Editorial Part 2 Notes

21/11/16

The Editorial portrait

  • What is an editorial Portrait
  • Images more relaxed than fashion portrait
  • Determined by:
  • Your interaction with your subject
  • The lighting you choose
  • The composition
  • Your use of depth of field
  • How the subject is posed
  • Relationship with your subject:
  • Talk/Chat
  • How do they want to be photographed
  • Eye contact with camera
  • Make sure eyes are sharp
  • let them be themselves
  • Background content
  • Look them in the eye
  • Environmental portrait
  • The crop the posing
  • depth of field
  • Composition+ Placement + Body language
  • View point, angle + scale
  • Formal Vs Natural poses
  • Exaggerated poses
  • Use props
  • The twist
  • photographers:
  • Nick Night
  • Jitka Hanzlova
  • Murdo Macleod
  • Soren Solkare
  • Eileen Long
  • Marcus Clarkson
  • Andy Ford
  • Wendy Carring
  • Seamus Ryan
  • Edward Webb
  • Tim Glass
  • Alan Callender
  • Tom Oldham

18/01/17

Editorial photography + The Publishing industry (Steve Pancroft)

  • Professional photographer for 15 years
  • First worked for BMX magazine
  • Extreem Sports photography – mostly on Location
  • Did a HND in photography
  • Love sports
  • Travled and wanted to document it
  • Need to get your foot in the door
  • Make connections
  • Moved from BMX magazine after changing of management
  • Started a free magazine (Albiuon)
  • Life magazine is a popular magazine about 1000,000,000 readers
  • Rankin+life magazine video
  • Life magazine show big moments in history by single photos to photo essay
  • Their need to be trust between the photographer and subject