Review of Experminations

Overall i think i will take pictures with players and fans  in. As they have the best effect. And look the best with color splash. I need to be more careful with color splash as i have made too many mistakes, most of these are tiny but i want my picture to be a masterpiece. I think the color splash is going to work perfectly as it attracts and draws you into the picture which is what i want. The good points are that every picture looks Great and interesting as well as being very eye-catching they are interesting as they are subtle statements so people want to look at them.

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expermination  anyalis 

1.  I think the colour splash worked really well. The brash bright green looks brilliant and really eye catching next to all the blackness. I accidently put a bit of yellow on the columns. So I need to be more careful next time. The artificial light has added effect to the overall picture. It has made the green grass very bright and put some contrast on the group of players who are standing in the middle

2. this worked well again. The colour splash is effective, although not effective as the last picture. The Aviva whatever it is thingy looks very eye catching with its very bright and contrasting colors. It is yellow, green and blue. This again looks fantastic next to the rest of the photo. The lighting again helps the column look  bright. I accidentally put a teeny bit of green on the grass. But this is a very small mistake and it is barely noticeable.

  

3.  This works well. There is only a small bit of red on the otherwise black and white photo. It looks amazingly eye-catching and obviously it’s the first thing that catches your eye and draws you in as it is the only bit in color and the brightest thing in the photo. Someone’s coat went in front of me photo in the corner. I need to make sure that donsent happen in the future.

  

4.  4. Works really well. The contrast between the crowd and players is fantastic. The light again makes the color splash look even more fantastic. I have accidentally did the grass around the players. I need to improve on this mistake in the future. the only thing i would change is instead of color splashing the players. i will color splash the fans, as without them whatever sport it is football, rugby, cricket e.t.c it would be nothing without them. and i think doing that will work really well as it will put the focus on the fans and with the added effect of staduim light it will show that the fans are the most important

5. it is effective and pretty clever but I don’t think I will  be able to do this in me final work because it inst want  I put in my work brief. And it donsent show of my photography skills that well.  It is kind of satire as it is a picture of Chris ashton diving  into a pool. And he dives everytime he goes in for a try. I have managed to cut and paste it perfectly. There isn’t any unwanted lines around chris ashton.

6. it works  really well. The color splash on the grass looks really good  and eye catching  and it draws you into the photo. i accidentally put some color on the advertising boards which is a mistake i need to improve on. The lighting makes the grass look fantastic. I love the brashness of the color.

7. has great effect. I have highlighted the players glen johnson, agger and who i think is downing.   Because i took them with a small camera they look blurred so i think i need to use a bigger camera.  The red  shirts look fantastic next to all the black and white. The artificial stadium lighting again adds to the whole effect of the picture.  Making it look more eye-catching and  more attractive.

8.  This is fantastic as i have  put the liverpool players in color but i haven't put the blackburn players in.  So it shows that liverpool are more important and better then blackburn.  The color also looks fantastic  in contrast.  I made a pretty big mistake tough one that  i must not do on me final piece. i   accidentily didnt realize that andy carroll was in the photo and did not color splash him.   But it is still a great photo.

9. i took this  photo of the one and only pepe renia when i was at anfield. And i have colored splashed him. I think it has worked as well as the other photos. As there wasn't that much color as his kit is grey. So it insnt as eye-catching and   drawing in as the other photos. But still the contrast is there and it still has the effect. I have accidentally colored on the grass i will improve on this for me final piece.

10. This works very well. I took a picture of fans at anfield and colored splashed them as they are the spirit of football and without a doubt the most important part of the beautiful game. The brash, bright red looks amazing compared to the black pitch. The eye-catching color splash looks amazing but i think it is the effect and the statement its making is the real talking point of the photo.  There is no staduim lighting on at this point but with all the brash red shirts it dosnt need to be any more brighter.

   

• color splash
• lighting adjustments 
• less blurred
• experiment with background pattern making
• use warming and cooling filters 

Photo analysis

Ellie King

1.    This framing for this photo is the red, yellow and black madrista flag. It frames all the passionate Spanish fans who are the main subject of the photo. It forces you to look at the fans by drawing in the eye. It has been composed so there is nothing uneven and that you only see Spanish fans. It also makes sure the top section is out of focus so the focus is on the front rows of the fans. The lighting is used so the far bit of the stand isn’t seen, just the front bits are. A ray of light from one of the stadium lights shines on some of the flags to highlight them and put them in focus. No editing has been added.












  

2.    This has been framed by the white and red stand railings. It forces you to look at the fans cramped in the top which are the talking point of the photo. It has been composed so you can see the contrast of the space and cramped areas, really illustrating the point by their juxta-position. Lighting isn’t used in the photo. There has been no editing used. The talking point of the photo is the cramped fans in the top stand.  

