BOC Week :7 Emulate Ron Gallela

I took a photo a person drinking her coffee and smiling having a nice day. I wanted to bring in a little of the palm tree so to emulate what a what Ron Gallela would do. I wanted to capture her in her most finest moment, herself in a perfect day. I used the light from the right to bring in angles and run the eyes to the person in the picture. I wanted it to be shadowy so that it appears mysterious and that her coat would be in focus and the person. The person seems to be relaxed and mainly focusing on relaxing for the day. She looks happy and ready to make the day a nice day. It is in focus so that she is in focus. She should grab your attention like she is being spotted on the moment that is right. She is not looking at the camera so that you are thinking what she’s thinking. She does not want you to notice her. She is just focusing on someone passing by and smiling as they pass by. She only notices the people around her and not hinting she wants attention from the camera person. The camera person wants to be in her thinking and capture what she is thinking by capturing what is in the situation. She is in her moment of peace and quiet and wants no distractions. The camera person take the photo even if she does notice so that it is a hint of interaction with the camera and the person in the photo. There has to be some chemistry or interaction to get her to be surreal in the moment. The coffee shop makes the whole genre look like it is an inviting place and where friends would stop by and say hi. She looks like she is waiting for someone to just come and say hi.

WEEK 6 BOC: Ron Galella

Ron Galella has been sued, punched, verbally abused and soaked with a hose. These are just some of the occupational hazards for celebrity photojournalists.

1 He is the first to capture the essence of what a paparazzi should be. He keeps he photos very real and surreal with all the celebrities he has taken over the course of his photojournalism years. He came to situations where Jacki Onassis took him to court for invading her privacy especially her children. He even was socked in the lower chin breaking some of his teeth by Marlon Brando for asking him to take off his shades. He is everywhere and in any place to capture the real life of the celebrities every chance he gets. I would emulate him by capturing someone sitting and drinking coffee, and chatting on their cell phone at a coffee sandwich shop. . I would capture that person from behind a post only several feet away and keep snapping my shots until I am satisfied with what I have. I would make it during the day because that is usually the time that this person would go and have her breaks, somewhere clos to her house. Somewhere to a place where she is more or less comfortable doing her daily routine. I would make sure she does not see me or even mind me being there. It is the most golden part of the day when the sun has its morning glow and the air is cool. I want her to be in her most relaxed moment yet thinking at the same time. I would like to capture her drinking her coffee at the same time on her phone. Other times texting. I will get different angle to achieve the best angled shot. She will be in her moment of peace as well when I capture her as well.

WEEK 5 BOC: Painting With Light

The painting with light was hard in itself because it was during the day instead of the night which would make it easier. I used a flash to punch out some light for the camera to capture at certain timed lapses. I used this flash because I think it would give it that spark that draws the eyes to the certain parts of the photo. I used Ingo’s art work because I think the his work draws your attention and the blue helps with the blue in the flash. I wanted to create a work that would make this photo stand out. I timed it at about twelve seconds so that it would be just right and not too bright from the surrounding lights. Of course I used myself in this because so to give the photo that character that someone was there in its presence. The star shaped light coming out of the flash is making the photo be part of the whole of the art. I like the way she is looking and posing with the flash to make it look like she posed for the shot. The surrounding lights help to make Ingo’s work stand out from the wall. I chose this work because it was a different type of mood. It sends that mood where you want to give it that extra boost with something like painting with light. The blue makes it stand out from the offwhite of the wall. The light from the flash was perfect to give it dimension and surreal affect on this photo. I wanted to make this a awe struck quality in a room with photos such as this one. I am part of it where I was there to give it that surreal feel and ghostly affect. For that time.

WEEK 5 EOC: What is Your Copyright

There are many types of copyrights I would like to use. The question would be what type for which type of work I want to use them on. I would like to use the VA form because I want to protect my works that are published. I would want my body of work to be protected once it is used because there are many piraters who would love to take my work and show it off without citing who did it. Once the public see your work, your work is out there for those to use however they like. For the eCO for published works that are a good enough for an art director to recommend for any publication. The VA form is good for smaller type of jobs where they are good but not good enough to be recommended by less than most art director. I like to keep all my files in large quantities and also organize the really nice ones in their own group. It is imperative that I keep my really good works under scrutiny so that they are left for only me and no other person can use them to their own benefit. I like to keep my distance from the piraters that keep using the most dignified work and sell them for their own use. Most of my works will be used for VA form because I will be taking works that are done everyday and keep them organized. I do think that I would keep using the eCO because I see a lot of my work that would be used in publication. It will be useful to keep things protected from outside publications to use. It is vey seldom do I need to keep things at protection level at this time. I do protect them by inscripting them with my name and location and date.

