My Book

As the second part of my brief that asked us to create this blog we also had to make an illustrated book about ourselves.

to keep it short and sweet here is mine...

Andy Hall

As much as i love editorial and fashion photography, my favourite has to be photojournalism. Having an avid passion for not only design and photography but also current affairs and politics, i always love a mixture of my interests. That being photojournalism.

I have been lucky enough to make one of my best friends at uni, whose dad is a photojournalist. Since being introduced to the photo wonders of Andy Hall i am constantly updating my knowledge of him and his photos, and much to his annoyance have managed to weed my way a few free images to stick up on my wall.

He has taken photos of so many legends including Bill Bailey, Don King, Bear Gryls and Martin Scorcese. Also of loads of current affairs and issues around the world, like the tsunami, Kosovo, Lebanon and Chernobyl. His photos always set the scene really dramatically and tells the story's of anyone in one. His work is inspiring and i would one day love to be as successful and take as many amazing pictures as him.

...if Andy sees this HEY KIDDO, this is meant to promote your work, not be a copyright infringement.

Patrick de Warren

I seem to be going a bit mad for the photographers tonight. But there are so many i need to get out there it's hard not to bombard!

My third photographer of the evening is Patrick de Warren. He lives in New York, obviously because this is me, but was raised in Paris, which you can totally tell in his pictures. He was lucky enough to be one of the few photographers selected by Giorgio Armani for the Armani Art Exchange project. I think this is due to his Images all seeming quite European compared to other photographers. His photographs are stunning, they definitely have a unique style, and are all very Vogue-esque.

David Drebin

Yet another photographer from New York, although originally from Toronto, is David Drebin.

When i went to New York, i took inspiration from Drebin in hope that some of my pictures could capture the landscape like his.

He takes so many different kinds of pictures, from editorial to landscape and advertising. Although his pictures are always interesting and vibrant, his landscape are amongst some of my favourite images ever, he captures the light so well and makes the shows the landscapes really dynamically. I can only wish to take such good pictures in my future. aaaahh...

Also worth a shout are his editorial shots. The composition of each is so well thought out and with the gorgeous models, setting and colours make really vibrant images...

Arthur Elgort

I realise up to now i have only used my own photography and hadn't mentioned anyone else. So my first blog on photographers will be about Arthur Elgort...

I can't remember how i found this photographer, he's from New York so i suppose that would draw my attention to him. He's also credited as being one of the best fashion photographers and has continuous shoots for Vogue and other international fashion magasines. He's worked with so many models, companies and magasines that it's hard to say which are the most impressive.

I love his website and pictures. He does so many different takes on ideas that his work never gets tiresome. Although i will say he definitely has a signature look for models- that being leaping into the air- but i wont include any images with that in if i can help it. The surroundings in his photos are amazing and each individual picture looks so interesting. He can make any outfit look amazing as well as take a really interesting photograph. I suppose having beautiful models will help him, but you can't deny the composition of each picture. They're so well thought out and make you just want to stare in awe at them. I especially love the first image with the birds caught in flight, with the trees directly centred and the model doing a really elegant pose...

Rob Ryan

Rob Ryan is an artist from london who focuses on really delicate illustrations that he cuts out from paper. I first noticed him at my friends house where they have one of his original pieces on their walls as they are, amazingly, family friends. Then when i picked up the London Fashion Week version of Elle in the summer the cover was a limited edition cover from Rob Ryan. He's constantly mentioned in magasines such as Stella, Vogue and Elle and has become really successful in the past few years.

His art work is very unique and instantly recognisable, i love how intricate it all is, and you can definitely see how much attention to detail he puts into everything. He even has a blog if anyone fancied taking a closer look at some of his stuff.

Here are just a few of the selection that i adore...

Radio 1

Radio 1 did a series of adverts that i only saw aired on BBC3 around the summer time to promote their main DJs on radio1 including Chris Moyles, Fearne Cotton, Zane Lowe, Edith Bowman, Scott Mills and Jo Whiley. I think the adverts were produced so well that they were definitely worth a mention on my blog. Each DJ had a clip of a song and were doing something different one each one including coming out of a swamp, riding a horse and blowing up a huge teapot. I think the each DJs personalities and characters were matched down to a T, mainly to the attention of each minute detail of the clip.

What i love most, though, is the set design. The creative directors obviously took ages to design each one, and they're done spectacularly well and really set the scene to make each one even more dramatic than the last.

My favourites are Edith Bowmans and Jo Whileys, even though they're all actually really good. Edith Bowman's consists of a kind of Alice in Wonderland look surrounded by colourful birds. She is stood in the middle with a mallet and slams it on a symbol and as this happens the birds fly off. It gives a really dramatic feel to the whole video and song. Jo Whiley's is her stood with a cup of tea with a rather sinister look. Then you see her workers with a huge teapot, annnnnd she blows it up. The explosion goes well with the music and makes the video really dramatic and connects it with the music well. As simple as it is, the cinematography is really impressive with the different angles used and how suggestive it is without being obvious.

They're all definitely worth a look at and are really impressive...