A “photograph” is a “light drawing” (from the Greek, shop meaning “light,” and graph meaning “drawing”). The best way to control that light is by providing your own. Here are some tips.Studio flash units are fitted with a continuous lamp, which can be seen on this photograph sitting in the centre of the circular flash tube. Because of its position it gives a very accurate indication of the angle and quality that the flash will produce when fired. This makes your lighting easy to set-up, because'what-you-see-is-what-you-get'.
DAVID BAILEY
David Bailey, born in 1938 in London's East End, says that as a youth he had very limited choices in the job market. "You could become a boxer, a car thief, or maybe a musician.Photographer wasn't on the list and seemed an even dimmer possibility after Bailey's failed early efforts to take snapshots with the family's Brownie camera.Instead, he pretty much did anything and everything else to make money: carpet salesman, tally man, shoe salesman, window-dresser.
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RICHARD AVEDON
American photographer Richard Avedon was best known for his work in the fashion world and for his minimalist portraits. He worked first as a photographer for the Merchant Marines, taking identification photos. He then moved to fashion, shooting for Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, demanding that his models convey emotion and movement, a departure from the norm of motionless fashion photography.
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