Types of specialist location photography

Architecture

Interiors

Documentary

Event

Fashion

Landscape

Portraiture

Sports

Street

Underwater

Photo-journalism

 

 

Event:

 

 

 

 

 

Event photography has to be shot in location. This includes parties, festivals, weddings and concerts. The photographers aim to show emotion, which is often happiness through their images. This type of location photography can be seen as documentary, as some photographers don't stage their images.  The photographer has to be confident with new people and working with them, they have to look out for the perfect moment. This means they will need a fast shutter speed at all times, unless they want a slow shutter speed for a staged image.

 

 

Fashion:

 

 

 

 

 

Fashion photography can be shot in the studio or out on location. Most fashion shots include the main focus being on the model so the background is less detailed and is sometimes plain. This type of photography is mostly staged with the photographer planning the camera angle, lighting and pose of the model. This means they will need some awareness of this before shooting. Fashion shots, in location, can be shot anywhere. This includes rural and urban areas. Fashion photographers will need to think about the land, will they need permission to photograph on it?  They will need to think about location lighting and the health and safety included. They will need to think about poses, emotions and what they are trying to make the viewer experience. Usually, the photographers are trying to portray the emotion and to sell the fashions.

 

 

Sports:

 

 

 

 

Sport photography is always shot on location (not the studio). The locations include stadiums and dirt tracks and often during water sports, in lakes. Sport photographers often try to convey the athletes passion and love for their sport. They need to think about health and safety and when would be appropriate to use flash. They also need a fast shutter speed to capture the movement and emotion of the player. They also, like all photographers, need to think about angles, compositions and properties of their images. Most sport images are documentary and are not staged.

 

 

 

Documentary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Documentary photographers are always shooting in location, whether this is in rural or Urban areas.

They capture real situations and every day scenarios. They often use a fast shutter speed so they can snap and walk away. This is as the perfect moment may be anytime and they need to increase their chances of getting the shot. Documentary photographers need to think about laws and rules when photographing on the streets, they also need to think about health and safety and permission to use land, if its private. These images often try to show the viewer things that they dont usually see. Such as the image above with the masks. They often try to show emotions and the how the city is, eg busy or quiet.