Rankin: Fashion Photographer

Watch this documentary. Explain the role of the fashion photographer. How are Rankins photographs used in a wider context? Where do his images get used and how? How does Rankin work with his clients and his models? Write this into a blog post.

Analyse a fashion image from a magazine or from the internet. What was the photographer trying to achieve? How was the image constructed? Were the photographers intentions realized?

Annie Liebovitz

Intro Diplomas Checklist

Please upload at least 3 photographs, which are labeled and demonstrate an understanding of the following:

• Rule of Thirds
• Slow Shutter Speeds (blurred motion)
• Fast Shutter Speeds (frozen Motion)
• Framing
• Portraits
• Emotions
• Lines

FASHION PHOTOGRAPH ASSIGNMENT

Get inspired. Watch BBC4's Seven Photographs That Changed Fashion'. This show deconstructs seven classic fashion photographs as Rankin tries to re-capture the magic moments of the originals.

OVER TO YOU!

Surf the web, look in magazines, go to the library and find an image that inspires you. Go to your blog and write 100 words as to why the images rocks. Now plan a shoot around that shot.

• What props do you need?


• Where are you going to shoot it?


• Who is going to be in it?

Write down your plans and add it to your blog post.

Further Inspiration:

http://rankin.co.uk/home/

http://www.richardavedon.com/

http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/annie-leibovitz

Cecil Beaton

David Bailey

Herb Ritz

Shutter Speed

Shutter speeds and panning

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Photographic Assignment

Produce a series of 5 images to be used on an online publication. The images must relate in some way to one of the following areas:

Fashion

Advertising

News

Lifestyle

Nature

Pick one area and create a mind map of your photographic ideas. Evidence this process on your blog by taking a photograph of it and uploading it.

Emotional A-Z Continued

Write a short reflective passage which explains how you feel about your portrait.

1. How well do you think that the picture shows the emotion you were trying to convey?


2. What do you like about your portrait?


3. How does the picture make you feel?


4. How is the picture composed? Does it obey the rule of thirds?


5. Does the picture use lines?


6. What is the lighting like? (Does it look soft or hard - lots of contrast between light and dark).


7. Rate your picture out of ten.


8. What would you do differently next time?