Creative Expression

Name: Heidi E.
Topic: Commercial Photography
Essential Question: What is the most important when taking a commercial photograph?
Idea: Photo collage of fashion/head shots/product photos
Relation: These are the three areas I am focusing on for my EQ and project/2-hour

Interview 4 Questions

Interview 4 Questions

1.     How do people use photographs to trick people into buying things?

2.     How is each type of persuasion (ethos, pathos, logos, eros) used in commercial photography?

3.     How significant is a photograph’s role in an advertisement?

4.     How do the techniques for commercial photographs differ between the types of media they appear in (newspapers, magazines, internet, etc)?

5.     How are headshots used to sell a person?

6.     What is the most important thing to remember when composing a headshot?

7.     What kind of lighting is the best for a headshot?

8.     Which features of a person are the most important to showcase?

9.     Do tight or full shots work better for headshots? Why?

10. How can softer light enhance a headshot?

11. How does editorial and commercial fashion photography differ?

12. What role does fashion photography play in selling clothing?

13. How has fashion photography revolutionized over time?

14. Why is it so important to capture color and textures in fashion shots?

15. How can using a seemingly irrelevant setting, in relation to the article of clothing, enhance the shot?

16. How do you get into the industry of fashion photography?

17. What limitations are there in shooting products?

18. What are the most important parts of the product to emphasize?

19. What kinds of creative opportunities do you have while working in product photography?

20. How can shooting inanimate objects be more difficult than shooting people?