WEEK 4 BOC: Wedding Photo

The rings are from my family. They are both similar the man and the womans. I shot them next to each other with one on top of the other to show the that glimmer in the gold and diamonds insets in them. I used the tungsten lighting to make the yellow show out of the gold of the rings. I used a black velvet cloth to keep the light from bouncing off the surface anywhere so that it is only showing the roundness of the rings and the yellowness of the gold. I wanted to keep these two the center focus just by using the black velvet. The velvet also keeps things in sharp focus. I want the audience to look at the these two rings and have their own meaning. I put them up to each other so that it shows that they are equal but one shows more character than the other.The sunlight works best when showing the sparkle in the diamonds. I like to show the sparkle because that is what I want in focus. The sparkle helps to dignify the rings and give it character. I did them one of top of the other but they seem to be too flat so I brought them up to give them dimension and more roundness and gold. The gold around it make the ring more interesting and gives it that glimmer for draw the eye up to the area where they join and be looking that the diamonds. The flow from bottom to top to give it that dignity and show that these two are the same and different on the same level. These two interesting because each one are made different. If you look closely some of the diamonds sparkle and are bigger that the ones on the other rings.

WEEK 5 BOC: Competitive Anaylsis

I would say that these four photography companies have their assets and make their name well known. Red Rock Studios has a good way of displaying their works. They have a blog to show what they have been doing and putting into the community. They have been Go Red for women that help fund the American Heart Association. They have held a mini session to make nice packages for their clients needs. They do portraits for families, seniors, couples and children. And lastly they do wedding photography at the location where their clients are having their wedding event. They do a one to one contact with wedding events so it is personalized just for the their clients taste. 1. The Cohens Photography have a grandeous variety of photos of different occasions. I think they have good photos but they are disorganized and seem to have you looking and getting lost in their long line of products. Their categories are Recent Work, Weddings, and Clients. Their recent work have just couples, children. Pregnancy and in the middle of them are some photos of them playing paintball when they have off time together. It is nice to show off what they like to do but not on a business website and not categorized in the right way. They are not a company that is business because they have only a list of photos and have not categorized them. They don’t have a contact page to find them. Every business must have a contact page. They would have a hard time trying to get clients with no contact page. (2) Desert Ice Studios has a wide variety of photos. They have weddings, commercial, events, family, and fashion. Each one has a great variety of photos they have taken. They have a contact page, a blog to show what they have been doing recently and over the past months. They come to their clients and do head shots and provide them with needed portraits within the comfort of their office or home. They do digital work and show how each photo has been digitally transformed to adhere to their clients needs. Their studio is displayed through photos they have taken of their office and space here in Las Vegas. They have orders where the client have options to order what they would like to do with their photos.
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A Thousand Words Studios has some photos They do a Fine Art that is not Fine art because it is displaying instruments. They have photos of different types but they are not categorized very well. You have to scroll down to see their gallery and see on that page are categories that pop out. Their blog is not found and not working. I think it is too unorganized to be a business type photography. They have an email and a phone number but describing that her studio is within residence. No business should describe their location at all unless they do have an office set apart from their residency. (4)

WEEK 4 EOC: What Must Be On a Contract

All contracts must have a date on them. If you do not put a date then it is no negligible on your account. The term of time is reason to believe when it was done. You also must have a statement of the contract. The statement clarifies what the two parties agreed on. You must have signatures from both parties so that it is claimed as legal and the parties show that they agreed to such terms. On an editorial contract, one must write out the usage and the allowance of the usage. The allowance will be a range from a minimum to a maximum. Outline the fees and state what the fees are for so that it is clear to you and the client what is required for each item. For example use the terms quarter, half, full or double page rates. Editorial are based on the finished product. You must have a amendment in writing any changes which is called change orders. It has to say ”work-made-for-hire or you will not get your rights of ownership granted. There are negotiable contracts where you will send in your numbers or your estimates after your client has stated their time and estimates. A stamp with your company name, copyright . year, and contact information stating that you own the right to that document. On an estimate contract you must have the date, fees, product charges, contact information, and a signature with the date. It is your responsibility to have your information stated on the contract or it is lost in what was said on the meeting. If there is question on any part of your contract there has to be a change in order contract to make it more legal for both parties. All these essentials are needed on every contract.