People - Outline of ideas....

Along with the Places assignment the other main photographic project is People. There are four main study areas - each one is intended to be a mini assignment itself:

1. The Environmental Portrait

2. Candid Photography

3. Fine Art Portrait

4. Corporate Portrait

The learning out come is to experiment with a variety of equipment, locations and lighting set-ups.

However, the starting point for any photographic brief is research, research and then more research. How do we define the four main areas, what style of photograph do they produce.

Research photographers already working in these fields. Make notes of what you like and don't like. At the experimental stage of this assignment try to recreate their techniques.

The first task is to define what make a good image from the four headings. Using Sunday supplement magazines to produce tear sheets and then group the samples into the relative headings. This provides a good foundation into the different characteristics of each genre.

Tear Sheets:

Environmental

Candid

Fine Art

Corporate.

The second part to this is to look on the Internet for those photographers that are producing exceptional pieces of work that inspire you.

Platon: Fine Art Portraits

Chuck Close - Fine Art Portraits:

Neal Slavin - Corporate/Environmental

Weegee - Candid...