Chantal Gallant
Chantal Gallant is a photographer from Bathurst, New Brunswick who has always had a passion for the creative arts. She specialises in portraiture, maternity and fine art photography and she describes her style to be 'dreamy and contemporary'. However, what draws me to her work the most is her keyhole portraits some of which are shown above and I think this style of photography suits my project really well. What I like most about the keyhole portraits is the composition of the image within the keyhole outline, it is carefully thought out to align with the keyhole. She often uses the beach or empty roads in her work, these give a feeling of serenity and calmness, her photographs most likely gives off these vibes due to the colour scheme she uses in her work, her images are quite bright and the main colour scheme is blue which calms the mind.
There are two ways she could have achieved this series, either a Photoshop edit where she had a keyhole template and placed it over her images to make it seem as if the viewer was looking through a keyhole or she physically cut out a keyhole and used it as a prop where she placed it in front of her camera and took the picture. I want to use the keyhole idea in my own work, but instead of scenery, I wanted it to be more personal to me, so I've decided to base my first shoot off of the quote 'the key to my heart' which simply means that all the objects I will be photographing will be something I like.
There are two ways she could have achieved this series, either a Photoshop edit where she had a keyhole template and placed it over her images to make it seem as if the viewer was looking through a keyhole or she physically cut out a keyhole and used it as a prop where she placed it in front of her camera and took the picture. I want to use the keyhole idea in my own work, but instead of scenery, I wanted it to be more personal to me, so I've decided to base my first shoot off of the quote 'the key to my heart' which simply means that all the objects I will be photographing will be something I like.
Melinda Anderson
Melinda Anderson is a photographer based in Arizona, she doesn't have a particular style of photography, but she tends to be drawn towards abstract images, to take photographs, she uses wide apertures, slow shutter speed and intentional camera movements. I was particularly interested in a photo assignment from this photo group called 'unique door ajar' I felt that this concept suited my project very well, so I have decided to draw inspiration from it. What I like most about her work is that she uses light in her pictures to create different atmospheres for example, the second picture shown above has a spooky atmosphere due to the darkness of the room and the break of light in the middle and the third image has quite an old look to it which matches to the door itself that says 'antiques'.
I think her ideas and techniques are well done in this concept, especially since all her images are so different and is able gives the viewers different vibes when looking at each one. She was able to do this through different compositions and editing styles which you can see through the first two images above.
I think her ideas and techniques are well done in this concept, especially since all her images are so different and is able gives the viewers different vibes when looking at each one. She was able to do this through different compositions and editing styles which you can see through the first two images above.
Andrew Howe
Andrew Howe is a photographer from North-West England, his photography is mainly influenced by the countryside and strong industrial heritage of England. He has a passion for black and white fine art photography and often takes landscape photographs, most of his images, if not all, are very isolated and does has very little people in it, which gives the images a feeling of loneliness and seclusion. What I like most about his photography work is that amongst the darkness of his images, there is a bright light to contrast the negative space, especially in the photos that I have chosen to display above, they all have a long path with an exit at the end of the tunnel which I really like, especially by looking at the first image, it reminds me of the quote 'there is light at the end of every tunnel' which I find really inspiring. Since my project is 'Apertures' I felt that Andrew Howe's project 'Going underground' can suit my project quite well if I am able to get my composition right.
In order to achieve these images, Howe makes sure to keep everything in focus, giving the image a large depth of field furthermore, he frames the image so that the end of the tunnel is positioned in the middle, this makes the viewer focus on the tunnel first and then the path to the tunnel. Addition to the composition of the images, he also edited them to make the images black and white and most likely adjusted the contrast to make the shadows in the image stand out more.
In order to achieve these images, Howe makes sure to keep everything in focus, giving the image a large depth of field furthermore, he frames the image so that the end of the tunnel is positioned in the middle, this makes the viewer focus on the tunnel first and then the path to the tunnel. Addition to the composition of the images, he also edited them to make the images black and white and most likely adjusted the contrast to make the shadows in the image stand out more.
SawyerAFK
SawyerAFK is an account on DeviantArt that posts his photography work. He posts a variety of different images onto DeviantArt such as landscapes, macro photography and more, but the series that I am interested in is his work with a magnifying glass which is shown above. I was drawn to this because I like the distortion the magnifying glass does to the image, the photographer most likely edits the image so that the background is blurrier than the image in the magnifying glass, this makes the magnifying glass stand out more and the black frame also draws the viewers so that it is the first thing they see. Additionally, the second image shown above was edited so that the background was blurry just like the other images, but the difference between this photograph and the others is that inside the magnifying glass the image is completely different in comparison to the sky, the image shows something similar to a night sky but something you would be able to capture in outer space.
After some thinking, I've decided not to continue with the magnifying glass photography due to the fact that I felt that it didn't really suit my project that well also, it was difficult to think of a concept that included a magnifying glass that would relate to apertures. However, I did take a few shots to experiment which I have shown below.
After some thinking, I've decided not to continue with the magnifying glass photography due to the fact that I felt that it didn't really suit my project that well also, it was difficult to think of a concept that included a magnifying glass that would relate to apertures. However, I did take a few shots to experiment which I have shown below.
Paul Reiffer
Paul Reiffer is a British photographer who travels different countries to photograph people, commercial and city landscapes, he has worked with huge brands British Airways, Qatar Airways, W Hotels and more. What drew me to his work was his project, 'Tiny planet' I've seen many images like this on Google and was always fascinated by it since it seemed extremely complicated to create however, I felt that it would be good to challenge myself and use techniques that I haven't used before. My favourite photograph of Reiffer's is the first image above, what I like most about this image is the fact that the circle in the middle reminds me of a portal due to the multiple colours, the whole image has a surreal concept. In comparison to the other artists that I have looked at, Paul Reiffer's work has a completely different concept since it is heavily edited and unrealistic.
Lucas Simoes
Lucas Simoes is a Brazilian artist who manipulates different materials ranging from photographs, books, concrete, silicone and more through burning, cutting, layering, reshaping or diluting them. For the images shown above, he took portraits from other photographers and printed them out and when burning them he usually burns their faces, this whole series is to represent the unwanted memories that everybody has, if you are to physically burn the images, eventually they will disappear from your memories. I like this concept and meaning behind the idea because I feel that unwanted memories is something everybody experiences and many people can relate to it, including me.
The artist most likely used a thicker paper than paper, or even photo paper when printing these images due to the fact that this makes it easier to burn in specific places. I've experimented with normal printing paper and it was difficult to burn just one area of the paper additionally, paper with 300 gsm (card) takes longer to burn therefore I can extinguish the fire before it spreads.
The artist most likely used a thicker paper than paper, or even photo paper when printing these images due to the fact that this makes it easier to burn in specific places. I've experimented with normal printing paper and it was difficult to burn just one area of the paper additionally, paper with 300 gsm (card) takes longer to burn therefore I can extinguish the fire before it spreads.