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Annie Leibovitz an american photographer who first started working out as staff photographer for the rolling stones magazine in the 1970's a job she was holding for 10 years and during her time photographed lots of celebrities during her career. She also did work for Vanity Fair. I really like her use of ambient light within the studio her images are very soft. She uses light to sculpt the face and create dimension within her images. The eyes stand out the most in all her photos this is created by light and draws the person into the image her image speak emotion without any expression from the subject. Her style has almost a painting affect to them. All of her images have a narrative even if isn't clear to start with.

known as one of the worlds most well know and respected photographers. Anne Geddes creates unique and iconic images by dressing babies up as something they are not this consist of things such as sea life to vegetables.Her work is extremely iconic and different it stands out with extreme bold colours and really well done composition. Her images are really thought out well and she has taken her images within a studio environment this is the setting i would like to use when doing my shoot as i feel confident using the studio and i feel i work better in the studio than on location.  I really like the colours within the images



Shannon Leigh from Georgia focus on new born photography within her work. She focuses on sweet feminine details for girls and classic look for boys. I really like these images as they are very soft and the tonal range is very pastel. Her images are unique and staged really well considering it is really difficult to work with newborns. Depth of field is used a lot within her images which adds to the softness and dreamy effect they have within them. Her images are also composed well as you can tell a lot of thought has gone into her images. I may consider at looking at this kind of pallet when doing my shoot and discuss it with my client.





                                                               

                                                                  These photos are taken by a company called Julia & Mia these are a new born photography company based in Essex. They mainly focus on pregnancy and new born photography. These images do appear different to other ones i have looked at so a lot of them focus on depth of field and they all consist of a deep depth of field, i feel this gives a sense of elegance to the image as it gives a soft gentle touch just like a new born babies skin. There are also a lot of neutral colours within the images giving them a calming affect as they are not bright and in your face.

                           Hedi Hope Photography 

Her website again is very basic and simple. Her work uses a lot of pastel colours and this reflects within her website as she has a very pastel logo.Her website comes across as very elegant. Depth of field are used a lot also within her images. I really like the pastel within the images and how graceful and feminine her images are they almost have a magical/ fantasy feel to them, they show elegance something that may not normally be associated with children.

Sara Callow photography 

She is mainly a studio photographer based in Manchester however from her website her portfolio does display other kinds of work such as weddings and some portrait shoots on location,  i wanted to focus more on looking at her cake smash shoots. Her cake smash comes in 5 packages they start at £50 and end at £235. Her images are extremely colourful and portray happy emotions, She uses different coloured back grounds and scenes for each baby.Her website is very pleasing to the eye it is all done in black and white which i like as her images are very bright it doesn't take the focus of her images by having a bright and bold logo.Her website is easily categorized and easily accessible.Her prices are clearly stated. The website is worded clearly and flows nicely.




These images are taken by Alessandro Dal Buoni who is a fashion photographer. I really like his use of light within his work as it appears really washed out and all the images are quite bleak. They almost have a vintage or fantasy feel. The images have no narrative yet the lighting creates emotion, a feeling of emptiness as there is so much white and the images are really spacious. There is not a lot of colour within the image and he tends to stick to block colours that are ether black, white or grey. I really like his style of work however i feel this would not be suitable for baby photography however it may be something to think about for fashions shoots in the future.