Image+Analysis+BB


 * 1) **View and discuss the Top Ten Tips for good photography on the Kodak website.**
 * 2) **Look carefully at the images provided below and answer the following questions about each.**


 * Image 1: Published August 2003**



When I look at this image I see a man who looks to be in his forties. This guy seems to have muscles, smooth skin, and sunglasses. This guy has a very serious expression on his face.
 * A.** Describe what you see when you look at the image.

I think that this image is a sports magazine that is advertising fitness equipment.I think this because in the background I can see that it says fitness. Also it almost looks like Arnold is holding something, and I think that something is a baseball bat.
 * B.** What do you think the purpose of the image is (e.g. to sell or to inform or ?)?

I see that Arnold has in own exclusive article inside (close up, medium or distance) || close up || Compare to surrounding text || Some words and titles bigger than others ||
 * C.** Now look very carefully at the image and write down what you see in relation to the following headings.
 * **Look At** || **What you see** ||
 * Size || Most of the center of the page ||
 * Type of shot
 * Angle of shot || From the side ||
 * Setting || Outside ||
 * Framing || It was cropped ||
 * Focus || His muscles ||
 * Color || Flaming red ||
 * Lighting || An orange light ||
 * Pose || Flexing ||
 * Composition -
 * Subject matter || Fitness ||
 * Text || Bold letters ||

My personal response to this image is that this guy was overly buff and made me feel awesome to not be so overly buff. I dislike it because he really truly does look like an overly buff forty year old.
 * D**. What is your personal response to the image? Do you like or dislike it? Explain why.

The connotations of the image all have something to do with fitness. I think that this image is designed to make you feel fit and make you want to exercise. It has this affect because Arnold looks really buff, and maybe you want to be buff so you try to follow his example.
 * E**. Consider the connotations of the image. What do you think the image is designed to make you feel? How does it have this effect?

When I look like he's trying to appeal to all of his voters. He looks like a guy running for some type of office in government.
 * Image 2: Published July 2003**
 * A.** Describe what you see when you look at the image.

The purpose of this magazine is to inform you that this man is running for the office of governor of California.
 * B.** What do you think the purpose of the image is (e.g. to sell or to inform or ?)?

I see that it says he wants to be governor and he looks like a governor with his smile and his suit.
 * C.** Now look very carefully at the image and write down what you see in relation to the following headings.

(close up, medium or distance) || Medium || Compare to surrounding text || small, but bold ||
 * **Look At** || **What you see** ||
 * Size || He takes up most of the page ||
 * Type of shot
 * Angle of shot || Front and center ||
 * Setting || Blue background ||
 * Framing || Cropped ||
 * Focus || He is the focus ||
 * Color || Blue background ||
 * Lighting || Regular lighting ||
 * Pose || smiling and pointing at you ||
 * Composition -
 * Subject matter || to make you vote for him ||
 * Text || cold and cursive letters ||

My personal response to this image is that this guy is successful, and one day I'm going to be successful one day too. I liked this photo because his smile shows that he cares about the public.
 * D**. What is your personal response to the image? Do you like or dislike it? Explain why.

I think that the image is designed to make you trust and vote for Arnold for governor. It has this affect because not only is he smiling, and pointing at you, but the connotations say that he is the future governor of California. The connotations also add an extra word at the end to emphasize it.
 * E**. Consider the connotations of the image. What do you think the image is designed to make you feel? How does it have this effect?