Photographic Category
Mark pain is a sports photographer who covers a variety of different sporting events such as the Olympics he Ryder cup and the World Cup. He has been working in the industry for 25 years.
Purpose
The photographs that Mark Pain takes could be used in a variety of different mediums such as magazine articles or newspapers, it could also be found on the internet, It could be used to illustrate a news story on different sporting events such as the World Cup or the Olympics.
Image Analysis
This photo is used to capture the atmosphere of the Olympic opening ceremony, It is a wide shot of the inside of the Olympic stadium, The majority of the photo is used to show the fireworks display and convey the celebration at the event with a section at the bottom showing the Crowd and performers watching the fireworks. This Photo appears to have been taken from inside the crowd so he would have had to use a deep depth of field to get everything in focus since he appears to be far away from the centre of the stadium. A fast shutter speed was probably used (1/250th) in order to capture the fireworks as if they are frozen.
Meaning
This image portrays the excitement and energy of the moment in the Olympic opening ceremony with everyone watching the fireworks display either from the crowds or the people in the centre of the stadium.The image is framed using the rule of thirds with the fireworks in the centre of the photograph.
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