played for a bit

model: Alison Murphy 

by : reece Handley

Hasselblad

right had play on photoshop and this is what came up with??
still don't know how to add noise
raw file.

yer i be liking

model: Alison Murphy 

by: Me ovcorse 

hasselblad 

croped and small amount of edit
raw file

hmmm

model: Alison Murphy 

by: Reece Handley

Medium format camera : Hasselblad 

no crop here no edit made simple use of  two studio lights
still haven't played that much with photoshop
ohh yer raw file apparently

 the first of many(hopefully)

model: Alison Murphy

by: me Reece Handley

yer i was going for a daugherotypeeskness but needs a lot of noise
anyone know how to add noise to a photo post taking of said photo, and or when taking the photo
may have to ahve a play around on photoshop



"there ya go, ya dirty heathen fucker"@The Crimson Fucker
sorry i just had to get that in somwhere, and i may have miss quoted, ohh well
it is 5:30 in morning after all iv only been up 48 hours, ill be fine honestly

richard avedon 

attitude, is the mean thing i pick up from this photo. the subject oozes attitude, its in his eyes its in his pose, the look he would give you wouldn't be anything but dirty. and then we come to chose of clothes i mean you need a certain manner, attitude, to pull of that look.

he's looks as though he knows you, and really dosnt like you, and he's not afraid to show it to your face

basicly he looks a bit of dick, but I'm not about to tell him to his face.

i actualy like the use of a square format camera boarder, surprise, i feel as though i has its place and this is most definitely it.

http://coffeecigarettesmagazines.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/david-bailey-photographer.html
david bailey

anyone who claims not to be a critic is a lier..
i wrote all lot about this and had to delete it because i would probable have been physically abused and beaten if i published a post saying some of the things i think about david bailey and his work...
 this is very nice example of how not to take a portrait photo, by which i mean it falls completely out of that category, i know that there are no category in photography, but there are rules. this is to model orientated to be anything more than a fashion photo, its overstated and showy..
thats about as nicely as can put the fact that i dont particularly like david bailey or his work, sorry just not a fan..

http://trendland.com/david-bailey-photography/
david bailey

some consider his work to be contemporary ( i secretly don't ) and they also believe that he is a pioneer ( i don't think/believe this, and anyone who does needs to look up the word pioneer ) though he has taken some pretty good photo of some very famous people, i for one don't like much of his work..
this is one his better ones as it puts me in mind of Jack Nicholson best role's, basically acting like a crazy person is very hard to do convincingly but Jack dose it very very well, and this can only be a good thing. its the smile you see it a sort of fix manic grin that only the insane and crazy know how to do. (this post started life as a complement, but i think it may just get lost in translation). making this a good photo simple by default.
i really don't like the boarder, a long with many other things that spring to mind...

Commitment issues ...doing the last few update has been an actual struggle, and not just because of the time of the year, but because if the time of day. started at a little after 1am with a few minor tweaks (adding some much needed LABELS, still more labels to come) and worked though some post, which i felt needed more substance, may have inadvertently added to much substance to others, and now at half three in the morning, unsatisfied with whats there research wise for this project. I'm a start adding more post... errm maybe adding more post maybe sleeping ...

Francis Bacons studio
http://www.askyfilledwithshootingstars.com/wordpress/?p=971
is this messy? or is every thing in its place? is this genius? or laziness? these are questions i think of whenever i see a photo of this space, other questions spring to mind, like purpose arranged? or accident waiting to happen? did he know that this would even be considered art? because that is what i would consider this as the space an artist works in to be art, no matter how mundane or in the case of francis bacon unorganised, which is a massive understatement and would fall short of the mark in describing this in any language, text or speech...

Irving Penn
http://designyoutrust.com/2012/11/black-and-white-portraits-by-irving-penn/
every time i look at his, picture i notice something new about them. like im looking at them for the first time. like i am the first person to look at them and feel what i feel about them. i carnt describe it in words, but there are very few photographers that are able to achieve it, but its the fact that he dosent just do this, he dose it in his own style and his own unique way.. somthing i can aspire too..
theres an easy confidence to the subject that can be pick up clearly, even if you didn't know that this one his greatest traits, and not only can it be seen in his face but in his hands and the way he is sat. his suit also shouts sophistication. all these things and more are emphasised by Penn in this masterful photo
huge influence on me and Penn's work makes photography exciting for me

Irving Penn
http://thefilmschoolstudent.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/favorite-photographers-irving-penn/
he's capture the mystery of this character.. i mean its unmistakable who this is a portrait of, and he's managed to capture the side of him that everyone gets to see and given it his own twist. mainly with use of the simple. a shadow can change the whole image, for the better if placed in the right place, or for worse if in the wrong place, but irving knows just the way its done, and how to manipulate a photo with use of the simple. he adds so much by adding little..

