Types of Location Photography

Here is a list I have compiled about different types of location photography.

Photojournalism

Photojournalism is an area of photography dedicated to taking accurate shots of current affairs. The basic mission of a photojournalist is to take pictures that accompany a news story, whether it be for a newspaper or a television broadcast. However, truly great photojournalism pictures should tell the story before the text or broadcaster does.

Documentary Photography

Documentary photographs tell stories with images. The main difference between photojournalism and documentary photography is that documentary photography is meant to serve as a historical document of a political or social era while photojournalism documents a particular scene or instance.

Action Photography

While professionals who take action shots may specialise in a variety of different subjects, sports photography is one of the fastest and most exciting types of photography. As with any action shot, a good sports photographer has to know his or her subject well enough to anticipate when to take pictures. The same rule goes for photographers taking action shots of animals in nature or of a plane taking off.

Macrophotography

Macrophotography describes the field of photography in which pictures are taken at close range. Once restricted to photographers with advanced and expensive equipment, macrophotography is now easier for amateurs to practice with digital cameras with macro settings. Macrophotography subjects may include insects, flowers, the texture of a woven sweater or any object where close-up photography reveals interesting details.

Microphotography

Microphotography uses specialized cameras and microscopes to capture images of extremely small subjects. Most applications of microphotography are best suited for the scientific world. For example, microphotography is used in disciplines as diverse as astronomy, biology and medicine.

Glamour Photography

Glamour photography, sometimes confused with pornography, may be sexy and erotic but it is not pornographic. Instead of focusing on nudity or lurid poses, glamour photography seeks to capture its subject in suggestive poses that emphasize curves and shadows. As the name implies, the goal of glamour photography is to depict the model in a glamorous light. Consequently, many glamour shots carry flirtatious, mysterious and playful tones.

Aerial Photography

An aerial photographer specializes in taking photos from the air. Photos may be used for surveying or construction, to capture birds or weather on film or for military purposes. Aerial photographers have used planes, ultralights, parachutes, balloons and remote controlled aircraft to take pictures from the air.

Underwater Photography

Underwater photography is usually employed by scuba divers or snorkelers. However, the cost of scuba diving, coupled with often expensive and unwieldy underwater photography equipment, makes this one of the less common types of photography. Similarly, if an amateur has the equipment and the scuba know-how, taking shots underwater can be complicated, as scuba goggles are magnified and distort the photographer’s vision.

Art Photography

Artistic photography can embrace a wide variety of subjects. While a nature photographer may use underwater photography to create an art show based on sea life, a portrait photographer’s show may feature black and white artistic portraitures. In all cases, the photographs must have aesthetic value to be considered art.

Portraiture

Portraiture is one of the oldest types of photography. Whether the subject is your family or your pet, the goal of portraiture is to capture the personality of the subject or group of subjects on film.

Wedding Photography

Wedding photography is a blend of different types of photography. Although the wedding album is a documentary of the wedding day, wedding photos can be retouched and edited to produce a variety of effects. For example, a photographer may treat some of the pictures with sepia toning to give them a more classic, timeless look.

Advertising Photography

Because photography plays a vital role in advertising, many professional photographers devote their careers to advertising photography. The need for unique and eye-catching advertising copy means the photographer may work with multiple types of photography, including macrophotography and glamour photography.

Travel Photography

Travel photography may span several categories of photography, including advertising, documentary or vernacular photography that depicts a particularly local or historical flavor. A travel photographer can capture the feel of a location with both landscapes and portraiture.

26/06/12- Pictures that were never captured.

On July 7th 2005, Hasib Hussain detonated a bomb on the Number 30 bus at Tavistock Square in London, killing 14 people- including himself. These 13 other people may have captured a picture of him, but obviously the camera would not survive the blast. We aimed to re-create an image that may or may not have ever existed for a college project. Using the E10 electric bus in St Helens, and using James Ault and Sean Nicholas as subjects in the image, we succeeded.

