Jonathan Knowles has been a photographer for 20 years hes London based photographer specializing in still life and liquid photography.

Jonathan’s unique photographic style has earned him award winning, national and international advertising commissions through advertising agencies worldwide.
His work has been used for  O2, Ministry of Sound, Stella Artios, Heinz and Land Rover have been a constant in magazines and posters for almost ten years.




Looks like a close up of some Guinness in a glass

 I love the tones and shapes and texture of this image






                                  I like how hes captured this explosion of water

 I think this is done by exploding a water balloon

I love this action shot capturing the texture of the drink .



A lovely close up of some water I love the composition

 of the shot and the colours and tones and form

A shot of some water on a blue background

Blue seems to be used almost always with water photography

 with white used alot as well

These must show the clarity of the water to its best

so i will try these colours in my photography

This shot was used in a 02 adverting campaign

 by simply adding the 02 image in corner

   A stand out shot of a bottle with a liquid dropped

onto i love the reflections and sharpness of the image

 makes the drink seem exciting and glamorous 

A glass and and a tube with air flowing thought to produce air bubbles looks

I like the simpleness of this shot and reflections underneath

I like this shot of a liquid at first i could not work it out

 I think its a top view angle of of water being poured into a glass

A lovely shot with alot going on shapes patterns with a great perspective

A drink being poured into a glass a lovely clean image

on a white background making the liquid stand out



     Two pool balls falling into water then flipped round

  Its a great shot you can see the power

of the water lovely lines and patterns



A  pear dropped into water i love this action shot

to advertise this mineral water expresses the naturalness of the project

A can of gin with ice and limes dropped into water

not sure if it was done at same time all each 

one on own and putt together to in one image

I love the colours and pattens and the composition of the product

A shot of weetabix with milk being pured onto it the

 I think the shot is flipped round with added nuts added afterwards a great shot

A striking image of dazz coming though some water

It was probably shot the other way round then flipped like it was going up

looks like a lot of editing on this shot

I like the power of the water the lines and patterns in the water

I like the use of a water droplet to advertise this water

with another shot of the bottle underneath with another shot of some

snowy mountains be hide that so 3 images for 1 product

Douglas Kirkland / Studio research

Douglas Kirkland was born in 1934 in Canada . At age twenty-four, Kirkland was hired as a staff photographer for Look magazine and became famous for his 1961 photos of Marilyn Monroe taken for looks 25th anniversary issue. He later joined the staff of Life magazine

Hes assignments for life magazine were essays on Greece and Lebanon by fashion and celebrity photography of Marilyn Monroe , Judy garland , Marlene Dietrich and Elizabeth Taylor and many others over the years

Douglas Kirkland has also worked as a special photographer on the set of more than 100 films. 'A Life in Pictures' features some of his most iconic imagery, created for films including The Sound of Music 1965, Out of Africa 1985, Titanic 1997 and Australia 2008

I love the colours in the shot

I like how the backdrop matches

Elizabeth Taylor's eyes

I like hows hes lite half of the face

 and left the over half in shadow 

It was the models idea to set up the shots this way from

above with her naked under a white sheet

showing that sometimes the model can help on a shoot

I love this top view shot I luv the perspective

and leading lines and focal point of Marilyn face

Kirkland photographing Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood, 1961

Douglas taking about the shoot and how

she asked for him to shot her alone

I like how when he was alone

with her he got the best shots

It was the models idea to set up the shots this way

this way showing that sometimes the model can help on a shoot

This shots made him famous and sell

 to this day all around the world

I like how her arms frame Farrah fawcetts face

He done a copy of hes famous Marilyn Monroe shoot with

Angelia Jolie as the model nice leading lines and tonal range

I like that you don't always have to have the model

with her looking at the lens or even seeing the eyes

Above is a beautiful shot of Bridget bardot

The hand makes the shot even better also

 the hair frames the face .

