Sunday, 22 January 2012

Analazing a Photo

In photography, there are three major variables to make a the reader feel a certain way. Those are camera angle, lighting and proximity. Camera angle is from what position the photographer took the picture, wether it's from above, below, eye level, slanted or not squared. Lighting is where the light is coming from or if there is insufficient or sufficient light in the picture. Proximity is the distance from where the picture is taken from, like If it was extreme close up, long, medium, etc. The other variables in photography might be props, Wardrobe, background, body language, eye contact, etc.

Life Magazine International  1st June 1964

I think what the photographer is trying to make the viewer feel about this picture is that she is a nice young lady, but she is also not in any financial problems. The camera angle of this picture is from eye level. The photographer might have took this picture in that angle because he/she might want to make the viewer look at her as if she's very happy with her life. The lighting is sufficient because you can clearly see everything. I think there are various places from where the light is coming from but the major one is from above. The proximity of this is medium, where you can only see the face and the torso to give off the vibe that she's just like us and that she's friendly. The props that they used for this particular photograph is jewelry. I think they used this because they wanted her to look rich. Her body language tells me that she is nice. She had her arms clasped and rested in a furniture to make her look
like she's ready to listen to us. The color of her clothes is a nice sky blue. That makes her look even more friendlier.

In conclusion to that, I think this is very effective in making me feel a certain way. It certainly made me feel that she's nice and very happy about how her life is. She didn't have any financial problems. It also made me feel like she's someone I can count on. Like when I need someone to talk to she's going to be there for me.

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