Photoshop Lesson 1

L key - Lasso
Q key - Quickmask
Modify the edge of selection  = Select/Modify/Expand
Turn the selection into a layer= cmd/ctrl J
Move the Layer to another Photo= Move tool =V key drag to another photo
Scale the layer= cmd/ctrl T
Copy the Layer= cmd/ctrl J

2. To what degree should an image manipulated to go into a fashion magazine?

Photographs for fashion are often manipulated before they go into the magazines. Manipulating photographs is happening more and more for magazines as it is now easier to manipulate the photograph before the photoshoot and also after the photoshoot.

Manipulating the photograph before the photoshoot can be make-up or dressing the models in the clothes to changing the set so that the image will look unique.

Manipulating a photograph is almost always edited in programs like photoshop after the photograph has been taken.

When Images are edited in photoshop it can completely change who the person in the image is and thus change the perspective of the image as a whole. A usual thing to change in photoshop when it comes to fashion photography is making the length of a person’s neck longer than it naturally should be. It makes the models look less human when the image is in the magazine, however this also makes some people think that a person should naturally have a neck that long.

Another edit that is normally done in photoshop is editing the face so that it is thinner which on an already really thin model can make the models look unhealthy. This would also change peoples mind on what models actually look like as the images in the magazines aren't real as such.

Either way i believe that manipulating an image like they do for fashion magazines is unacceptable as sometimes they go all the way and take the head from one picture and put it on the shoulders of another body.

Most of the models used for fashion photography are size 0. Pretty much no normal person is size 0. This makes the images in the magazine misleading as something that fits them will most likely not fit a normal person. This can also get people to think that their body image isn't right and they will try their best to be size 0 so that they can feel like one of the models in the magazine.

The only time that they would use a plus sized model is if the person modeling is famous. This is pretty much only bring more attention to the magazine. another thing that is probably done using plus sized models is taking the head of the model and putting it on a size 0 body. this would not work as well mainly as most people know who most of the plus sized models are as they are normally celebrities so most people will know who they are. an example of them using a celebrity as a plus sized model is when they use celebrities like Beyonce.

However some images are manipulated in creative ways like setting the scene of an image to make the clothes fit with the set. An example of this is the tea party image from Vogue, it is also a good example of how alot of money and time had been put into making the image look really good only for it to be thrown to one side because the editor of the magazine didn’t particularly like the image.  

Portraiture

Application, Context And Tech
In your posts you will need to discuss  the journey that Portraiture has taken over its' history. For example the movement from Rich and Powerful people having expensive portraits made for them to the works of Portraiture photographers depicting the inner conflicts and catching their subjects in moments when they are least prepared. 


Portraits used to be painted by artists and would have mainly been of the rich and famous. The camera was a revolution when it came to portraiture as it was quicker than a painter and could be taken in a couple of minutes instead of the couple of months that it would have taken a painter to capture an image of a person. As cameras became more and more advanced, different groups of people were able to have portraits taken of them. portraiture used to be pretty much only for the rich and famous and was now pretty much for everyone.
Portraiture had also started to give the person behind the camera more control over the person who is having the portrait taken.

Tony Vaccaro:

Vaccaro is an example of a photographer who gave himself a little bit more power over his subject. however he also used the idea of the waiting for the opportune moment to take a picture of what the person was really like. For example he was asked by Pablo Picasso to take a portrait photo of him. Vaccaro stood there and watched as Picasso started making poses that he knew of instead of acting like himself in front of the camera. To get Picasso to act like himself Vaccaro pretended that the camera wasn't working, at this time Picasso stopped acting and Vaccaro had snapped the picture.