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Critical Reflection On Photography

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Critical Reflection

Intentions
My genre of work is a mixture of sports photography and fashion photography, the reason for this is because sports photography focuses on the drama and action in sports, this contrasts with fashion photography as the photos mainly focuses on things such as clothing and makeup. The reasons i chose this type of photography was because the conventions of sports photography is dramatic, captured action and fashion photography is very over the top and colourful. I wanted to combine these two genres to create a series of original images that combine sports and fashion. I was inspired by the work of Jake Hicks because his work uses coloured gels to make the photos colourful and stand out. I was also inspired by the work of Zach Ancell, mainly because he used to be a division one track and field athlete, he then transitioned into sports photography which gave his photos complexity in the way the athletes would pose. Jake Hicks photos sexualises women, making them centre of the page and uses coloured gels to make the image more colourful so that it would stand out, the reason he does this because he is a magazine photographer and he wants to ensure potential audiences pick up the magazine featuring his photo rather than someone else whose is much brighter and appeals more to the audience member, when you look at these photos the model has to have some sort of trust or relationship with the photographer and have to be somewhat submissive. Zach Ancell on the other hand, focuses on the strength of any athlete. The models aren’t sexualised to the extent that Jake Hicks models are. I think he Ancell does this to show that people can be good looking without the need for pristine make-up or clothing. One thing both photographers have in common is that they portray their models as fierce and confident.

Processes

When considering the planning for my photo-shoots I had to consider not only my artists, but exposure, camera settings, the poses and what i want the main focus of the photo to be. When planning my photo-shoots i also think about a practise shoot so i can be confident with the equipment I’m using and the effects they have on the photo. I also want to know what my model is confident

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