[ WEEEK 9 ] Jay Maisel

Jay Maisel is a famous modern photographer. His photos are simple, and he doesn’t use complex lighting or fancy cameras. He often only takes one lens on photo outings, and he enjoys taking photos of shapes and lights that he finds interesting.

Jay Maisel is one of the world’s greatest photographers and his workshops are intended to completely change the way you take photographs. His studio is in an old bank in the Bowery section of lower Manhattan and exploring the six-story building is an experience in itself.

 The following are some of the most important things I learned from Jay. They apply  to street photography as well as any other type of photography .

Unless we have the  camera with us at all times we may lose the opportunity to capture that great decisive moment when it presents itself because most decisive moments are also elusive moments

Nothing in the image is neutral, it either works for you or against you. 

 It’s important to always be aware of everything that we capture in an image because we are responsible for every square mm.

Gesture over graphics.

 If the gesture is powerful then nothing else matters. Even if there is a lot  of clutter in the frame ( see # 2) always go for the gesture instead of trying to “clean up” the frame. Gesture is what makes the picture emotionally involving and always overrides form.

 Show something that the viewer has never seen.

Don’t imitate. 

Jay says that the goal is revelation not replication. We need to shoot until we find our own style. We could  have elements from someone who we like and admire but in the end the viewer has to know that the picture they are looking at is undoubtedly ours.

[ week 8 ] Brian Duffy

Brian Duffy

In the Sixties and Seventies, fashion and portrait photographer Brian Duffy chronicled the heyday of Swinging London.  In 1962, The Sunday Times referred to Duffy and his fellow London photographers David Bailey and Terence Donovan as "the terrible trio."  For clients including Vogue, Elle and The Times of London, Duffy  photographed some of the most famous faces of the era, from The Beatles to Jean Shrimpton to David Bowie to Prime Minister Harold Wilson. 

But for many years, Duffy was more legendary in the photography world as the guy who tried to destroy his entire archive by setting his negatives on fire. In a BBC documentary produced last year, Duffy said he set the fire after one of his assistants told him the studio was out of toilet paper.

Photograph by Brian Duffy © Duffy Archive The V&A has been given unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive to curate the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David

[WEEK 7 ] The Wade Brothers

The Wade Brothers 

The Wade Brothers were hired to produce a fully integrated campaign for MADD. This included a :60 and :30 second tv spot and 4 print ads. All elements were produced in one production day, using a single crew. The Wade Brothers worked directly with a PR firm to create more than 50 Word of Mouth placements. The :60 second spot was also shown as pre-roll in geo-targeted cinemas. The whole effort was not without controversy: http://adage.com/goodworks/post?article_id=141935 http://creativity-online.com/work/madd-broken-teens/18518 breaks the story.

Fly 53: House of Fly 53

FLY53 a British apparel company engaged The Wade Brothers to create an edgy fashion campaign with motion and still assets intended to reach across platforms, with the main video particularly cued for viral success. The result: an 8 minute long-form video tour of The House of Fly 53, revealed at the Bread and Butter trade shows. The rooms symbolize confession, revival, retribution, torment, atonement and divinity. The :30 second short-form version was placed online and in rich media ad campaigns. The Wade Brothers paired the video with a full print campaign. The video, print and viral pieces were all shot at the same time, maximizing production costs, talent fees and other out-of-pocket expenses.

I love this picture very much . the way he manage the light sources like the key light back light and fill light. and the shadow seems to be totally empty. i mean the back ground.

innovating ideas to showcase different customers in the hotel room and hw they behave in different perspective 

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Room 107 is a personal project, with stills shot by Lyndon Wade and motion generated by The Wade Brothers. Many of these images are hanging in the Lumas Gallery.

[week 6] Annie Liebovitz

Annie Liebovitz does fine photographic portraits and is most well known for her work with Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone magazine. Her photographs are intimate, and describe the subject. She was unafraid of falling in love with the people she photographed.

 The most interesting thing that stood out to me about her is that she denies having brilliant ideas, she says they are stupid, very simple ideas. Regardless, she has the confidence to carry through with these ideas, and an amazing eye.

[week 5] Jerry Uelsman

jerry Uelsman  created unique images with composite photographs. Being very talented in the darkroom, he used this skill in his composites. He never used digital cameras, since he felt that his creative process was more suited to the darkroom.

Jerry Uelsmann’s photos look as if they have been photoshopped, but they have not.  He is very skilled in the dark room, creating often eery composite images.  His goal is not to show the viewer something familiar, but take them to a new place, a fantasy.

[week4] Florian Ritter

Florian Ritter is a German photographer living with his family in Shanghai, China since 2009. His true passion is to capture rough landscapes and people far from known civilization. Due to the financial demands of today’s world, he also quite enjoys photographing babies and toddlers, products, furniture and interior.

i do like his picture because it gave me a sense of setting up the area to capture the picture. but actually is a natural resources that he observe and captured it without setting up the environment.

[week 3] Jay Maisel

Jay Maisel is a famous modern photographer. His photos are simple, and he doesn’t use complex lighting or fancy cameras. He often only takes one lens on photo outings, and he enjoys taking photos of shapes and lights that he finds interesting.

If anyone knew how to make things happen it was Jay Maisel.  His photography career began in 1954 and gained  momentum simply because he was “out there.”  His remarkably diverse portfolio incorporates famous people like Marilyn Monroe and Miles Davis, magazine covers including the legendary swimsuit covers for Sports Illustrated, jazz albums and annual reports.  His signature talent was his ability to capture the light, colour and action found in daily life.

Joy Maisel amassed numerous awards over the years, but he is loved for generously sharing his knowledge via lecture series.  He is inspiring a new generation to make things happen.