a level photography

  Still Life Photography -- a genre of photography used for the depiction  of inanimate subject matter, typically a small group of objects .       ways to light still life - light boxes - soft boxes - flashlight / torches - reflectors - high key / low key light Still Life Photographers Jenny Van Sommers Mat Collishaw Henry Hargreaves Evelyn Bencicova Richard Kuiper

unconscious - unthinking, daydreaming disdaining - not worthy, dislike rationalism - reason, logic psychoanalysis - theories, therapeutic technologies of unconscious mind repressed - oppressed, restrained, stopped taboos - socially or culturally not accepted  - emerged from the dada art movement in 1916, showcasing art that defied reason. surrealists denounced the rationalist mindset. René Magritte “the son of man” Surrealism is a movement in art which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. René Magritte was a Surrealism artist born in 1898, with his work being started at around the start of the 20th century. The art he created represents the idea of everyday objects being presented in different contexts, aiming to think about what we take for granted. Magritte fed into the surrealist movement highly, providing works such as ‘The Son Of Man’ and ‘Lovers’ both these pieces are faceless, they have no fa...

 

Aperture the aperture is a hole inside the lens which lets light travel into the camera to reach the sensor. large pupil size equals large aperture, while small pupil size equals small aperture. larger f-stop = smaller aperture smaller  number = bigger iris slay small aperture large aperture

- cropping - point of view - depth of field - background aperture - controls the amount of light that passes through the lense 😃

Edward Hopper "nighthawks" Realism is the art movement which relates to honestly representing the world through paintings or photographs and ensuring that it looks like it should, or what it is, and as real as possible, avoiding anything that would make it seem supernatural or simply unrealistic. Edward Hopper was a Realism artist born in 1882, his work was mainly based around the early 20th century. The art he created mainly captures the loneliness and isolation of urban settings, depicting common emotions from during the world wars and the great depression. It says in sources that that Hopper's   paintings 'exemplify social distancing,' not necessarily in the way that we would while we were in the pandemic, but more in a sense of realistic social ideologies.   It could also show the separation between those with a partner and without, which is shown with the people in the image above, with man sat by himself and the other two people further along who appear to b...

 

  8 rules of compostion          : rule of thirds          : leading lines lines on travel          : cropping cropping photos to show more detail / a specific area          : framing using something to frame a specific area in a photo          : depth      deep depth of  field being able to see everything in the shot, more / all of it is in focus          : background control shallow depth of field, gearing the audience's eye to a specific part of the photo          : point of view      taking a photo from different angles / points of view          : horizon line wide angle photo to make an impact

  daily routine           : I have to show my daily routine.           : minimum of 9 photos including anything but my face           : print or sculpture them into something to show the emotion and thought behind taking them planning day of college/normal week day          : waking up — taking a photo out of the window          : eating — photo of food          : getting the bus — photo of the bus when it’s down the street           : getting off the bus — the street i get off at          : getting to college — photo of the building          : here 1 or 2 photos during lessons if possible          : doing something after college — if i do anything take a photo of that    ...

 Unit 1     modules          personal investigation that includes a portfolio of practical written work and a study of 4000 words     weighting          60%     format          portfolio and essay produced during course Unit 2     modules          externally set task - exam     weighting           40%     format          external  exam : 15 hours my own interpretation of the assessment objective

lakeside, in the evening while pretty much all of the swans are gathered infront of the lake. robin hoods bay in the early afternoon, at a cafe while the sun is out.