Brandon Wood

AO1 – understanding photographers – portrait Robert Capa This work is going to be based a portrait image category. Portrait photographers take pictures of people or living things such as animals This will involve using a range of techniques such as rule of three, which means that the main focus of the image is on the cross over of the rule of three lines. There is also leading lines this involves two lines that lead up to a certain focus of the e .g. images such as a straight road leading up to a building. Also you have filled the frame, which is a close-up of a person or for example a close up of a bottle that fills the frame and there is no background. The photographer that I am using for this work uses different images taken in the war of people and setting e.g. battlegrounds and army bases. The photographer that I use is called Robert Capa he is known especially for his images of the war.

Rule of third has been used in this image, as the rule of three line is going across the mans face in the image this is a good example of rule of three as it is very clear. The lighting such as the black and white background shows that these images was taken in the olden days when people where fighting in the war. You can easily she the focus on this photo as the man at the front is in focus and the image the background is blurred and out of focus this shows that the image Robert capa has taken is focusing on the man at the front. This image is set in the war as you can see all of the soldiers in the background.

Brandon Wood

You can see in this image that it has not been cropped to focus on the man at the front as this is set in the olden days this would have to be done with the camera this makes him stand out more and makes him more noticeable. The reason for the image is to remember war and the people who fought in the war. The black and white symbolises that it was taken in the 50s this shows that it is an old image. This is going to be a portrait photo a portrait is a photo of a person or a living things e.g. animals, humans and every thing else living this will involve arrange of techniques such as rule of third this means that the main focus of the image will be in line with the rule of third line most common they will be where the lines cross over. There are also leading lines these are two lines that lead up to a building or a person. Another example of this is a road leading up to a building. You also have fill the frame this involves a close up of someone’s face and its that close you can’t see any backgrounds just the face o the main focus. The photographer I’m using for this piece is Robert capa he uses a range of images that he has taken in the war from people dieing to people walking n streets in the olden days.

as you can see the main focus is a man that is being shot the photographer has used the rule of three as the main focus is on the point where the lines meet this is very effective when showing who/what is the main focus. The black and white background suggests that these images where taken in the time of the war. You can tell that the main focus is the man being shot as he is in focus and the sky is out of focus this shows that the photographer wanted to capture a picture of the guy being shot.

Brandon Wood

The image is set in the war as you can see from the gun that is being used and the clothes that are being worn. You can see that the image has not been cropped as you would not be able to crop the image in the olden days this would have to be done by setting up the image right and he would not take time taking the image as he is In the line of fire.