Irving penn
http://dodho.com/irving-pennthe-first-great-portraitist/
i really enjoy looking at this guys work, i mean iv seen a lot of portraits on the internet, in books, in magazines and exhibition, iv been to the edinburgh portrait gallery and seen some really good portraits as well as some really poor portraits as in magazines and on the internet there just seems to be a contrast and it is a harsh contrast between the really captivating portraits that make you feel like you are the one taking the photo like you have just had the conversation with the model that this guy has clearly had and produced that image yourself, and the not so good portraits that make you feel nothing that there was nothing said before the photo was taken its just a snap shot taken of someone who just happens to of come to the studio. this guy capture the emotion that he wants and clearly put into his photo it may help that he has taken photo's of the more extravagantly famous people, like presidents of the USA, though i do not believe that this had anything to do with it, i believe that he has defined this as a genre.
i thinks it the quality his photo's have, but im not sure really..    
tutor told us not to do this theres to much shadow around her head, which means the eye cannot separate her hair from the background. but i like this photo because of this, it means you get to see her face in a lot more detail than you would if you could see her hair

august sander
http://ciubuxabinaphoto.wordpress.com/2010/11/06/anton-und-marta-by-august-sander/
the man, who looks to be on the cusp of violence, in this image is whereing a suit which implies that he is of an upperclass background and has power, more important than the woman who is wereing casual clothing and looking away from the taker, also the way the man is holding her is quite agressive and adds to the feeling of ownership..
the woman needs empowerment as she has a strong figure..if not a fine figure,. leaves me speechless, and thinking would it be aloud in today society, i very much doubt it

daguerre
http://www.filmsnotdead.com/2012/01/09/joyeux-anniversaire-daguerreotype/
i find this image more assteticly pleasing than most, i like the cracklyness that it has.
common expressionless about the image's of this time period.. there is is no crispness to this its very soft and there is a lot of noise in it, very unclean somehow, there. not sure about the subject,  are those ribbons in her hair or feathers, is that jewellery or a neck tie, there are somthings that don't need answers the un-answered questions adding to the image, but this one left me wanting.. there is a distinctness to it though, which as iv said is very pleasing.. I'm on the fence. dont know off i love it thinking it masterful or awful wanting to destroy it.. maybe a bit of both

sir john herschel
julia margaret cameron
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/L.1997.84.6
quite like this as the subject john herschel has a quere look on his face, like he's contemplating his life. he's also staring directly into the camera.
this makes up for its lack of quality by the quality of the subject. he's clearly getting on a bit.. maybe he's lived a hard life burning the candle at both ends by the bags under his eyes..but his eyes are quite milky like someone who's suffering with cataracts..the mouth is also quite down turned giving quite a somber appears to an otherwise good looking chap.. and there is somthing fuzzy about it like the cameras been nocked ever so slightly, if it was a moderner photo id take a guess at it being caused by the mirror slamming when the shutter is fired, as its not a very modern photo i don't know and wouldnt like to guess what the cause could be

Julia margaret Cameron
http://artblart.com/category/cindy-sherman/
this actually looks ancient,.
and very washed out, but you can tell a lot about this person by her atier, even its not clear at all, we as people judge others based on clothing and brands, but how do you really know what that person is like unless you talk to them, you will never know if they are whereing those cloves because fashion or because they cannot afford anything else, you may not even find this out after speaking with them. so i find its always best to asking before judging someone.. which i probable dont do often enough.

 Carl Durheim
http://www.studyblue.com/notes/note/n/lecture-2/deck/697274 
carl durheim's lithograph of swiss traveler 
one of the earlyist portrait photos i'v seen so far and theres a very distinct feel to it
the womans probale put on her best clothing to sit there and have her photo taken but they look dirty and her face looks dirty as well like she had a ruff life or she's come from the ruff part of a town, also the image is very contrasty.i very much like the fact that it looks like its a photo in an album or something with the edges cropped out or in case not there to begin with,..

 Judith Ross
http://www.utata.org/sundaysalon/judith-joy-ross/
erm, hair is the first thing i noticed about this, i think theres a picture of my mam somwhere with hair like this.. its kind of funny cos the clothes that they are whereing have come back into fashion, but i dont think that the hair will ever come back into fashion.
also they are clearly twins, but ones smileing and tothers not and doesnt look very happy at all, im not quite sure where they are/ where its been taken, kind of looks like a music hall or somthing