James Nader

James Nader does a lot of studio photography he also has a large range of location work, demonstrated below.

In the picture James uses a balance of ambient and controlled lighting to produce a halo of light around the model and also a small sun flare through the window. 

Both these photos taken in a theatre demonstrate good communication between the photographer and the model with the model giving almost actor like poses to match the environment and the angle and light to match the normally quite subdued lighting in a theatre.

Jason Christopher

Jason christopher is a major source of inspiration for my location photography. His clean use of the female form and seamless integration between model and location produces some stunning images, like the one above. The photo above utilises both ambient light and controlled lighting. The ambient light coming through the window creates a contrasting light forming a halo around the model and the directional flashes give contrast and texture to the skin.

In this picture he also uses a balance of ambient and controlled lighting to give a very warm natural look to the photo. This balance is what I hope to obtain in my set of photos, all of which will be shot on location within a building. So when selecting my locations I am going to have to pay close attention to the about of ambient light that enters the room.

The very simple pose in this photo produces a very simple but fantastic photo the light coming over the floor from the right gives a very natural look and the one sided lighting gives a lot of contrast on the models skin.

Studio Session - 12 March

Today I'm going to have a first controlled go at some light painting, though I will be using this on location for my final images I am having my first go within the studio as it will give me a more controlled environment to experiment on different techniques.

I will be using a combination of lighting including torches and also an ipad.

Using an ipad in Light Painting

because the ipad is almost entirely made up a hi-res screen it is very useful in lighting painting. because it allows for the creation of an almost infinite number of combinations of lights and shape to create very impressive light painting on the final frame.

This is one of the most successful images from my first session using an ipad for light drawing. the image displaying on the ipad was a static white circle on a black background. moving the ipad through the fame produced the cylinder effect.

Making Future Magic: iPad light painting

Light Warfare

Hennessy Campaign shot only with Light Painting (Long Version).

Units

Unit 205
Photo imaging equipment and materials.

Unit 310
Photo image output

Unit 212
Working to a photo imaging project brief

Unit 307
Location photography

Statement of Intent

Theme 1


Editorial Female Portraiture put together to form a small magazine spread to be used for advertising or a feature article

The work of Jason Christopher, which I will analyse in more detail in further blogs, is a good example of the type of photographs I wish to produce. I am also inspired by the "tradition" for most magazines to have a feature in their magazines usually a few pages and often featuring full or very large frame pictures following a theme and I would like to create something similar.

I will be using a Canon DSLR for all of the image capture and a combination of portable studio lighting and Canon Speedlights to provide a wide range of available lighting solutions. The photos will all be produced on location so I will also be working with ambient light which I want to use to my advantage to provide a more subtle lighting solution.