Matakuliah : U0183 / FOTOGRAFI 2
Tahun
: 2006
Pertemuan 05
Hollywood Glamour
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Class 5 – Overview of covered materials
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Introduction & appreciation to photography during the
1930-1960’s era.
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Elements in glamour photographs.
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Lighting for glamour portraits
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Celebrity portrait styles in the past & present (compared)
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Introduction to glamour photography
About Glamour
Power in photography separates pictures from photographs
and photographers from shooters.
Anyone can shoot a picture, but not everyone can capture a
photograph. Glamour is not something new, its roots go back
to the early 1900’s, originating in Hollywood where
photographs provided power to the already famous.
The producers wanted their stars to shine, not glimmer, and
they knew that good photographers could capture the drama.
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Introduction to glamour photography
About Glamour
Started in 1920’s
The beginning of Hollywood movies
The studio used the photographs for celebrity portrait for
movie stars
The studios needed to promote their movie stars
Impression : glamour, beautiful
Lighting : hot lights (specular lights)
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Introduction to glamour photography
Celebrity Portraits
The movie stars have to look beautiful, glamorous, almost
to perfect to be human (god / goddess)
Attitude : cool, arrogant, beyond reach and often not
looking at the camera
Clothing style :
Women : beautiful dresses
Men
: very neat, masculine, suit, hat, cigarette
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Characteristics of glamour photography
Elements Of Glamour
To incorporate a clean background
Separating the subject from the background
Use medium to long telephoto lenses
Lens compression, found naturally in telephoto lenses,
helps eliminate natural clutter, or distracting details
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Characteristics of glamour photography
Lighting
In 1920’s the photographers had to work with were “hard”
lights
Shadows were used as dramatic enhancements.
They used them to heighten the sense of “drama” to the
scene.
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Lighting
Specular lighting
4 lights or more :
– Lighting pattern : for the face
– Hair light
– Edge light
– Background light (often use props for background)
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Women celebrity portrait
Celebrity Portraits
• Dress
• Hair
• Make up
• Not looking at
the camera
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Women celebrity portrait
Celebrity Portraits
• Butterfly pattern
• arrogant, unreachable
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Men celebrity portrait
Celebrity Portraits
• Suit and tie
• Hair
• Cigarette
• Very Masculine
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Men celebrity portrait
Male Celebrity Portraits
• Suit and tie
• Hat
• Cigarette
• not looking
• lighting pattern
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Environment
Celebrity Portraits
• Props
• Environment,
background
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Characteristics of glamour photography
Comparison to modern portraits
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Comparison to modern portraits
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Comparison to modern
portrait
Comparison to modern portraits
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Comparison to modern
portrait
Comparison to modern portraits
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