Photographer Case Study

An individual photographer that I admire would be Nick Knight who is at the top of celebrities wish list when at a photo shoot at Vogue. Obviously Vogue is a fashion magazine however I think that Knight's unique design and blend of creativity gives him an unconventional edge against other photographers. Something that would work extremely well within the convention breaking Indie genre.

All his photography work has a minimalistic vibe to it which works as the images he shoots are simply in nature but powerful at the same time.

Examples of Knight's work are below. He uses dark shadows and as shown sometimes simply full silhouettes in order to deliver a powerful piece of imagery, the use of contrasting colours on a minimalistic background is used as well in order to make the imagery stand out on an otherwise faded and boring piece of art. I want to deliver the same kind of effect on my magazine and so I thought that looking at pieces of effective and successful imagery that were similar in style has helped me greatly.

I will adapt the skills that I have learnt by looking at professional photography into my work by using a number of different poses in my photo shoot whilst trying to create a minimalistic and powerful piece of imagery. I now have a clearer understanding of what kind of image classes as professional photography and can now attempt to recreate something of this standard

This photography is specific to my work as Nick primarily takes pictures of female celebrities and so is obviously experienced in how to produce something that looks professional, primarily I am hoping to blend Nick's unique style of imagery, in particular, the poses his models use with the stereotypical/conventional poses found in indie music magazines. This will help my images look more professional and will appeal more to my target audience.

As an amateur photographer I will have to make sure I overcome the following problems, correct lighting, unique and appropriate locations and also be sure that my model uses a variety of poses throughout the photo shoot. I will also need to take into consideration the mise-en-scene of my shoot, the clothing, make-up that my model wears will need to be of a high standard if I want my images to look professional, represent the indie genre well and look commercially viable on the front cover of a magazine.