Thomas Hoepker – a profile

Thomas Hoepker was born in Germany 1936 in Munich.  He went to university at Gottingen where he studied art history and archaeology and from 1960 – 1963 he worked as a photographer for Münchner Illustrierte and Kristall, he went on to become a photographic journalist and a cameraman for German TV.  Then in 1978 he followed his wife to America due to her work and became director of photography for American Geo.

Magnum first started to distribute Hoepkers photos in 1964; in 2003 he became magnum photos president until 2006.

This Photo was taken by Thomas Hoepker on the 11/9/2001.  He was driving on the other side of the river from New York and saw the tragedy and he saw a group of people sitting there casually and looking like they do not care about what is happening behind them.  The reason this was such a controversial photo was because it made out to seem as if they were callous and showed no empathy towards what is happening.  The photo was released and allowed to be shown a few years ago, it is taken more as a photo of history.  And taken as an example of Americans attitude and ability to move on…

20 pictures

20 pictures, a set on Flickr.

my pictures for the level 3 photography unit

Sugar Babies

this is through the first experiments using photoshop

treatment

(L3) Photoraphy Project Treatment Form

1 Type of production and brief details on Subject/Concept that you wish to portray:

• The main concept of the subject is to produce a future Crawley project, showing what the possible effects the environmental damage and technology could do to Crawley in the future, whether it is in 10 years’ time or tomorrow?... I am planning to do it in the style of “I AM LEGEND” and have a single person walking through the streets on their own.  With the streets decrepit and overrun by wildlife and nature.

2 Facilities: What facilities do you need for this project list all including software and hardware for the whole project?

• Digital camera
• Mac computer
• photoshop

3 Finance: If you produced this project outside of the college you need to show how much it would cost to hire the equipment that you intend to use. List the item and the purchase/hire cost next to it

Item	Purchase/hire cost
Digital Camera	Daily Hire        £22.50 (£27.00 with VAT) Weekend Hire £32.50 (£39.00 with VAT)
Mac computer	3 Day - £61.35 1 Week - £85.89
Photoshop cs3/cs5	£159.00 (to purchase, hire out macs do not feature the program)

4 Codes of practice and regulation: What regulations to you need to be aware of. Think about college policy as well as regulatory bodies that you looked at in Term 1 Assignment 2, Worksheet 1.6 Regulation and Safety notes. Say why they are relevant to your project.

• Health and safety issues are:

1.    Looking after the safety of you, your model and equipment. E.g. taking care of using equipment and safety near roads.

2.    And not exactly a health and safety issue, but if anyone else is captured in the picture you need their permission to use the photo, and written consent from their parents if they are under 16.

3.    The place I am taking a picture is off campus in the town centre.

5 Contributors: Who do you need to help this for you project? This includes talent and crew.

Crew and Role

Calum Skorka - Photographer, Editor

Talent and Role

Aaron Hale – Model

6 Presentation: How will you present the pictures for the factsheet/leaflet? Can you give some rough thumbnails of the final layout?

 (L3) Photoraphy Project Treatment Form

1 Type of production and brief details on Subject/Concept that you wish to portray:

• The main concept of the subject is to produce a future Crawley project, showing what the possible effects the environmental damage and technology could do to Crawley in the future, whether it is in 10 years’ time or tomorrow?... I am planning to do it in the style of “I AM LEGEND” and have a single person walking through the streets on their own.  With the streets decrepit and overrun by wildlife and nature.

2 Facilities: What facilities do you need for this project list all including software and hardware for the whole project?

• Digital camera
• Mac computer
• photoshop

3 Finance: If you produced this project outside of the college you need to show how much it would cost to hire the equipment that you intend to use. List the item and the purchase/hire cost next to it

Item	Purchase/hire cost
Digital Camera	Daily Hire        £22.50 (£27.00 with VAT) Weekend Hire £32.50 (£39.00 with VAT)
Mac computer	3 Day - £61.35 1 Week - £85.89
Photoshop cs3/cs5	£159.00 (to purchase, hire out macs do not feature the program)

4 Codes of practice and regulation: What regulations to you need to be aware of. Think about college policy as well as regulatory bodies that you looked at in Term 1 Assignment 2, Worksheet 1.6 Regulation and Safety notes. Say why they are relevant to your project.

• Health and safety issues are:

1.    Looking after the safety of you, your model and equipment. E.g. taking care of using equipment and safety near roads.

2.    And not exactly a health and safety issue, but if anyone else is captured in the picture you need their permission to use the photo, and written consent from their parents if they are under 16.

3.    The place I am taking a picture is off campus in the town centre.

5 Contributors: Who do you need to help this for you project? This includes talent and crew.

Crew and Role

Calum Skorka - Photographer, Editor

Talent and Role

Aaron Hale – Model

6 Presentation: How will you present the pictures for the factsheet/leaflet? Can you give some rough thumbnails of the final layout?

   

   

Fashion Photography

Fashion Photography is an important part on how society views body image, modern day fashion photographers tend to air brush and alter the images so that it can fit the ideal body image, the way every one wants to look.  The changed image is very different to what the original was.  Below is an example featuring Beyonce.

the airbrushing and altering can give shape to the body, get rid of blemishes and wrinkles and brighten the image to add colour to the skin.  I believe this should not be allowed as it gives a false sense of what is right for the body image, giving women and some men a false ideal.  It changes how photographers use the camera, and if they really are a good photographer could find a perfect angle to make the woman/man look perfect.

My In Motion Project

VICTORIA STATION

ST JAMES PARK

PALL MALL

PALL MALL

COVENT GARDEN

COVENT GARDEN

COVENT GARDEN

PICCADILY CIRCUS

PICCADILY CIRCUS

Treatment for photo project - in motion...

Treatment Photography

1. Type of production and brief details on Subject/Concept:

the project i am working on is 'in motion' where i am attempting to capture images while they are in motion, specifically people and moveable objects while the environment remains still.

2. Facilities: What facilities do you need for this project list all including software and hardware for the whole project



the facilities i will be using is the fujifilm s1600, any other software or hardware i will not need, except a computer to crop images.
 
3. Finance: If you produced this project outside of the college you need to show how much would it cost to hire the equipment that you intend to use.


the cost of the trip would cover the train ride to london. which for a return ticket off peak costs £18.30, and the camera rental for one day can cost £49.17 excluding VAT.
 
4. Contributors: Who do you need to help this for you project? This includes talent and crew.

the project i can cover by myself, i won't need any crew or talent as it takes place in the streets of london as it covers motion.

5. Presentation: How will you present the pictures? Will you include a soundtrack, think about copy write issues etc.

i would present the show as a slide show, with a sort of slow music over the top. and at the end i would post the name and song of the band to show that i have borrowed it.