Journal Entry numero 6

I decided to for sure for my concentration project to do close up fashion portraits. What drew me to this picture was the texture of the hat that was used on the model. I love the pattern that it leaves over the majority of the face, but it doesn't over take the model's facial features. Another successful thing that this photographer did was having her stretch her neck and gives the model a taller look and also a taller look to the entire photo. The photographer also blurred out the background to place more of an emphasis on the model. Also instead of putting this photo color, the black and white gives the photo a more old look and elegant feel to it.

So I chose to do high fashion photography for my concentration project. I liked this one because of the use of light. There is a gradient change of light from dark to light. This gives the picture more values of light grays, whites, and dark grays. It gives it softer lines on certain parts of the face while the other part is a lot harder of lines. I liked this one better than last week's because of the close of which gives a more textured feel to the picture and really focuses on the lines of the face. I think for the rest of my blogs i will probably concentrate more on the natural close up shots of high fashion photography.

I decided to do my theme as high fashion photography. Ever since I was a little kid I have been obsessed with fashion magazines and the glamour shots. What i love most is the old elegant feel that glamour shots such as this one presents. The black and white gives it a more sophisticated look with the white on white and the accents of black on the hat and gloves. The emphasis is give to the hat because of the contrast of black on white. It also dominates the rest of the photo because it takes up most of the space within the photo.

So I decided to do an interesting photo trend this week. With new technology and high speed cameras being introduced, high speed shots are becoming a new trend within photography. I decided to look at the more artistic point of the trend. I love the great lighting and colors used with this paint drop. You are able to see distinct points of color. Also the shiny surface provides a great reflection giving the paint drop more emphasis and ability to fill up the space. There is also great use of composition as well by filling up almost the whole photo.

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