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Research
By Sue Crickmore
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Photographers Researched
Mauricio Candela Nathan Spotts Joel Grimes
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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/