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Kiren Photography

Kiren is an Australian photographer who focuses on portrait photography using high-key and low-key lighting techniques. His photography reveals dramatic and storytelling photos that are in black and white. Kirens website http://www.kirenphotography.com/ tells how he began his career by carving a strong reputation working as a stills photographer on feature films, television dramas, and on theatre productions for the Sydney Opera House. Kiren's work is inspiring as he captures the stories of the people he takes photos of, he takes dramatic photos created by the high and low-key lighting he uses. His work reveals the deeper meaning behind the face.

This photo taken by Kiren shows the use of high-key lighting and the contrast that is revealed. This photo also shows the story of the model and creates a dramatic feeling due to it being in black and white. Kiren’s portrait photography tells the stories of his models and reveals how low and high-key lighting makes a dramatic photo. I wish to explore this in my own work, doing portrait photography in a similar style.

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Helen Whittle Photography

Helen Whittle is an Australian portrait photographer who loves to capture the movement and tell a story. She uses high and low key lighting to capture the moment and make memories. The majority of her photos are black and white portraits of families and babies but also photograph nature and animals. Helen's website http://www.helenwhittlephotography.com/ reveals her love for photography as she also offers teaching classes. Helen's photography is inspiring as she uses different lighting and backgrounds to create contrast and a deeper meaning.

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This photo from Helen Whittle shows the happiness of a little child. The photo is taken with movement and meaning, it shows a happy story. The black background with low-key lighting helps create the story. Helen Whittle's photography captures dramatic moments that can tell a story, she uses different backgrounds and lighting to make the photos dramatic. I wish to follow her and use similar techniques to capture portrait photos.

LOGO DESIGN

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Journal~Images of Inspiring Work

This blog post involves a written journal of my ideas, including images of inspiring work as well as before and after photos of my editing process.

These images were found as inspiration for my high and low-key lighting portrait photography. Focusing on high contrast and finding real models with no filter, that tell a real story. Showing their individual features and freckles. Getting up close to the models and really focusing on the features on their faces, with high contrast. I will be recreating this type of work focusing on models' faces using high and low key lighting to create shadows and high contrast.

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Before And After Editing

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This Weeks Photography

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Communication with client

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Feedback from client

"Hi Hayley, thank you so much for the free photo shoot, the photos are perfect for my modeling portfolio, they are exactly what I needed. Amazing editing skills as well, really captured all my features. Thanks again, Hezekiah"