My assignment this time around is slightly different. Rather than picking a more simplistic photo and taking one photo striving to replicate it in that single frame, I chose an edited photo, from the photographer Angus McBean.
Or well, actually I chose two photos, of the same subject, Beatrice Little.
However, these photos as you can tell, have some differences in quality and characteristics, among other things.
My photo will be trying to replicate the feeling of the second image, while choosing to take the face used in the first photo, believing it adds more to the frame than that of the face in second, being happy and smiling.
Or well, actually I chose two photos, of the same subject, Beatrice Little.
However, these photos as you can tell, have some differences in quality and characteristics, among other things.
My photo will be trying to replicate the feeling of the second image, while choosing to take the face used in the first photo, believing it adds more to the frame than that of the face in second, being happy and smiling.
These are all the different photos I personally took, and combined into making the background for my emulation.
This was my end result.
Angus McBean was born in 1904 in South Wales, and lived until 1990. He experimented with many different cameras throughout his childhood, but did not get his start in the photography industry for many years, beginning first with making a name for himself in the prop-making industry. At an event in which he was displaying some of the masks he had made, including some of his photographs using them, the photographer Hugh Cecil discovered him, appreciating his harsh lighting and dramatic shadowing, which his photos are now known for. Cecil allowed him to work for him, but did not control him, giving him room to explore with his own instincts, and giving him the confidence in order to get out in the industry on his own. Theatre became his home in many regards, as what was his home for prop-making, became his home for photographing theatre leads, actors, actresses, and other soon-to-be stars. Two of his most famous subjects would be in the 1950's when he photographed Audrey Hepburn, and then in 1960's (Plus again in the 70's) when he photographed the Beatles. Other subjects such as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor would specifically request him, refusing to have any other photographer.