From looking at the lastimage, i wondered what would happen if i reduced the saturation, and made the S curve layer deeper. and i feel the outcome looked quite vintage, as it retained a Sepia tone.

On this image, i also changed the orientation. I then altered the saturation of te image, and upped the levels of magenta and red, whilst lowering the blues. I then added a very small amount of the cubism filter, and then re changed the colour gradient curves again. i then also edited the levels, moving the gray bar more toward the white, deepening the image.

With this edit, i found i didnt like the final outcome. i began with altering the image curves to start making a hipstermatic image, however i then began playing with the levels of the image, and i also added the Neon adjustment. i liked the way that the red background turned out, but i ddnt like te rest of it.

in the edited image, I altered the orientation, and lowered the saturation to zero in order to make this black and white. Before this, i changed the colour hues in order to make the colour contrast more vivid for when i altered the image into black and white. i feel this image is successful, however i wish that the image was more defined.

Here i found with a photography i took, that it was far too dark:

so with the above edit, i alltered the levels on the image, movinng the grey level closer to the white, and the white level closer to the black. i then altered the brightness and changed the contrast. i like this image as it was inspired by cindy sherman

Mathew Shave

Matthew shave is a makeup and fashion photographer. i especially like his work for how fresh and clean cutting it is. The vibrant colours used also contrast to his other images which as almost clinical in comparison, using white and flesh tones.

7/10

Simon Norfolk

Simon Norfolk is a War Photographer, taking most of his images in the war in iraq. The content of his images are distressing, mainly because the images he captures are those which as usually hidden by common media insight into the current wartime situations.
I feel his images are liberating in themselves as they show the public eye hidden truths.

9/10 as the images are incredibly successful as showing people behind the scenes information.

Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange is another social realist potographer who was commissioned as a photographer to create propaganda images to do with farming in america in 1935. Her images focus a lot on anguish, often in women and children, making them quite distressing, and thus effective in their purpose. I feel that these images are quite gritty, and this makes them get to the point. The fact theyre also in black and white also enhances the emotion with the contrast and lighting used.

9/10

Henri Cartier-Bresson

Henri's photos portray social realism. The use of photography to show real life eras is effective and quite emotional for its viewer. I feel that the Black and White photographs he produced as the contrast and composition was well done.
6/10 as i feel that the images are a bit dull and can sometimes be boring, as if they were taken by mistake

Martin Parr

Martin Parrs work is really entertaining, and reminds me of steriotypical holiday snapshots with a twist. The images are quirky and bright, meaning the audiences attention is captured instantly, and this makes me feel like the images are successful. I like the brightness of the images and the vivid lighting that he uses.
9/10 as i feel his images are sometimes quite cheesy, but none the less effective.

Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams work is primarily in black and white, in high contrast, and the subject matter is generally of landscapes. I feel that his work is somewhat eerie, yet i also feel it is too grainy to have a full effect on me. Although it shows beauty in obscure places, The images themselves, i feel wouldnt do the actual place justice.
5/10

Steve Bloom

Steve Bloom is a wildlife photographer who uses composition, and natural light as well as a zoom to get photographs of wild animals in their natural habitats. I really like his photos as they're so well done and well edited afterwards.
9/10

Mark Arnold

Mark Arnold photographs still life in very unusual settings. His editing, and colour composition used in his work is very impressive, making the still life composition look 3 dimentional and as if it could literally fall out of the image.
8/10 as i dont necessarily like the focus of his work, however his work is so well done, it counteracts my own dislike of the subjects.

Joshua Hoffine

Joshua Hoffine Is a Horror Photographer who uses photoshop heavily in his work. I feel that some of the photographs he produces arent necessarily edited extremely well, however the concepts behind his images, where he plays with peoples fears is extremely well thought out.
7/10

Joe Lorrence

Joe Lorrence's photographs are often used as promotional shots for american television and also american music. I like his shots as they show personalities of the people in them. The contrasts and vivid lighting effects make these images extremely effective, alongside with his compositional talent and his use of colour schemes.
9/10

David Baily

I like these images from David Bailey as the Colours and use of macro photography is eyecatching, although i feel these images are also quite dull, with not much to look at.

5/10

Cindy Sherman

Cindy Sherman is a conceptual portrait photographer. Her work has a tendancy to show the essence of the peophe she is taking photos of. I like her photos a lot as she uses unconventional scenes, rather than a white backdrop studio room. Her Images always have high contrast and are extremely vivid.
9/10