This image is a portrait of a band promoting their music. It was taken with a digital camera on a tripod. The photographer composed the shot so that the band members filled the frame symmetrically. One band member is in the foreground with bright lighting on his face. There is little background visible besides trees and part of a building. The lighting appears to come from an artificial source above, striking the band directly and making the image quite bright, flat, and balanced according to symmetry rules.

1. Marianne Harris
This scene is of 5 men who play in a
band. The image is a portrait
promoting a band, it is for
commercial reasons. It appears as
if a tripod has been used, with a
digital camera. Shutter speed is
always used but its set at different
speeds to catch different clarity
therefore the image is clear and she
has used the aperture because it is
close-up and focusing on the group
of people. The image is deliberately over-exposed with lots of light on the
band. The contrast is set to quite high; saturation of the image is set to a
medium level. She has composed the image so thatthe subjects are
completely framed. She has slightly cropped the image at each side to
ensure that the image remains symmetrical. She has positioned one of the
group completely in the foreground, with the brightness mainly on his
face. There is very little to view of the background, you can just make out
trees and part of a building. The camera has been positioned directly in
front of the subjects at waist level. She has also used symmetry;you
particularly notice thisas the two people next to the man in the middle are
both leaning their heads towards him. I think she has digitally manipulated
the shot by using the brightness and the contrast tools, and airbrushing
the subject’s faces. The depth of field in this piece is wide making
everything in clarity. It is a representational image.
The lighting is quite bright and hard, it encourages your eye to look the
man in the middle. It appears that top lighting has been used striking the
subject directly in the middle from an elevated position. The light source
appears to be from an artificial source, possibly a lamp. I think the image
looks quite flat and the spaces have been taken up completely by the
band. The image is following the rules of symmetry and balance.
When I look at the image, it makes me feel that they are a happy and fun
loving band. I feel that the photographer is trying to portray the group as
being quite cheeky and upbeat in order to encourage you to buy their
music. When I look at this image, I imagine that the type of music they
would play is POP music.