Thursday, September 30, 2010

Food Photographer Paragraph

All About Matt Armendariz

     Before Matt Armendariz became a photographer he was a chef and a man surrounding himself with food and recipes. He is a  former graphic designer and art director in the food industry and began branching out into photography. From there, he began teaching workshops devoted to food photography and speaking on food styling and photography at conferences, schools and colleges. He was very passionate about communicating ideas through a visual language and  sharing his thoughts with the world. "Combining photography with my love of food is really what keeps me going and continues to inspire me." -Matt Armendariz

Career Photography

Event Photography
  • Examples you are most likely to take pictures for an event...
  1. Weddings
  2. Concerts
  • Bright lighting needed
  • Better in outside lighting for natural light
  • For inside you want to be using a white balance for natural lighting inside
  • Photoshop you want to be using the layers affect
  • Use Adobe Light Room 2 for any editing 
  • Best options for zoom is anywhere from 35mm to 50mm

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Journal Notes (pgs. 161-172)


Photojournalism

This is a women and her children during the great depression. It is important because the Great Depression took a huge toll on American in the 1940's. The photographer of this picture is Dorothea Lange. This picture is framed in portrait and in black and white. The main point of this picture is the women. The mood is depressing and sad. 


The scene is the war as you see the soldiers in the water ready to strike. The photographer is Robert F. Sargent. The picture in in landscape with black and white coloring. The mood of this picture is that they are all focused and determined but it gives off more affect being in black and white.


The picture is on a bridge in New York City. The Picture was taken by Daniel A. Norman. This picture is in portrait and black and white, and is concidered street photography as you can see from the artistic style. 



This picture is shows a man thinking, maybe even suffering over a loss and that his way of expressing it but he is in deep thought. The Picture is taken by Jon Orlando. This picture in portrait and it is a single image. you can feel the sadness and thought in his eyes and the upside down flag gives an idea of the thought. 



This Photo is tobacco picking in Cuba. The picture is taken by Manuel Rivera-Ortiz. The picture is taken in landscape in black and white emphasizing the two girls but also drawing your eyes to the people in the back round. You can see the friendship or sisterhood between them. 

Monday, September 13, 2010

Group Exploration

This picture was taken in the Chapel at Mercy High School. I really liked the lighting coming from that hallway and wanted the door to be the main point but I wanted the windows in it especially for the lighting. I took this picture in portrait with just an automatic setting.