Wednesday, December 3, 2014

VW advertisement

Here is an advertisement that adds a little humor to what they do. When you first look at this image you are completely confused as to what in the world is happening. But when you look up at the VW sign, you will really they say how they are ONLY specialists in VW's and absolutely nothing else. I like the humor for this advertisement and they really played it up well with the woman's expression, the grease on her face and they power tool in her hair. The image is very bright and crisp. I think it is a successful ad for what they are trying to say.

PSA or Armpits?

Going along with PSA's I think this really gives that effect and feeling of a PSA but really it is an advertisement for Deodorants I love how the image is black and white and very serious. You eye notices the words "15 minutes" and thinks it is a statistic but really it is just talking about her armpits. I like how the ad is a little humorous and I think it is successful. I like the pop of color in the ad and how limited the text is.

RED campaign

 Here is another very strong PSA campaign. This is a campaign focusing on RED for aids all around the world. Every time you buy the red t shirt or the products, the money goes towards eliminating AIDS in africa. With each campaign you see an adjective describing the person, and ending with the letters RED. The ad is very strong They always have celebrities come in and they take images of them to show their support of the campaign. I really like the white and red splotchiness to the advertisement. It adds a certain type of effect. Through each add they continue this color scheme, the photo and the adjective. It is a very strong piece of work.

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Canon AD

This is a beautiful advertisement for a canon digitally camera. It is very creative how they took where the lens is and put a nice crisp and clean black and white image. It really works well with what they are advertising. I love the angles and curves of this advertisement as well. The information on the bottom is very small and works very well for the add. I love the pop of red coming through in the add. It really adds a pop to the ad also.

Tabasco Sauce

  Very cool Tabasco sauce ad. I love how they incorporated the fire to express how hot the sauce is. The image works very well on the black background because it appears very bold, which is important since the sauce is very bold in itself. I also like how the text for tabasco is almost glowing. It looks really cool against the black. It's a nice ad. The text below tabasco is a little hard to read but I guess it isn't horrible.

PSA on pregnancy

This PSA is seen for teen pregnancy. They have the bright bold pink against the black to really pop out and direct itself toward women and teenagers. the message on the ad is very strong and it causes every girl who looks at this to really think about the situation. This has become such a big deal lately and many people aren't taking the stand to protect themselves. This PSA is very important. Teenagers should be "changing the world, not changing diapers." (as seen in another PSA for this cause). I think the ad is successful for its target audience. The pink is almost overbearing but if they went lighter it would resemble breast cancer.

It's up to you

 I haven't seen too many of these PSA advertisements but there are a couple. I really like the logo idea of "up to". It is very creative. A lot of these ads have beautiful famous women on the front. I am not sure why she is almost naked. I don't see what the women have to do with cancer but I guess since it is a beautiful person on the cover that normal people recognize we will take the time to read it and then possibly decide to join the movement. It is an interesting advertisement and I almost think for the cause it has, they should find a different way to advertise the serious scenario.

NO MORE PSA

No more is a very strong PSA advertisement campaign that has begun to really grow lately. It speak out against domestic violence and sexual abuse. The ad is very successful with it continuity throughout each piece. The light grays and the bright blue really pop out and you are able to tell exactly what this PSA is standing for. They have any celebrities being the face of this campaign and all of them have extremely serious faces on the front to add a sense of seriousness. also, each ad underneath NO MORE has a quote and they are all very different in each ad.

Simple Bandaid

 Very strong advertisement for 100% water proof bandaids. This image works so well because it shoes the teardrops of a boy who just hurt himself and we can all witness how the teardrops moves around the band aid and down his face. Also this advertisement is very clean. The photo is absolutely beautiful. It really captured the expression and emotion of the boy. His eyes really pop and it is such an interesting line of sight. All they had to do to make this piece work for an ad is add bandaid to the bottom and say exactly what they were advertising. Very awesome ad.

Jewelry repair

This is a very nice advertisement. I like the purple to blue gradient. The only thing is, this is an advertisement for jewelry repair and it almost comes across as a surgical advertisement. The font choice helps take the path of jewelry but I could see how the ad could be misleading. I like there they placed the text. The tagline is very bold and directly underneath you have all the information lined up perfectly with the text above. Very clean piece. This is an ad for Goverb Jewelers.

Monday, November 17, 2014

PSA for Hunger

So many advertisements and public service announcements are done in black and white and a photo of someone doing nothing specific. Here it is Kevin Bacon who is just staring into the camera. But they take the photo and convert it to black and white and bring in strong information white a bright  color. I really like how the advertisement is laid out. I love the strong orange color and the logo on the bottom right. There is still a lot of room for the photo to breath but the text is still big enough to be in the viewers face.

Meth Advertisement

This is nasty but it really grabs your attention. People are not used to seeing someones teeth like this on an advertisement. They are used to the bright white and smiles. This works really well because it is very scary and capturing and really draws your awareness to the effects of meth. The bold white font works well because it is very easy to read. They provided the logo and added a little more information to the top right to complete the advertisement.

