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PRESENTATION AND HOW I WILL PROMOTE MY WORK

PRESENTATION AND HOW I WILL PROMOTE THEM

The presentation that o be using will be 3 types that i think will benefit my work.

INTERNET

first thing will be presenting it through the Internet as a digital portfolio that everyone can view where ever there are in the country. the idea is to provide your service by people searching for you and can view your work before contacting yourself to sort out a booking with you. its a cost affective way without using any paper portfolio and traveling around for people to see your images before they decide to provide a service for them. its a great advertising way with google engine to view your images and they can click on it  to veiw which then tranfer you to my website.

so as you can see once you click on it you see my blogger.

including using other sharing sites and links with other website with your name on it puts you up on the search engine list which help when people are looking up on you.

as you can see website portfolio can be a great way to premote yourself and get the publituty which is world wide and including how technology is increasin the new way to view my work and easy to carry is a ipad!.

the ipad can be use for a portable digital portfolio and has editing apps to adjust just a flick of a finger.

 this shows that internet can be a great presentation to my work and can be a great process to proceed to growing my carrer in photography.

Gallery

when orgenising a gallery for my images i want to make sure my images are the main focus, so first up i be looking into, is the fabric and materal of my images. the first thing is that i would make them A3 size so that you get a clear detail of the colours and texure within my images. the materals i be looking at to make my images on will be:

canvas

frame box

acrylic

Canvas

first one i be going through is the canvas design which is the basic but effective way to present your images. they print and over enlarge your image before applying a canvas effect seal to the surface.  then they wrap your print over a 2 or 3 inch block to produce a three dimensional finish which is great to bring out my images to the viewer.

Box frame

Simple yet elegant best describes the Box Frame effect. It has become an alternative to the Canvas Wrap where the customers likes the ‘off the wall’ look but prefers to keep all of the image tucked neatly into the frame moulding. There are five natural frame mouldings to choose from, Dark Brown, Black Wash, White Wash, Bare Ash Wood and Pine. the white wash would be my selection as it will blend in to the wall and give a depth of the images.

acrylic

This features a single print encapsulated with total optical clarity between two clear sheets, giving an overall thickness of 13mm. It really is pure elegance and will give a vibreint finish to the bright colours of my images.

with the gallery itself, i be making it pure white with spot lights so that nothing is making any focus about except my images that is on view. the area must be big and space free so that the viewer can stand back so that they can take all the images and then feel that they are being suck in to them.

this is a good excemple of how i like to view my images in and having somewhere is more less daylight but with spotlights to bring them out more better for the colours.

media and magazine production

i have already used this tipe of presentating my work with my project with specsavers and has been a big presentation and start to my work but i want to look into magizines and one i want to target to start is midland zone. as it does lots of photos for the local midland scene with shots from all bars and there aways looking for images to put in from recent events and when the festivals start so i be looking into this to see what i can do to get this

magizines is a great way to get your work out as midland zone is a free magizine that people can grab, so over million of people read this mag and seeing my work in there will premote me and my work very well.i have already got contacts as im am part of the leicester pride commity and including this years event i be hopefuly taking photos then for them.

Canvas Printing and Framing - part 2 of 2

continuing from my research in presenting my work on canvas

Canvas - Printing and Framing - part 1 of 2

this give me the idea of how to prepare my images to be made for canvas and give it that great 3 dimenional look on them. this has gave me the idea of presenting my image on canvas will bring them out to the viewer in a gallery or venue.

choosing my final images

These are my final images that i be using. i have selected these ones because they were the most eye catching in colour and detail within these images. within all of the images there are all done by using only the ambient light and very little flash to get what i want by not drowning out the colours within the lights. i have only minimal adjustments with all of these images by just cropping them by 420mm x 297mm (A3) size with 300 pixels. the are 3 projects that i done and will explain why i chosen 

these ones.

Halloween

Halloween is a great portrait photography that i taken at blush and the idea is to take images of people impressions and getting them into theme of the costumes what there wearing. the colour is bright but keeps with the dark effect of the horror theme i wanted in these images. the expression that i got on the people was striking and you could see there mood they where in and keeping into character with every shot that i done.

Fun fair

Fun fair is reportage photography and with the rides i wanted to show fast, fun and striking look of the rides. i be able to play with the shutter speed and gain that blurred look that makes the ride look fast and put movement within the image.  i love how the colours gave the theme that i wanted and the smoke helped give that texture and gloomy effect for the ghost train.

