Friday 20 December 2013

Analysis comparisons of photos



i wanted to compare these two photos because of their example of camera behavior. The first shows a group of young teenagers posing, whole the second is a glorious sunset over Brighton. The first is blurry, at an angle, cutting out a few people, and careless. The second is well set up, the placement of the telescope is central, the horizon is flat. Immediately, you can see that the first person is "trained" in using cameras which are phone cameras; instant photographs, blur-proof and low quailty. The second is taken by someone who is "trained" in more advanced photography. I find it interesting you can see the difference; this suggests that the type of cameras we use affects the way we photograph, and the sort of photos we expect very much reflects culture. Young culture is more about the instant gratuitous seflie, the quick representation of reality which needn't be good quality because you can take hundreds, while the trained photographer will understand the disposable camera and take photos which are considered, thoughtful and the sort you would stop at and admire. This shows that culture and which camera type we access influnces the way we photograph ourselves.

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