Campaign photography-Domestic violence.
This is a strong photograph that defines domestic violence. This is because it only shows the women's face and the rest is faded black which in my opinion means the violence is done behind closed doors and not in the public streets. There is a mans hand covering the women's mouth, this tells me she is being abused by a male figure and he silencing her from speaking out. The colours in this photograph are very dull which makes the photograph depressing and upsetting rather than being bright and colourful which wouldn't send out the message as well as it does with the colours used. Also the women's eyes play a big part in this photograph because they show fear which looks like she is afraid to tell anyone which might also be why her mouth is covered.
This image tells me that not only adults get abused but also innocent kids. The colours of the image are dark and dull which makes the image sad and upsetting and also the kid is wearing a black t-shirt rather than wearing a bright shirt which wouldn't show that the image is serious. The writing in the image tells me that he could be being abused by his mother or he would have a black eye like his mother which than would be hit by his father.
This is a strong image for racism, this is because it tells us that no matter what skin colour we all have the same heart. Also the background is white which makes the hearts stand out and brings all the attention towards the hearts.
First shoot
Plan
- For my first shoot I am going to take a photo to represent anti - bullying.
- have the person lying on the floor as if he has just been beaten up.
- put a bruise around the left eye and make him sit in a position as if he has just been beat up.
This is my first shoot for my campaign photography I feel this is not a successful take because there is no real affect in the photo, there wasn't any lighting or any dark colours to show sad or depressing messages out to the viewer.I feel this because in a photo where there is a blank background and effective light the image is more powerful which would send the viewer a clear message. Also I would take the image from a different angle, and maybe use Photoshop to get a blank background.
Second shoot
Plan
- This photo will represent gang violence
- The image will be taken outside
- For this shoot I will use someones arm ad have it painted to make it look bloody
- Have the arm against a brick wall just showing part of the arm
- may have text added to the photo
- Photoshop the image to make it look more realistic and effective
This was my best photograph from this shoot because the composition works well and it is in focus. I have edited the Photograph in Photoshop to make it more effective and added text to the image because I wanted to make the message more clear to the viewer. I will use Photoshop to recreate the image in black and white with the hand in colour to see if it appears more effective.
I like this image because I think the two colours go well together and makes the hand stand out more, when taking the image I had to make sure that there was no shodaws because this makes it difficult to photoshop. I changed this photo to black and white to create a depressing feeling and the contrast between the dark colour and the blood creates more impact.
This is final image after all the editing and in this time I have cropped it to change the composition of the photo.
Third shoot
- The campaign I have chosen for my third shoot is Bullying.
- I will use Photoshop to combine three images to one and to make the image grey to add to the effect of the photo
I have used Photoshop to edit my my images to make them more effective. I have used three different photographs with the model in the different positions. I have put all three pictures together to create one image to show three different stages stood up, knelt down and curled up on the floor. I have chosen this because this is how I think a person would act when bullying happens and has got the better of them and they can no longer take it.
The tools I have used on Photoshop are magnetic tool which I used to select around the body and cut it out by using inverse then delete. I added the two end bodies on to the original photograph of the model stood up I had to make sure that two bodies lined up with the floor as this created the image .
The tools I have used on Photoshop are magnetic tool which I used to select around the body and cut it out by using inverse then delete. I added the two end bodies on to the original photograph of the model stood up I had to make sure that two bodies lined up with the floor as this created the image .
This was the finished piece after I joined all three photos on Photoshop but I didn't feel like It was effective enough because it didn't send out a clear enough message and I thought It needed a filter and text.
This is my final shoot in campaign photography