Photography genres

Photography for Media Products

1) What is photography?

Photography - The art or practice of taking and processing photographs.

Photograph - A picture made using a camera, in which an image is focused on to light-
sensitive material and then made visible and permanent by chemical treatment, or stored digitally.

2) What would you photograph to represent your identity?

- Sheffield
- Myself
- Skateboarding / BMXing

What makes an affective photograph?

Composition is an important factor in a good photograph, for example the image above has a background, a foreground and middle ground. This is good because it enables viewers to see all the details in different proportions. The main focal point in this image is the lightning in the background as it lights up the area around it which allows you to see the detail of the canyon. The photograph is split into three different sections where on the right there is a dark area with minimal light and could be representing darkness, while on the left there is a lit section, while in the middle there is a section where light and dark clash.