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Research- Joel Robinson

Joel Robinson is a 33 year old Canadian photographer who has a interest in story telling and self expression in photography and has been sharing his conceptual portraiture work with the world for 9 years. I like this photograph as for the element of mystery in it. It makes you ask questions like who is there under the hood? How are they making the butterflies come out? The blue of the butterflies goes well with the rest of the colours in the shot as the grey background has a blue tint.

I like this photograph for a few reasons. I like the snowy backdrop and I think having the added detail of a dusting of snow on the mans hat really adds to the realism in this photograph helping the model fit into the backdrop. The depth of field is really good in this photograph as we can still roughly tell what the background is though all that is in focus is the model and their hat plus gears which is what is important to the photograph.

This is another picture of Robinson’s that I like. He has achieved a really strong sense of atmosphere in this shot and that is for a couple of reasons. The backdrop is one of them. The tall wiry trees with a hint of orange sunlight hitting those furthest back contribute to the strong atmosphere. Likewise the warm colour of the light bulb and the light it is casting onto the ground around the model contributes to this strong sense of atmosphere as well. Like the previous two pictures there is a strong sense of mystery to this picture which draws the viewer in.

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Research- Eric Johansson

Eric Johansson is a Swedish born, 1985, photographer who is currently based in Prague. He works with composite photography and is very famous for it. I like this picture for the story it tells, the man escaping the drudgery of his job, intending to fly out the window of his dark gloomy office and into the bright sunlight. Despite it not being the case the people and objects in the picture look like little plasticine models. I think this effect adds to the story being told in the photograph.

This is another composite photograph by Johansson, and another which I like. The effect of making part of the scene daytime and another night whilst still having the clouds, rocks, etc. The story in this photograph has a charming Disney like feel to it. I really like how the moonlight is shining on the back of his head whilst the sunlight on his lower legs, this makes the photograph look more realistic if you could even use that word.

This was a commissioned piece of work by Johansson most likely for a paint company. Once more this photograph tells a story. This couple, by using the product, paint, have been able to escape the grey monotony of their home into a bright vibrant world. This story is effective if this piece were to be used in advertisement as it provides the idea that the same could happen to a customer of the product.

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your 'about' made me laugh for a good 10 minutes

hahahaha thanks i guess i'm just funny because everything in my about part is true.