Graphic Design Company

LOVE this idea. I definitely want to take an idea like this and use it for my graphic design company . It is very creative and the colors works wonderfully. I love how the light is hitting the model and having such little text makes the image even more strong that it would be originally. The grays are very nice and I love how there are so many different grays being used in this image. It is very creative and it could be used so well for a company's photo

Basic Training advertisement

Perfect ad for a design company. It is a very clean shots and the colors really pop. The photography does a wonderful job following the rules of thirds. I love how mostly all you see is the image but then you are drawn to the text around the image. It really explains what the photo is for. I really like the colors and having a good advertisement for the graphics company is very important in branding who they are.

Graphic Design Advertisement

This is a very interesting Graphic design advertisement. It works well because it really enforces how your creativity and imagination is really important to be used in creating Graphic Design. I really enjoy the image and its interesting how it is all aligned in the center. It works well for this because there is so much negative space that I think it works fine being in the center.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

This vs. That

looking at this camera compared to the other one I posted, there is a huge difference. This image, like the other is still very crisp and sharp looking. There is color in the lens and the viewer is really able to see all the depths and curves in the camera. But there is no fancy reflection or backdrop. It is almost like this camera was photoshopped onto a white background, which isnt bad. That is the difference between really trying to sell your product through a fancy high end advertisement, or just placing your product in a magazine. The images are still really prim and proper but they way you approach the whole process is different.

Kettle Product Shot

Now for kitchen supplies and things not as high end, the product shot is more simple, because it just needs to be good enough for a magazine, advertisement or website. The image is still really clean adn crisp and adjusting the lighting Im sure is still a pain, but there arent many fancy backdrops and lighting effects to make the image pop because this image will be seen at a quick glance to millions of customers as their scrolling through a magazine. That being said, this shot is really well done. There is really no shadow at all besides the shadow below the kettle. The glares accentuate the image rather than distract you. This is more along the lines of what i'll be capturing for our "walmart" advertisement.

Camera Product Shot

I love the reflection of the camera in to the surface it is sitting on. This image is extremely crisp. The backdrop is extremely important in really allowing the image to pop. This person went with white obviously because the camera is almost black. I love how the only cast of shadow or reflection in the image is the camera directly below. The lighting on this is done so wonderfully. I also like how the photographer was able to capture light coming into the camera lens. It adds a pop of color to the dull black and white images, and really excites the viewer to see something different.

Gucci Product Shot

Beautiful lighting on this cologne. Once again you are able to tell this is a higher end product by the dark colors and the high contrast in the cologne bottle and the lights. I love all the different reflections in the bottle. The lighting is awesome and this image really captures your attention. I love the radial light coming from the center. It really shows the viewer that this product is the main center of attention and your eyes begins to rest as it leads off the page into the darkness.

Wine Product Shot

I am not a drinker, but I LOVE how many alcohol companies shoot their product shots. They all give us such delicacy and wealth. The colors and lighting is rich and pure. I love how in this one their is the red lights in the background to really bring you attention to the bottle of wine. The image is so crisp and clean with glares only on the sides. The lighting is spectacular and It really gives the evening, party feel to the viewer. It shows off high class easily with the colors and the way the shot was taken.

Covergirl Jessica Stam

One thing I really need to focus on when I am shooting my covergirl AD, is what I can use in the image to accessorize and accentuate the faces, and what color I want the backdrop to be. This woman REALLY pops, because she is in high contrast to the black background. It gives the image an evening and fancy feel to the image. Her pale skin, blue eyes, and accents of red really pop out from the background. You are instantly drawn to her face and the perfections of her skin. It is a lovely shot and it is all things I need to think about for my shoot.

Covergirl

As I am looking over the covergirl ads, I noticed all of them are up close, facial and personal images. They really capture the colors of the face and really accentuate the makeup the person is wearing. Covergirl sells makeup, so of course they want the face to really pop off the page more than anything else. I love the colors in this photograph. The background being blurred is beautiful. I would say this was taking for May a spring catalog or summer. The woman's face really pops and her makeup is beautiful. These are all things I need to keep in mind when shooting my covergirl.

Old photo-woman

This just amazes me what people are able to do. This image looks like it was taken in todays time but had a filter added to it to give it the age look. The artist did such an amazing job. They really brought out the features of this woman's face. It amazes me how light color the original image had and how many cracks there were, and how the artist was able to create such a different cleaner image, while still keeping it similar to the first. The hair, the eyes, the backdrop, the shirt, just everything! It is done so well and I would love to re-create something as well as this.

Old Photo-man

The most common thing I continue to see in restoring old photos is that the older one is very dusty and has an extreme red hue to the image. This artist did an outstanding job at bringing the image, and the man back to life. His eyes say so much more now than they did before and even the background has more depth to it. It has a tint of green in the corrected photo but i thin that works really well and it helps bring out the man's eyes so much more.

Old photo

This is a very impressive photo correction. There are so many different level problems in the old photograph and the artist was able to really extract the true colors that really came to life at the time the image was taken. I love how the car is so much more crisp now and how you are easily able to tell the time of day and what everyone was wearing. In the first photo, it was very difficult because everything had such a red tint to it.

