photostory of photography styles

KTA 4

Visual	Script	Duration
sports photography (basket ball player, bmx rider) both zoom into subject	Sports photography is a type of photography which covers all types of sports. it is more closely linked to photojournalism as sports photographers usually work for newspapers and dedicated magazines.	8s
Bob martin photography examples (tiger woods , tennis player, football player) all use ken burns effect	Bob martin in an example of a famous photographer who is the holder of many awards for his work. he specializes in action, graphic and editorial for advertising. his photos are of the likes of big athletic superstars such as Chris hoy, tiger woods and usain bolt proving his reputation for success.	14s
Macro photography ( fly) zoom out from subject	Macro photography is the extreme close up highly detailed photography of usually very small objects i.e. insects. The size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size. The ratio of the subject size on the sensor plane to the actual subject size is known as the reproduction ratio.  a macro lens is classically a lens capable of reproduction ratios greater than 1:1.	14s
Robert Thompson macro photography (butterfly and flower) both zoom out	Robert was born in Northern Ireland where he lived for most of his early life. His interest in natural history began during his childhood. He is an accomplished natural history photographer, author, entomologist and acclaimed specialist in close-up & macro photography. His work is widely published in the UK, Ireland and internationally, with numerous photographic credits in a wide variety of book, magazines, calendars and various other media sources through his own library and agencies.	16s
Band/music photography ( guy playing guitar)	music photography is a way of using images to portray a certain impression of a band or group. it can consist of of performance action shots of a gig or show or it can be set portraits of the artist/s.	4s
Robert halfin band photography (slash, liam gallager) zoom out of subject	Ross halfin is an established band photographer. He used to go and see bands - The Who, Man, ACDC, Led Zeppelin, Free - and would sneak a camera in and shoot black and white. He started sending his photos into the London music papers. They all started publishing my photos just as the punk scene happened. he preferred shooting bands like UFO, Ted Nugent and Rush, mainly because they had light shows. Ross worked a lot with Chrysalis Records as one of their staff photographers.	20s
Astro photography zoom into subjects	Astro photography is taking pictures of extra terrestrial objects and the night sky. astrophotography has the ability to image objects invisible to the human eye such as dim stars, nebulae, and galaxies. This is done by long time exposure since both film and digital cameras can accumulate and sum light photons over these long periods of time.	10s
Williama stevens fleming (horse nebula)	williamina discovered the 'Horse head' Nebula in 1888 on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory; Discovery of white dwarf stars. she is one of the first famous astrophotography’s of her time.	8s

KTA 3 notes from an industry professional

chris Saunders

chris Saunders is a professional photographer from sheffield. he has been a professional photographer for 13 years. his love for photography started when he borrowed his friends camera to take animate of his cat at the time. from that point he was hooked and went onto study photography at both norton college and at manchester university. his professional career started to to take shape when he gained an image of the comedian bill hicks at a show he went to. after bill hicks' death the photo became quite popular in books about bill and material released after his death. from this point onwards he kept building his portfolio of images ranging from Alex turner from the world renowned arctic monkeys to the famous film director David lynch. Over the 13 years of his current career he has built a highly respected reputation for excellence. in his work he takes great detail in all aspects of his work from location research to the specific lighting placing making every one of his pictures look as intended with great precision on the outcome of the image.

KTA 2 types of photography and famous photographers

The 5 styles of photography i have chosen to research are sports, band/music , astro,portrait and macro photography.
sports photography
sports photography is a type of photography which covers all types of sports. it is more closely linked to photojournalism as sports photographers usally work for newspapers and dedicated magazines.
bob martin is an example of a famous photographer who is the holder of many awards for his work. he specialises in action, graphic and editorial for advertising. his photos are of the likes of big athletic superstars such as chris hoy, tiger woods and usain bolt proving his reputation for success.

band / music photography

music photography is a way of using images to portray a certain impression of a band or group. it can consist of of performance action shots of a gig or show or it can be set portraits of the artist/s.

Ross Halfin -Ross used to go and see bands - The Who, Man, ACDC, Led Zeppelin, Free - and would sneak a camera in and shoot black and white. He started sending his photos into the London music papers. They all started publishing my photos just as the punk scene happened. he preferred shooting bands like UFO, Ted Nugent and Rush, mainly because they had light shows. Ross worked a lot with Chysalis Records as one of their staff photographers.

portrait photography

portrait photography is the photography of a person or a group of people that displays the expression , personality and mood of the subject. the focus is usually on the subjects face but sometimes can include the persons body.

Cecil Beaton -Cecil Beaton was a portrait photographer working with people such as Marilyn Monroe creating some of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century.

macro photography

macro photography is the extreme close up highly detailed photography of usually very small objects ie. insects. the size of the subject in the photograph is greater than life size. The ratio of the subject size on the  sensor plane to the actual subject size is known as the reproduction ratio.  a macro lens is classically a lens capable of reproduction ratios greater than 1:1.

Robert Thompson- Robert was born in Northern Ireland where he lived for most of his early life. His interest in natural history began during his childhood. He is an accomplished natural history photographer, author, entomologist and acclaimed specialist in close-up & macro photography. His work is widely published in the UK, Ireland and internationally, with numerous photographic credits in a wide variety of book, magazines, calendars and various other media sources through his own library and agencies.

astro photography

Astro photography is taking pictures of extra terrestrial objects and the night sky. astrophotography has the ability to image objects invisible to the human eye such as dim stars, nebulae, and galaxies. This is done by long time exposure since both film and digital cameras can accumulate and sum light photons over these long periods of time.

Williama stevens fleming - williamina discovered the 'Horse head' Nebula in 1888 on photographic plate B2312 taken at the Harvard College Observatory; Discovery of white dwarf stars. she is one of the first famous astrophotographers of her time.