LO4 Link to Photographers when Editing

My main inspirations for these photograph was Duncan Philpott as one of his specialties is landscape photography, also the way he edits/ captures some aspects of his photographs. In his photography a common theme is contrast, a divide between the colour and then a definite part of black, usually with gleams of colour edging over. I've tried to capture the contrast in his photography in most of mine when possible. Another way I have been inspired by his work is always colourful and vibrant, I have tried when editing to make sure my photographs are both colourful and vibrant, but also dark in places to create contrast.

I also wanted to capture his love for nature and landscapes in my photography, I wanted to make landscapes and nature a key focus in my project, this made it possible for me to direct a strong narrative towards my work, as well as making my photographs more visually interesting.

Another major photographer in terms of my influences was Irving Penn; a portrait photographer. I have tried to transfer some his techniques and style into my work.

In a lot of his work his photography is monochrome and therefore takes on more depth and possibly a deeper narrative than if it was regular colours. I have tried to transfer this monochrome style into my photography, not fully but in some photographs I have made the background monochrome and made the model colourful and vibrant to create contrast.

Another aspect of his photography is the model/ portrait aspect, he focuses on portrait photography to which I have tried to include in my own photography. I have included a model in all my photography on the first photoshoot and have included it in all my editing. Most of his portrait work is up close and borders the face, while most of my photography captures most of the models body, one photograph in particular I have focused on bordering the face and capturing all the details of the face. In this photograph I have combined the picture of the models face with a landscape photograph of some woods, the branches and shadows cast by the tree captures more depth and definition in the face.

Another photographer/ editor that has been vital to my project was a double exposure photographer called Sufiskoo. He inspired the double exposure aspect of my photography, which turned out to be a key theme in my project. In every edited photograph apart from one I have included double exposure, through the use of double exposure I have combined nature and city settings along with models, creating a deep narrative and message.