Location Health & Safety: Street Photography
Firstly, when taking pictures in an urban environment, you
must be careful of moving cars and vehicles, especially when crossing roads or
taking photos in places that may be dangerous. Secondly when asking strangers
for permission to photograph them, only approach someone when you’re with
another person. Also be polite and explain that it is for a college project and
that they do not have to participate if they do not want to. Another point is
that you should ask when taking photos in shops or cafes, as some places do not
allow or want their shops to photographed or documented.
Useful SLR camera techniques for street photography
Firstly when photographing an urban environment, a small aperture
is always good. An aperture from F22 and above will ensure that your image will
have a very large depth of field, ensuring everything is in focus. Secondly,
using fast shutter speeds ensures you can capture movement in a crisp clean
way. However experimenting with slower shutter speeds can also be successful,
when using a shutter speed of anything below 1/60 of a second use a tripod to
remove the possibility of camera shake. When using a tripod you can try
different techniques, simply by zooming from the widest focal length of your
camera to the shortest photo length during the exposure of the image, can
create some interesting effects. Finally when shooting portrait images, use a
fast shutter speed, once again to avoid camera shake and ensure that the image
you take is crisp and still. However, experiment with wide apertures so as to
gain a shallow depth of field, helping the person looking at the image to focus
on the subject and not the background.
Difference between Editorials and Advertorial
Firstly, an editorial is an
article written by a member of staff from a newspaper or magazine. An editorial
presents an opinion whereas an advertorial simply advertises something and are
subject to bias and favouritism to therefore sell the product or place, e.g.
Travel brochures.
Travel Advertorial Review
The advertorial I am looking at is about Singapore, this
feature basis the article around the culture, most obviously around food due to
the metaphor used as the title. The title is “Tantalise your senses with a
taste of Singapore”. This suggests that Singapore has a rich culture, that
Singapore has an atmosphere that excites all of your senses. This is reinforced
by the images shown of firstly food, street markets and finally a wide shot of
the city of Singapore at night. The images slowly lead down from the title, and
the suggestion of incredible food and culture, to the image of the city which
slowly opens the readers mind to more than just the senses inferred in the
title. Furthermore the text in this article has been positioned on the left,
the block of text is small enough too not seem too overbearing to the rest of
the article. Another point about how the images flow with the text is how the
text box flows into the background for some of the buildings in the cityscape
image, helping your eye move easily from text to image and vice versa. In terms
of colours, the background to the article gradually blends into a darker colour
from the sky of cityscape image into a darker blue. The word “Singapore” is
pale red which stands out from the background, ensuring that the article is
both eye catching and obvious what the articles is about. Finally the overall
layout and presentation is very clean, contemporary and rich in colours. This
then reflects the city that is being advertised which helps sell the city to
the people reading the article. Also the article doesn't give too much away,
the article gives you the facts and entices you to read more and enquire
further.