Thursday, December 3, 2015

Fashion Photography Evolution

1.  The model looked completely different from when she started to where they finished. The photo editor changed the length of her neck, he adjusted her hair, he made her eyes and eyebrows relocate on her face, he made her lips larger and then he made her eyes bigger.

2.  On this model, they changed her hair and make-up, but then they changed how high her    shoulders were, they made her legs longer and her feet shorter, they reformed her eyes, then the editors moved her hands out making her arms longer and then they completely changed her whole skin tone.

3.  The photo editors completely changed this woman. At the beginning she was bigger in all her features. Then as they went on they changed her calf muscles to make them look smaller. Then they changed her upper legs; they made them smaller in size! Next they changed her waist and her hand. Later they changed her gentiles and her torso. Next the editors changed her entire face and added a lot of hair to the existing hair. Finally, they smoothed out the rough edges and gave her more visible features.

4.  I do not think that this is ethnically acceptable to change people like this. I think that the only thing that should be changed on a person is the amount of make-up they are wearing, which still compromises their real appearance. Photoshop should not be used to make a person look better. What they look like is what they look like and you shouldn't change that, and sure it might look better if you do photoshop them but it isn't right, so you shouldn't do it.

5.  Yes, in every way changing a persons' appearance is not right. There shouldn't be any cases where this is actually ethnically right.

6.  I think that there are way more changes that can be made that aren't good and there are only a few that are OK. I think that the use of make-up is alright and I also think changing patches on the model that don't want to be seen are not seen . I think that changing facial features are wrong, moving body parts around to fit a certain look isn't right, and changing a persons natural body shape isn't right either.

7.  First, I  think that changing an image of a plant or non-living thing in photoshop to bring out colors or something else is alright. With fashion photography using photoshop is wrong if you change that persons appearance. I also believe that you can write a caption to go with the image and with fashion photography you are just showing off people or clothing designs or something else, and it tells its on story.

8.  I think that photojournalism shows what you can do and see in the world, and fashion photography  is more of showing what is happening in the designer world. Photojournalism is more practiced by upcoming or famous documenters and fashion photography is practiced more by people who want to show the world the beauty of people.

9. I think that you are showing us these videos to show what is actually happening in the world of photography to expose us to the use of photoshop and how it is right or wrong.

10. I think that none of those videos were about guys because it is easier to change how a woman looks than it is to change a man. The women also care more about their personal appearance than men do so they let people do it to them more.  



My favorite cover

FamilyFun, August 2014, Road Trip
"For our August 2014 issue, FamilyFun commissioned photographer Sabrina Helas to shoot our cover story on family road trips. The minute we saw this image in the film, we knew we had our cover. Shot at The Corner Store in San Pedro, CA, the photo is filled with the kind of joyful, authentic details we love — the vintage blue bottle, the candy bracelet, the world's best burger, and a side-glancing smile of delight from 6-year-old Isaac. Intriguing and spontaneous-feeling, it sums up what our brand is all about: making happy memories with your kids."
- See more at: http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contest/past-winners-finalists/2015-winners-finalists#sthash.uGZXpnCI.dpuf







My Critique: I thought that this was a good photo. I see mainly just the boy in the image, showing that the photographer had a simplicity going. The exposure in this image was really well prepared, because the photographer used the natural lighting from the outside to light up little Isaac's face. The image also goes along with the topic of the magazine article because he looks like he's having lots of fun and a family road trip, where he is in a corner store having their famous burgers and an authentic blue soda bottle. I think the image could be a little stronger if there was another person he could be smiling and laughing with. Having only Isaac in the picture does bring happiness but I think it can also make a family trip have less of a feeling of a fun, family event. 

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Magazine Covers: Part 1


  1.  You need the cover to have all of the same color scheme to give a better affect to the magazine and make more people look at it; a visual appeal.
  2. You can use as many types of cover designs as you can fit into that one page ,which will bring a different, unique visual that other magazines don't have; this brings variety.
  3. Coverlines are also very important. If a costumer can't see what is on the inside of the magazine they won't buy it, but with cover lines they can get a hint of what they'll be reading.
  4. Make it appealing to a certain type of viewer, so more of them buy the product. 
  5. Make the magazine an easy to read, easy to follow investment that people will enjoy to look and talk about. That might just get more purchases of the magazine.

Portraits Prompt Shoot

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