Monthly Archives: March 2013

In My Room

This assignment was designed to show the uses of metz flash. We needed to take a picture of something in our room that tells the viewer about us.           This is the chair in my room. … Continue reading

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The War in Iraq

The war in Iraq is one of the most widely covered conflicts in history. The ability for journalists to get hold of information previously inaccessible, and photographers being able to send photographs directly to publications or post them on the internet. … Continue reading

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Travel Photography

These photographs were taken in the town of Saltaire, West Yorkshire. The above picture, although not of the more recognizable Salts Mill, shows a lot of what the town of Saltaire is about. The church sits in the middle of the … Continue reading

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Location

                                                              The two images above demonstrate the difference a location … Continue reading

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Semiotics

The above image is one taken during the Libyan revolution in 2011. There are a few meanings which we can presume the author meant. For starters, the truck the fighters are riding in, it shows the mish mash nature of … Continue reading

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Making Selections

Above is a portrait of my niece Katie, which i will edit to show how selections are made on photoshop. Here i have used the Magnetic Lasoo tool to select the blue of the eye, the intention is to change … Continue reading

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Portraiture

Portraits can be of all sorts of styles, from controlled studio portraits to candid street photography.  This image is of two of my friends and a man we met outside of the train station in Leeds. I didn’t even need … Continue reading

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Traveler vs Tourist

The difference between people who are classed as a traveler versus those classed as a tourist can be quite blurred. Simply put, a traveler goes somewhere to experience what life is like in whatever country they may end up in. … Continue reading

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Adjustment Layers

This is the image I will use adjustment layers to create two different moods within the photograph. I will create a warmer feeling within the photograph using a Brightness and Contrast adjustment layer. By increasing the contrast to 58 and … Continue reading

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News Photography

The re-election of Barack Obama as the US president is one of the biggest news stories of the past year. so inevitably will have been covered by news stations and papers across the world, with varying approaches to covering the … Continue reading

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