3.    I think the frame is the outline of the stadium. I like the way the framing has been used, as you can see a lot of the stadium and the fans. It has been composed so you can see as much of the stadium as possible and you can’t see any of the players, so putting the focus directly on the fans. No special use of lighting has been employed. The artificial light is effective though, but I think this is an accident. No editing has been used. Overall the photo is mainly focused on the fans. But the bright brash green of the grass is eye-catching

4.    The flowers and the outline of the stadium form the frame here. It has been composed so the main focus is on the flowers and the goalkeeper. No lighting has been used and I don’t think any effects have been added, except a warming filter might have been used judging by the warmth of the tones here. The specific thing that makes the photo work is the flowers behind the goal, as it is unusual to see them there. You don’t know properly why the flowers have been; but it is obvious that they must have special significance in this alien environment. The laying of flowers is usually associated with remembering people after their death, so this is the immediate connotation that springs to mind.  However, when people die you don’t put the flowers behind a goal, and when someone dies in football, the flowers usually go in front of the gates in the stadium.    

5.    There isn’t any framing here to analyse. The photo has been composed so you can only see the two front rows of fans and you can only see Liverpool fans. I think low contrast has been used as there is contrast between the darkness of the rest of the stand compared to the front two rows. The photographer may have used a light saturated effect. I think it is the contrast between the red scarves and the darkness of the rest of the stand, this makes the colours leap out at the viewer.

6.    The pitch and the stand frame the photo. The framing forces you to look at all the fans. The photo has been taken from far away so the fans look “big” and the German team looks rather tiny.  This is a subtle way of using camera angle to promote the home team and belittle the opposition. The lighting has been used so it highlights the English fans. No editing has been used. The main thing about this photo is the way it makes you completely ignore the German team, who fade into insignificance as you look at the English fans.

7.    The stadium boards are used to frame the photo, making you look at the celebrating fans. The photograph has been composed so all the fans are in the middle and the photographer has managed to take the photo exactly when the team score and all the fans have their hands up in the air. Lighting hasn’t been used and effects haven’t, this picture is all about the timing of the shot to capture the euphoria. The expressions and the elation.  As this all happened so quickly, and the movements are rapid, so the resolutions has to be excellent with maximum frames per second.. The main thing about the photo is the brilliant pin-point timing the photographer has taken it in.

8.    The framing here is the structure of the stadium, which draws the eye in to look at the pitch and the fans in the stands. It has been composed so you can see almost the whole stadium, the goalie, the players and the fans. The lighting is used so it goes forwards to slightly focus on the goalie, making him the centre point in spite of the busy picture. There has been no editing. The main thing about the photo is that it shows everybody and gives an overall impression.

9.    Again, this is framed by the outline of the stadium. It is composed so you can see the contrast of colours between the blue sky, green grass and red and white fans. The artificial lighting makes it look extremely bright, vibrant and colourful. There might have been a saturating effect to enhance the colours further. I think the main focus is the brash, contrasting colours  

10.This has been framed by the line and goal sign. It has been composed and timed so you can see the disappointment of the fans after the opposition have scored. There has been no specific use of lighting. It hasn’t been altered and no effects have been used. The picture captures a moment of extreme emotion and pain on fan’s faces.  High resolution is used to capture the immediate impact of the goal on the home fans.

11.There is no specific framing on this photograph; it has been composed so that you can see one, lone Manchester United fan in the middle of a whole bunch of Newcastle fans. No lighting has been used or effects. None of this is needed as the one focus is the solitary fan and the contrast between all the black and white stripes and the one flash of red.  The message is simple and needs no extra effects to make the point; the visual image is strong enough.

12.This photograph is framed by the out of focus food store. It has been composed so you focus on the Newcastle united tattoo. The lighting is used so it shines on the tattoo and puts the other man at the food stall blurred and out of focus. I think a blurring effect was added to distort the focus further. The main point is the tattoo which is sharply focused and obvious. 

Ellie King – Photography Review

I am going to analyse and research the theme of sport photography, which is focused on the fans and true sprit of football. I will also try and add some of the other themes on my ‘mood board’, e.g. music, the beach, rugby; the overall uniting theme being sports and activities which can be enjoyed in leisure time.

I will take the use of colour and contrast and incorporate into my work, for example, I will use colour splash on to the fans to show that they are what football is all about and how the action on the pitch can effect how they feel throughout their day-to-day lives, because the football is so important to them.. I will photograph fans while celebrating or when they are annoyed after the other team has scored, angry when a referee makes a wrong decision or sad after they have lost.  I hope to capture the full range of emotions that sport, particularly football, can evoke.