A. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of “news”-related photographs.: I find that news related aspects are usually portraits of people, very close up. I would say they generally have a large aperture setting and focus on one or two subjects with a lot in the background.
B. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of “snapshots”, including family photographs, cell-phone shots, photos posted to facebook,: I think these photos are usually impromptu and fun. Most of the time, the photos are not centered or composed well, but do a great job of capturing moments when people are candid. The angle of the photograph is sometimes off as well.
C. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of advertisement photographs, including fashion photography, product photography, etc: These are very high contrast usually. The composition is suggestive and the product only takes up a small part of the overall photo.
D. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of film/movie and television stills.: I find these to have blur because of the motion of a movie. The composition is usually very balanced and expressions seem to be a bit "harder" than in normal photographs. They almost seem to capture actors ACTING instead of being the person the are portraying. In other words, stills find actors to be who they actually are, and not who they are acting to be.
E. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of yearbook photos, senior pictures, and team/club/sports group shots.: BORING! These pictures are so organized and simple. Composition is balanced and generally good, but dont do a very good job of capturing people how they are, but rather how they are told to be. I always see black and white when I think of these - but really the image is just bland gray.
F. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of stock images. http://www.corbisimages.com/ http://www.gettyimages.com/: These images almost seem to good to be true. The lighting is in just the right spots and shows faces and actions which almost are surreal. Highly interesting to see how a photographer tries to make a planned scene seem unplanned.
G. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of fashion photography.: High contrast. The subject is usually lit from the bottom up and has very bright lights on them. The rest of the photo seems to fade out thanks to the darker lighting.
H. Describe some common aesthetic aspects of paparazzi shots or celebrity photographs.: Off angles with a lot of flash. These pictures are more just to capture something and not necessarily to capture a quality, well-composed picture.
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