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Unit 57: Photography and Photographic Practice

Research of other photographers work (P1, M1, D1)

Photographer: Storm GunterThese are a few of the images a Photographer by the name of Storm Gunter (My Brother) took whilst on a

trip back to South Africa at Christmas 2013.

This is a picture of the African elephant. One of Africa’s Big 5.

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This is 2 pictures of the same this, but focused on different things in the image. In the first one the pictures focused on the zebras in the image, in the second one the image focuses on the Springbok in the image.

In this image there is a picture of a monkey. This was taken in the white lion safari park in south Africa

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This is a picture of a young leopard in a safari.

This is a picture he took when we went to a forest in England 2014.

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Theme or focus of images This selection of images I have chosen is from a photographer called Storm Gunter. The pictures I have chosen are animal landscape pictures. I have chosen these because the pictures capture the animals very well. I personally think that the way the image is taken makes you imagine you were actually there in the moment.

Storm Gunter uses the whole image very well. The way he portrays the animals in there sort of natural state. It’s almost like he is trying to get the animal’s true personality across. Like the picture of the leopard, this shows a laid back, chilled out cat. This is how cats normally are. Or the picture of the elephant. I think the whole half face image is very good because it shows a sense of mystery.

The theme that we can see if all of these photos is quite different because it tries to portray the animal in its natural habitat and it shows the animal in a very different and chilled out way. The depth of field is very good in most of these pictures. The way some of the image is clear and focused and others are completely blurry.CompositionThe composition of these images is very poor. I don’t like the way that the photographer is just standing. He isn’t trying hard to make anything special of images even though the images are very good. But the way that he fills the image with both the animal and the environment, and that the depth of field above the animal is very good.

Techniques usedThe picture of the Dear, (The Bottom picture) had to have very specific settings on the camera, This Is

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because the detail within the picture is very good, but also the colours and the lighting used were very specific. This was because The photographer wanted a certain look to the image. Same with the picture of the elephant.The depth of field within these images is very well portrayed. Especially with the photo of the 'springbok & Zebra` this is because 2 photos have been edited together, and this is good because one, the springbok's In focus, the next the zebras are.Strengths & WeaknessesPersonally I believe that there are very good strengths and very bad weaknesses.

Strengths:

• Is actual image itself is very good, and well thought off. And the way that the animals and they environment is portrayed is very clear and good.

• Also what the animals are doing in the image is good because thee not doing anything spectacular, they are in there natural state. This means we get a glimpse of a different side of the animal.

Weakness:

• The image, although it is very eye catching its boring. It shows nothing spectacular that a thousand other photographers haven’t already have thought of, and the height that the image was taken isn't that special either. The photographer is just taking it from normal height and not bending down or taking it from a lower angel.

• Also on a few of the pictures the image is unclear, and quite blurry. This isn’t good because a lot of the pictures are a once in a lifetime capture, and to have a blurry picture just makes you a poor photographer. (But on the other hand it depends on your camera and your experience with the camera you have).

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because the detail within the picture is very good, but also the colours and the lighting used were very specific. This was because The photographer wanted a certain look to the image. Same with the picture of the elephant.The depth of field within these images is very well portrayed. Especially with the photo of the 'springbok & Zebra` this is because 2 photos have been edited together, and this is good because one, the springbok's In focus, the next the zebras are.Strengths & WeaknessesPersonally I believe that there are very good strengths and very bad weaknesses.

Strengths:

• Is actual image itself is very good, and well thought off. And the way that the animals and they environment is portrayed is very clear and good.

• Also what the animals are doing in the image is good because thee not doing anything spectacular, they are in there natural state. This means we get a glimpse of a different side of the animal.

Weakness:

• The image, although it is very eye catching its boring. It shows nothing spectacular that a thousand other photographers haven’t already have thought of, and the height that the image was taken isn't that special either. The photographer is just taking it from normal height and not bending down or taking it from a lower angel.

• Also on a few of the pictures the image is unclear, and quite blurry. This isn’t good because a lot of the pictures are a once in a lifetime capture, and to have a blurry picture just makes you a poor photographer. (But on the other hand it depends on your camera and your experience with the camera you have).