Monday, October 13, 2014

Chalk Life

This image is beautiful. I love all the color is captures. To me this could be an image describing life. Our lives are so colorful and full of adventure whether we see it that way or not. Each day is something new, something different: a new color. We have bad days but we have to remember that each day ends and if God wills it, we wake up to a new one the next morning. Given new chances. This image can describe all that if you really wanted to stretch it but i think this photograph is very beautiful.

Divergent boy

Now it isn't like I will be able to capture an image life this, but this is once again what I would see being described as divergence. This young boy is acting out so differently than the rest of his peers. He is standing up while the rest bow down. He is making that stand to being different whether he knows it or not. This image could be completely fake and photoshopped but It is still a good example of a divergent photograph.

Technology CD

I l love this Idea for a photo of technology. The technology of music/hard drives have developed so much over the years. This captures alot because as time evolved so did the compact CD. I love how this CD was able to be lit up in such a pleasing way that it shows so much color. The touch of water on the CD really helped the image be much more visually interesting. It is a very good idea to make a dull looking piece of technology to be very bright and colorful. It is very interesting to look at.

The Typewriter

This image works really well in capturing history. The typewriter is placed in a grungy looking building with the wooden shelves in the background. All the brown colors tie in very well to give it that very old feeling. Even though the typewriter is placed right in the center, It still works really well. I like how is is faced on an angle. You are really able to see the wear and tear this typewriter has gone through. I think the photographer did a nice job really finding a good setting for the typewriter and capturing that old history feeling.

History Teal Bowl

I think this image works well for being posted as an image of history. It shows the old grainy white table with the teal colored bowl. Back ago, I feel like teal was them ultimate color for many things. It was very popular and used alot in homes. I see it in my moms old furniture and at my grandmothers house. There is a nice touch of color to this photo with the pink flowers and the old keys really ties it all in together. The lighting is excellent and you are able to see everything so clearly. It is a lovely photograph.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Cone Divergence

The idea of a traffic cone being in the middle of a crowd of people could work too. It is sticking out from everything else and it doesnt belong where it is. It is in a very unique spot. It would be interesting to take a cone and set it right in the center of the road, because by doing this it will be out of place and cause cars to diverge in different areas because the cone is in a weird spot. I dont know, It is just some ideas I am throwing around.

Purple house

This is another great example of what divergence means to me. This one works nicely because it isn't set up or posed in any certain way. The artist was able to find it and make it work for my definition. The purple stands out from the rest of the greens and is shouting to be different. It works really nicely with what i think the definition is.

Divergence shoes

This photo is a very cool idea of what divergence means to me. When I read the definition and knew I had to find something to photograph, I feel like this represents it because it is someone standing out differently than the crowd. They are taking that step forward to be different. This image is obviously posed but the lighting is done so nicely and it is just a beautiful image. I also like how the one standing out isnt centered.

Rainbow Panorama

This image is beautiful. In my opinion, a panorama of nature really describes life to people because it shows the things we wake up to everyday and shows it in a beautiful way. This image with the rainbow reminds us of the circle of life and how when it rains we can be reassured from all the negativity that something beautiful will come out of this. I love the colors in this image and all the transitions in moods.

Panorama City Scape

The quality of this image isnt the best, but this panorama of the city is absolutely breath taking. I love the angle the photographer was able to get at and the bright light reflecting in the sky make the image very nicely lit. I like also how the road curves reflects a green color giving the image that certain pop of color.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Old image Photography

This historical photo really shows the amount of years in the image it is focused on. The amount of rust and wear on these old machines shows a lot of time and history has gone by as it sits in this same spot for years. The red in the image contrasts beautifully with the blue in the building and the white in the machines. There is a lot of detail in this image and it works very well.

Divergence Photo

I really love the idea of this image in the example of divergence. The photography is done very nicely. I would've done without the black border because it crops the car in a weird way, but I really like how the green car pops out from the old tan building. The reason this image is so different and divergent is because the green pops and is out of place and the man is on top of his car dancing in this very old area. I believes this is a very good example for divergent.

Divergent Photography

So we need to find a photo on divergence and I feel like this is a really easy example on what our teacher is talking about. the one pencil stands out and above the other pencils and if standing out in society compared to its peers. I need to find a photo of something being divergent and capture it in a creative, intriguing way.d

Photography on Technology

This image for the iPhone five is don't very nicely. I don't think it is a true ad for the phone but it could work. The image must of been taken before, then edited in photoshop, and placed on the iPhone's screen. The colors are popping with life and the is so much depth and beauty in the photograph. It would work very well as an advertisement because it shows that the phone takes pictures as close to true color as possible.

Vintage clock on Life or Technology

This image by Eline is absolutely beautiful and vintage looking. The soft colors remind me of the past. I love how the lights in the background come forward with their color but are still very blurred out. I love the amount of detail in the watch as well. It pops out from the background with all its detail. The colors are very warm and this picture really gives the viewer a specific feelings.

Life Photography

I love the colors they based this image off of. It really brings in that full of life feeling in photography. It is very fun feeling and has almost a fantasy feeling to it as well. This picture just makes a person feel good because it brings back the past of when we were children and how important going to the fair was to us.