Alan Sugar

I used the shortcut 'L' to Lasso Alan Sugars head. I then used the shortcut 'Q' to make the Lasso around his head shorter. I used Feather on the outside then pasted them on the sugar document. I then used various tools such as scew, warp, distort etc to get all the different sizes and shapes of Alan Sugars head.

Fashion Photography

1. When is an image a Portrait? When is it a fashion photograph? Are the two the Same?

      These two shoots are not the same because a portrait where the person who is shooting the image is focusing on the persons face in the shot. For Example when they are taking the shot they apply loads make up and make the person in the shot look more appealing than they normally would. They would also style their hair to make them look better in the shot too, compared to the fashion photograph where the photographer is concentrating the persons outfit - the fashion! It is a fashion photograph when the person who shoots the shot focuses more on the clothes that they are wearing. For Example when they are taking the shot they do not pay as much attention to the looks of the model, instead they put them in clothes and maybe turn on a fan to make the clothes flare out and make the clothes stand out instead of the actual person modelling in the clothes.

2. To what degree should an image be manipulated to go into a fashion magazine?

  

      I think that they shouldn't manipulate an image that would be going into a fashion magazine. For Example if they product said it made you look as good as the person in the picture it would be merely impossible because when they take the picture they apply loads of make-up, adjust the lighting, style their hair which makes them pretty much fake. Once they finish all the makeover they take the picture and go into Photoshop and make their appearances better. For Example making their eyes stand out by giving them blue eyes and enlarging the eyes which will make the person in the shot stand out. They increase their neck length which is stereotypical to appear more attractive. Also making their head smaller is stereotypical to be more attractive as people with bigger heads stereo typically look unattractive.

3. Is there a clash between the creative and commercial side of fashion Photography?

      Yes there is a clash between creative and commercial side of fashion Photography. The clashes are when the creative side decide what clothes they will wear in the shoot and the commercial decide what they want to publish in their magazine because the commercial side are the ones who have the final say as they are publishing the shot. The commercial side won against fashion as they are the ones publish the shot. I agree because if i had my own magazine I would like to choose what is shown to the public and what isn't. The commercial and fashion photography can get to a point where the commercial side does not like any clothes that the fashion has picked therefore the fashion photography side of the magazine will have to restart again on picking clothes or fight really hard to change the commercials opinion on what clothes they should publish on their magazine.

Tony Vaccaro Portrait

Application, Context And Tech

In your posts you will need to discuss  the journey that Portraiture has taken over its' history. For example the movement from Rich and Powerful people having expensive portraits made for them to the works of Portraiture photographers depicting the inner conflicts and catching their subjects in moments when they are least prepared.

Tony Vaccaro has taken many photos in his life time. Ranging from shots in the war - portraits of Picasso. He went from a photo journalist in world war 2 to becoming a Portraiture in the late 60's. In his war photos he took pictures of dead soldiers from each side. He took shots of people getting shot as soon as the bullet entered them. Once the war ended he moved over to a more peaceful and less action packed side of photography. When Tony Vaccaro took the portraits of the people they posed and made themselves look completely different to their personality. As Tony Vaccaro wanted to reveal the 'posers' true identity he made out that his camera was broken when they were posing so they dropped their pose and as soon as they dropped their pose Tony Vaccaro quickly snapped them to reveal their true selves. As you can see with Picasso's image he looks relaxed. What he originally was doing was posing making himself look powerful, dominant so this image shows a completely new side to Picasso. Taking shots of the people when they were least prepared made Tony Vaccaro a well known portraiture because doing this showed the world the true side to some of the most powerful/well known people in the world. Since cameras have been introduced paint portraits are no longer needed. After the Leica camera was introduced image shots were taken instantly this is why you can reveal the 'posers' true self. Having the camera take pictures instantly saved a lot of time and money..