Identity refers to our sense of who we are as individuals and as members of social groups. It also refers to our sense of how others may perceive and label us. We develop our identities and the identities of others through our interaction with people close to us, like our family and friends.
Our ideas about our identity are also influenced by social groups to which we belong. This concept is called social identity.
Social identity refers to your idea of yourself based on your memberships in certain groups. While there are many social groups, some of the main ones include ability, age, economy class, gender, nationality, language, race, sexual orientation,…
For many people gender identity corresponds to the gender you were given at birth, for others it means the gender you identity with even if its not the same as the one given to you at birth.
CULTURAL IDENTITY
Cultural identity refers to the shared beliefs, norms, values, and practices that define a group of individuals, often linked by ethnicity, nationality or religion. This identity shapes individuals perceptions of themselves and their relationship to the world influencing their behaviours, attitudes, and interactions with others.
SOCIAL IDENTITY
Social identity is the portion of an individual’s self- concept derived from perceived membership in a relevant social group.
GEOGRAPHICAL IDENTITY
An individual or group’s sense of attachment to the country , region, city, or village in which they live
POLITICAL IDENTITY
Political identity is a form of social identity marking membership of certain groups that share a common struggle for a certain form of power.
LOSS OF IDENTIY
Identity loss refers to the gradual erosion or disappearance of distinct cultural traits, practices, and beliefs, often resulting from external influences or pressures such as globalization. migration, or technological change.
WHAT IS FEMININITY?
Stereotypical Femininity refers to a set of cultural and social norms associated with characteristics typically attributed to women, such as nurturing, empathy, and gracefulness. It often includes qualities life emotional intelligence. Long hair, long eyelashes, painted nails, the colour pink and red,…
WHAT IS MACULINITY?
Stereotypical Masculinity refers to a set of cultural and social norms associated with characteristics typically attributed to men, such as physical strength, assertiveness and independence. It often encompasses traits life competitiveness, emotional stoicism and focus on career success. Short hair, strong looking, facial hair,…
STEREOTYPES
Stereotypes are characteristics that society instinctively attributes to groups of people to classify them according to age, weight, skin colour, gender, etc. Sexual stereotyping involves associating girls and boys with opposite sets of characteristics.
Lighting is a key factor when creating a successful image. Lighting not only determines brightness and darkness but also tone, mood, and atmosphere. Therefore it is necessary to control and manipulate light correctly to get the best, vibrancy of colour, luminosity of your object and texture. For example Side light evokes feelings of nostalgia and romance, whereas under lighting creates a sense of fear.
Under lighting ( Not my Picture) Side lighting ( not my picture)
Studio Lighting
(not my pictures)
WHAT IS STUDIO LIGHTING ?
studio lighting in photography happens when a photographer uses an artificial light source to either add to the light or to completely light their photograph. However there are two types of studio lighting them being continues lighting and strobe lighting.
CONTINUES LIGHTING:
Continues lighting is a artificial light that its always illuminating your subject as long as your turn it on. They don’t flash on and off as you take your pictures, instead they remain bright throughout the shoot
STROBE LIGHTING:
Strobe Lighting is used to create a short burst of light. The light created is much brighter and more powerful and the burst much shorter than the king found when using traditional flash.
___________________________________________________________________1-2-3 LIGHT SET UPS
1 POINT LIGHT SETUP
KEY LIGHT- If you only have one light available then that light will become your key light. Thus is the most important light in the photoshoot as it illuminates your subject within your shot.
It is usually the strongest and has the most influence on how your picture will turn out. It is placed to one side of the camera/ subject so that this side will be well illuminated and the other side with some shadow.
2 POINT LIGHT SETUP
FILL LIGHT – If you have two light available the second one will become your fill light.
The fill light is placed on the opposite side of the key light. It is used to fill the shadows created by the key light. The fill will usually be softer and less brighter than the key. To achieve this softer look you can move the light further away from the camera and the subject or change the intensity setting on your light if you have that possibility.
3 POINT LIGHT SETUP
BACK LIGHT- the third light will become the back light.
The back light is placed behind the subject and lights it from rear. The back light is the light that makes your shoot stand out. Rather than providing direct lighting ( like the key and fill ) its purpose is to give definition and subtle highlights around the subject. If setup correctly there should be a subtle rim of light. This effect helps to separate the subject from the background and provide a three-dimensional look.
