The photographer I was most influenced by was Adrain Sommeling. Most of his work has his kids in them. They seem to really be all about play and imagination from his kids perspective. This photo on the right in particular really caught my attention in all of this work. I loved that he can see ordinary objects and bring them to life as if it is a kids toy. Many of his works also have his son much bigger than he is while Adrian is smaller being picked up or pulled from his kid.
Something I noticed is that he shoots a lot of his work in the rule of thirds. Most of the heavyweight of the image is out to the side. I think this helps balance out the photo because the objects are so much bigger. He also works with a lot of scale in his work, his son is usually the biggest subject matter scaled up with the landscape. His style is very bright and neutral. There's not really any pull to a specific tone. It just depends what he is shooting at. For example, one image is on the beach and the tone is very warm from the sunet, while another image is captured in the snow and it's very cool from the snow and sky. He always has some sort of dramatic sky. The sky is never left just blue, there is always some sort of clouds or sunset. I think the sky helps bring everything together because he is shooting so much up at the sky. There are also no textures in his image, it is clean and smooth just like how it was probably shot.
He doesn't say anywhere the concept of this work, but from looking at his photos it seems like he's really centered around the idea of play. His son is always doing something out of the ordinary in ordinary objects. He gets a lot of his work from his son and oher kids. It is just very playful and unique.
The photographer I was most influenced by was Adrain Sommeling. Most of his work has his kids in them. They seem to really be all about play and imagination from his kids perspective. This photo in particular really caught my attention in all of this work. I loved that he can see ordinary objects and bring them to life as if it is a kids toy. Many of his works also have his son much bigger than he is while Adrian is smaller being picked up or pulled from his kid.
ReplyDeleteSomething I noticed is that he shoots a lot of his work in the rule of thirds. Most of the heavyweight of the image is out to the side. I think this helps balance out the photo because the objects are so much bigger. He also works with a lot of scale in his work, his son is usually the biggest subject matter scaled up with the landscape. His style is very bright and neutral. There's not really any pull to a specific tone. It just depends what he is shooting at. For example, one image is on the beach and the tone is very warm from the sunet, while another image is captured in the snow and it's very cool from the snow and sky. He always has some sort of dramatic sky. The sky is never left just blue, there is always some sort of clouds or sunset. I think the sky helps bring everything together because he is shooting so much up at the sky. There are also no textures in his image, it is clean and smooth just like how it was probably shot.
He doesn't say anywhere the concept of this work, but from looking at his photos it seems like he's really centered around the idea of play. His son is always doing something out of the ordinary in ordinary objects. He gets a lot of his work from his son and oher kids. It is just very playful and unique.