Research Log

Ansel Adams

http://www.anseladams.com

Most of Ansel Adams' photography is black and white, so he would be good to refer to in the future when i come to look at tone. This is something I like about his work, as it makes it unique. Also, a lot of his photographs are of landscapes in America. In some of his shots, like the one at the bottom, reflection is shown and also depth and texture. Adams' photography covers a lot of the formal elements. 

Andrew McGibbon 

http://andrewmcgibbon.co/#/182195/

I really like how unique Andrew McGibbon's work is, and it really inspires me. These two photos are typical of the kind of work he does. He values colour and emphasises it in a lot of his photographs, and he clearly shows the contrast of colours which would be good to look at for inspiration for colour photography. 

Andrienne Adam

http://www.adamphoto.com

Andrienne Adam's work focusses on natural pattern and texture, although some of her photographs also show reflection and landscape. Because of this her work would be very good to look at for formal element photography inspiration. I especially like her photographs of water, and the texture of the ripples or waves.

Miles Story

500px.com/Mute

These two images are typical of Miles Story's work. He uses a lot of blurring to show movement like the top image, and also to show depth and create a focal point like in the second image. this photographer would be good to look at when looking for inspiration for movement and focus in photography. As well as this, Miles Story also take a few portraits, which would be useful to have a look at when studying portrait photography. I like his work because i find it interesting how one part of a photo can be moving and blurred, however the camera can focus on something else in the frame, like in the top photo. 

Lucy Shires

http://www.lucyshiresphotography.co.uk

Lucy Shires covers all of the formal elements in her photography. She takes separate pictures to show lines, colour, texture, tone, shadow, glow and focus. This makes her work extremely useful when looking at all of the formal elements, as she shows them so clearly in her photography. The top image is one of her line photographs, and the bottom is texture. I quite like her work because of how clear and obvious the different elements can be seen in her shots, and I like how a lot of them are taken close up in order to do this.

Kate Hopewell-Smith

http://www.katehopewellsmith.com

This photographer specialises in portrait photography, which makes it useful to look at when studying this. In some of her photos she also shows depth like the top image. Her photographs are good, however I prefer photography which is more unique.

Lee Towndrow

http://leetowndrow.com

Lee Towndrow focusses on photographing both people and places. His work would be good to look at when studying portraits and landscapes, but also colour as he uses quite contrasting, bright colours in his photography. An example of this would be the light pink contrasting against the plain white in the bottom photo. I quite like this photo because it shows both the room and the person, to create a mysterious yet interesting scene. I like some of Towndrow's photography, however I am less keen on his portraits as they lack interest to me. 

Eric Kim

http://erickimphotography.com

Eric Kim focusses on street photography. These two photos which are typical of his work show lines and also depth. I think his work is rather unique as Eric takes photos in different parts of the world, however I prefer photography with more colour, and pictures that are taken of more interesting scenes or objects rather than just everyday life.

Nick Knight

http://nickknight.com/main.html

Nick Knight uses a lot of colour in his photography which is what I like about it. I also like the creativity of it. Some of his work also shows portrait photography. I quite like the creativity and artisticness of it. 

Lindsay Dobson

http://lindsaydobsonphotography.com/blog/

Lindsay does a lot of portrait and animal photography, most of which is taken in a natural environment like the photos above. I especially like her photos of animals, and I quite like the idea of combining two photos like the one at the top. Her photography mostly shows landscapes, and in some cases the formal element of depth.

Tony Sweet

http://tonysweet.com

Tony does a lot of nature photography and some landscape as well. He also includes the formal element of movement in some of his work, like the above picture of flowers. This makes his work good to look at when studying either of these elements. I like how artistic and creative his photography is.

Zoltan Huszti

http://1x.com/member/34239

Huszti focuses on portrait photography. I realised that most of his pictures were taken in dull lighting which I think really brings the features out of each person, which I quite like about his photography. Because of this lighting texture and tone is also shown in some of his work. His pictures show the everyday life of random characters, so there is not much creativity about it. Because of this, Zoltan Huszti is not one of my favourite photographers that I have researched.

Alexandre Moreau

http://www.alexandremoreauphoto.com/

Moreau does lots of different types of photography, however I am particularly interested in his abstract work which these two images are from. I like how some of the content of his abstract photos are not things that you would see in everyday life, and I also really like the tones of colour used. Some of his work also shows depth and colour.

Henri-Cartier Bresson

http://www.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL53ZMYN

This photography is all done in black and white, which makes it show the formal element of tone very well. Some of his shots also include movement, like the top image, and there are quite a few portraits like the bottom image, which also includes a blurring effect. Although Henri-Cartier Bresson is very skilled, his photography does not interest me as much as some of the photographers i have researched.

Annie Leibovitz

http://annieleibovitz.tumblr.com

Leibovitz is a portrait photographer, however in all of her pictures the same dull lighting is used which makes the picture also show tone and form. This is something i like about her work. Despite this, portrait photography does not intrigue me as much as photography containing some of the other formal elements. The plain backgrounds give me a lack of interest. 

Brian Duffy

http://www.duffyphotographer.com

Brian Duffy shot mostly portraits in the sixties. I quite like the vintage look of the images and how they are black and white. They all show tone quite well, as well as some landscapes and depth. 

Jay Maisel

http://www.jaymaisel.com

I really like Jay Maisel's photography. Unlike some of the other photographers I have researched, he doesn't specialise in one thing, his pictures are very varied. Some of them are very abstract and unique which i like in photography, as it shows creativity. 

Carleton Watkins

http://www.carletonwatkins.org/index.php

Watkins specialised in landscape photography and was one of the first landscape photographers. Because of this the quality of the photos is not very good and the colours are very dull. I like the content of his photos however I do not like the quality and colouring. Despite this, the dull colours allow the images to also show tone, and depth is also clear in some of his work. 

Angela De Bona

http://www.angeladebona.com/paris/photography

Angela focuses on fashion photography. Her work clearly shows colour, as in many of her photos bright colours are contrasted against dull backgrounds. i quite like that some of her work is quite abstract however it is all portrait work. I would be more interested if she took pictures of a larger variety of things. 

Irene Cruz

http://www.irenecruz.com

I really like Irene's photography, and the dull lighting that she uses in every photo. I also like how creative and mystical the content of her photos are. Her photography would be good to look at for tone especially.