Poster style inspiration

Shepard Fairy

 http://www.esfrs.org/wedomore/spotTheDifference.shtml

 http://alidicello.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/field-journal-6-war-posters-now-and.html
James Montgomery Flagg

Inspiration... Man Ray

I am inspired by Man Ray to experiment with more photograms and to create words and letters with my hand, spelling "equality" to show the equality between black and white and they are just colours.

Inspiration... David Bailey

I am inspired by David Bailey's lighting technique of having the light shining down on the models face from slightly above and I will definitely experiment with this technique in my own work as well as try out black and white.

Inspiration: Rankin

I am inspired by Rankin and his use of lighting and colours and composition as it is all very natural but professional and effective. In my own work, I will experiment with both studio and natural lighting in my photos.

UCAS Design Your Future Fair

Yesterday, we visited the UCAS Design Your Future Fair. I wanted to talk to the three uni's closest to me: Manchester (MMU), University of Derby, and Staffs Uni. I wasn't keen on the sound of the Photography course at MMU as I felt as though the Photography man was rambling on about a lot of rubbish and I felt like it was more about conceptual photography/art and it wasn't for me.

I found out from Staffs and Derby that the course would require me to be in for about three days a week, which is fine with me since I would be driving every day. I like the sound of the Photography degree in both of these uni's but I think I'm leaning slightly more towards Staffs because of their links with industry and live project briefs.

That being said, I like the sound of the Commercial Photography degree at Derby, and the Foundation Degree in Applied Photography. The degree that I would like to do is the Foundation Degree. I think this is because it is part time, only two years and I could be working at the same time as doing it. I think that the course looks really good too as it is looking at how you'd apply the techniques to working and I feel like it would be a good degree for me.

Order of preference:

1. Foundation Degree in Applied Photography at Derby
2. BA Hons Photography in Staffs
3. BA Hons Photography in Derby
4. BA Hons Commercial Photography in Derby

Compare and contrast two artists

Rankin (left), David Bailey (right)

The artists that I have chosen to use for my comparison are Rankin (left) and David Bailey (right). They are both excellent portrait and fashion photographers and both photograph celebrities. However, they have different styles; Rankin photographs are in colour and tend to have softer lighting, with the exception of this photo, and David Bailey has harsher, brighter lighting aimed down at the model casting shadows underneath the nose, lips and cheekbones which is quite flattering. His photographs are also all in black and white and have high levels of contrast, further accentuating the lighting technique.

The compositions in the two artists' work are quite different too; David Bailey's photographs are usually very central, square and closeup (from shoulders upwards). Rankin has some similar photos but has more of a wide range of compositions, from full body shots like this one of Orlando Bloom, to quite extreme closeups, for example his beauty photos, hair photos, and some fashion photos.

PROJECT AIM

My aim for my project will be to create a poster/posters raising awareness of dyslexia and OCD as I feel as though these are both disabilities as they affect people every day, even though we can't see the disability, it is still there. I don't have personal experience of dyslexia but I feel as though I have a BIT of personal experience with OCD.