This week I have decided to include a photographer who's work I have followed for a few years now. Her name is Karin Berndl she is an Austrian photographer who graduated from Vienna's photography college. Her work focuses on precision, lighting and a fantasy aesthetic. With the unusual perspectives and the creative use of colour, sets and lighting it is no surprise that her final images look like they come from a fairy tale world. She was also awarded the Photographer of the Year award at the Association of Photographers 2009 ceremony. I have always found her work eye catching and enjoyed looking at it, the scenes that she creates and the dynamics within her work keep me constantly interested and inspired.

Both projects are in now which is a big relief. We have had a two day critique for the CAP project yesterday and today which i have really enjoyed. Its been so nice to see everyones work as we have all been quite separate during this project it was good to all come together. Overall my own project had really developed and changed along the way. I started by thinking i would base my own around the story of Alice in Wonderland but in the end I chose to use fashion from the era the book was first published, Victorian. I wanted to create images that had a painterly look to them to researched victorian portraits and painting. Overall I am really pleased with the series. All 8 images work well together and your eye flows from one image to another. I have included four of the images in this post as I thought including all 8 would be a bit to much!! From where I started I think that the project developed for the better. I chose to use the Victorian clothes and photograph the models in contemporary poses.

Pretty stressed at the moment deadlines looming! but here goes a welcome break from it were I can talk about something inspirational. I was looking on the Aop website today and i came across a photographers work that really stood out to me. The photographer is Tiffany Mumford. Her work is includes a variety of areas, fashion, beauty, lingerie and portraits. Her work is beautiful and she has a very diverse style within her work keeps her work interesting. She shows great sensitivity to her subjects which really adds something to her images. I have picked a number of her images to post as i couldn't choose just one. I realy like the scenes she creates within her work and the lighting that she uses. All images are fromhttp://www.tiffanymumford.com/.

This week I am feeling pretty stressed out having the "to much to do and not enough time to do it" freak out but I feel like i am starting to make progress. I had a successful shoot in the studio for my CAP unit and think i have some final images from which does wonders for motivation! I have set myself a target of emailing people today about work experience as its looming and yet another thing for me to worry about so hoping that i will get some positive responses soon. Anyway this week i have decided to include an image by Chris Craymer as my image of the week. I recently bought his Romance book on the trip to new york and over the past few weeks haven't been able to stop looking at it. Its a vast project consisting of hundreds of images both colour and black and white. Craymer is a prolific photographer who is represented in London, New York and Paris and works for a variety of editorial clients such as American, British, Indian and Korean Vogue, British, French and American Glamour as well as many more. He has achieved great success with his commercial and editorial work and still creates his own personal projects.
'Romance' is a celebration of love. The couples used some of them models some of them not are all together, real couples in varying stages of their relationships. Chris captures the random details that add truth to the project.
'It's all about trust, I wait for something to happen and I never doubt that it will- however long it takes' Chris Craymer.
Romance is about moments which i think although they are in someway constructed he captures brilliantly. He lets the subject become so involved in each other that the camera is side lined and they almost forget that it is there. The set of the images is formal bu he allows room for flexibility. He creates the frame but leaves room for freedom. Both images are from http://www.chriscraymer.co.uk/

Ok so this week i and going to talk about a Viktor and Rolf collection that i saw recently in Dazed and confused. I referenced it during my cap unit. I was looking at fairy tale images but was struggling on a way to make it different. The brief for the project is 'classic' and i thought that this collection really illustrated a contemporary twist on the classic evening gown. The gowns are elegant and architectural and immediately grab the viewers attention and look beautiful on the cat walk and in studio portraits. Since looking at these images my project has developed and i have moved away from the fairy tale theme and am using victorian clothing and photographing it in a painterly style but trying to incorporate a modern edge. The image is from http://www.dazeddigital.com/Fashion/gallery/34/5246/9/Viktor__Rolf_SS_10

Guest lecture

This post is a little later than i intended but never mind, we had a guest lecture last week and it was given my Laura Pannack. Laura graduated from Brighton university's BA Hons Editorial photography course in 2008, and has now moved to London were she is freelancing and doing commissions, whilst carrying out her own personal work. Since leaving university her work has won and been shortlisted for a total of 15 awards. In such a short amount to time she has had amazing success and been published world wide.
It was a really interesting and very inspirational to hear from someone of a similar age and not that much further along her journey than we are. Her work really stuck a cord with me as she manages to get that something extra from her subjects which helps you to connect with them. She seems to be an out going person who although is at the beginning of her career has already gain a lot of respect within the industry and isn't afraid to go after what she wants. Work experience is looming which worrying me a little as i already don't have enough hours in the day and i still need to research more about where Im going to go! However i have emailed laura as i think i could really learn from her. Image from http://www.laurapannack.com/.

This week I have been looking for research for my CAP project. I am doing the classic fashion brief and I think I am going to base my project around a classic fairy tale, Alice in wonderland. After looking at research into the story and the new re make by Tim Burton. I have been looking at photographers that have photographer fairy tales. The photographer I am going to include this week is Eugenio Recuenco. The shoot that the image i have chosen is from was for Vogue Espana. His work is has a cinematic quality to it and i love the scenes that he creates. I particularly like the silvery colouring to the images I have included.