Assignment 1

Mustang GT500

 The first picture it is one of my favor car that I costumed on the ford website. The car is called Mustang, one of popular muscle car in the United States.  From the origin picture you can see that the brand new Mustang is making the smoke by doing the burnout in a parking lot to shows how powerful is the Mustang.  However, I believe many people already know how powerful are the mustang from the origin picture, but I did add some effect to the picture to heighten that powerful, and show different meaning of the origin picture. First thing I did it I add the effect call HDR to the car to bring out the colour of the car, and used the comic effect on it to add the side effect on the car like add scratch on the car to make it look little bit older car and the shadow come out from the car to show that the main focus is on the car, also at the side I add a text “runaway” to tell us that this mustang is running away from something like a crime scene.  The reason I made all these change is that I want to let everyone know that mustang will be a chose for you if you decide to run away from something.

林丹（ Dan Lin）

For this picture, he is known as the greatest badminton player of all time, two time Olympic champion, four time world champion and five time all England champion, he’s name is Dan Lin, also know a Super Dan. For this picture I didn't do a lot change to it because I don’t want to let the audience to be confused. As you can see from the origin picture is little dark or not brighten to the meaning of the picture. This picture is taken after Dan won the 2012 Olympic game in badminton, so I added the classics lomo effect on there to light up the picture, and also add the light the left top corner to shine Dan.  The reason I did theses changes is to make the picture little bit alive and to show that he is a shining star in the badminton field.

Source: http://photo.hupu.com/p10235.html

http://www.ford.com/cars/mustang/customizer/

Photojournalists

Background

Roger Fenton:

• Roger Fenton was a pioneering British photographer
• One of the first war photographers
• He was born In Crimble Hall
• Graduated at University College London with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree
• Fenton was sent to the Crimean war as the first official war photographer.

Mathew Brady:

• One of the most celebrated 19th century American photographers
• Brady was born in Warren County, New York
• He study painting with famed portrait painter William Page
• He was involved with taking the first picture of the American Civil War

Alexander Gardner:

• Gardner was a Scottish photographer who moved to United States.
• Best known for his photographs of the American Civil War and Lincoln.
• He was born in Paisley in Scotland.
• He was also known as controversy in and through his photographs.

Robert Capa:

• Robert was born in Endre Erno Friedmann
• He was a Hungarian combat photographer and phojournalist
• Been to five different wars: Spanish Civil War, Second Sino Japanese War, World War II, Arab Israeli War and First Indochina War.

Similarities and differences

These are Similarities and difference between these four photojournalists. First of all, they all were photojournalists of the war. But they show the war in different views or focused in different point, like Fenton only want to show the good side of war, avoiding those injured, mutilated or even the dead soldiers. Its only show one side of the war not the entirety. However, Brady it’s completely different in his approach, he’s showing both side of the war, not matter it’s good or bad. And for Gardner who is known for potentially manipulating his pictures to depict more dramatic situation, but he is also known for showing both side of the war, with more dramatic sequence on the bad side. Also Capa who was known as the realistic photographic, who’s willing to get in to no matter how risky, how difficulty or how far fetched the situation, he would do whatever he could do to capture the realistic picture. And he said “If your photographs aren't good enough, you're not close enough.". this is the reason that he sets himself apart from the other photographers, because he’s willing to get closer than any other photographer, to portray a sense of involvement with the picture he took.

Source:

http://www.egodesign.ca/_files/articles/blocks/536_roger_fenton_guerre_de_crim.jpg

http://www.ananasamiami.com/2011/08/civil-war-photos-by-mathew-brady.html

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/history/2012/09/alexander_gardner_s_antietam_battlefield_photos_changed_photography_and_war_.html

http://reelfoto.blogspot.ca/2012/12/robert-capa-20th-century-war.html