Thursday 16 January 2014

Book Research - Street & Studio

German Photo-booth:


This photo is exactly what I want to create for my final image. I want this type of presentation the way that they have been positioned on a page next to each other and also down to how they have been framed. I don’t want any comical images in my shot though (e.g. the clown image) and I also want them to be in colour. 
 I like the lighting in these images. You can see the subject’s faces clearly but there are still some shadows and it’s not blasted with flash. I think it’s subtle and creates a beauty to the image. This is also something I want to create. I don’t want my images to be completely full of flash and the person just look like they are stuck onto the background. This image is the perfect example of what I want.

Thomas Ruff:


I have looked at Thomas Ruffs work before and these images in particular but not as a big group and they went presented like they are here in the street & studio book. This is particularly interesting to me for this project as he is using a similar set up and style to what I am wanting for my project/final outcome. Obviously I won’t have as many images as Thomas has in this example, even though I would like to, I just don’t think I would have the time or the access to the models.

What instantly drew me to these images were the coloured background. I think that this is an even further development of the image about and is really getting closer to the style that I am wanting to achieve with my own personal project.  The expressions and the attitudes of the subjects in this example are more along the lines of what I am wanting to achieve. I don’t want the expressions to be phoney I want them to look and feel natural and be whatever the model wants to do. I think that this will give the images more of an honest feel. 

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