Da Glacia

Da Glacia is another reportage photography and with this one is focus on the detail and colour of the stage and performers. the idea of getting different colours and getting them not to mix together but marge gradually to get that special effect. Da glacia is a more deep emolisonal peace that i love about it.

it is a difficult choice as all of them are so different but the same in what i love in taking photography and my two themes are "portrait and people" and "reportage" photography. to help with my choice of my final images, i be looking into what will fit into which theme unit and its greatness about the images, the detail and what would it be like for presentation to the public.

THEMES

first thing i wanted to look at is which images suited for which theme.

portrait and people

with portrait and people, the theme is the focus on peoples faces and expressions that is captured with every shot. the details and texture on people faces and upper body area giving them more focus on them then whats in the background.

reportage 

reportage is on the focus on lots of people and locations including showing the theme and abmosphia of the event. the main focus is not just the people but the background and the active areas of the image.

summery 

with Halloween, its is focus definitely on the people and there expressions making it less with the background given the portrait (focus) more on them then whats in the background. with the funfair its is more for the reportage as there is more focus on not just the people but more on the objects or rides there on and the images are more active so there is alot going on. with the last images Da Glacia is mostly for both as it shows people and the reportage of the lights and whats going on around them.

PRESENTATION AND MEDIA

Halloween

Halloween is centred on the night life public, giving out advertisement in to my photography and the venue it was done. the best option to display my images for the scene it is showing, is by presenting posters, website portfolios and magazines advertisement. This photography targets more for the local public that are more into the night life including that when doing this tipe of photography it sales itself by taking photos of the public having a great time and giving out memory's of the night. a great way to sale your images is letting them have print outs on the night including key rings. the new modern way is having them displayed on projector screens or any advertisement screens while through the night so that people would love to have your photo taken to see it on the big screen. DJ and local bands or gigs would like to show there styles and there work with the art of photography and using it as advertisement for them self but with   it showing your images to the venues and business side to progress in more shots for other company's. this gives a great circle within the night life and progress with getting your images shown and brought to the public and present your work in that sector. the other ways to present my work is in magazines, which i have look at many night life images to let there readers see what happening with the inside of local bars and clubs.

as you can see, all images are displayed of the events what is going on with the photographers name on the side. with including that local venues want images for advertisement for events which is great in to looking into graphics and photoshopping to get the effect they want as you can see on the left. this was taken from a magizine called midland zone which features lots of photos of local scenes for people to view in there. 

fun fair

alot of images to present them in meetings and can be viewed on a bigger screen or projector to show people with. Internet is a great way to present your work as you just can view most of them on google images or can put on face book and tweeter. the Internet provides information of myself if people wanted to book myself for any event and can view the work before hand.

there are many ways the present my work and with these images gallery's and Internet is the great way to show the world of my work.

Da Glacia

Da glacia is mostly in preforming art photography, so the audience is on people that are interested on preforming arts, music, dance. so to present my images there are several ways this can be carried out.

first one can be done through the media, by magazines, preforming arts or dance. like my last comment on night life most magazines  love to present things through photography, so that people can see want is going on and compares with the writers words and research for readers can guide through what they are reading. 2nd i would present my work is at galleries that show them in a area that is well lit and making the white walls so that the images colours are not drowned out by the area and having the boarder frame white, like my funfair ones there vibrient colours, so having dark boarders just make it look to dark in the  images and drown out the edges of the picture.

i have viewed different ways to present my work in a experdition and one way i found would look great for my images was this picture above. as you can see all my images are vibrant  bright colours so having them using white lights on a white wall is going to bring them out and catch people eyes including putting them as canvas will bring them out.

FINAL DECISION

on final images

The 2 themes that i have decided is 

HALLOWEEN

FUN FAIR

the reason is that i decided these two themes because that with Halloween, i wanted to do event photography and taking photos of the people, the atmoshere and  the lights is what i like taking.

with taking photography in events there is a lot of opportunities to take photos for any one who wants to capture a memory of a event. including the industries of night club and local night club magazines are always looking into photographers to take great shot of event in the venues.

with funfair, i love to take images of action shots and movement of lighting, using shutter speed to get the shot i want and the colours, seeing the fun and joy from the rides.

with these two themes, there part to what i like doing and the presentation to let public and audience i want is the part i want to be involved in. with the nightlife and fun based job my photography does goes with what i would like to project to everyone.

da glacia

Da Glaica, fantastic circus performers that just take your breath away. i was at my work Christmas due in Nottingham which was a great night and i taken over 800 photos for them. out through the night i have captured some great shots from the performers that was so eye catching with there costumes and the lights, it was a great chance to capture this. i have selected the best 10 to show what i done and explain how i captured them in there amazing show there was giving to us.