Rembrandt lighting is a photographic lighting technique that creates a district triangle of light on one side of the subjects face. This triangle is formed by a small, defined patch of light on the cheek, with the rest of the face in shadow. This technique is named after the Dutch painter, Rembrandt, who often used t=this lighting style in his paintings. The effect is achieved by placing a light source at a 45- degree angle to the subject, slightly above eye level. Rembrandt lighting is often used in portrait photography to create a dramatic and moody effect, adding depth and dimension to the subjects face .
BUTTERFLY LIGHTING
Butterfly lighting is a lighting patter used in portrait photography where the key light is placed above and pointing down on the subject’s face. This creates an interesting shadow between the nose and the chin. Butterfly lighting is one of the most flattering lighting techniques for sculpting facial features.
CHIAROSCURO LIGHTING
Chiaroscuro is an Italian term used to describe the technique of using light and dark in artwork, particularly a painting. This lighting creates highlights and shadows to draw attention to the subject. It originally comes from Re naissance art movement, and combines the Italian words ” chiaro” meaning ” clear” or “bright”, and “oscuro” meaning “obscure” or “dark”. It refers to dramatic effect experience when using contrasting areas of light and dark in a visual piece.
Environmental Portrait photography is the art of taking pictures that will be used to tell a persons story via its connection to a certain place. In this type of photography the person should be in their natural environment like their work, house, city,… this is a way of telling the persons story without words. In environmental portrait the person is posing to the photo surrounded by their natural environment.
analysis- key features
The lighting in the picture is natural , from the side the picture is taken indoors. The environment is her house especially her living room, she looks like a typical lower-middle class person, in the picture her personal items are used like pens, cards her jewellery… The framing in the picture is half-body and deadpan. Her pose is neutral and has a natural face expression. She is making eye contact with the camera and engaging with the camera. Standard lens were used , the depth of field is narrow. I think the aperture used was f/22 because the background is clear. The ISO used was probably 100 because it was taken at in the day with lots of light coming in.
August Sander
“August Sander was a German photographer whose work documented the society he lived in. Lauded as one the most-important portrait photographers of the early 20th century, Sander focused his gaze on bricklayers, farmers, bakers, and other members of the community. Born in Herdorf, Germany on November 17, 1876, Sanders learned photography during his military service in the city of Trier. By 1910, he had moved to a suburb of Cologne, spending his days biking along the roads to find people to photograph. By the time the Nazi regime rose to power in the 1930s, Sander was considered an authority on photography and recognized for his book Face of Our Time(1929). Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne, among others”.Information taken from art net.
August Sander photographed people from diverse nationalities, genders, classes and professions in his ” people of the 20th century” project, He collected this pictures with the goal ‘ to provide a true phycology of our time and of our people’. His plan was to produce between 500 and 600 pictures. In my opinion his photography really transmits what the people feel without any words, In some pictures the people are with a straight face and in some they are smiling, I think that maybe he wanted to show how the people felt in their environment and how they like it or dislike it, how wealthy or poor, how tired, they are or feel.
Analysis
I think the light is natural coming from maybe a window ( soft light) and coming from the side . The environment is most likely her house or the place she works at. Shows social class with the chosen clothes and the broom. The framing is half body,dead pan her pose is formal and her face expression is neutral. She is making eye contact with the camera. I think the lens used was standard lens. The depth of field is narrow. I think the aperture used was f/22 because the background is clear. The ISO used was probably 100 because it was taken at in the day with lots of light coming in.
typology
Typology is a set or images made with a common subject or idea, then repeated through the set. This can include every thing for example different doors in different places, different cars,… The term ” Typology” was first used to Describe the style of photography when Bernard and Hilla Becher began documenting old German industrial architecture in 1959. Typology is a powerful method of photography that can be used to change the way we see the world around us. Typology has roots of August
Photoshoot plan
I would like to photograph people either at work/school or their houses because that’s the 2 places where a person spends more time in. Also I think it would be a good idea to photograph my friends when we are out I think that would be fun too. I mostly like these type of pictures in black and white. I would also ask the person that I am photographing to show on their face how they feel when they are in that environment so for example if they like being in that environment I would ask them to smile, if they don’t like it I would ask them to keep a straight face.
