Asking a photographer to choose a favorite photograph is like asking a winemaker to pick a favorite wine or a parent to choose a favorite child. However, we all have photos that are meaningful to us. Photographers shared first hand what image was significant to them and the story behind the photograph.
Category: Architecture
Photographer: Mathilda Tennysdotter
What she had to say about this photo:
A photo that is very meaningful for me is this one of the stairs at The Getty Center. This photo seems to have opened other people’s eyes, and given many a new way to look at architecture and buildings, and that was exactly what I wanted to achieve with this type of photography. I really wanted people to see what I see in architecture: the shapes and lines that translate into a beautiful work of art. This photo was also one of the first I made in this style and coloring technique. With the positive response that this photo received, it became more and more important to me to keep develop my style for the type architecture photography I was doing.
The process of creating this photo took some time. I needed to go and scout the location and to see how the sun shapes and affects the lines and texture of the building. Since buildings are such large structures, I had to wait and see when the sun would give me the light I wanted, which can take anywhere from a few hours to the entire day. After that I had some post-production to do, I picked colors to enhance the shapes and to transform the architecture into something closer to an art piece. By changing the colors, I think it’s easier for people to see the art and not just the building that we are so used to. I used my Canon 5d Mark II with 24-70, 2.8 lens and for the post process, I always use Lightroom and some Photoshop to get the right colors.
www.tennysdotter.com
Category: Wedding
Photographer: Alfredo Valentine
What he had to say about this photo:
http://www.couturebridalphotography.com/
Category: Portraiture
Photographer: John Cornicello
What he had to say about this photo: The image is meaningful because it marked one of the changes in the Chair Series. I started the series with a self-portrait in a chair that my wife picked up in a garage sale. Here I built more of a set for the image, had a subject in an obvious costume, and went for more of a story-telling scene instead of a straight, come-as-you-are portrait, which is what I had been doing in the series. This image was lit with a 60″ Photek Softlighter on camera left for overall fill and a small strip light on camera right to light the subject’s face. Camera and lens, for those interested, was a Canon 5Diii and 70-200 f/4 IS lens at 70mm. The exposure was ISO 100 at f/9. Post-processing in Adobe Lightroom and additional background textures added in Adobe Photoshop.
http://cornicello.com/chair
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