I am an Advertising and Commercial Photographer. Although a lot of my work is Black and White, the colour i do use, is delicate to the subject matter and i always try to shoot with natural light. I photograph a range of subject matter- as I am a firm believer in not being pidgin holed. I like various shapes of line that make up, or indeed break up, a composition and enhance the mood of the picture plane.
I take a lot of inspiration from a range of people in the Photography and Painting field including: Ansel Adams, Robert Rauschenberg, Ian Ruhter, Scott Rinckenberger, David Hockney, David Plowden, Jeremy Cowart, Albert Watson, Joey L and Chase Jarvis. But then I can take different angles of inspiration from music and films which always seems just as important. A section of a film can have particular lighting and i could have an idea for something just from the lighting of that scene, but could be completely unrelated to the genre of the film; for instance there were certain scenes in “Into The Wild” Directed by Sean Penn really inspired me. I found myself creating simpler imagery with delicate lighting, but it can also go to the extreme opposite end of the scale and i can try something completely different, even though it came from that piece of inspiration. The same can happen with music, I listen to a huge variation, anything from pop/rock right through to RnB and Country, and that’s where a lot of my black and white work and ideas come from due to what I take from the music but also by watching music documentaries which usually shot in black and white. The U2 -The Joshua Tree is a favourite, as is although in colour is Sugarland- The Incredible Machine which had a huge inspirational value into my work for the last few years.
I find travels has also helped and encouraged my work, that will also be a huge inspiration to me and my work and will keep on motivating me to carry on learning in this ever-changing industry.
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