Portrait Photographers day 1

Nick Knight

Alexander McQueen

Devon, 1997

Susie Smoking, 1988

Okay, so my tutor today opened my eyes to really engaging with photographers work, so I have decided to chose a photographer every once or twice a week to talk about. Some I will have know for ages and some will be newly discovered I am excited to see what I can find. 

This week I have decided to talk about Nick Knight and why I love his portraiture work. First off I'm going to start by saying how much I love these three images. I like the colours of the last two images, its a strange mix between pastels, which is subtle compared to other photographers work. The first image reminds me of David bailey's portraits. The black and white combined with the closeness of the subject with the camera really brings out how bailey takes his portraits.

I swear this one is finished

finished shots

Glenn Woolsey Photography

Three finished shots 

A shot from today with and without texture. 

fashion 

A NEW SERIES!

Okay, so my last series was a bunch of portraits in the bath water and with this new idea I'm sort of going back to the bathroom shooting portraits, but the two series couldn't be more different. I will start shooting tomorrow hopefully. Until then here is two VERY primitive practice/test shots.

Location Testing and Test Shoot

A grave yard fashion test shoot. 

This idea came from listening to the Smiths. It was a sunny day and I met my friend Sian at the cemetery gates. 

A Break From Everything

So a couple of times this week I found myself bored sitting in my room, whether it was with a friend or by myself. The one thing I always turn to when I'm bored is one of my many cameras. 

I really love portraits so I have decided to take a portrait of someone every time they come into my room. The portrait won't be atmospheric, they will simply be of their face and chest area. I haven't done too many portraits before apart from my water portraits so I'll be interested to see how my skills progress. 

 Model: Tom Courcey 

Photographer: Glenn Woolsey 

Photographer & Model: Glenn Woolsey 

These are two I have done already, I'm not really bothered about the difference in shadows and colour as they were both taken at different times of the day so it really does reflect who was in my room and at what sort of time.