HELP photography techniques - famous photographers: I am working on my final assignment for class and have to chose a photographer to emulate. My problem is just doing a google search...

lawana

I am working on my final assignment for class and have to chose a photographer to emulate. My problem is just doing a google search for famous photographers doesn't really lead me anywhere. I don't want to just chose a good photographer but rather a specific technique the photographer uses. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

PrairieSeasons Loc: Red River of the North

You probably need to find a photographer who did / studied something that is very interesting to you if you want to turn this assignment into something interesting for the reader to read.

My choice would probably be Eadweard Muybridge. His primary technique was "stop motion" photography, which could be looked at as somewhat mundane given the capabilities of present day digital cameras. Looking at the fact that he did it in the late 1800's and with film, what he did both to advance photographic technique and to help scientists / doctors / therapists to understand human motion was groundbreaking.

lawana

thank you..i will look at that

ziggykor Loc: East Texas

Google Masters of Photography there's a ton of leads to get you started there. The interesting thing about an assignment like this is that the photographer may be best known for something, like Man Ray or Weegee or Eliot Porter But there is a greater body of work that was left us, by them, which is nothing like what they're best known for, and is often of greater interest.

donrent Loc: Punta Gorda , Fl

Also check on Clyde Butcher out of Naples, Florida... Shoots only B&W , I think 5x7's..... Super, Super photographer.... Famous for his Everglades photos... A true artist...

http://clydebutcher.com/

lawana

both are great sites ... thanks a ton

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

lawana wrote:

I am working on my final assignment for class and have to chose a photographer to emulate. My problem is just doing a google search for famous photographers doesn't really lead me anywhere. I don't want to just chose a good photographer but rather a specific technique the photographer uses. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

oh silly me! I'd of thought that you would then instead have to look up a technique - which if you think about it is a deeper teaching than simply copying the look of someone else.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

PrairieSeasons wrote:

My choice would probably be Eadweard Muybridge.

Good choice.

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

jerryc41 wrote:

PrairieSeasons wrote:

My choice would probably be Eadweard Muybridge.

Good choice.

what - horses running?

PrairieSeasons Loc: Red River of the North

You're right - I had forgotten about the horse sequences. They were valuable as well, but I think that his more significant work was in human motion.

docrob Loc: Durango, Colorado

PrairieSeasons wrote:

You're right - I had forgotten about the horse sequences. They were valuable as well, but I think that his more significant work was in human motion.

so you would suggest blurs and motion effects ala Earnest Haas?

PrairieSeasons Loc: Red River of the North

docrob wrote:

PrairieSeasons wrote:

You're right - I had forgotten about the horse sequences. They were valuable as well, but I think that his more significant work was in human motion.

so you would suggest blurs and motion effects ala Earnest Haas?

I'm not sure that I understand the reference. I presume that you refer to Ernst Haas. If that is the case, I don't see much connection between the two. Ernst Haas was an experimenter in the visual arts while Muybridge was an observer of motion and a developer of techniques.

The OP asked for an opinion as to which photographer (or photographer's technique) one would choose for his assignment. I responded with Muybridge for the reasons stated.

Willy Loc: Alaska

lawana wrote:

I am working on my final assignment for class and have to chose a photographer to emulate. My problem is just doing a google search for famous photographers doesn't really lead me anywhere. I don't want to just chose a good photographer but rather a specific technique the photographer uses. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Where does your area of interest lie? Landscapes? Wildlife? Portraits? Studio work? Etc. Etc.
It would be easier to point you in the right direction if we knew this.

MtnMan Loc: ID

Good choice.

A logical addition to his work would be the work of "Doc" Edgerton.

He deisgned the trigger for the atom bomb but might be more famous for his picture of a bullet going through an apple.

PrairieSeasons wrote:

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

MtnMan wrote:

Good choice.

A logical addition to his work would be the work of "Doc" Edgerton.

He was one of the people behind EG&G Rotron, a local company that makes "air movers" (fans) for the gov't, etc.