First step: find people who would like to participate, like friends and family, people in town working.
second step: ask them about what they do and speak about my ideas and about their story. e.i where they work, what are their hobbies, what they do that makes them happy,…
third step: Find a time and a day that we are are free and have time. Maybe the weekend because that’s when most people are off if photographing friends and family, for people working I would do during the week because thetas when most businesses are slower.
forth step: Photograph, I would like to use natural light in my pictures because I think it feels more natural, depending on where I’m photographing I would take some pictures half-body and some full- body. I will also use the persons personal items or items they make and work with.
first photoshoot at school
these were the pictures that I took at school I asked staff to take pictures of them and at look at the camera.
I started by labelling them either red, yellow or green.
From all the pictures I took at school these were the ones that I think are the best, also like how every person is doing a different pose, some are looking directly at the camera and some are actually focusing on something else.
editing my favourite pictures:
home photography
I took picture of my brother and my dad I photographed my dad in our garden and photographer my brother while playing video games.
these were my 2 favourite images edited.
this is my favourite picture I think the quality is really good and how I took the picture, I decided to edit the picture in black and white because I think the picture looks better in the terms of quality and ambiance.
from this photoshoot I only got one which was good since my friend was a bit award in front of the camera, however the picture that I choose I think its really good because it was taken in her house and it really shows her personality.
I edited the image making it warmer because since I photographed her at her house I wanted to bring the comfort of her house to the picture and I decided to do that through editing , I edited most on the tone and moving them around until I liked how it looked.
I took 2 pictures of a women that was working at a donut stand, when there weren’t many people around so she wouldn’t get uncomfortable or shy while being photographed.
this was my favourite between the two because the other image there is her co-worker behind her also this one is more closed up which I like she also looks happy and positive and the colour are very vibrant with makes the viewer focus on her rather than the background.
Editing
I kept the photographed in colour and I tried making the image more vibrant
I used photoshop to edit the donuts from the other picture into this one that I like more.
I this project we were told to scrunch up paper and photograph it in different lights and settings to try create interesting shapes and shadows.
this was the first photoshoot, I scrunched paper in different shapes and moving the lights around to the light and shadows were different.
these were my two favourite favourite pictures there isn’t much difference other than one being more zoomed in than the other.
This was the picture I ended up choosing to edit and work with because there is a lot a texture coming from the paper and think she shadow made an interesting shape, there is also a lot of dark and bright spots which I like to have in my images.
I made the image black and white, I kept the exposure and the contrast the same, however I lowered the highlights, shadows and whites and added a bit of more black.
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed is an English photographer who claims his objects is to sustain the interest of he viewer through his photographs. He focuses heavily on a contrast in the shadows from the light on the paper, giving a very two-toned. Jerry transition from commercial studio photographer to conceptual fine artist required changing what his images were of what they were about. During this process the was guided by his extensive knowledge of art history- painting, sculpture and photography.
Image Analyse
This image is taken using artificial lighting which was smartly positioned to make the right shadows. The depth of field in this image is focused and sharp. And the aperture that was used to create this image mas about an F8.In this image there are only 3 different colours them being black, white and different shades of grey. The tone in this image in dark in the background but the actual focus point is very light this choice by the artist makes the image contrast very well and . There is little to no texture in this image everything is quite smooth. Jerry reed talks about his ” paper work series 1 ” he says that this series took him 3 years to create and it consists of 26 black and white images. the paper sculptures were crafted by Reed. In the the woven tale press website they say ” His studio background is evident in the creative use of Fresnel lighting techniques, which can accentuate sharp or soft edges as well as master shadows, their often sensual and quite subtle tonal gradients.” This image reminds me of a flower. In my opinion is one of the only images in this series that don’t actually look like paper and I think that’s really interesting how he used a simple material lie paper and made it look like something so interesting and beautiful. His knowledge in art history could also help him know how to look at simple things and have the creative mind to transform them in something so artistic and creative.
work inspired by Jerry Reed
for this photoshoot I used more structured paper and photographed it in different angles and ISO and lighting.
these were my favourite pictures, the ones that have better quality and are more interesting.
I then labelled it green or yellow to get closer to the best one.
In my opinion the is my best photograph I think the shadows make the image really interesting and give the image have more texture
Editing
This is how edited my picture, I really enjoy seeing black and white photos when the image has a lot of shadows like this one, I this it makes the image have more personality and makes it more interesting it also creates a mood its quite dark and abstract which I like.
photoshoot 2 in the style of jerry reed
In this photoshoot I liked more the pictures that were taken using a red light I like how the unfocused is in the right places.
these were my favourite pictures that I took, the more interesting ones and I like how they don’t look like they were made from paper.
these were the 4 pictures which I liked more I this the shapes are interesting the light is well positioned next step is to choose my 2 favourite ones so then I can edit them.
