Photography research Task 2

Exploring the genres of photography:

Photo Journalism
Basically, photo journalism is the collection of images used in a news story/ magazine etc that tells a story and relates to the news or gossip in glossy magazines and every day life that contribute to the news media. Typically this form of photography is seen in newspapers, magazines, the news on TV and even in documentaries and TV shows and the images usually contain everyday scenes, celebrities doing everyday activities or even unusual and newsworthy activities, natural disasters and other images that relate to the topic in question in order to help try to explain it.

 Photo journalists often carry around their equipment and make quick decisions usually whilst tackling difficult obstacles such as weather, crowds, animals and other dangerous things. Good example of photo journalism:

Clearly depicting a natural disaster of some sorts, this image captures everything in one and has an over all feel of deep emotional pain and upset with the focus being aimed at the man crying covering his face with the rain falling on him. It's really captured the moment as well as reporting the situation telling a story of how it has affected the people of this village which clearly shows this person is an in the moment, talented photographer who's done his/her job (photojournalism) very well.

Editorial Photography
It's difficult to explain editorial photography because quite often it gets mistaken as advertising photography. Even though the images may be used to persuade people into buying the company's magazine it is not classed as advertising photography. These images are the images typically found in magazines and newspapers that are not used for advertising such as the front covers to let people know what the magazine/ book is about and also are images used to simply support the written word.
This is a good example of editorial photography:

These are good examples because you can clearly see these images where taken to show you who the people in the articles are about and the photo's were taken for specifically this reason. They are simple images used to support the text beside/infront of them. These sort of images are typically found in fashion/celebrity magazines bought by ordinary working people for entertainment.



Commercial Photography 
Commercial photography is basically taking photographs for a commercial use for example: Adverts, product placement and merchandising to attract people into buying products. It is also used in corporate brochures and leaflets, takeaway/restaurant or cafe menu's and to attract people into reading certain text and is seen almost everywhere you look such as posters, TV, magazines, newspapers, merchandise e.t.c
Good example of commercial photography:

Although edited, this is a classic example of commercial photography, here depicting a famous and beautiful actress (Natalie Portman) with beautiful long lashes applied with this mascara that the image is trying to sell. Perfect example of commercial photgraphy and are seen the most in magazines and tv adverts.




Portrait photography
portrait photography is when you take a photograph of a group of people or a single person whilst most of the focus is on the face this photograph can include the entire body but the attention would always be on the portrait area. The photo's taken often displays the expression, mood and personality of the subject or theme of the subject usually with effective lighting, props, backdrops and costumes/clothing. Portrait photography can be found and seen almost everywhere but the most common place is in magazines such as vogue and high end fashion and celebrity magazines usually of famous people and models in full makeup, clothes and beautiful surroundings. Example of portrait photography..

Fine art photography
A picture that is produced for sale rather than commercial reasons and also to fulfill the photographers creative vision possibly inspired by other artists work in magazines or exhibitions and can be sold on to companies who want to replicate and sell their work on, use it to promote their own businesses e.t.c
The main focus of this artwork is to portray the artist's visions, emotions, talent, hidden meanings, philosophical questions e.t.c and can be found anywhere because they are typically sold on to anyone who wants to buy them (usually specific target audiences). Example of fine art photography:

Abstract photography
Abstract photography focuses more on things like shape, colour, form, pattern, texture e.t.c and usually will only be a small portion of the bigger object, only focusing on small sections and will use things like blurring effects and filters to create an even hazier image confusing the observer causing them to only understand part of what the image is about or even not knowing what the image is of. Example of abstract photography: