Key Lighting
This is usually a strobe (flash) into or through an umbrella. The key light provides the light for the viewer’s perspective. If you’re using a camera flash unit, place it off camera with an extension cable to avoid a bright and direct reflection
This is usually a strobe (flash) into or through an umbrella. The key light provides the light for the viewer’s perspective. If you’re using a camera flash unit, place it off camera with an extension cable to avoid a bright and direct reflection
David Bailey
David grew a love for natural history which then led him to photography. He suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia therefore at school he experienced problems. He attended at a private school (Clark's College in Ilford). He also suffers from Motor Skill Disorder Dyspraxia. He claims to have attended school for only 33 days in one school year. He left school on his 15th birthday to be a copy boy for Fleet Street offices of the Yorkshire Posts. He served the Royal Air Force in Singapore in 1957. He was demobbed in August 1958, and determined to pursue a career in photography and he then bought a Canon rangefinder camera. In 1959, Bailey became a photographic assistant at the John French studio. In May 1960, he was a photographer for John Cole's Studio Five before making a contract for vogue as a fashion photographer. Within months he was shooting covers and he shot 800 pages of Vogue editorial in one year!
David grew a love for natural history which then led him to photography. He suffered from undiagnosed dyslexia therefore at school he experienced problems. He attended at a private school (Clark's College in Ilford). He also suffers from Motor Skill Disorder Dyspraxia. He claims to have attended school for only 33 days in one school year. He left school on his 15th birthday to be a copy boy for Fleet Street offices of the Yorkshire Posts. He served the Royal Air Force in Singapore in 1957. He was demobbed in August 1958, and determined to pursue a career in photography and he then bought a Canon rangefinder camera. In 1959, Bailey became a photographic assistant at the John French studio. In May 1960, he was a photographer for John Cole's Studio Five before making a contract for vogue as a fashion photographer. Within months he was shooting covers and he shot 800 pages of Vogue editorial in one year!
Richard Avedon
Avedon was born in New York City to a Jewish family on May 15, 1923. Hiss interest in photography emerged at age 12 when he joined a Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) Camera Club. He would use his family’s Kodak Box Brownie not only to feed his curiosity about the world, but also to retreat from his personal life. Richard's first muse was his younger sister, Louise. During her teen years she struggled through psychiatric treatment. Eventually, becoming increasingly withdrawn from reality she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. These early influences often expressed in his desire to capture tragic beauty in photos. In 1944, he began working as an advertising photographer for a department store. In 1950 he studied photography with Alexey Brodovitch at his Design Laboratory at The New School for Social Research. In 1946, Avedon had set up his own studio and began providing images for magazines including Vogue and Life.
Avedon was born in New York City to a Jewish family on May 15, 1923. Hiss interest in photography emerged at age 12 when he joined a Young Men’s Hebrew Association (YMHA) Camera Club. He would use his family’s Kodak Box Brownie not only to feed his curiosity about the world, but also to retreat from his personal life. Richard's first muse was his younger sister, Louise. During her teen years she struggled through psychiatric treatment. Eventually, becoming increasingly withdrawn from reality she was diagnosed with schizophrenia. These early influences often expressed in his desire to capture tragic beauty in photos. In 1944, he began working as an advertising photographer for a department store. In 1950 he studied photography with Alexey Brodovitch at his Design Laboratory at The New School for Social Research. In 1946, Avedon had set up his own studio and began providing images for magazines including Vogue and Life.
Martin Schoeller
Martin Schoeller was born in Munich, Germany on March 12, 1968. In his early years he was influenced by photographers August Sander, Bernd Becher, and Hilla Becher. Martin studied photography at Lette Verein in Berlin. His style in photography is "hyper-detailed close ups" His most recognizable work are his portraits, shot with similar lighting, backdrop, and tone. His work appears in "National Geographic Magazine", The New Yorker, "New York Time Magazine", Time, GQ, and Vogue. He started his career in Germany and moved to New York in 1993 and worked as an assistant for Annie Leibovitz from 1993 to 1996.
Martin Schoeller was born in Munich, Germany on March 12, 1968. In his early years he was influenced by photographers August Sander, Bernd Becher, and Hilla Becher. Martin studied photography at Lette Verein in Berlin. His style in photography is "hyper-detailed close ups" His most recognizable work are his portraits, shot with similar lighting, backdrop, and tone. His work appears in "National Geographic Magazine", The New Yorker, "New York Time Magazine", Time, GQ, and Vogue. He started his career in Germany and moved to New York in 1993 and worked as an assistant for Annie Leibovitz from 1993 to 1996.
Gregory Crewdson
Gregory Crewdson was born on September 26, 1962 is an American photographer. He photographs tableaux of American homes and neighborhoods. In the mid 1980s, Crewdson studied photography at SUNY Purchase, near Port Chester, NY. He received his Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. He has taught at Sarah Lawrence, Cooper Union, Vassar College, and Yale University, where he has been on the faculty since 1993. He is now a professor at the Yale University School of Art. In 2012, he was the subject of the feature documentary film Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters. His photographs usually take place in small-town America, but are dramatic and cinematic. They feature often disturbing, surreal events. His photographs are elaborately staged and lit using crews familiar with motion picture production and lighting large scenes using motion picture film equipment and techniques.
Gregory Crewdson was born on September 26, 1962 is an American photographer. He photographs tableaux of American homes and neighborhoods. In the mid 1980s, Crewdson studied photography at SUNY Purchase, near Port Chester, NY. He received his Master of Fine Arts from Yale University. He has taught at Sarah Lawrence, Cooper Union, Vassar College, and Yale University, where he has been on the faculty since 1993. He is now a professor at the Yale University School of Art. In 2012, he was the subject of the feature documentary film Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters. His photographs usually take place in small-town America, but are dramatic and cinematic. They feature often disturbing, surreal events. His photographs are elaborately staged and lit using crews familiar with motion picture production and lighting large scenes using motion picture film equipment and techniques.
Yousuf Karsh
Yousuf Karsh was born in Mardin. At the age of 16, his parents sent Yousuf to live with his uncle George Nakash who was a photographer in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He rarely attended school and mostly assisted his uncle's studio. Nakash saw great potential in his nephew and in 1928 arranged for Karsh to apprentice with portrait photographer John Garo in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His brother, Malak Karsh, was also a photographer. In 1931 he started working with photographer John Powls, when Powls retired in 1933, Karsh took over the studio. He stayed there until 1992, when he retired.
Yousuf Karsh was born in Mardin. At the age of 16, his parents sent Yousuf to live with his uncle George Nakash who was a photographer in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He rarely attended school and mostly assisted his uncle's studio. Nakash saw great potential in his nephew and in 1928 arranged for Karsh to apprentice with portrait photographer John Garo in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. His brother, Malak Karsh, was also a photographer. In 1931 he started working with photographer John Powls, when Powls retired in 1933, Karsh took over the studio. He stayed there until 1992, when he retired.