Equipment: i used the same equipment as i been with from the start but manage to find better settings for low light areas. i used a D3000 nikon camrea with a 18-55mm lens and to steady my shot i just balanced the camrea on the side of a pillar in the event.

Health and Safety: with taking these photos i had to stay well clear of the preformers but not to far so i can get a good shot. so the stage was higher plateform, i prosition myself on the lower part so that im safe away form the main stage but very close to take the shots.

my main arm: to take photos with all colour and expressions of the proformers while not getting the shot blured from all the movement.

 it was amazing on how they preformed with the smoke and lights. the lighting gave the right mood and gave that feel of fire in there. the lighting re flexed on the performers to give there shading and shape on there white cloths, the beam of light was my favorite in this image as there was lot crossing each other that the smoke captured nicely to give that effect. i wanted to capture every movement and pose in my images, so that i capture that special look they give with expressions and the moving essence in there that they wanted to show. with all the images i didnt use my flash but the lights that was given me so that you see all the colour and smake within the images, if i did use my flash it would drown out the colour and would not get that effect that you see now. with my ISO i wanted it not to be grainy so i put the ISO to 800 which cleared the image much better than on HI 1 as it did look very grainy. i tried to push it down to 400 but it started to look too dark and you couldnt see any detail within the image. The f stop is on the widest so the it can capture all the ambient like and shutter speed is on 1/30 so that it can capyure the smaoke within the background. with the photos below i was stuned on how wonderful the texture and colour that it came out to be and able to put down the ISO to make it less grainy like my last photos i tried to take in the past.

it was a great sucess and i managed to capture what i wanted in all of these images and now i feel that i am now on the road to what i wanted to acheive in low light photography and reportage photography.

my project at work- specsavers

With specsavers were i work, we was nominated for a specsavers award 2010 and i thought this will be a great opportunity to take some great photos of the night and pratice some of the skills that i larnt during my days at my course. Including that i be doing some photos for my work colleges and selling them on a cd for them. My director approuch saying she needed a photo of all of us with the award and would like to adventise this through the public media and viewing through the store. As i agreed to do this she gave me full control of sorting it all out and let me have my name on them to advertise myself as a photoghapher within the company. this was a great way to having my first step in being a professional photogether and will be explaning how i have produced my 3 projects with the image below.

Now as you can see, yes i was in this picture but i wanted to be part of the winning team so i set the camrea first with the settings of ISO 400, shutter speed 1/160 and f stop of 5.4 then prositioned it in the area i wanted to take it. i ask all my team to gather in that area then when there all in. i check to see if there all in and the focus was right. as i didint have a tripod, i ask some to hold it in the prosition i put it then put it on  atimer just in time for me to get in then i ask everyone to cheer as i wanted to get that celebration feel to the image. it taken 3 shots and this one was the best out of them all. now the editing was only a small twig with the contrast to darken the background and then it was perfect for me.

Project 1-poster

 

with the poster i used a company called hfe which makes boaders and posters for any needs of bussines and promontions website is:www.hfe-signs.co.uk
which were great as i explained what i wanted on the poster and what the manager wanted on it. i wanted the image to be bright and more notiable so i ask for the boarder to be black with the measurements to fit in the promontional boards at work 42in x 55 in portrat size . they email me back a preview and as you can see it was great and ask them to order straight away.

and as you can see it was fantasic, in view of thousends of people to promont the companys effert and my photoghaphy and it did catch peoples eye when they walk past. you can see everyone on the image clearly and i was worried it will come out to pixually but it was still sharp and clear so overall a great success to this first project.

Project 2- plact for meet and greet

with the next one it was quite easy as i wanted to make it as the same to the poster. i used a a4 size frame with a silver frame as it was great with the image and the black boarder. it give it a glamor look and brakes away from the other placts including it bring it out for people to see. the photo is crop to 5 x 8 enough to give the border to brake it up and bigger enough for people to see.

project 3-media

the last one was the media which we used burton mail has specsavers is well known in there and burton mail is the local and well read paper in the area. with this one i rang company called target which i email them the image and ask for my name to be put with it as it boost me out to the public which i was so proud when i shore it. this is a scanned image of the paper it was in.

at the end i was very pleased of my work and now i can used this to build my portofoilo for the future for people to see and this is my biggest step in my photograhy carrier