25/06/12- Final Zap Stand- Client Requirement

25/06/12- Final Images

The residents of Thomas House Residential House wait in anticipitation of the torch. I took this image as this was where I waited for the torch, and my Mum is a careworker at the house. This was to show the element of happiness, that the comminity has come together to watch the torch.

I took photographs of the vehicles in the parade. There was not just the torch on offer at the relay. I have also included onlookers in the road.

I focused on the cheerleaders on top of a Samsung bus. I was hoping that when I mounted the images this would look good in the middle of my mountboard to show an element of celebration.

In hindsight, I would have used a much faster shutter speed. The day was very bright, so even a 1/1000 shutter speed would have been best. Unfortunately, on ISO100 settings I used 1/100, which was far too short.

25/05/12

As the olympic torch is passing through St Helens soon, I thought I would look for ideas of how other people have photographed the torch in both Britain and in other countries over the years

In all pictures, focus should be on the torch bearer. In this case, the bearer is completely in focus. The entire torch is also in the picture.

Keith is in focus, however part of the torch is cut off.

This is a good image. The entire torch is in shot, as is the parade behind and some members of the crowd.

This picture is pretty basic, but it shows the minimal qualities of the image I'm hoping to capture. The torch is completely in the shot, as is the bearer.

Again, the same as earlier. However members of the crowd taking photographs are also in the image. I'd like to capture members of the crowd in the images I am hoping to create, as the torch relay is aimed at the crowd for Britain as a nation.

Unfortunately in the area of St Helens I will be photographing the relay, there isn't a change in torchbearers. Here, Will.I.Am takes over. If there was a change over where I was photographing, this would be the shot I would hope to achieve. The former torchbearer has their back to the camera, whereas the new bearer is facing forwards. This shows a sense of joy on the face of the new bearer.

15/05/12- College Location

I have been asked by my tutor to do some images of students in different areas of the college. These are the courses I will be photographing.

Performing Arts

This image was taken to advertise Bridgwater College. The image has been taken using artificial theatre light, perhaps the group were in a rehearsal at the time and a photographer has taken a picture using the normal light the group will be working in. It advertises the group well, if the college is advertising to potential students about the course, there is nothing better than showing what the group do on a regular basis. I think 'staging' has been minimised, the group seem genuinely working.

Music

Both these images seem to have been taken from perhaps an audience's balcony, using the lights in the theatre (not artificial photographic light). They seem to be taken using a long lens, perhaps a 200mm lens. In the first image, focus has been given to the man playing the xylophone. In the second image, the focus is on the three girls in at the front. 

26/04/12- Moodboards

This image was taken in a garden in college. This demonstrates different rough textures with the plants, plus soil. The picture is dominantly green, but with black areas.

This picture was taken from an image in a corridor in college. The texture of the print has made this image more rough. It is dominantly red.

This image was taken of bricks on the college. It has a rough, pink texture. It is repetitive, it could demonstrate a perhaps never ending pattern.

This was taken from an empty board on a wall in college. The holes have been created from where information, such as college articles have once been. It is a rough texture, and would have been very bland if the holes hadn't created a difference in the board.

This was taken of my hand. Hairs, lines on my skin, and a birth mark gives the picture a varied look. The image looks rough, but arguably if you know what it is the viewer would feel it was smooth (through knowledge of their own skin). 

This image is taken from a close spot of a painting in the art department. It has a smooth feel, it is either black or white and nothing else.

This image is different from the one before it. It is predominantly red, with white stripes. This image looks more rough.

This image is taken of the college carpet, which is entirely red with a few black areas. The carpet is rough, as is the image. 

This was taken of the shutters in the media area of college. The picture is white, with repetitive lines making their way across the image. Like the bricks image, this pattern could continue on for more than what the image shows.

This was taken of a tea-towel. The image is repetitive, much like the shutters and the bricks images earlier. Although it looks rough, it is not as rough as the two aforementioned pictures. It is very dark in colour, perhaps even green.

This was taken of the college wall. Again, a repetition of pattern is shown. The image is white. The image looks surprisingly smooth considering it is a wall.

This was taken of a piece of paper. Lined paper will obviously have smooth repetition. The image is white.