Here he has the beautiful french actress

Catherine Deneuve posing with her hand on her face

I like the colours and backdrop used

The famous actress and singer Judy garland

Its a great low key shot

movie still photographer

He has worked on the sets of more than 100 motion pictures and many music videos 

Getting in the water for the titanic movie

Jeanne Moreau as herself in Alex in Wonderland Hollywood Boulevard, 1970

Two great shots of Michael before and after makeup

edited together to make one photo

Douglas talking about Michael Jackson

I like the photo of Nicole kidman

I like the lighting and tonal range

The beautiful Audrey Hepburn

shot face on i love the tonal range and

shadow under her neck

Douglas Kirkland talking about hes career

and photos i like how he says never ask the model

to do something that you would not do yourself

Books 

Douglas has many books published and has

 many of hes photos published in books

An evening Marilyn

Coco chanel book photos by douglas kirkland

The famous Titanic film photographs by Douglas kirkland

Frezze frame 5 decades of hes work with 400 photos

Photography shoots

With Grace Jones 1994

Douglas talking about hes shoot with a disabled model

Douglas kirkland working with old and new cameras

Douglas shows how he works with

natural light to create beautiful portraits

Talks

Douglas kirland talking about some of hes most famous shots

Giving a talk on hes photography

Exhibitions

50 years of Douglas kirkland was shown at this

exhibition i like how he talked about how

 he use of music in alot of hes studio shots

Douglas talking about hes exhibition and photos

Douglas Kirkland’s passion for photography began in his youth and launched a six-decade journey that shows no signs of slowing down by learning about Douglas kirkland I have great respect for hes great work over the decades

Lord snowdon

Lord snowdon 

Lord snowdon was born in 1930  son of a barrister ronald armstrong jones , his mother was Anne messel

hes parents separated when he a young boy as a school boy he contracted polio he was in Liverpool royal Infirmary recuperating for six months the only person who visited him was hes sister Susan

Snowman was educated at Eton and Cambridge where he studied Architecture while he was a Cambridge he coxed for the winning Cambridge side in 1950

he first got into photography at Eton where he revived the photographic society ,at Cambridge he was a regular contributor to the varsity magazine , he moved to London and opened hes own studio in 1952

he then became popular with hes shots being published in taltler and he got a spread in picture post

flamenco dancers at an oliver messel party , He also began to photography the theatre starting with the 1954 production of terrence rattigans separate tables .

He camera of choice was a miniature camera so he could get amongst the actors backstage and during rehearsals , his shots where often badly lit grainy , blurred and unusually composed .

The shot that got the attention of theatre land was hes photo of alex guinness taken during a rehearsal of hotal paradiso

After this he became the photographer of choice for actors , directors and producers

in 1956 he work on many fashion shoots taltler , vogue , and the daily express .

He married princess margaret in 1960 and after there son was born Armstrong jones became earl of snowdon and spent most of hes time performing royal duties

In 1970 he was back working for vogue hes output in the 70s was major he made six television documentaries , published 7 books of hes work and held exhibitions in cologne , London and the far east and Australia

He divorced princees Margaret in 1978 and married Lucy Mary Lindsay hogg in the same year
Lord and Lady Snowdon separated in 2000

Hes work

A amazing hair

I like hows hes lit the detail in the hair

but kept the edges of the hair dark

I love the compostion of this shot

I like hows he uses the mirror

to get 3 views of helen mirron

I like the compostion

I like how he has used a red background

 to set of her dress nad lips

A beautiful cover shot

Another shot using a mirror hes wife in the bath

A simple shot maybe only using ambient light

I lke hows he captured he smoke

 with her portrait photo

A looking up shot of diana

This high key shot is lit well

I like the tones of light hes captured with this lit shot

useing some of the  natural light from the window

I like the way hes capture a relaxed expression

I like how hes captured a off guard moment

somtimes the mometns you least expect make the best photos

Books

Lord snowdon has had 22 books published 

I have one of hes books 

Assignments 

It has many portrait photos in it 

I like how hes framed her face with the hair shooting a close up

Exhibitions

                                        

I like how he said he keeps it simple and how he rehearses shots so he can do a faster shoot on the day

and that a smile is a fake expression that he dosent like to shoot