Art is a way of life.

Friday, 25 November 2011

Visual Language; The uniform+clothing of the body

Today we looked at artists who focus on specific parts of the body
For example;

Hands

-Cecil Beaton
-Irving Penn
-Yousuf Karsh

Uniform

-Irving Penn
-August Sander
-Charles Freger
-Rineke Dijkstra
-Michelle Sank
-Toby Glanville
-Sarah Jones

Shoulders

-Van Meene
-Jasper Clance



'The Strength of our subject, will be in the strength of your photography'


- Using fill in flash consider posture, props and clothing

*The worker
*The intellectual
*The sales assistant
*The waitress
*The cleaner


I shot the first 5 images with 1 x key light (F11) 1 x fill light (F2 or 3 stops)
- When working with two lights, make sure both lights turn on when firing off




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