Nick Knight is a British fashion photographer and is among the world’s most influential and visionary photographers. He is also a filmmaker and a director of SHOW studio.com. Knight is known for pushing technical and creative boundaries at every possible opportunity. Born in London, he went on to study photography at Bournemouth University & Poole College of Art and Design where he graduated with a distinction. London being a fashion capital of the world proves that Knight has had lots of influencing factors on his work. Knight, in 2010, received an OBE in recognition to the contribution he has made to the arts over his career and is now an honorary professor at the University of the Arts, London.
Shown below: the series of images produced from the shoot. |
On the other hand, Joseph Lawrence is a Canadian photographer who shoots ‘stylized environmental portraits’. Better known as Joey L, he is one of the ‘most Influential photographers on social media’. In his work he not only shows his technique contributes to his great photographs but his ability to have a personal connection with the subjects of the image. With respect to the people in the photographs, they appear to be involved in the image and comfortable. Lawrence’s drive behind these images is spurred from his passion to travel around the world in search of unique places and unique people, to understand the different cultures and to challenge the viewer's perspective.
Shown below: the series of images produced from the shoot. |
These are the images I selected as my best ones from the shoot. I think I will narrow these down as in some of them the facial expression is not what I intended to capture. All these images, in my opinion, have good lighting and good composition. As said previously I believe the lighting is good as I have managed to capture the images with a loop lighting effect which softens the lighting on the face whilst still illuminating it. The composition of the image is a strength as in the images the person is in the center and almost side on. This allows for shadows to form behind them and for the lighting to be enhanced. The variation between portrait and landscape shots are also a factor which alters the composition of the image, this could be the difference between the person seeming empowered or belittled. Each image, I think, has its own individual presentation to the viewer through the minor changes in lighting, facial expressions and how much the person has turned from the camera.
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