The Pretty Reckless - Miss Nothing

Evaluation

Firstly i picked a band for my research 'The Pretty Reckless' i found some information about the band and the lead singer. Then i added fashion photos of the lead singer 'Taylor Momsen' onto my blog. These are good because her clothes show her attitude and in some way describes her music style, i like this because it does all of this in a photograph.

 I then added a blog about a music photographer 'Paul Harries' because i liked his style of portrait photography. He has photographed many famous bands such as Slipknot, Lacuna Coil and Fall out boy.
The Next photographer i looked was 'Jake Garn' he is also a portrait photographer, however uses unusual props which is why i feel his photography is inspiring.

 I then decided to look at the background i would use for my own photography, so i looked at landscape photography and i found some dark photos of trees and water that i feel would make a good background.

The last photography i have looked at is 'The Seven Deadly Sins' which i found really interesting because the photos are simple portraits however, have been edited using some kind of photo shop. This kind of photography is the most inspiring to me and what i would enjoy doing.

However my research could have been added to and more information given about the band i have chosen. More example photos could have been added to my blog to show a wider range of ideas i found interesting.

7 deadly sins

The Seven Deadly Sins is quite a great concept in Photography and Design. Many photographers, designers are using the seven deadly sins for scary and gothic theme.

The Seven Deadly Sins, also known as the Capital Vices or Cardinal Sins, is a classification of the most objectionable vices which has been used since early Catholic times to educate and instruct followers concerning (immoral) fallen man’s tendency to sin. The final version of the list consists of wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony.

The Catholic Church divided sin into two principal categories: “Venial sins”, which are relatively minor, and could be forgiven through any Sacramentals or Sacraments of the church, and the more severe “Capital” or Mortal sins. Mortal sins destroyed the life of grace, and created the threat of eternal damnation unless either absolved through the sacrament of Confession, or forgiven through perfect contrition on the part of the penitent.

Beginning in the early 14th century, the popularity of the seven deadly sins as a theme among European artists of the time eventually helped to ingrain them in many areas of Catholic culture and Catholic consciousness in general throughout the world. One means of such ingraining was the creation of the mnemonic “SALIGIA” based on the first letters in Latin of the seven deadly sins: superbia, avaritia, luxuria, invidia, gula, ira, acedia

Seven Deadly Sins Photography

Seven Deadly Sins

 Lust

 Gluttony

 Sloth

 Wrath

These photos have been edited using photoshop, the particular artist or photographer could not be found however, the same model is used in each photo. I most like the textured backgrounds of the images because it gives an old or 'worn' effect. The focal point of each photo is the woman. As you can see she is set in each photo in very similar poses yet each photo successfully shows the sin it is portraying.

The colors used are dark and shadows are used to give an 'eerie' effect. 'Sloth' is my favorite image because of all the different props used i.e all the different clock styles.

Dark lanscapes

These photos are the work of a talented photographer N.Salventius. His work is dark and eerie and is inspirational to me. Also the shadow and depth in this landscape photography makes he photos very effective.

Jake Garn- photographer

Jake Garn

Beauty & Fashion Photography

Specializing in commercial, beauty, and fashion photography, Jake Garn is passionate about education and shares many techniques through blog posts and photography workshops. Based near Salt Lake City Utah.