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The early days: 1800s The invention of photography can be credited to  Louis Daguerre , who first introduced the concept to the French Academy of Sciences in 1839. That same year,  Robert Cornelius  produced what is considered the first photographic self-portrait.  Perserving History: In addition to portraits of famous people and family members, portrait photography became a way to preserve history. 90 Native American delegates visited Washington D.C. in 1857 to conduct treaty and trade negotiations. While they were there, they were photographed by Samuel Cohner and Julian Vannerson. The Civil War began in 1861, and with that came some of the first images of battle scenes and soldiers. Having a portrait of a loved one became popular so those on the home front could remember what their soldier looked like should they be killed in battle.  Preserving the dead: In addition to commemorating life, portraits were taken of the dead. With the high mortality r...

Portrait Research Portrait photography or portraiture in photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops and poses. A portrait photo can either be artistic, or it can be clinical. One portrait photographer that I am going to study is Irving Penn, Irving Penn is an American photographer known well for his fashion photography, portraits and still life images. The famous photographer worked for the fashion magazine Vogue as well as independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. Irving Penns photography is a mix between high key and low key lighting, his studio works he uses both black and white backgrounds. His work is shown below. The first image is an example of high key lighting, because he has used a white background to express a positive mood. The image below is also an example of Irving Penn however he is using low key lighting to express mystery and cr...

David Bailey Research The photo below is the photograph which David Bailey copied from the original copy which is the image below.

What is Low Key Lighting? A low key photo is one that contains dark tones and colours. Where high key images feels airy and light, a low key is usually dramatic and full of mystery. Low-key lighting is usually used when the director wants to either isolate a subject or convey drama. To create a low-key lighting photo you only use one key light, controlled with a fill light or a simple reflector. The purpose of low key light is to make areas of the subject into shade while a fill light or reflector mag illuminate the shadow areas to control contrast.

What is high key lighting? High-key lighting is a style of lighting for film, television, or photography that aims to reduce the lighting ratio present in the scene. This was originally done partly for technological reasons, since early film and TV did not deal well with high contrast ratios, but now is used to suggest an upbeat mood. In the 1950s and 1960s, high key lighting was achieved through multiple light sources. One advantage of high key lighting is that it doesn't require adjustment for each scene which allows the production to be completed within a few hours than a few days. The only drawback is that high-key lighting fails to add meaning or drama by lighting certain parts to the image. 

Unit 6: 3D Analogue & Digital 3D Analogue Here is an example of 3D Analogue Photography. This photo has been taken as a portrait and using photoshop the photographer has used the pen tool and scribbled over parts of the image; creating a sense of feeling that the girl is thinking about things and the scribbles describes where her pain is.  I'm going to use this example to create my own example of 3D analogue. My idea is to take a series of images of portraits and print them out onto glossy paper, then using a tool like a cutting knife I will scratch at the image to create my own example of his work.  3D Digital Above is a 3D Digital example, the image above shows what it looks like when you don't wear 3D glasses. The purpose of the image is to wear 3D glasses when you look at the image and the photo will become a 3D digital image. I'm going to create my own examples of 3D Digital by taking images  and using Photoshop to  create t...