These were my favourite ones I think they kind of look like rose petals I really like that.
Editing
I edited this image by making it darker, my idea mas to make the image not look like it was made from paper and make it look more abstract , creative and interesting. Like I said before I like how this image looks like rose petals and I think editing it made made idea look better.
In this image I edited it almost like the one above, I wanted to make some parts at the front darker and then the part where the light hits the most lighter so it gives that effect of depth.
Experimenting with photoshop
I used photoshop to make this and I used an tutorial on the blog to do this. The name of this effect is Kaleidoscope Effect Which is basically using the same image ad stuck it together to make an interesting effect.
An artist that works with this effect is Amanda Buck she takes pictures of nature and then uses the Kaleidoscope Effect to edit the photo.
expedition created by me on art step
Art step is a really useful website for artists to make expeditions without having to pay, it gives you the option to make your own room or you can use the template that it comes with. I used at first the template but it wasn’t really working for me so I created my own. It’s really easy to add your pictures and move them around to your choice. you can also look at others people expedition.
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, usually called Lightroom, is an image organization and processing application developed by Adobe.
By pressing “+” next to ” Folder” it allows you to import your images to light room, another option is to press “+” next to ” collections” to add your pictures to a collection. These are great tools to keep your work organized.
When on library mode it allows you to look at your pictures closely and choose if you wat to discard them pressing “X” or flag them pressing “P”. It also allows you to give star ratings from 1 to 5 and colour them in. This Is a really good tool do you can go from hundreds of images to your favourites.
When you select “X” the pictures will turn grey and they will have a black flag with a white cross meaning you don’t want to use them, if you pressed “X” accidently this is easily reversible by just pressing “P”.
Navigator tool:
the navigator tool will allow you to edit your favourite pictures. On the left you will have a tab called ” Presets” this will allow you to edit your pictures quick and easy with filters that are already done for you.
On the right side you have a tab which shows you all the information about your image like ISO, Shutter speed, and focal length. on the column underneath you are able to modificate your image.
Here you can edit everything about your image, like exposure, highlights, shadows etc…
I started by flagging my favourite images and giving them rankings from 1 to 5
my 5 star pictures:
then I colour in the images:
And finally I used the compare tool to pick the image I would like to use:
As much as I like both of them I decided to choose the one on the right because I like how the light is more on the far part of the image and the closer part is darker and I think it contrasts really nicely.
In this picture I used ISO 800.
Editing:
I decides to make the picture black and white because it sets an ambiance. I also removed most of the whites because I wanted my picture to be dark.
shutter speed its the speed at which the shutter of the camera closes. When using a fast shutter speeds it creates a shutter exposer. It controls the amount of light that the camera takes in. 1/500 works best for wildlife, sports and action photography. 1/250 works best for slower movements for example people people walking, animals moving. 1/125 its excellent the photograph moving vehicles. 1/60- This is the standard shutter speed on a camera.
photographs taken with slow shutter speed found on the internet:
photographs taken with a fast shutter speed found on the internet :
photographs we took using shutter speed for the first time:
fast shutter speed:
slow shutter speed:
photographing balls in the air until if forms a line challenges:
best one:
I think this photograph is the beast because the balls are really close to forming a line which was the initial propose , i also think that because the sky was dray the balls contrast really well with the sky.
photo after editing:
trying out with shutter speed for the second time
pictures taken with medium shutter speed: 1/30
pictures taken sung a low shutter speed: 1/2
Experimenting using low shutter speed:
we had an idea to draw some shapes with the flash using low shutter speed and it worked really well
all the pictures taken:
editing on photoshop:
On photoshop I made the picture black and white because I wanted the attention to be on the red light. So after I edited my picture black and white I erased the black and white filter so only the background would be black and white and the light would continue red.
