Portrait Photographer Blake Richards

Blake Richards has been a portrait photographer in Burlingame, CA for over 30 years. He started as a fashion photographer, helping different models with their portfolios and taking actor's headshots. He later moved on to be a senior portrait photograper for teens. As is pprevious clients got older, they got married and requested Blake to be their photographer, so he became a weddign photographer.
http://www.winphotos.com/

career photography notes

FOOD photography.

• three types of food photography: packaging, editorial, and advertising.
• packaging
• most technical and tedious
• every detail counts
• show food realistically so people will buy
• editorial
• not as much about detail as the other types of food photography.
• more about the "wow factor" of food.
• advertising
• less tedious than pckaging, but more tedious than editorial.
• photographers have their own specific way they want a shot to be staged or set up.
• an artist draws what the picture should look like and photographer takes a picture as close to the drawing as possible.
• the angles you shoot the picture at are very important
• make sure everything is in focus and you show some texture if any
• team
• photographer
• photographer assistant
• prop stylist
• assistant prop stylist
• client
• client's client
• client's boss
• and many more.

MERCY DAY PHOTOS

photojournalism

This picture of the firemen was taken during the San Bruno fire/ explosion last Thursday. It portrays how big the flames were with proportion to the firefighters. Though the firefighters are the main objects in the image, they are not very visible, drawing your eyes to the enourmous flames.

http://media.nola.com/news_impact/photo/san-bruno-firejpg-b30658251c5e86a4_large.jpg

This picture was taken during the 49ers vs. the Seattle Seahawks game on September 12, 2010. It shows one of the 49er players getting tackled, giving the person veiwing this photo that they were not doing so well during the game.

http://prod.static.seahawks.clubs.nfl.com/assets/images/imported/zip/2009/09-September/49ers/_RM11421--nfl_large_580_1000.jpg

This picture was taken by  David Bathgate. It portrays the emotions of the soldiers that are fighting in the war, but doesnt tell you why they are feeling the way they are. David says, "Viewing the world through photojournalistic eyes means more than taking the occasional snapshot. It involves a deeper look to uncover the facts and then present them in an informative and creative way."

http://old.thecompellingimage.com/image/src/7/8/87/large/Photojournalism_002.jpg

I do not know who took this picture, but it really stood out to me because wedding days are normally the most exciting day of a woman's life, but in this picture, the woman looks very relaxed, like it is no big deal.

http://www.charlotteleonard.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-o-matic/cache/61e7f_one-of-my-best-photojournalism-photos-from-the-wedding-day.jpg

This picture was taken by Jake LeBoeuf. You dont know nexactly where this picture was taken but you can guess according to the clothes the children are wearing and the way the children look. It definitely portrays a lot of their culture through the clothing.

http://behance.vo.llnwd.net/profiles/73327/projects/92468/733271210876134.jpg

group photography

i took this photo in the driveway by the chapel at school. i chose this specific space to take a picture of because i really likes the stones on the floor next to the stone wall with the green leaves on it. i also really like the angle of that the driveway makes.

favorite photos from elements & principles project

emphasis

rule of thirds

space

variety

value

journal notes pgs. 60 - 65

This picture shows an example of both a long EXPOSURE to light and a slow SHUTTER SPEED. The long exposure to light allowed more light to pass through the camera and capture the lights of the cars passing by as the shutter reamined open. As you can see, everything in the picture is still in focus and sharp, meaning there was absolutely no CAMERA MOVEMENT invlolved. in addition, the photographer may have changed the FILM SPEED, using a higher ISO SETTING to make the camera more sensitive to the light. http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/staticfiles/NGS/Shared/StaticFiles/Photography/Images/POD/s/street-light-exposure-florida-93001-xl.jpg

These pictures were taken my a professional photographer named Diana who worked at the resort we were staying at while my mom and I were on vacation in Cancun last spring break. the picture at the top shows that she used a small APERTURE (large F-STOP) in order to get a larger DEPTH OF FIELD, keeping everything in the picture in focus. But, in the picture at the bottom, she used a wide aperture, decreasing the depth of field, only keeping me in focus.