. In this image you can see each and every detail of the frogs body that maybe our own eye’s couldn't see when looking at the object (frog) normally. As Goh captured the image the light enhanced the frog’s Green head and Red eyes this attracts the human eye to these vibrant colors. This is a photo of a frog leaping from bark/wood. This image makes me feel happy but also anxious as you don’t know whether the frog will make it to where he is jumping to. Some photographers that particularly shoot Macro photos are Heather Angel, Krasimir Matarov and Carlo Galliani.

Macro photography, also known as ’Close Up’ photography is one of the main categories of photography. Usually photographers that specialize in Macro/Nature photography take images of small organisms such as insects and flowers.

These two images on the right hand side are both examples of my own Macro photography. I believe that these are both suitable examples as they both focus on either an insect or flower. These images both close up on to the object.

LANDSCAPE

Landscape photography captures the mostly nature based scenes in the world. They capture the presence of nature but also include man made features.

The image above is a photo that was taken by a landscape photographer named Charlie Waite. This image is simple but ranges in tones of reds and oranges, this is what persuaded me to choose this image as an example. This is a photo of a desert. When looking at this photograph I feel warm and relaxed this is because of the colors used in the image.

Some photographers that specialize in Landscape photography are Adam Burton, Ross Hoddinott and Guy Richardson.

These images are two of my own examples in Landscape photography. Both of these images are good examples as they both cover a wide range of space like a landscape image does.

Nature

Nature Photography refers to a wide range of photography, these images are usually taken outside and focus on displaying natural elements such as, wildlife, landscapes, plants and close ups.

This image was captured by Patrick Zephyr. The reason I chose to use this image for this section of nature photography is because of the variation of color within the image. When I look at this image become relaxed and almost hypnotized because of the colors and textures that are incorporated. The objective’s within this image are the clouds, the sea and the sky. When I see the sky I start to feel warm as the color orange is a warm toned color, however when you look lower in the image you see colder toned colors such as blue and purples, this makes me feel chilled. The image includes juxtaposed colors we know this as when you look at orange you associate it with warmth but when you view something that is a blue/purple color you feel a lot more calmed.

Some photographers associated with Nature are Mark Hamblin, John Shaw and David Lloyd.

These images are both examples of Nature photography as they include aspects of nature such as flowers and animals.

Street

Street photography is also sometimes known as candid photography. Street photography includes random incidents, chance encounters within public places.

I chose this image taken by Joel Meyerowitz because of the mystery of the image. I like how the woman is positioned behind a speaker so that her face is covered and the viewer can enable their imagination by her identity being covered up. The glass box also suggests that she’s working somewhere important, I like the positions of all these objectives. When I viewed this image for the first time the photo made me think about the woman’s face and all the random possibilities of when she looks like, I enjoy the simple monochrome as it makes the image look a lot more dated, this grey toned image makes me feel dull. Other photographer that take street images include Robert Frank, Mark Cohen and iO Tillett Wright.

The two images on the right hand side are my own examples of street photography. These images are great examples of street photography as they include public locations and un-expected encounters.

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