Alan Sugar PhotoShop

Lasso = L key
Quickmask = Q key
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

Lasso: lets you select what part of the image you want
Quickmask: select the image away from it's previous area
Modify the edge of the selection: Feathering the image
Turn the selection into a layer: select a new layer
Move the layer into another photo: Move tool
Scale the Layer: change the size of the image
Copy the layer: duplicate the image

Fashion Photography

When is an image a portrait when it is a fashion photograph?

It is a portrait photograph when it is just purely of the persons face with no editing or manipulation to the subject face. A portrait photograph is there to portray a persons personality and show the expressions that show off that personality

It is a fashion photograph when you take an original image and manipulate it to what you want that person to look like in Photoshop either raising their neckline and head or enhancing the eyes so that they stand out more. Most photography companies and not just the ones in fashion do this technique so that people looking at the model on a billboard or poster will aspire to be like them and look like them.

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

After the photograph is taken the person editing the photo will take it into Photoshop and play around with it. Small enhancements like colouring the background or sharpening the textures are all fine, but when the editor starts to enhance the persons facial features, it starts to get very manipulative and out of the persons control. In the film the editor enhances the eyes by making them larger than they were and raises the neckline and head. These changes are purely what the editor wants for the company not what the subject wanted out of the photo, but that is not the intention of the photo

What is Portraiture?

What is Portraiture?
Portraiture is usually a photograph or drawing of a person in 'Portrait', the equivalent of a A4 piece of paper. But before professional photographers came about, the person having the picture taken of themselves was in full control of their picture and would usually say which ones they wanted and which ones they wanted to scrap, but nowadays control lies with the photographer unveiling the subjects personality which Tony Vaccaro loved to find.


Tony Vaccaro 

Tony Vaccaro took pictures of Celebrities but the way he did it was cunning, he would act like the camera was broken and then when the celebrity has dropped the mask of what they themselves wanted to look like, he took the picture. Capturing that persons personality on photo and revealing who they truely are to the world. When his eye spotted something, he would take a picture no matter if the lighting or location wasn't great he would still take the photo.

His photographic career was born in WWII, taking pictures of the true face of the war and the struggle the soldiers faced. Though some of his photos were seen to be faked or set up, most people believed that he was just a natural at capturing the decisive moment.

He took the decisive moment from Henri Cartier Bresson and adapted it to his own photography style, taking famous pictures a soldier just being shot on the battlefield and about to experience death. His photos gave people at home the reality of war and most people were scared of these photos because they gave so much controversy about needing people to know about the war and the people who were outraged that these photos should not be seen.