STYLE; Perou doesn't have a specific style of photography, he uses dark sexy or light plain portraits that focus on the model or celebrity he uses in the shot. He uses dark backgrounds or plain empty scenes in his pictures to bring out any focal point he has in the picture. Also, he dosen't just take pictures from the frount, he takes shots from all different angles, either high, low or to the side.
TECHNIQUE; The way Perou takes photo's is mostly portrait angles, this gets what he wants in the picture, makes the object or person in the picture easy to see and gets all the background he wants in too. He uses many powerful colours and all sorts of lighting to bring out the colours and images in his photos. Also, if he's taking a picture of a certain celebrity, he uses colours, lighting, props and background to suit what their like and what type of style their like.
NARRATIVE; In Perou's photo's he is very good at bringing out the focal point of his photo by using simple backgrounds, lighting and colours. He also gives your eyes an adventure, you look at the focal point and then look around at the detail of the background. Also, in most of his pictures he makes the models look directly into the photo which is a very effective, it gives the picture power and draws your eyes to the models eyes.
CONTEXT; Perou takes many different pictures but his main focus is on model or celebrity portraits.
Monday, 31 October 2011
Monday, 10 October 2011
Sunday, 9 October 2011
Thursday, 6 October 2011
Perou Mix - ASSIGNMENT 4 Independent Research
Factual - All these photo's are taken by the British photographer Perou.
The Perou mix i made shows the many different types of photo's he takes including fashion, music artists, portraits and photo's from his 'dirtysexythings' album.
Context - These photo's contain pictures of Marliyn Manson, Lilly allen and a few models from his 'dirtysexythings' album and other albums.
Technical - I like how perou gives each ablum of pictures their own thing. Such as for the 'dirtysexythings' album he uses powerful and dark colours. For music artists he focus's the photo on them and nothing else and for Fashion he uses plain backgrounds and put's models in different poses so you focus on the model and what their wearing.
Aesthetic - Fashion Pictures; I like how Perou has used plain backgrounds and close shots for his model pictures so you get a good look of the model and that's all your focused on.
Music Pictures; These pictures are pretty much the same as the fashion pictures. I like how Perou has used a good not too bright, not too dark set of lighting for his music artists so that your not sturggling to see them. But some of the music artists pictures are with a background that goes with their music, Such as Marliyn Manson's picture. He has got a dark and powerful picture and a dark background that represents his Dark gothic music. Whereas Lilly allen has a plain background and a picture that is only focused on her.
'dirtysexythings' Pictures; I think Perou does his best photography for this album, He uses dark and powerful colours on the models he uses, and dresses them in very little clothing, or no clothing at all, to give his picture that 'sexy edge' to it. He also uses a range of backgrounds, for clifts, rocks, beaches, underwater and many more with a series of different lighting. I would like to know how Perou gets this 'edge' to his pictures and learn how to do it myself.
Monday, 26 September 2011
DEPTH OF FIELD
Sunday, 25 September 2011
LIGHTING
Finally, a picture not from Perou. This a photo by an Australian photographer called Vee Speers, who is now currently living it Paris. This is from Vee's album 'The Birthday Party' and this little boy is from a series of photo's from her album of children in old fashion in different poses. I think this photo really shows bright lighting as the boys skin is almost as pale as the white background, which really makes the hair from his helmet and any shadowing stand out. The lighting also, off his helmet, reflects a very bright light off the top off his head, or that could just be his skin colour. I really like this photo because of the helmet is normally used as a piece of amour for the big and strong, but she's put it on a small skinny little boy, it's maybe showing he's strong on the inside or will grow up a hero.
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FOCAL POINT
And another one of Perou's photo's, I couldn't find the name but this picture is from his album 'Personal'. I think Perou might of took this when he was out at a pub or a beach. I think this simple picture is a good example of focal point. Focal point is when the photographer is trying to make your eyes look at the thing they're taking a picture of first. I think this picture is a good example, such as when you see this you look straight at the big white letters on the roof of the building.
Saturday, 24 September 2011
COMPOSITION
This is another by Perou from his album 'Portraits'. This is a portrait of Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders out of the hit sitcom 'Absolutely Fabulous' and it is from a series of photo's that Perou has taken of celebrity partnerships. I think Perou has tried to make the atmosphere of the photo seem sleazy and tacky by using the outside of maybe a run down brick house with planked up windows because of the way Absolutely Fabulous was filmed, To add to this the two women both have drinks in their hands and very young clothing with alot of make up on to make them be seen as tarty and tasteless. The two women are composed with the graffiti'ed 'My God is me', The graffiti has just been sprayed on there instead of something big and artistic. This makes the two women seem lazy as they are both standing there looking bored. I like how this image is presented, it has a sort of funny feel to it and makes you think "Why are those women dressed like that?". This grabbed my attention because I enjoyed the funny side to it and I liked how Perou has used a simple background and simple objects to really bring out this picture.
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Assignment 2
Factual - This is a photo taken by a British fashion, portrait and music photographer named Ralph John Perou, But mostly known as, Perou.
Context -The man to me is unknown but there is a series of photo's of him in this style in Perou's Album 'dirtysexythings'.
Technical - I like how the photographer has used a stone like paint on the man's skin with a stoney blured background.
Aesthetic - I think the blured background makes the man stand out more. But, the thing that catches my eye the most is the man's blue eyes, they are the only colour that shines through the greys and browns and whites. I also like how the lighting twinkles of the surface of his cheast and cheeks. I think the photographer has not used a studio but gone to maybe a beach with a cliff's or rocks in the background and used the sun's raise as light for the man's skin to stand out, I would like to learn how to do this.
Monday, 12 September 2011
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