Camera obscura consists of using a box, tent, or room. The space needs to have a small hole in one side or at the top. Light from the outside passes through the hole and strikes a surface inside, where the scene is reproduced, inverted upside-down and reversed left to right, but with colour and perspective preserved. Camera obscuras was invented even before 400BC. The earliest recording of a camera obscurer was provided by a Chinese philosopher called Mo-Tzu in 400B
image by English School (19th Century)
Nicephorus Niepce
•Nicephorus Niepce was born on march 7th in Chalon-sur-Saone, France and died on July 5th, 1833 at 68 years old, he went to school at the Oratorian Brothers physics and chemistry were his passion. In 1788 he left The Oratories and enlists in the National Guard in his home town. He is know for capturing the first photograph in 1826 he used camera obscura and pewter plate coated with a light-sensitive material called Bitumen of Judea to capture and fix images. He was also the man who invented the first camera. As well as being one of earliest pioneers of photography.
image by Leonard Francois Berger
Louis Daguerre
•Louis Daguerre was born on November 18th in Cormeilles near Paris, During his life he was famous for inventing the first practical process of photography, known as daguerreotype. Daguerreotype was introduced in the world of photography in 1939 and it’s a way to create a highly detailed image on a sheet of copper plated with a thin coat of silver without the use of a negative, this process requires a great care. Photographer no longer use this process because they discovered other ways that way less expensive such as ambrotype.
A daguerreotype of Daguerre around 1844
Henry Fox Talbot
Henry Fox Talbot was born on 11 February 1800 in Millbury, Henry was credited as the British inventor of photography. In 1834 he discovered how to edited and fix images through the action of light and chemistry on paper. He used negatives to make multiple prints and this process resulted in image making. Talbot invented a process for creating light-fast and permanent photographs that was the first made available to the public.
Richard Maddox
Richard Leash Maddox was born on August 4, 1816 in Bath, United kingdom. He was an English photographer and physician who invented lightweight gelatine negative dry plates for photography in 1871. Dry plate are pieces of glass plate that get covered with a gelatine emulsion and get exposed to the light that will then capture an image. The wet plait process was easy replaced by the dry plate process because it was cheaper.
George Eastman
George Eastman was born on July 12th, 1854, New York. He was best known for changing the world through his entrepreneurial spirit, George invented the camera called The Brownie in 1900 he created a series of cameras that introduced the snapshot. The brownie was a basic cardboard box camera with simple convex-concave lens that took 21/4-inch square pictures on NO. 117 roll film. It was a related innovation after he realize that existing photographic equipment was extremely unwieldy. In the 1880s Eastman developed convenient method of preparing ready-to-use plates. Improvement’s let to flexible, roll film as well as photo processing an printing done by mail order.
image owned by the George Eastman Museum
Digital Photography
Digital photography use camera containing arrays of electric photodetectors interfaced to an analogue-to-digital converter to produce images focused by lens, as opposed to an exposure on photography film, it replicates the process of traditional film photography, but it sues the electric sensor, rather than film, co capture images. Digital cameras are more convenient than film cameras, and because buying and developing is not necessary, it becomes cheaper. Also the picture can instantly be seen on the monitor and if needed retaken.
Aperture– The aperture is the opening of the lens that allows light form the outside to come into the camera and onto the sensor of film. The size of this opening can be adjusted by changing the aperture setting for example a wide aperture means that the lens is more open and the back ground is unfocused however a narrow aperture means that the lens is more closed meaning that more is in focused.
Depth of field– Depth of field is what its focused in front or behind the subject. It drags the viewers attention to a chosen point. D.O.F is affected by the aperture . A very large aperture was a very small depth of field almost nothing in focus, A very small aperture has a very large depth of field which means almost everything is in focus.
low aperture the only part that is on focus is the air plane mid aperture there is focus but the main focus is still on the airplane high aperture Everything is on focus
Aperture photography
In this image we used high aperture as it can be seen everything is in focus the subject but also the background everything can be seen clearly. In this picture the aperture is at a medium level the background can still be clary seen but the subject is seen more clearly. This picture has a low aperture the camera is focused on the person at the front an the background is more out of focused I think this picture is really interesting since you can still see what’s in the background but its out of focus. This picture has a high aperture however I think it would be more interest if we used a low aperture because then the main focus would be on us and not the background. This picture was taken using a medium aperture, I think this picture is really interesting because the legs are in focus even if the background is still in still in focus. This picture was taken using a low aperture and its one of my favourite images because I think its really well taken.
Editing
I made this image black and white because I think it fits with the poses that we are doing since we are kind of hidden I don’t think a colourful editing will go as well as a darker editing. I edited this picture on adobe light room using the develop tab.
