Chosen photographer

I have chosen to write about Robert Capa.

Robert was born in 1913 to the name, Endre Friedmann, moved away from his home country of Hungary at the age of 18. He adopted the name Robert Capa to hide his Jewish name as it was difficult for Jewish freelance photographers to get hired in Germany at the time.

He was a revolution for journalism when it came to  war photography as he showed it how it was on the front lines.

FALLING SOLIDER
This photograph shows how devastating war can be by showing the soldier in the image being shot and this would have been ground breaking at the time. The image portrays the emotion of sadness.

 D-DAY
This image is depicting the d-day landing as the soldiers hide behind tank traps to defend themselves from machine gun fire and mortar fire. This image is trying to portray the fear that the soldiers would have felt on the battle field.

German farmers fleeing from burning house
This image is as the title says about a  family of German farmers leaving their house as it burns behind them, It really does show how it was everyone who got affected by the bombing raids during WWII both British and German.


LINKS:

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Capa

Henri cartier bresson

>Short biography

Hernri Cartier-Bresson  was born in 1908 and trained as a painter and began his career in photography in 1938. He was one of the first photographers to start using 35mm format with a leica camera and he helped to define and improve the evolution of the photo-journalistic "street photography" style, the style has influenced many photographers.

> Visual style
His visual style is different in each image but it is clear that his images are all impromptu and spare of the moment taken with brilliant timing.
>3 photos

FRANCE. Paris. Place de l'Europe. Gare 
This photograph depicts a man jumping over a puddle with a perfect reflection. This photograph would have been impossible to set up and get that perfect timing and  the almost immaculate reflection. The image if planned could be trying to show the emotions of joy and happiness. I came to this conclusion by the way the person is jumping with one arm behind them.

 SPAIN. Madrid. 1933.
This image is slightly comedic, than the last, as the person in the foreground is almost the same as the chalk(i assume) drawing in the background this could be a spare of the moment photograph or the drawing could have been done purely for the photo if the picture is a random happening then it is an extremely rare and unlikely chance. 

SPAIN. Barcelona. Barrio Chino. 1933.
This final photograph is interesting as the man in the suit seems like he is so out of place as he is dressed in a full suit even with a top hat! and all the people around him seem like they are poorer than the man in the suit.

LINKS:
http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN

Key photograph no3 poster

Contact Sheet:

My intention for this series of photographs is for them to be on the DVD cover and the poster as the photograph. The framing and lighting used was to match the other images being used on the poster and DVD cover, I also wanted a 1 colour background to make editing the image easier for the poster and DVD cover.

ORIGINAL PICTURE

I chose to use this image as it had the best contrast between the background and the character. The image also had the character, the scientist, in a pose that made them look as if they were in thought.

ADJUSTED IMAGE

This is the image after it was edited i used pretty much the same filters on this as i did on the other images. So basically i used the vibrance and altered the RGB to darken the lighter colours slightly. I also croppd the image closer to the character.

FRAMED IMAGE

This is the final framed image i think it is a success and it does have a high quality resolution wise and it is pretty good on the lighting front.

Key photograph no2 poster

Contact Sheet:

I chose to use a mid long shot on a black background for the character shots to make editing easier. I had me raise my hand as the pose would look better and more fluid in the final poster.

ORIGINAL PICTURE

I chose to use this picture as I am not looking at the camera or out into space. This is good as it shows the character is individual to the rest and doesnt obey conventions.

ADJUSTED IMAGE

I used quite a few different adjustments on this image to make the character not look so pale. I mainly used the vibrance adjustment to do this i also used the curves adjustment on the RGB setting to darken the lighter colours slightly.

FRAMED IMAGE

This is the final framed image I think it is not the best image i took since it lacks in some areas (editing, depth of field)