Artist Research - Gavin Gough

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I think that these are some of my favorite images from the artist that I have looked at. I think that they have a more creative feel to them and show a different way of looking at the world. The use of colour isn't too over powering, what is also a touch that I like about the images. 

This may possibly be my favorite image out of all the work from other photographers that I have researched. The use of a shallow depth of field is amazing. You can see the subject but not clearly but the way that the ball is in focus and projects her face is something of beauty to me, and really something that if I was there in that situation would never have thought to do. Even though the background isn’t in focus it is a main aspect of the image. It provides the colour, and pattern.   

Looking down on a subject can often make them look inferior, however in this occasion I don’t think that this is the case. It simply gives you a better view of what is going on. I would like to use high and low angles to shoot but I wouldn’t want to make it look as though I was looking down on the subject. I feel that that would cast a negative light and I really want to express beauty in everything in my book. The fact that the photographer has gotten the people who are standing around the man’s legs in gives you a sense that something is going on. This is putting the image into perspective and giving it a different perspective.    

Although this image looks posed I don’t mind that. I actually like it. Just because something is set up or posed doesn’t make it any less of a beautiful image. The colours teamed with the expressions on the subjects face really makes an image that is fun and carefree. I really like this and I will really consider about putting images like this into my book (obviously my own work though) 

Images of food or flowers provide colour and texture to an image. I like that they create a repetitive pattern. I think that although these are simple images it’s something that gives you a sense of the place, what is to offer and what they eat. The fact that these images are almost bird eye view looking down is something that I also appreciated. It gives you a clear view of the subject, what is going on and you can see everything in the box/basket. This is informative, and leaves little to the imagination. Images like this are really what I was trying to capture in my own work.  

The depth of field in this image is something that I tried to use in my own photography work. Picking out an aspect of the image to focus on. I like this because you don’t have to see the full image to know what is going on. You know what type of people they are by the way that they are dressed. These types of images create simple but detailed images in my view that are rather informative when you actually take the time to look and concentrate on them.