Friday 29 April 2011

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











Saturday 9 April 2011

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


Monday 4 April 2011

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 .

Lord Snowdon enjoys a night on the town with Princess Margaret


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