Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Brett Harkness

Brett Harkness is a photographer based in Manchester, UK. He is primarily a wedding photographer, but he also photographs portraits and family events. Looking online and through his website, I found one of his portraits that I like.


From http://iforimportance.blogspot.co.uk/2010_10_01_archive.html

This image is well composed and I like the fact that the subject is not looking at the camera, but instead slightly to the right of the frame. The black and white filter shows the contrast between the man and the out of focus backdrop, as well as highlighting his features and wrinkles. I'm assuming that this has been taken outside, but even if it wasn't it's easily passable as an outside shot due to the lack of focus on the background, and this is something I have tried to incorporate into my shots, especially in terms of a couple taken in the market, as it doesn't actually matter where the subject is in the end. The props/distinguishing features to an individual make them more memorable when photographing street portraits. In this man's case, it is his hat, white beard, and the cigarette in his mouth. I also trued to look for people that may be memorable when taking my street portraits, such as the street entertainer wearing a silver monkey mask, people wearing hats, glasses or goggles, or people wearing costumes/headgear. Anything that is slightly unusual or more fun about a person's appearance makes them a more successful subject, especially if it makes the viewer think about that person after seeing the image.

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