photographic illustration research

Research

By Sue Crickmore

Photographers Researched

Mauricio Candela Nathan Spotts Joel Grimes

Mauricio Candela

http://mauriciocandela.com/ About Mauricio Candela’s passion for photography started

in advertising as an art director. Throughout his career he had the opportunity to work with top-notch directors and photographers that crafted and inspired him. At the same time, he started honing his skills and applying his creative knowledge to this discipline. He learned to live off his ideas, and one day he realized that the best idea was to live off the vision that he has behind the lens.

Nathan Spotts

http://www.nathanspotts.com/ Professional Freelance Photographer Throughout my life, photography has been with me. My

initial inspiration came from my parents. My current inspiration comes from everything around me, particularly the beautiful places I go and the wonderful people in my life. I've studied at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and my works have been shown and published by multiple art and design magazines, books, and galleries.

Aside from this online gallery, Nathan's work can be viewed on deviantART and the Behance Network.

Joel Grimes

In the industry he is known as a celebrity and commercial photographer

Mostly portrait photographer He photographs portraits of top athletes Photographs client and background separately and

then blends them together His backgrounds are HDR Uses a wide angle lens for backgrounds Makes use of converging lines to help the viewer

focus on the portrait or will shoot the background straight on.

Joel Grimes approach

He likes to create a super hero so he photographs his models without a smile

His style has a gritty look to help contribute to the super hero image he likes to create.

He will produce a self assignment once a week for his personal portfolio. This helps him to stay creative.

Influences

He was influenced by the renaissance painters as he considered them to be the master of using light

He used the Rembrandt triangle cross light look.

Mastering the transition from shadow to light will give your images shape and dimension.

Joel Grimes technique

He creates a look that could be real but also has an element of fantasy.

Retouching is done using a tablet. He shoots on a tripod for a sharper result. His lens is open at the sweet spot – 2-3 stops from wide

open. His portraits are shot at 24 to 35mm Backgrounds are shot with 16mm 3 light set-up – side lights and beauty dish He blends a black and white copy of the image with the

colour image to give it a de-saturated look. Grain is added to the image to give it a gritty look.

References

http://mauriciocandela.com/ http://

www.joelgrimesworkshops.com/Joel_Grimes_Photography/Behind_the_Scenes.html

http://www.nathanspotts.com The Candid Frame 136 Joel Grimes, 8/4/12,

podcast. http://kelbytraining.com/author/

joelgrimes/