Photography

Tyler Shields is a photographer whose work involves fashion and celebrities. Continuing a specific style, his work tends to be simple but bold.. An aspect I find alike to American Apparel is, the setting. He frequently sets his photographs in basic areas such as bedrooms (much like the fashion brand). This is also what I want to use for my final photo shoot as it allows the person to be the main centre of focus in the photo. Like his photos, I am also going to include the colours red and black, so by having a white background, this allows the model to stand out. A common element in both sets of photography is the body language, I too will include a model doing various positions in order to make the images reminiscent of my influences and to take more interesting shots. I really like his lip photograph and would like to also like to experiment with this technique. The colours are extremely bright due to the high exposure, but equally contrast the black surrounding background. 

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Figure 1 Unknown author. Snack snaps. 2010. [Online]. Available at http://whoisscout.com/tag/tyler-shields/

Figure 2 Unknown author. 2013. http://highlife.sk/kontroverzny-fotograf-tyler-shields/. [Online] Available at http://highlife.sk/kontroverzny-fotograf-tyler-shields/

Figure 3 Jaron Schneider. A glimpse at Tyler Shields "Mouthful" exhibit. 2012. [Online] Available at http://fstoppers.com/a-glimpse-at-tyler-shields-mouthful-photo-exhibit

Figure 4 Daniel Sperling. Mischa Barton puts head in oven for shocking 'dark side of fame shoot'. 2013. [Online]. Available at http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a520201/mischa-barton-puts-head-in-oven-for-shocking-dark-side-of-fame-shoot.html#~oEEMxoKXAE1sJN