Artists statement

I am interested in photography because it is a way of getting my ideas cross through a different medium. I enjoy working with people and the landscape, I think that they are both quite different subjects to work with and I like to challenge myself to do new things and experiment with new subjects. Out of the two subject choices I prefer to work with Landscapes as they can be easier to work with. I think that landscapes can be photographed in a documentary style and artistically, which is what I like to experiment with.

I am also interested in learning about underwater photography as I want to go into it as a practice. I think that the idea of photographing subjects in a way that can create the illusion of another world is interesting, as a photographer I want to learn how to manipulate the lighting and how the water creates different textures for example shooting a model in a long dress, the water can make the model seem like she is floating in space. I also want to shoot the coral reefs to show how pollution has changed and damaged them; I want to show animals in their natural habitat that people wouldn’t normally get to see.

As a photographer I am confident in my ideas and want to show them to people. I am confident with working with landscapes and want to try working at events to challenge myself more, in the way of working with people and doing something different.

Underwater Photography

Underwater photography is self explanitary, due to the fact that it is literally taking photos underwater of a given subject. Underwater photography can be used to document wild life in their natural habitat, it can also document environmental causes like what damage pollution is doing to the reefs and things such as global warming.

This genre of photography can also be used in fashion and portraiture, throw taking images of people and showing clothing in a new way that is different to the normal way of photographing people. This is shown through how the images have an other worldly feel about them, with the subject seeming to be in suspense in their own world, at one with the see. The use of reflections also distorts the subject giving the images an abstract feeling.
http://www.peterdemulder.com/index_flash.cfm  This is an example of a photographer that I have discovered recently, he has done a mix of fashion and abstract images.

The downside of choosing this genre is that it is technically challenging and you have to be fully aware of what the subject is doing and their surroundings. You also have to have a very clear idea of what you want to achieve from the shoot, you also have to be able to prepare for the shoot to not go as planned due to weather or the wrong equipment or not being able to use the space needed like with any shoot.
The upside is that you can create a range of punchy unique images that can be hard to recreate, making it stand out against the usual fashion images.